Celebrity real estate 01/30
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Actor Tony Curtis and his wife, Jill, are buying a vacation home on the
outskirts of Las Vegas that is under construction and expected to be completed
in June.
"Las Vegas is a very interesting and engaging city, and we'll be 10
minutes from many excellent restaurants and shows," said the actor, 74. He and
his wife, 29, were married there in November 1998.
Their retreat is being built at Del Webb's Anthem Country Club in
Henderson. "We need change in life. We shouldn't get into a rut," the actor
said. He has no intention, however, of giving up his longtime home in Bel-Air.
Curtis will be honored March 16 to 26 by the American Cinematheque at the
Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. "They're going to show 16 of my films," he said.
He will be there for some of the post-screening discussions and screening
introductions, including the one for "Some Like It Hot" (1959), which will be
shown March 18 at 8 p.m.
Curtis co-starred in the Billy Wilder comedy with Jack Lemmon and Marilyn
Monroe. Some of Curtis' portraits of Monroe have fetched considerable sums.
Curtis, a recognized artist as well as an actor, recently had an
exhibition of his acrylics and watercolors at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, and
he plans to participate in an art show in Florida in mid-February.
"I'm a painter," he said, "and our new home will have an art studio."
But the 4,000-square-foot house will have only a couple of bedrooms,
"because Jillie and I want to keep things simple. We don't plan to have any
guests."
He expects the finished house to cost him about $1 million.
"It's being built on a beautiful piece of land and will have an infinity
pool," he said. His house will be among about 15 in a special enclave within a
gated community, which has a clubhouse with an indoor pool.
* * *
Freddie DeMann, Madonna's former manager and co-founding partner with her
of Maverick Records, and his wife, Candy, have put their Bel-Air home on the
market at $23 million. He left Maverick last year.
The couple spent three years refurbishing the 20,000-square-foot house,
built in 1958. The renovation was estimated to have cost $500 a square foot.
Now the Art Deco-style home, on about three acres, has a main house with
four bedrooms and maid's quarters, plus a guest house. Among the bedrooms is a
2,000-square-foot master suite.
The home also has a state-of-the-art projection room, climate-controlled
wine cellar, hair salon, gym, sauna, pool, spa and tennis court. The gated home
is on a promontory with city to ocean views.
The former record company executive, 59, and his wife have owned the
property for about six years. Now that they've completed the renovation, they
want to move to smaller quarters.
After differences with Madonna, DeMann left Maverick Records last year
with a hefty settlement, but he has been expected to reemerge with a number of
new, professional activities.
June Scott has the listing on the DeManns' home at June Scott Estates, a
Coldwell Banker Previews company, Beverly Hills North office.
* * *
Psychologist-author Irene Kassorla and her mathematician-computer scientist
husband, Norman Freidmann, have purchased a Beverly Hills home for slightly
less than $5 million.
The couple sold their Holmby Hills home in July to Grammy-winning
singer-songwriter-producer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and his wife and business
partner, Tracey Edmonds, for nearly $13 million.
The psychologist, a former KABC-TV personality who counseled Monica
Lewinsky from 1992 through 1997, and her husband purchased an
8,000-square-foot-plus home with three bedrooms, maid's quarters and a guest
house.
The home was built in the 1950s but was remodeled recently by Beverly
Hills Realtor Stan Herman, who represented himself in the sale.
The buyers were represented by their daughter, Ronnie, and Raymond
Bekeris, both of John Bruce Nelson & Associates.
* * *
Robert Nesen, ambassador to Australia during the Reagan administration and
assistant secretary of the Navy under Richard Nixon, has put his 60-acre-plus
Hidden Valley ranch on the market at just under $7 million.
Nesen owned and operated a successful Cadillac-Olds dealership in Thousand
Oaks for 50 years until two years ago, when he retired.
He has owned the ranch since 1978. In 1995, he remodeled the ranch house
to resemble the U.S. embassy in Australia's capital, Canberra.
The 9,000-square-foot Hidden Valley house has two master suites, four
secondary bedrooms, a library, a game room and an indoor pool. The ranch also
has a guest cottage, horse facilities and barns, a croquet court, a caretaker's
quarters and many oak trees.
Called Kentwood, the home has a classic look with its red-brick exterior,
Doric columns and portico.
Nesen is buying a smaller home in the high-end West San Fernando Valley
residential community of Lake Sherwood, developed by his friend, David Murdock.
Nesen's property backs up to Sherwood Country Club.
Bill Carter, Rob Warner and Joan Young of Young Estates in Westlake
Village have the listing.
* * *
Milt Weiss, executive producer for regional news at Fox Sports and
formerly a senior producer for ABC's nightly news with Peter Jennings, has
moved to Los Angeles from the East Coast and purchased a home in the Hollywood
Hills.
He and his artist wife, Carol, bought a contemporary-style home with city
views for about $800,000. The 2,100-square-foot house was built in 1956.
It was owned by Ron Thomas of DBL, Sunset Strip. He represented himself in
the sale.
Chris Laib and Jan Barnow of Prudential-John Aaroe & Associates, Pacific
Design Center office, represented the Weisses, who have a son, Dillon, a
student at USC's film school.
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Marianna Trench
>outskirts of Las Vegas that is under construction and expected to be
>completed
>in June.
> But the 4,000-square-foot house will have only a couple of bedrooms,
>"because Jillie and I want to keep things simple. We don't plan to have any
>guests."
4000 square feet, and he wants to keep it simple? How big is the freakin'
bedroom going to be, anyway??
Marianna
always enjoying the Celeb real estate post and seeing how the other half lives
Reality's bitch
> and he wants to keep it simple? How big is the freakin' bedroom going
> to be, anyway??
Think "loft"!
vcz [who is currently working on getting a 33-thousand sq/ft one-room
bungalow (with a view of the sea!)]
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Sherrill Edwards
> > Actor Tony Curtis and his wife, Jill, are buying a vacation home on the
> >outskirts of Las Vegas that is under construction and expected to be
> >completed
> >in June.
>
> > But the 4,000-square-foot house will have only a couple of bedrooms,
> >"because Jillie and I want to keep things simple. We don't plan to have any
> >guests."
>
> 4000 square feet, and he wants to keep it simple? How big is the freakin'
> bedroom going to be, anyway??
Well, it has to be big enough for his ego--is 4,000 square feet enough??
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freeg...@aol.compoptarts says...
> > Actor Tony Curtis and his wife, Jill, are buying a vacation home on the
> >outskirts of Las Vegas that is under construction and expected to be
> >completed
> >in June.
>
> >"because Jillie and I want to keep things simple. We don't plan to have any
> >guests."
>
> bedroom going to be, anyway??
>
This is Tony Curtis we're talking about. As long as they've invested
well, then sure, buy up a gaggle of 4,000 sq foot homes. No big deal.
Besides it's Las Vegas... lots of land... and he need room for his
paintings.
dust...@mindspring.com
Reality's bitch <v...@noncommen.com> wrote in message
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> vcz [who is currently working on getting a 33-thousand sq/ft one-room
> bungalow (with a view of the sea!)]
33,000?? Yikes. Are you planning to rent it out for conventions?
Evelyn
Reality's bitch
:> vcz [who is currently working on getting a 33-thousand sq/ft one-room
:> bungalow (with a view of the sea!)]
> 33,000?? Yikes. Are you planning to rent it out for conventions?
Nope! We plan to art it all to hell and then live in it, work in it, keep
studios in it, herd cats in it, and, at night, throw open the doors to the
sea and rollerblade in it!
vcz [counting the days...while knowing they could be numbered]