Friday, October 14, 2011

'Rush Hour' Star Chris Tucker's Florida Home in Foreclosure



Do you understand the word that's about to come out of my mouth?

Foreclosure!

Comedian and "Rush Hour" film series star Chris Tucker's multi-million dollar mansion in Central Floridais in foreclosure. More than $4.4 million is owed to the bank.

  • (Photo: REUTERS / Natalie Behring)<br>"Rush Hour" film series star Chris Tucker's multi-million dollar mansion in Central Florida is in foreclosure. More than $4.4 million is owed to the bank.
(Photo: REUTERS / Natalie Behring)
"Rush Hour" film series star Chris Tucker's multi-million dollar mansion in Central Florida is in foreclosure. More than $4.4 million is owed to the bank.

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Tucker, 39, bought the 10,000-sq.-ft. waterfront home on Lake Apopka, near Orlando, in the pricey Bella Collina community in 2007 for $6 million. It contains five bedrooms, three fireplaces, a personal spa, an outdoor kitchen overlooking a pool, and a basement outfitted to resemble a pirate ship, including the sail.

Tucker's was among eight luxury homes displayed during a "Street of Dreams" event at the height of the real-estate boom in 2006, when unimproved one-acre parcels in the budding enclave of the highly rich sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Some lots sold for more than $1 million.

Tucker was a frequent performer on Def Comedy Jam in the early 90s. He made his film debut in "House Party 3" (1994). He really rose to fame and earned a fortune when he first co-starred with Jackie Chan in the 1998 buddy-cop, action-comedy "Rush Hour," which grossed $130 million at U.S. box offices. "Rush Hour 2," which was released in 2001, reportedly grossed more than $345 million worldwide.

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The California resident signed a two-picture deal with New Line Cinema worth $40 million that required him to star in "Rush Hour 3," the final installment of the "Rush Hour" film series, which opened in August 2007, a month after Tucker bought his mansion.

Tucker was also a good friend of pop icon Michael Jackson.

Court documents reportedly show an $11.5 million IRS lien on the home in 2011 in order to collect federal income taxes from Tucker, whose monthly mortgage payment, court documents show, was $25,812.50.

Tucker's mansion has an assessed value of $1.6 million, according to the property appraiser's site.

The Times Union of Albany, N.Y., reports that Tucker's comedy show scheduled in New York City for this Sunday -- a rescheduling of a postponed Sept. 3 performance -- has been canceled because of "unforeseen circumstances

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