Celebrity Real Estate 12/19
Billie
Cameron Diaz, who returned to voice the character of Princess Fiona in "Shrek
2" this year, has purchased a home in the Hollywood Hills for $2.7 million.
The actress bought a gated, one-story traditional-style house with three
bedrooms and 3 1/2 bathrooms in about 2,800 square feet. The home, built in the
'50s, also has a guesthouse and city views.
Diaz, 32, first appeared in a feature film as the torch-singing moll in "The
Mask" (1994). She went on to star in "There's Something About Mary" (1998) and
costar in "Charlie's Angels" (2000). She was the voice of Princess Fiona in the
first "Shrek" (2001), and she played a supporting role in "Vanilla Sky" the
same year. She was also in "Gangs of New York" (2002) and "Charlie's Angels:
Full Throttle" (2003).
She will star opposite Toni Collette in the movie "In Her Shoes," due out in
April.
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Rick Fox, who retired from basketball in late September after being traded by
the L.A. Lakers in August, has put his Marina del Rey home on the market at
$4.5 million.
Fox had owned the Mediterranean-style home since 1999. The house was built in
1998 and has six bedrooms and 4 1/2 bathrooms in about 5,000 square feet. It
also has a landscaped yard and a roof deck with ocean views. It's in the Silver
Strand area.
Fox, 35, was a starter on the last two Laker championship teams and had a
recurring role as team facilitator in seven seasons with the franchise. His
retirement announcement, prompted by physical injuries, came about two months
after he filed for divorce from actress-singer Vanessa Williams. Fox is
exploring careers as an actor and TV sports analyst.
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David Horowitz, the author and civil rights activist, has sold his home in the
Malibu area for slightly more than $2 million and purchased a home in the west
San Fernando Valley for about $1.2 million.
The home he sold has four bedrooms in nearly 3,000 square feet and was built in
1967. The house he bought is the same size but is newly built.
"It's quiet in the hills of the Valley," Horowitz said, "and with its horses
and rabbits, it has a great feel to me as a writer."
He was editor of Ramparts magazine, a forum for the political views of the New
Left, before he wrote such books as "Uncivil Wars," "Left Illusions" and
"Unholy Alliance," his latest, which examines the relationship between Radical
Islam and the American Left. He also co-wrote biographies on the Kennedys and
the Rockefellers.
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The Beverly Hills home of the late Eleanore Berman, whose garden paintings have
been exhibited around the world, has been sold for close to its asking price of
about $6 million.
Berman, who died at 75 in August, had lived in the house since 1967. The garden
she created on the grounds was included in about 200 of her paintings, which
were shown as far away as Amsterdam and as nearby as the L.A. County Museum of
Art.
The six-bedroom, 7 1/2 -bath- room home has an Old Hollywood aura. It was built
in 1930 by filmmaker Sidney Franklin, who directed "The Barretts of Wimpole
Street" (1934) and produced "Mrs. Miniver" (1942).
The house has a two-story entry, sweeping staircase, master bedroom with
fireplace, library and breakfast room. There is a maid's wing with two bedrooms
and one bathroom. French doors open to the garden, pool, guesthouse and
artist's studio.
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Jennifer York, the KTLA morning traffic reporter who flew in a helicopter over
L.A. for more than a dozen years before recently calling it quits, has put her
Sherman Oaks home on the market at $1.25 million.
The New England, traditional-style home has three bedrooms and 2 1/2 bathrooms
in nearly 2,300 square feet. The house, built in 1940, has dark hardwood
floors, white walls, a den, a dining room and a dramatic staircase leading to
the master suite, which has a balcony overlooking the patios.
York is downsizing while exploring new employment opportunities and playing in
her all-female jazz group, the York Quartet. She is an electric and acoustic
bassist.
Billie
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