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Alex Rodriguez sells Miami Beach manse to a mystery Palm Beach celeb for $30M

TMZ reports that ARod has left the building--that is, his 9 bedroom, 11 bathroom Miami Beach manse, which he just sold for $30 million. Though the Yankee slugger took an $8 million pay cut in the price of the home, originally listed at $38 mil, he bought it in 2010 for $7.4 million, raking in a pretty impressive profit nonetheless. The buyer, TMZ says, is a Palm Beach celeb. Rush Limbaugh? Rod Stewart? G-d forbid Donald Trump?  No one knows--yet. Says our real estate mole, "It's a couple from Palm Beach." The home is not so far from Matt Damon's, which is currently on the market for the bargain basement price of $20 million. True high rollers, however, may want to consider the Versace mansion, which just dropped its asking price today from $100 million to $75 million.

Hulk Hogan films viral video for LIV nightclub hours before sex tape 'leak'

 

Whereas credible celebs go on promotional tours for their upcoming releases, the boldfacers clinging to the lower rungs on the fame ladder just release their own sex tapes and then futilely feign shock. Such may or may not be the case with Hulk Hogan, whose gross, grainy, grunty video was leaked this past week, ironically (or not so) on the same day that he filmed this not nearly as gross, grainy or grunty promotional video for Miami Beach's flashy LIV nightclub featuring Madonna's favorite DJ, Cedric Gervais.

The video, part of a series of spoofy SportsCenteresque spots which have previously starred the likes of Lil' Jon and Laidback Luke, among others, was shot by 5th & Ocean Productions, the same company that owns the nightlife channel known as A3 Network, and co-created by LIV's David Grutman. It also stars Hogan's son, Nick, who apparently now lives somewhere on Brickell Ave.

"The timing was a total coincidence," says the video's producer/director Buster Cox, who says the sex tape was leaked a few hours after the LIV shoot wrapped. When it comes to D-list celebs and sex tapes, there are no coincidences.