KATY PERRY AND RUSSELL BRAND FOUND THEIR DREAM HOUSE
Filed Under: Katy Perry > Real Estate > Russell Brand
House Photo Credit: Pacific Coast News
Katy Perry and Russell Brand are wasting no time when it comes to nesting. They bought this 3.25 million dollar, 4 bedroom, 4 and a half bath house in Los Angeles to call home. The gated house is modern and has rolling green lawns, a pool, and it’s not without humor – there’s even a teepee in the back yard. Katy’s having fun shopping for modern furnishings and art for their place.
Posted by Janet on March 4, 2010
THIS IS WHAT TOM HANKS GOT FOR 26 MILLION DOLLARS?
Filed Under: House > Real Estate > Tom Hanks
Photo Credit: Pacific Coast News
We’ve been told this is a photo of the 26 million dollar house that Tom Hanks bought and we have to admit we’re more than a little disappointed. The Architecture from this angle seems pedestrian at best, and not at all inviting. The pool area is flat and dull with no relief from the sun. The landscaping is far from lush and there seems to be no shaded outside area for entertaining. Imagine a three story house this size with only four bedrooms! We have to say the outside of the house, which is very important in California, doesn’t live up to the astronomical price. (Click on photo to enlarge)
Posted by Janet on February 22, 2010
TOM HANKS BOUGHT HIS DREAM HOUSE FOR 26 MILLION
Filed Under: Expensive > Real Estate > Rita Wilson > Tom Hanks
Who would have guessed that TOM HANKS would be the buyer of the most expensive residence sold in California so far this year? The “Big” star spent over 26 million dollars on a swanky ultra-modern 14,500 sq ft Pacific Palisades compound. Since his two sons with Rita Wilson are almost grown up, it might sound surprising that Tom is moving from a 7000 sq ft house into such a big one. Actually he IS downsizing in a big way. The new home has only four bedrooms and five bathrooms. You can imagine how LARGE the rooms are! And the bonus rooms must be spectacular. We assume Tom has put a lot of thought into this purchase – our favorite movie of Tom’s is “The Money Pit.”
Posted by Janet on February 20, 2010
BRAD DIDN’T BUY A BACHELOR PAD, HE ENLARGED HIS FAMILY COMPOUND
Filed Under: Angelina Jolie > Brad Pitt > Real Estate > Rumors > Split
ANOTHER reason to doubt those Brad and Angelina splitting up stories. The UK’s Daily Mail has been trumpeting that Brad quietly bought a “bachelor pad” in LA where he can live in peace without Angelina and the kids. (As if they don’t already have ENOUGH houses!) The fact is, Brad bought another of the houses surrounding his compound in the Hollywood Hills that he has owned for years. He’s been buying up the neighbors’ homes one by one when they go up for sale and now has several private acres. The most recent addition is a run-down 1920’s bungalow in need of a lot of work. HARDLY a bachelor pad. We checked this information with our brilliant colleague at The Real Estalker and found him in total agreement.
Posted by Janet on January 26, 2010
JEREMY RENNER STARTED IN HOLLYWOOD AS A MAKE UP ARTIST
Filed Under: "The Hurt Locker" > Jeremy Renner > Make up > Real Estate
Photo Credit: Bauer-Griffin
“Hurt Locker” star Jeremy Renner plays a tough sergeant in the movie but did you know he used to be a make up artist? When Jeremy moved to Hollywood from Modesto, California, he supported himself by working three days a week on sets doing makeup, and he acted in plays at night. Since then he’s moved on to remodeling homes and flipping them like Courteney Cox. And he does most of the labor himself.
Posted by Janet on January 25, 2010
WHAT DOES KATY PERRY’S FAMILY THINK OF RUSSELL BRAND?
Filed Under: Christmas > Katy Perry > Real Estate > Russell Brand
Photo Credit: Bauer-Griffin
After spending the week before Christmas with her UK boyfriend Russell Brand, Katy Perry came home alone to LAX on Christmas eve. Her religious family lives in Southern California and they traditionally spend the holidays together. Wasn’t Russell invited? We wonder if there was a dinner table discussion about Russell and the fact that he’s rumored to have bought a 2.2 million dollar house in LA. UK papers say Russell has put his London home on the market and plans to move to Los Angeles for Katy.
Posted by Janet on December 27, 2009
CANDY SPELLING IS IN NO RUSH TO UNLOAD HER MANSION
Filed Under: Candy Spelling > Paris Hilton > Real Estate
Candy Spelling’s 150 million dollar mansion has been on the market for eight months and she will not budge on her asking price. Candy’s in no rush to sell, but we’re betting her real estate agent, Rick Hilton (that’s Paris Hilton’s dad) would like to close the deal. The 56,500 sq ft, 4.7 acre property – it’s larger than the White House – has had a number of qualified lookers, but no takers. Hilton specializes in trophy properties and this is perhaps the biggest trophy of all in Los Angeles. He stands to make millions when it finally sells, but since Candy is stubborn, he’ll just have to relax and wait.
Posted by Janet on November 30, 2009
ANNE HECHE DOESN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT SHE WANTS
Filed Under: Anne Heche > Broke? > Money > Real Estate
Maybe Anne Heche WASN”T exaggerating last year when she claimed she was nearly broke and couldn’t afford to pay $15000 a month to her exhusband Coley Laffoon for spousal and child support. Since then she had a baby named Atlas with her new boyfriend James Tupper and her series “Men in Trees” was cancelled. She started appearing on “Hung” but money problems still haunt her. Recently she tried to purchase a two million dollar house in Hancock Park (where she once lived with Ellen Degeneres) but her loan was not approved and it fell out of escrow. She didn’t come up with the necessary cash for a huge down payment, so she lost it.
Posted by Janet on October 2, 2009
DIANE KEATON CAN’T RESIST A FOR SALE SIGN
Filed Under: Diane Keaton > Kids > Real Estate
Photo Credit: Splash News
Diane Keaton and her 8 year old son Duke, who looks like a handful, were photographed visiting a house in Brentwood. Diane, who also has a daughter Dexter, 13, is always shopping for architecturally significant houses to refurbish and sell. Her acting jobs finance her costly house collecting habit.
Posted by Janet on September 14, 2009
MADONNA CAN RAISE CHICKENS IF SHE WANTS TO
Filed Under: Madonna > Real Estate > Townhouse
Photo Credit: Pacific Coast News
Photo: WENN
So WHAT if Madonna doesn’t have perfect arms? She’s got a huge backyard in the middle of New York City, and that makes up for a LOT! We confess we’re really envious of her new townhouse, which happens to be a record 57 feet wide – where the average NY townhouse is only 18 feet wide. Madonna paid 32.5 million for the 26 room, 4 story, 12000 sq ft home with guest quarters. Most amazing is the 3000 sq feet of OUTSIDE garden area – perfect for kids and dogs. Madonna said she’s thinking of having chickens too, and neighbors are already horrified at the prospect of roosters waking them up.
Posted by Janet on July 15, 2009
WOULD YOU LEASE AN APARTMENT TO THIS WOMAN?
Filed Under: Courtney Love > Real Estate
Photo Credit: Pacific Coast News
Courtney Love is back in New York, going from one address to another, hunting for an apartment to lease. We can’t imagine the landlords are particularly delighted to see her because on her June visit to the city, she reportedly trashed her hotel room at the posh Inn on Irving Place. $5000 worth of damage in one day, according to Page 6. Having Courtney love for a tenant would be a challenging experience.
Posted by Janet on July 7, 2009
CHRIS PINE HASN'T LEFT SILVERLAKE
Filed Under: Chris Pine > Real Estate > Star Trek
Photo Credit: Splash News
Chris Pine ’s successful turn as the young Captain Kirk in “Star Trek” changed his financial status and his popularity overnight, but his everyday life hasn’t changed all that much. Chris still occupies the same $1500 a month apartment in the modest neighborhood of Silverlake in LA. His next movie is “Unstoppable” with Denzel Washington.
Posted by Janet on June 13, 2009
THE PERKS OF BEING MEL GIBSON'S GIRLFRIEND
Filed Under: Girlfriend > Mel Gibson > Oksana Grigorieva > Perks > Real Estate
Photo Credit: Splash News
Sources say that this is the house that Mel Gibson bought for his pregnant girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva earlier this year. It’s 3468 sq ft and has 4 bedrooms and 3 and a half baths and was last on sale for 2.4 million. Oksana and Mel do not live together – she feels her 11 year old son (with Timothy Dalton) isn’t ready, and wants her son and Mel to be friends by the time the baby comes
Posted by Janet on May 28, 2009
RIHANNA'S KEEPING QUIET
Filed Under: Chris Brown > Real Estate > Rihanna
Photo Credit: Splash News
Rihanna and her mother Monica left Barbados together – most likely Rihanna wants to show her mother the house in Bel Air that she plans to buy. She is cleverly keeping her feelings toward Chris Brown under wraps. No one knows for sure if they are apart or together- and that’s the way she wants it.
Posted by Janet on April 7, 2009
RIHANNA IS DEAD SET ON BECOMING A MOVIE STAR
Filed Under: Movies > Real Estate > Rihanna
Photo Credit: Splash News
Rihanna has been moving around fast- she was in Hawaii a few days ago and now she’s back home in Barbados. But she is scheduled to come back on the 7th to sign papers so she can buy a 12 million dollar house she found in Bel Air. It’s just what she ’s been looking for – a hip, modern sprawling place, perfect for entertaining. Rihanna wants a home here because she wants to be a MOVIE STAR. Those rumors about her starring in a remake of the movie “The Bodyguard” might turn out to be true.
Posted by Janet on April 3, 2009
BRAD PITT EXPECTS TO MAKE A HEFTY REAL ESTATE PROFIT
Filed Under: Brad Pitt > House > Malibu > Real Estate
Photo Credit: Splash News
It must be great to be Brad Pitt’s real estate agent. Now he’s put his ocean view Malibu home with walls of glass, on the market. It’s the house Brad moved into after he and Jennifer split up. He never spent much time there because he started globe trotting with Angelina. Brad seems to be oblivious to the real estate market crash – he’s asking 18 million for the place and he paid 8.41 million for it in 2005.
Posted by hoodlum on February 3, 2009
BRAD AND ANGELINA ARE READY FOR ANYTHING
Filed Under: Angelina Jolie > Brad Pitt > House > Long Island > Real Estate
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We just had to get a closer look at the Sassafras Estate - that’s the Lloyd Neck, Long Island, mansion that Brad and Angelina are leasing. It looks old, but the 22,000 sq ft house was actually built in 1987, and has the ultimate in high tech luxury. The eight bedroom house sits on 48 acres and the staff quarters features 12 bedrooms (for all those security guards.) The house is compared to “living in your own resort.” There’s a helicopter pad, a barber shop, and an underground tunnel to the front yard. We’re thinking that the fallout shelter (with bath included) is what appealed to Brad – years ago, he had a shelter dug at his Santa Barbara home. This house was one of the ten most expensive houses in America when it was built.
Posted by hoodlum on January 24, 2009
HEATH LEDGER: GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Filed Under: Heath Ledger > Oscars > Real Estate
Photo Credit: Splash News
Can you believe it’s been a YEAR since Heath Ledger died? That’s right – it was January 22. Fans in New York haven’t forgotten the Oscar nominee. They’ve been leaving flowers and notes outside the apartment he lived in, which, incidentally still has not been leased. You can probably get it for a song by now – maybe $24,000 a month.
Posted by hoodlum on January 22, 2009
SELENA GOMEZ: THE SOFA SHE LEFT BEHIND
Filed Under: Real Estate > Selena Gomez
Photo Credit: Pacific Coast News
Opportunity knocks. Selena Gomez moved out of her Studio City house and she left her puffy white couch (in perfect condition) behind on the curb for anyone who wanted it. Unfortunately, rain got to the couch before fans could pounce on it.
Posted by hoodlum on December 14, 2008
NICOLE RITCHIE IS MUCH HAPPIER IN THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS
Filed Under: Benji Madden > Joel Madden > Nicole Ritchie > Real Estate
Photo Credit: Pacific Coast News
Nicole Ritchie doesn’t have to go home to her daddy’s mansion any more. Joel Madden sold the house that Nicole didn’t like in Glendale and bought a new place in the more fashionable Hollywood Hills. Actually he wanted to live closer to his store on Melrose Avenue, anyway. His brother Benji also unloaded his Glendale house (which was a block away from his twin brother’s) and bought a house down the street from Joel’s new place. So they’re still neighbors.
Posted by hoodlum on December 12, 2008
