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Inside the former homes of entertainment icons
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Fans of Tinseltown’s rich and famous, rejoice! We’ve brought together some of the most amazing celebrity pads, all steeped in cinematic history. From Marilyn Monroe to James Dean, Judy Garland and Liberace, discover the palatial properties that some of the most beloved Silver Screen stars once called home…
Liberace’s secret West Hollywood townhouse
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American pianist, singer and actor, Liberace, was known and loved for his flamboyant costumes and trademark candelabras, which he would place on top of his piano before a performance. The one-of-a-kind showman even had a movie made about his life, Behind the Candelabra, which starred Michael Douglas, Matt Damon and Rob Lowe, proving that his musical legacy is still enduring. Let’s take a look at the musician’s secret West Hollywood townhouse…
Liberace’s secret West Hollywood townhouse
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Amazingly, the property was built by MGM Studios in 1937 and is part of The Shoreham, a private cluster of 15 apartments and townhouses that were designed to house the film company’s prized stars. The Regency-inspired estate is set behind iron gates and is surrounded by tranquil gardens and koi ponds, just above Sunset Boulevard.
Liberace’s secret West Hollywood townhouse
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According to Dirt, everyone from Janet Leigh to Veronica Lake and Katherine Hepburn lived on the West Hollywood estate.
This pad, considered one of the largest townhouses on the street, became the secret hideout of Liberace in the 1970s. Before the pianist moved it, the place belonged to Barbara Marx, the fourth wife of Frank Sinatra.
Liberace’s secret West Hollywood townhouse
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The secluded spread spans 1,937 square feet and, despite the fact it was once owned by Liberace, the interior is surprisingly demure. Every single room is overflowing with gorgeous original features that have been lovingly preserved or restored over the years. These include its elegant walnut floors, high ceilings with decorative crown mouldings, stately Italian marble fireplaces and wrought-iron balustrades.
Liberace’s secret West Hollywood townhouse
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Across the home’s four floors you’ll find a light-filled entrance hall with elegant columns, a formal living room, a chef’s kitchen with a breakfast nook and adjoining dining room, three bedrooms and four bathrooms.
Liberace’s secret West Hollywood townhouse
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Throughout the property there are various sets of French doors that open to the home’s numerous exterior decks and balconies – including one on the ground floor that overlooks a koi pond. There are two master suites and one comes complete with a bathroom that showcases a tub encased in mirrors and wood, as well as a tasselled Tiffany chandelier that was commissioned by Liberace himself.
Liberace’s secret West Hollywood townhouse
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The townhouse is topped by a 2,000-square-foot roof terrace, equipped with a built-in barbecue, a bar, a shaded dining zone and a projector screen for alfresco movie nights. Plus, just look at that view! In April 2022, the spread landed on the market with a surprisingly low asking price of $2.9 million (£2.4m).
The price was later chopped to just shy of $2.7 million (£2.2m), after failing to find a buyer. If you’re keen, it’s still up for grabs via Westside Estate Agency.
Cary Grant’s hillside hideaway
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During the height of this career, which saw him star in classics like North by Northwest and Holiday, Cary Grant resided in this stunning hillside mansion. The palatial pad can be found right next door to the iconic Playboy Mansion, but it’s also just 10 minutes away from the world-famous Sunset Strip, making it perfectly located for a Hollywood legend.
Cary Grant’s hillside hideaway
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The single-storey house was built in 1934 and spans an impressive 7,371 square feet. Yet despite its age, the house likely looks a lot different than it did when Grant owned the place, thanks to a recent internal renovation.
Bright, beautiful and filled with natural light, the property has an easy interior flow and boasts both open rooms and cosy spaces for unwinding.
Cary Grant’s hillside hideaway
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Blending contemporary design with historic touches, there are still plenty of characterful details that reveal the home’s history. From natural timber floors to full-height porcelain fireplaces, steel-framed Crittall-style doors, original built-ins, panelled ceilings and porthole windows, there’s much to like about this period property.
Cary Grant’s hillside hideaway
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There are eight bedrooms and 10 bathrooms across the estate, as well as a modern kitchen, media room, gym and office. This luxurious celebrity bedroom comes with his-and-hers bathrooms and dual closets.
Cary Grant’s hillside hideaway
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There’s also a stunning family room with a vaulted wood ceiling and a chic bar.
Perhaps Grant hosted lavish parties in this space, with the likes of Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn and James Stewart in attendance? Elsewhere, you’ll find private guest quarters with a bedroom and kitchenette – perfect for VIP visitors.
Cary Grant’s hillside hideaway
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Most of the rooms are arranged around the back yard, allowing for direct access to the enclosed half-acre lot. The ultimate party house, outside you’ll find a tranquil oasis with plenty of entertaining areas. There’s a swimming pool, porch swing and an expansive rooftop deck that provides enchanting views across the lights of Los Angeles.
Cary Grant’s hillside hideaway
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In August 2021, the Hollywood classic landed on the market with Rodeo Realty for almost $8 million (£6.7m). The house was being sold by singer-songwriter, Betty Moon, who famously rented her Malibu beach house out to Friends star Matthew Perry, for $35,000 (£29k) a month, but after several price changes the listing was eventually removed.
It remains unsold to this day.
Yvette Mimieux’s Bel Air estate
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Described as “one of Bel Air’s prettiest homes”, this dreamy estate belonged to Silver Screen star Yvette Mimieux and her husband, Howard Ruby, for more than 40 years. The power couple bought the house in 1979 and have maintained its exquisite Mediterranean design, likening the property to a bejewelled Fabergé egg – and once you step inside you might just understand why.
Yvette Mimieux’s Bel Air estate
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Known as ‘Il Sogno’ (which translates to ‘The Dream’), the property has been described as one of the great “true” Bel Air estates. Dating back to 1928, the interior was inspired by the glistening villas found on Italy’s Amalfi Coast. Grand and opulent, the 12,000-square-foot home is kitted out with hand-painted beamed ceilings, carved stone fireplaces, green marble and large arched windows.
Yvette Mimieux’s Bel Air estate
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There are six bedrooms and eight bathrooms, as well as a ballroom-sized party room and a formal dining room. One of the bedrooms has been finished with a dramatic domed ceiling, decorated with frescoes, while the orangery is almost too grand to be true. The interiors were designed by Kalef Alaton, who was responsible for the rooms found at the iconic Hotel Bel-Air. Every space is filled with antique rugs, classic paintings and refined upholstery.
Yvette Mimieux’s Bel Air estate
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The library is perhaps the home’s most enticing room, though. Hand-lacquered, it boasts a central skylight and dramatic chandelier. We’re sure Mimieux spent a lot of time in here, reading through scripts or rehearsing the lines for some of her most celebrated roles. There’s no denying that ‘Il Sogno’ is one of the world’s most luxurious homes.
Yvette Mimieux’s Bel Air estate
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The chef’s kitchen is likely the most modern addition. Designed for daily use and event catering, it comes complete with commercial-grade appliances and plenty of counter space. Many of the rooms open up to the garden, allowing for a seamless indoor-outdoor flow and rooms flooded with natural light.
Yvette Mimieux’s Bel Air estate
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Elsewhere on the one-acre estate, you’ll find a four-car garage and a characterful wine cellar where intimate tastings can be enjoyed. Step outside and you’ll find spectacular grounds that appear plucked from a European estate. There’s a tiled swimming pool, elegant fountains, dreamy lawns, formal gardens and specimen trees designed by David Jones, the personal florist of Jackie Kennedy and Elizabeth Taylor, Compass claims.
Yvette Mimieux’s Bel Air estate
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Mimieux and Ruby decided to part ways with their longtime home in April 2021, placing a $45 million (£37.
4m) price tag on the estate. We don’t know about you, but we think this stunning abode is worth every single penny…
James Dean’s Spanish hacienda
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Perched on the east side of the Hollywood Hills, this beautiful Spanish-style villa at 6225 Quebec Drive was where the tragic cultural icon James Dean was first discovered.
James Dean’s Spanish hacienda
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According to Hollywood history, the aspiring actor was living in the downstairs suite of the home where he worked as the caretaker for Hal B Wallis, head of Warner Brothers studios.
James Dean’s Spanish hacienda
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At one of Wallis’ many exclusive get-togethers, frequented by acting royalty, Dean was quickly discovered by an executive who cast him in the seminal role of troublemaker Jim Stark in Rebel Without A Cause.
James Dean’s Spanish hacienda
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The property sits on a lot of more than 11,600 square feet, with the guest suite where Dean lived as he launched his career located below the main house. To this day, the wing is kept as private quarters for visitors, though it lacks none of the luxuries of the main house.
James Dean’s Spanish hacienda
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The guest suite can be accessed via a staircase which opens out into lavish living quarters, or through a private entrance in the garden which leads into Dean’s old bedroom. Pretty handy for sneaking back from late-night parties beneath the Hollywood lights!
James Dean’s Spanish hacienda
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The iconic actor’s former bedroom may be modest in size compared to most A-list pads, but we think this is a pretty swell space for the young star to call home before he made his millions.
James Dean’s Spanish hacienda
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Dean’s dwelling also had its own spacious living area, complete with a roaring fireplace – not too shabby for a live-in handyman. Unsurprisingly, the home last sold in 2018 for $3.8 million (£3.2m).
Ginger Rogers and Lew Ayres’ Hollywood Hills hideaway
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On a winding road just off of Laurel Canyon Boulevard, this stunning Spanish-style villa was designed and built for one half of the world’s most famous dancing duo, Ginger Rogers, and her actor husband Lew Ayres.
Ginger Rogers and Lew Ayres’ Hollywood Hills hideaway
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In the early 20th century, Rogers commissioned the design for this bewitching property, located above Los Angeles’ world-renowned Sunset Strip. Perfectly positioned, the gorgeous home affords panoramic views over the Los Angeles skyline.
Ginger Rogers and Lew Ayres’ Hollywood Hills hideaway
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Rogers and Ayres lived here on 8782 Appian Way. Its gates open to a stunning private courtyard, bursting with lush foliage and fragrant olive trees – the perfect spot to relax and soak up the views.
Ginger Rogers and Lew Ayres’ Hollywood Hills hideaway
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The most fantastic feature of the home is the alfresco seating area which opens up completely at the front aspect to allow the warm Californian breeze to blow in.
Ginger Rogers and Lew Ayres’ Hollywood Hills hideaway
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The interior of Rogers’ old home, where she lived in the late 1930s, has been given a modern upgrade while retaining many of its original features including wide, arched doorways and open truss ceilings with thick mahogany beams.
Ginger Rogers and Lew Ayres’ Hollywood Hills hideaway
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The home boasts five luxurious bedrooms and four bathrooms, all with plenty of space for a Hollywood leading lady to escape the limelight and enjoy some well-deserved down time.
Ginger Rogers and Lew Ayres’ Hollywood Hills hideaway
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Try not to get too attached though. This Hollywood Hills gem on Appian Way was sold by PLG Estates for just a touch under $4 million (£3.3m) in 2015.
Marlon Brando’s architectural abode
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Throughout his impressive career, Marlon Brando was definitely the king of Hollywood, and his home, known as the Laurel View Residence, is certainly a fortress home – of the celebrity kind or otherwise.
Marlon Brando’s architectural abode
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Also the former home of musical star Ann Miller, 8142 Laurel View Drive is an architectural marvel.
The house was designed by famed architect AF Leicht, who combined French Renaissance and Spanish Revival architecture to bring his unique vision to life.
Marlon Brando’s architectural abode
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Stepping into the grand home, there’s no chance of forgetting your surroundings. In the lounge, huge picture windows frame majestic panoramas of the Hollywood Hills and the bustling city below.
Marlon Brando’s architectural abode
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After Brando won the Oscar for On the Waterfront in 1954, he was photographed with his first statuette in this very living room. The décor is as unique as the building itself, boasting stately stone hearths and Tuscan-style tiled flooring.
Marlon Brando’s architectural abode
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Each of the home’s five bedrooms boasts its own architectural wonders.
Here, a clever vaulted ceiling creates volume and space, while a Juliette balcony draws the LA skyline inside. We can only imagine the picture-perfect sunsets you can glimpse from this room.
Marlon Brando’s architectural abode
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The home has plenty of bright, airy rooms, fit for gatherings of Brando’s star-studded circle, which included Jack Nicholson, Johnny Depp and the influential writer, James Baldwin.
Marlon Brando’s architectural abode
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This incredible 4,363-square-foot estate, complete with towers, octagonal rooms, and neo-Gothic detailing, was sold for a casual $4.2 million (£3.5m) in March 2021.
Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer’s colonial estate
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Audrey Hepburn once lived in this elegant Colonial Revival home at 100 Delfern Drive with her first husband, actor Mel Ferrer.
When it comes to kerb appeal, this property has bags of it thanks to double wrought iron gates, double-height columns and an intricate stone entrance way.
Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer’s colonial estate
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Originally built in 1938, it’s an exquisite, traditional estate that stretches over 1.1 acres. The vast plot includes the majestic main house, a guest house, staff apartment, tennis courts, manicured gardens and a spacious pool with plenty of surrounding patio areas.
Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer’s colonial estate
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Hepburn wasn’t the only celebrity tenant to settle in these hallowed halls: previous residents include Mia Farrow, Eva Gabor and David Niven, making this a truly elite Hollywood estate.
Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer’s colonial estate
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With this palatial sweeping staircase at the heart of the house, every morning would have been a movie moment for Hepburn as she descended the stairs for breakfast.
Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer’s colonial estate
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Audrey Hepburn was one of the world’s most beloved Hollywood stars but during her life, she often shied away from the gleam of the spotlight. Although she had houses dotted around the LA enclave, her heart remained in the sleepy Swiss town of Tolochenaz that she called home.
Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer’s colonial estate
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The Holmby Hills home was designed by architect-to-the-stars Paul R Williams who ensured that the timeless dwelling would impress for years to come, utilising the expansive interiors space to create a wow-factor home.
Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer’s colonial estate
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Rather unsurprisingly then, when the Old Hollywood estate, steeped in silver screen history, went on the market in 2019, it sold for an eye-watering $11 million (£9.
1m).
Frank Sinatra’s mid-century modern mansion
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With vast swathes of glass and sleek lines, this modernist marvel is known as Byrdview, one of Hollywood’s most famous celebrity estates. Located on Farralone Avenue, the property is nestled amongst the star-studded LA enclaves of Hidden Hills, Sierra Canyon, and Viewpoint, and once belonged to the ultimate crooner, Frank Sinatra.
Frank Sinatra’s mid-century modern mansion
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Some of the most famous people of the 20th and 21st centuries have called Byrdview home. Sinatra lived here in the 1950s and 60s, inviting the Rat Pack and the rest of his exclusive cohort to join him for swinging house parties.
Frank Sinatra’s mid-century modern mansion
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Yet, this unique property is far more than just a celebrity hotspot.
Byrdview is a rare relic, a piece of architectural and art history: it was designed by the legendary William Pereira and remains one of only four homes he built. Throughout the seven-bedroom house you’ll find vast expanses of floor-to-ceiling windows that embrace the great outdoors, folding outwards and filling the home with natural light and fresh air.
Frank Sinatra’s mid-century modern mansion
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Naturally, the time capsule celebrity home offers ample room for entertaining. In fact, this kitchen is one of two in the house and comes equipped with a bar, ready to greet guests with refreshments upon arrival. If you were wondering just how much room the celebrity tenants had to entertain in, the property spans a whopping 8,161 square feet, including space for 100 cars out front – more than enough space for one hell of a party!
Frank Sinatra’s mid-century modern mansion
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It’s not a Hollywood home if there’s not an incredible view over the Californian valleys.
As a plus, the agricultural zoning of this estate allows for the next tenants to cultivate their own vineyard should they wish.
Frank Sinatra’s mid-century modern mansion
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As one of LA’s most glamorous retreats, it welcomed the vow renewal of Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli, and Marilyn Monroe is rumoured to have stayed in the guest house. In more recent years, it’s been the filming location for smash hits like Dreamgirls, Transformers and Mad Men. International superstars Rihanna, Usher and Mariah Carey have also filmed music videos at Byrdview.
Frank Sinatra’s mid-century modern mansion
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With views like these, it’s no wonder it’s somewhat of a celebrity hotspot. At the end of 2018, the home was listed for $12.5 million (£10.4m) but was mysteriously removed from the market in 2019.
Judy Garland’s Hollywood Hills mansion
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This spectacular home perched high in the Hollywood Hills was once home to musical legend Judy Garland. The Wizard of Oz star lived in the glamorous home, which is just above the famed Sunset Strip, in the mid-1940s with her husband, director Vincente Minnelli and daughter, Liza.
Judy Garland’s Hollywood Hills mansion
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The home was built in 1941, just before Garland and her family moved in, but as you would expect from such a desirable house it has undergone some beautiful modern renovations. The main living space boasts dark hardwood floors, high ceilings and French doors that lead out to the private balcony.
Judy Garland’s Hollywood Hills mansion
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The magnificent home at 8850 Evanview Drive sold in 2020 for $4.
7 million (£3.9m). It’s spread over three floors, making it the ideal home for an A-lister. This pedigree mansion was designed by star architect John Elgin Woolf – whose other clients included Cary Grant and Bob Hope – and was also owned by a member of the Rat Pack, Sammy Davis Jr.
Judy Garland’s Hollywood Hills mansion
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The pool house, which was said to have been built by Sammy Davis Jr, boasts an oversized fireplace, a marble bar, his-and-her baths and a full guest suite. With soaring beamed ceilings and a sleek monochrome colour scheme, it would have been the perfect spot for the singer to party with his famous friends, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and the rest.
Judy Garland’s Hollywood Hills mansion
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Judy’s career and private life were notoriously unstable in the mid-1940s, and we can assume that this would have been a sanctuary for the star.
The main bedroom boasts a glamorous ensuite bathroom, a private balcony and a modern four-poster bed. The perfect suite for a celebrity, it’s a modern private oasis!
Judy Garland’s Hollywood Hills mansion
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Spread over 5,000 square feet, the property has every amenity a star would ever need including five bedrooms and seven-and-a-half bathrooms. Kitted out for when a star needs to make a quick getaway, there is a screening room with a hidden bookshelf door that leads through to the original Garland suite.
Judy Garland’s Hollywood Hills mansion
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In addition to the Art Deco-style main home and the pool house, there’s also a swimming pool framed by an outdoor fireplace and stylish grey decking. The grounds are also home to an orchard and extensive gardens. Who wouldn’t want to while away the hours in this incredible Hollywood retreat?
Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio’s Mediterranean villa
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These days we’re used to a plethora of celeb homes hitting the market each month, but nestled in the picturesque Hollywood Hills, the famed honeymoon home of Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio truly is an iconic slice of old screen history.
Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio’s Mediterranean villa
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This dramatically beautiful home at 2393 Castilian Drive harks back to classic Mediterranean architecture and wouldn’t be out of place on Italy’s enchanting Amalfi Coast thanks to its light, bright and airy feel.
Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio’s Mediterranean villa
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The celebrity couple known for their turbulent relationship lived here briefly following their headline-hitting wedding in 1954. Outpost Estates, where the property is located, is considered to be among the most exclusive areas in the Hollywood locale.
Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio’s Mediterranean villa
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Although the kitchen has been recently remodelled, it still retains the original sunny southern Italian feel thanks to its warm terracotta palette and stylish tiling.
We can just imagine the newlyweds enjoying their first meals together in this bright, characterful room.
Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio’s Mediterranean villa
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The rustic aesthetic continues throughout the house and is especially prevalent in one of the property’s five gorgeous bathrooms. Sold in 2019 for $2.7 million (£2.2m), we can easily imagine relaxing and unwinding in this luxurious spa-like space!
Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio’s Mediterranean villa
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A Hollywood home is incomplete without a sun-soaked terrace for hosting your celebrity circle. This one is found behind huge double doors and looks out over a dazzling canyon.
Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio’s Mediterranean villa
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Tucked away at the bottom of the garden and shrouded with trees, a grotto-like pool completes the exotic majesty of this enchanting home.
As magical now as it was when the world’s most famous blonde lived here, we think this is one house that will always have star quality.
James Stewart’s longtime mega-mansion
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Despite the fact that his last movie hit our screens in 1991, James Stewart, or Jimmy as he is also known, remains one of history’s most iconic actors. The It’s a Wonderful Life star enjoyed a film career that spanned almost 60 years, so it’s unsurprising that he had plenty of cash for snapping up real estate across Los Angeles – and it was here that the enduring actor lived for five decades.
James Stewart’s longtime mega-mansion
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The palatial property can be found on the coveted North Roxbury Drive, in the heart of Beverly Hills, just north of Sunset Boulevard. The Italian-style villa spans more than 15,000 square feet and sits on a spectacular 1.
3-acre plot. In fact, Stewart’s former address is one of the largest in the area and encompasses two lots. The Academy Award-winning actor reportedly purchased the land in order to expand his beloved garden, Mansion Global suggests.
James Stewart’s longtime mega-mansion
The Agency
Though James, lived at this address for nearly 50 years, the house has changed dramatically since then. In fact, after he passed away in 1997, at the age of 89, the estate’s new owner built a brand new Mediterranean-inspired villa that still offers plenty of Old Hollywood charm. Make your way through the home’s park-like grounds and you’ll find yourself in a lavish entrance foyer. Glistening and grand, the space showcases the home’s many high-end fixtures, including inlaid marble, beautiful millwork crown mouldings and coffered ceilings.
James Stewart’s longtime mega-mansion
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The property is truly stunning and appears as if Jimmy Stewart never left.
There are nine bedrooms and 13 bathrooms, as well as plenty of spaces for entertaining and relaxing. The wood panelled library is perhaps the finest space and oozes classical refinement. Other key amenities include a screening room, a 1,000 bottle wine cellar, a tasting room, a gym and a sauna, all of which add to the home’s pedigree. How’s that for billionaire bling?
James Stewart’s longtime mega-mansion
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There’s a spectacular luxury kitchen with a centre island and floor-to-ceiling cabinets. It features double ovens, a glistening tiled floor and an adjacent sun room for informal dining. We’re sure Jimmy hosted many a dinner party during his time at the address, perhaps inviting Alfred Hitchcock, with whom the actor worked with for four iconic movies, Vertigo, Rear Window, Rope and The Man Who Knew Too Much.
James Stewart’s longtime mega-mansion
The Agency
Every single room boasts ample windows, high ceilings and elegant fixtures.
You’ll find walnut floors, silk carpets and antique wood-burning fireplaces, proving that no expense was spared in the making of this classic Beverly Hills mansion.
James Stewart’s longtime mega-mansion
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The master bathroom is seriously vintage and we love that the space hasn’t been modernised. With a central soaking tub, antique dressing tables and a walk-in wardrobe, it’s well suited to a Hollywood icon. With such splendour, it’s no wonder that the house sold in 2021 for a cool $35.2 million (£29.3m) after previously being listed for $47.9 million (£39.8m) in 2018.
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- Why do celebrities buy homes in Beverly Hills?
- Invite Whitey Houston around for Karaoke?
- Self Guided Celebrity Homes Tour (Beverly Hills):
- 30 Iconic Celebrity Homes in Beverly Hills:
- 30. Adele
- 29. Taylor Swift
- 28. Madonna’s Home
- 27.Ellen DeGeneres
- 26. Phil Collins Home
- 25. Gene Hackman’s Home
- 24. Jennifer Lawrence
- 23. Rihanna’s Home
- 22. Nicolas Cage
- 21. Hugh Hefners Home
- 20. Jay Lenos Home
- 19. Jennifer Anistons Home
- 18. Johnny Weissmuller’s Home
- 17. Jack Nicholson’s Home
- Cursed Home??
- 16. Marlon Brando’s Home
- 15. Mia Farrows Home
- 14. Sandra Bullock
- 13. Dean Martins Home
- 12. Frank Sinatra’s Home
- 11. Greystone Mansion
- 10. Clint Eastwoods Home
- 9. Elton Johns Home
- 8. Marilyn Monroe & Cher!
- 17. Jack Nicholson’s Home
- 7.
Alfred Hitchcocks Home
- 6. Michael Jacksons Home
- 5. Walt Disneys Home
- 4. Carrie Fisher
- 3. Rod Stewart’s Holmby Hills Home
- 2. Steve Martin’s Home
- 1. Bruce Springsteen’s Home
- Address: 1244 Benedict Canyon Drive.
- Celebrity Homes in Beverly Hills Road Trip (Self Guided Tour Map:
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Alfred Hitchcocks Home
Why do celebrities buy homes in Beverly Hills?
There are many reasons celebrities and movie stars continue purchasing homes in Beverly Hills. The first is the most obvious really, gorgeous, luxurious & bespoke mansions, which range from $1,000,000 to a massive $165,000,000!
The “Hollywood Hills” one of the best places to live in California, many celebrities also love the secluded roads and suburbs which make you feel far away from the hustle and bustle of LA.
Another reason, celebrities continue to purchase homes in the area, is other celebrities! Who wouldn’t want Jack Nicolson as a neighbor or even Madonna! The great networking opportunities allow the celebrities to just pop over to each other houses and talk about a new movie or album collaborations.
Invite Whitey Houston around for Karaoke?
There have been many story of such collaborations and parties, over the years. For example, recently on the tonight show with Jimmy Fallon, Jamie Foxx announced that a back in the 90’s he had few locals come over to his house for a party and he also had a Karaoke Machine. The highlight was none other then the iconic Whitney Houston, one of the greatest singers of all time having a go at good ol karaoke! According to Jamie Foxx
“I videotaped it and have still got the tape, it was on one of those VHS Camcorders.” Movie night anyone?
Take a Bow whitney, Whitney Houston coming around for Karaoke is one of the perks of living in Beverly Hills I guess!
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Taking a self guided tour to all these celebrity home can be challenging, so to help you out, we have put together two maps.
The first shows a massive selection of Celebrity home locations with over 100 homes and another Celebrity Homes road trip map with 27 locations outlined above. For the Celebrity homes road trip map, you can just put it into your sat nav and use it to take a self guided tour!
30 Iconic Celebrity Homes in Beverly Hills:
30. Adele
In 2022, Adele purchased Sylvester Stallone’s “hidden” mansion in Los Angeles for an eye watering $58 million. The mansion can be found in Beverly Park (just above Beverly Hills). The area is also home to celebrities such as the The Rock, Justin Bieber and more.
The property spans 1,726 square meters and contains eight bedrooms and 12 bathrooms, celebrities love bathrooms! Adele owns another “smaller” property which she paid $10.65 million for before announcing her separation from her husband, this is located at 9575 Hidden Valley Rd, according to sources.
Adele Mansion Beverly Hills.
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29. Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift is the classic “girl next door” but when she’s not singing about breakups or “shaking it off” , she is snapping up homes in Beverly Hills. Her main home is a $25 million mansion, which she petitioned the City of Beverly Hills to have designated as an historic landmark in 2017. The four bedroom mansion named the “Goldwyn Estate” is the former home of Samuel Goldwyn, the co-founder of Goldwyn Pictures (now called MGM).
Address: 1200 Laurel Lane
Taylor Swift also recently sold her former 4 bed mid century home at (1908 North Beverly Drive) for “just” $2.8 million according to Sotheby.
Taylor Swift Home Beverly Hills, Source: Scenetherapy
28. Madonna’s Home
Address: 9425 Sunset Blvd
The Queen of Pop purchased her home for £12 million dollars in 2003 and renovated it to house a whopping 15 Bathrooms! Other amenities include, an onsite tennis centre, plunge pool and theatre.
In 2013, she sold the property of $19.5 Millions dollars.
27.Ellen DeGeneres
The loveable, charismatic talk show host “Ellen” loves interior design and luxury home decor. She is an avid “house flipper” and has bought and sold over seven properties in Beverly Hills. For example, in 2003, Ellen bought a Beverly Hills home from Mutchnick for approximately $6 million, then after she sold it to Will Ferrell just three years later for $9 million, making a juicy profit. In 2019, Ellen and her wife Portia de Rossi, purchased Adam Levine’s former Beverly Hills mansion for an eye watering $45 million. The 10,376 square foot property contains five-bedroom and a staggering 12-bathrooms, which does seem extreme but perhaps everybody in Maroon 5 wanted to bring a friend.
Ellen DeGeneres $45 million Mansion in Beverly Hills. Former home of Adam Levine the Maroon 5 Front man Source: Architectural Digest
26. Phil Collins Home
Address: 9401 Sunset Blvd
Just down the road from the queen of pop, is another iconic Music Legend, Phil Collins.
His Beverly Hills home was originally known as Waverly Mansion and has been owned by him for many years.
Collins is also a community spokesman & has previously hosted the LA Conservancy, which spreads awareness about historic landmark houses in LA.
Phil Collins would be a pretty Annoying Neighbor if you ask me! Stars Homes in Beverly Hills
To be honest I would find him a pretty annoying neighbor, banging those drums all the time! “I can feel it in the air tonight”.
25. Gene Hackman’s Home
Address: 9901 Copley Drive
Gene Hackman is movie legend, know for his performances in Superman as Lex Luthor and in movies such as the Poseidon Adventure. His home also fit for any successful super villain! With a long meandering drive way & secure gates and a lush gardens surrounding.
24. Jennifer Lawrence
Jennifer Lawrence is most well know for her epic performance in the Hunger Games and her down to earth personality in real life.
She famously “puked” at Madonna’s party and “smelled brad Pitt”. In 2014, she purchased a luxury 5 bedroom mansion for ~$8 million and a starstruck list of prior owners which included Jessica Simpson and you guessed it, Ellen DeGeneres. The property as a European feel with a gorgeous landscaped gardens and of course a swimming pool and gym, to help prepare for the next hunger games of course!
23. Rihanna’s Home
Address: 9152 Janice Pl
The former home of Rihanna, is a private, gated and secluded property with 8,500 square feet of living area including 9 bathrooms & 7 bedrooms. The architect designed this house to offer a seamless flow between indoors & outdoors. Rihanna’s Kitchen is modern & clean which leads onto the pool & spa which offers city & canyon views!
Rihannas former Home is a gem of modern design. Beverly Hills Janice Place 9152
22. Nicolas Cage
Foreclosed Home: 363 Copa De Oro Rd.
Nicolas cage is an interesting character with problematic habits for splashing out & big spending! From many multiple luxurious Yachts, to a rare animal collection and even a castle!
As a legendary actor with massive earnings you wouldn’t think this would be an issue, but unfortunately he doesn’t know how to pay his tax! A few years back he was fined heavy for tax evasion & some of his homes had to be sold to pay the fine!
This foreclosed property is just next to LA Country Club.
21. Hugh Hefners Home
Playboy Mansion: 10236 Charing Cross Rd.
Hugh Hefner, the ultimate Playboy and his famous Playboy mansion is located on the west side of LA Country Club, not too far from Nicholas Cages foreclosed property.
He purchased the property back in 1971 for just $1,000,000 recently it sold for $200 million! The sale included a sought after “Zoo Permit” which the new owner got the benefit of. I would love to see the moving in list, Beds (check), sofa (check) , Giraffee & Lions (Ermmm)
The Man, the Legend, RIP Hugh Hefner who passed away at the age of 91 at the Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills.
Source: Getty Images
20. Jay Lenos Home
Address: 1151 Tower Road.
Jay Leno started his career in stand up before becoming the host of the Tonight Show for over 20 years! But it’s clear to see whos laughing now, he purchased his mansion back in 1987 and is famous for its large selection of garages which house one of the largest private collection of classic cars in the world!
A small part of Jay Lenos Car Collection at his home garage in Beverly Hills. Source: CNN.
19. Jennifer Anistons Home
Address: Corner of Airole Way.
The favourite girl next door, Jennifer Aniston started in everybody’s favourite show friends before hitting the big time as a Hollywood movie star. Her home is very special to her and was designed by Architect A. Quincy Jones.
In the words of Jennifer, its a home which “vibrates with the love that created it,”. After purchasing her home for $20.
1 Million dollars and then pursued a 2 and a half year renovation project she thanked the crafts people & designers upon completing humbly.
“I am so proud of this house. And I want to celebrate the people who made it: the master craftsmen who poured so much of themselves into its creation.”
Jennifer Anistons Home in Bel Air, California. Source: The Great architecturaldigest.com
Architects and designers have called her home a “Master class in low key luxury”.
Jennifer Aniston may have her dream home, but her love life is not so perfect. From her marriage with Brad Pitt which ended in Divorce after an alleged affair with Angelia Jolie on the set of Mr & Mrs Smith. To her new marriage to Justin Theroux in 2015, which also ended in divorce in 2017…she has had a rocky love life.
18. Johnny Weissmuller’s Home
Address: 414 St Pierre Rd.
Johnny Weissmuller, is actually the creator of the iconic Tarzan Shout (“Ahhhhhhoooohh” ).
Unsurprisingly his house in Bel air is also pretty wild. After a former Olympic Swimmer Weismuller created a series of gigantic pool, one of which is like a moat which surrounds the entire property.
Insider Tip:
Take a peek through the bushes close to the fence and you will be able to see the moat in the lush medieval style gardens.
17. Jack Nicholson’s Home
Address: 12850 Mulholland Drive.
Cursed Home??
Jack Nicholson is Hollywood royalty, often seen as an alternative type of actor know for his eerie performances such as “The Shining”, his home has some eerie stories behind it also.
His property is tied to multiple criminal investigations and the previous house on the land burned down! Legends say the area is cursed. I suppose thats great news for his neighbor Marlon Brando.
Jack Nicholsons Home Beverly Hills in 1969.
Jack Nicholsons home was the go to spot for wild sex & drug fuelled parties back in the 70’s and 80’s.
16. Marlon Brando’s Home
Address: 12900 Mulholland Drive.
“Heres Johnny” is not what you want to here when your wake up in the morning, but as neighbour’s with Jack Nicholson it could be a regular occurrence.
Marlon had a legendary movie career, famed for his role as Vito Corleone in the Godfather.
15. Mia Farrows Home
Address: 809 Roxbury Drive.
Keeping with the Tarzan connection, Mia Farrow lived here as a child with her moth Maureen o Sullivan who was an actress in many early Tarzan movies as none other then Jane.
14. Sandra Bullock
Sandra Bullock is one of Hollywood’s most beloved actresses, most known for being Miss Congeniality. Bullock dropped $16.9 million in 2011 on seven bedroom mansion, just next door to the iconic Ricky Martin, Livin la vida loca! Bullock used to own a home right on Sunset Strip which she rented out for “just” $18,500/month, but reports suggest the landlady life wasn’t for her and thus she sold in 2018.
13. Dean Martins Home
Address: 511 N. Maple Drive.
The warm hearted crooner himself Dean Martin, spent his last few days in this epic Mansion. He was the widely successful host of the Dean Martin show, in addition to being a singer and movie star in films such as Rio Bravo.
12. Frank Sinatra’s Home
Address: 915 Foothill Road.
Head south on Santa Monica Boulevard, from Dean Martins house and you will arrive at Foothill Road. The home to Dean Martins great friend, and fellow rat pack member Frank Sinatra!
Sinatra is one of the most legendary singers of all time, but he also starred in a few movies such as Oceans 11. This was his home from 1982 to 1998.
Frank Sinatras old Home. Current online estimates place this property at $30 Million!
11. Greystone Mansion
Address: 905 Loma Vista Dr.
Movie Set Heaven! (Leo DiCaprio & more!)
This is the perfect place to head if wish to take a self guided tour of a Mansion which has been an iconic movie set for a number of film & TV Shoots.
This historic property was valued at $3.5 million back in the late 20s, which is about $400 million in today’s money.
Leonardo DiCaprio shot the movie “The Aviator” here and apparently attempted to buy it for $18 million dollars but was laughed out the property!
Greystone Mansion (905 Loma Vista Dr Stars Home Tour) . Source: Pinterest.
Dark History?
Greystone Mansion has a very dark history, it was originally built by Edward Doheny as a wedding gift for his son, Ned. Unfortunately though Ned was killed just a few months later in a murder/suicide.
10. Clint Eastwoods Home
Address: 846 Stradella Road.
Do you feel lucky punk?? Well Icon Clint Eastwood definitely should, an Oscar winning movie legend of over 40 movies and academy award winning director for movies such as “Million Dollar Baby”. His home is also pretty majestic aswell, oh and he bought next door incase the neighbors complain about his Magnum 45!
9.
Elton Johns Home
Address: 1400 Tower Grove Drive.
“I’m a rocket man”, Elton John is a pop legend and his house has legendary roots in Hollywood. It was originally owned by the silent film actor John Gilbert and changed hands many times, Elton John owned it between 1977 and 1981.
Elton John performing Rocket Man! Celebrity Home Beverly Hills.
Fun Fact: It is alleged by Daily Mail newspaper that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo handed Kim Jong-un, (North Korea Dictator) a copy of Elton John’s ‘Rocket Man’ CD when on talks in Pyongyang! After Kim Jong stated he had not heard of the song!
8. Marilyn Monroe & Cher!
Address: 141 Carolwood Drive.
This property has been owned by a number of notable movie stars and celebrities over the years. The owner of fox (Joseph Schneck) was the first before Tony Curtis, Burt Reynolds, Cher and of course the great Marilyn Monroe.
Its clear to see why, with over 12000 square feet, 9 bedrooms & 10 bathrooms, it’s ideal for any movie star and all there friends!
7. Alfred Hitchcocks Home
Address: 10957 Bellagio Road
Probably the most Iconic Hollywood Movie Director of all time! Alfred Hitchcocks old home is just opposite Bel Air Country Club. He lived their between 1942 until his death in 1980.
6. Michael Jacksons Home
Address: 100 Carolwood Drive.
The King of Pops, iconic home in the Holmby hills was is last residence before his pre mature death. The home was sold for $18 million in 2012.After his death, all his painting, art, furnishings and even his death bed were auctioned of aswell leading up to the sale!
Michael Jacksons Beverly hills Home
If you fancy heading to another piece of Jacksons history, drive around 2 hours west to arrive at Neverland Ranch (5225 Figueroa Mountain Rd, Los Olivos, CA 93441, USA) The magical location which housed a train, zoo and even a fun sized fun fair! This place became very controversial during the court cases before Jacksons death.
Michael Jacksons Beverly Hills Home Death bed flowers auction 100 NORTH CAROLWOOD DRIVE. Source: whitbyboot.photoshelter.com
Fans were invited inside MJ’s Beverly Hills home to place flowers & notes of condolence upon his passing.
5. Walt Disneys Home
Address: 355 Carolwood Drive.
Carolwood Drive is definitely the perfect place to tick of a few celebrity homes. Just down from Rod Stewarts place you will find the remains of Walt Disneys old house. The property was purchased in 1949 and sold for $74 million dollars before been converted to the Kilgour building.
The original house does not remain but there are still signs of Walt Disney nearby by, be sure to check out the Carolwood Pacific Railroad.
4. Carrie Fisher
Address: 1700 Coldwater Canyon Drive.
Carrie Fisher, a star wars sweet heart lived in this home till her unfortunate death in 2016.
Although this property was originally built for Robert Armstrong (King Kong) and later owned by Bette Davis, it would eventually be sold to none other than Carrie Fisher.
3. Rod Stewart’s Holmby Hills Home
Address: 391 N Carolwood Dr.
Also on Carolwood Drive in the Holmby Hills, is Rod Stewarts unique home. As a model train Enthusiast, Rod Stewarts entire third floor houses a complete replica of the New York & Pennsylvania Rail systems…eye catching indeed.
Rod Stewarts Model Railway inside Beverly Hills Home.
The Model features a 1:87 scale model of New Yorks Grand Central Station. With air conditioned skyscrapers and talking train conductors! But in a recent interview Rod Stewart warns ““Don’t say it’s a ‘train set’. It is a scale-model railway.”
2. Steve Martin’s Home
Address: 721 N Bedford Dr
Steve Martins home is an easy one to get to located just next to Rodeo Drive, between Beverly Hills Garden Park and Will Rogers Park. This is a relatively small Mansion compared to most but the 8000 square feet is still worth a peak.
1. Bruce Springsteen’s Home
Address: 1244 Benedict Canyon Drive.
Grammy award winner & musical legend Bruce Springsteen has lived here for quite some time so it’s definitely worth a look.
Ladies & Gentleman, the legend Bruce Springsteen. Source: Wiki.
Celebrity Homes in Beverly Hills Road Trip (Self Guided Tour Map:
The self guided tour map is split into West homes and East Homes. Outlining a total of 25 which are on the list above. To follow just Share to Facebook then click which route you want and follow from there. Estimated time to complete the trip is 2-3 hours depending upon if you complete it all and traffic.
(If you have a website you can embed this Map on there for your readers, by clicking the top right share button, just be sure to credit www.townandtourist.com
GPS Self Guided Bicycle Tour:
If you prefer pedal power but still wish to have the flexibility of self guided then this Stars home bike tour could be the ideal one for you.
The Tour Includes:
- Bike Rental, Helmet & Safety Vest
- GPS guide
- Hotel Pickup/Drop off.
Beverly Hills GPS self guided tour on Bicycle. Source: Viator.
Celebrity Homes Mini Bus Tour:
If the above map seems like to much effort you can opt for a mini bus tour around the areas. Bonuses include the commentary as you travel and the most up to date info, the tour usually takes around 2 hours and costs between $40-$50 per person. Here are reviews of two popular tour providers.
Prime Time Hollywood Tours:
Prime Hollywood tours, provides a tour around 40 stars homes on a two hour ride. Knowledgable live guides explain the history behind each home. Celebrities include many from the list above from Jack Nicholson to Marlon Brando & even Eddie Murphy. They also point out popular celebrity hangouts & movie locations.
- Admission Costs: $39 for Adults/Teens | $25 for Children
- Availability: Daily from 10 AM – 3 PM
- Duration: 2 hours
- Tour runs via mini-bus
- Click here for more information.
Star Homes Tours, Beverly Hills, Hollywood LA
On my ride with these guys I found friendly, engaging and informative. They also take you to many estates where you can actually see the property & they aren’t hidden away.
Starline Tours:
Star Line Tours, is a renowned and very experienced provider of Stars home tours in Hollywood and notably the Beverly Hills Area. Their insider knowledge gives them the most up to date info on the newest celebrity homes, so you won’t just see the homes where people “Used to live”.
Their tour takes around 2 hours and through 40 Mansions owned by celebrities & stars from Movies to Music.
- Ticket Price: $45 for Adults | $35 for Children
- Availability: Daily from 9 AM – 5 PM
- Duration: 2 hours
- Tour runs via mini-bus
- Hotel pickup/Drop Off is available
- Snacks/Drinks
- Click here for more information.
These have the best reviews out of the tour companies in the area.
Starline Tours Universal Studios & Star Homes. Source: Starline Tours.
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The Combo Tour Includes:
- Epic Movie Star Homes Tour
- Knowledgeable Driver/guide on the Stars Homes Tour
- Hotel Pickup
- Admission to Universal Studios Hollywood.
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Hollywood Stars Homes Map – Find Your Fav Celebs!
So, the hot question that most people often ask is, “Where do Hollywood stars live?” As you would expect, many of them live in California, right in the heart of Hollywood. And guess what? We have a Hollywood Stars Homes Map! Our Beverly Hills celebrity homes map has rave reviews, too! Check out all the details below and let us know what you think of the ONLY comprehensive Hollywood Celebrity Homes Tour available.
Where do Hollywood stars live?
In reality, most celebrities don’t live in the city of Hollywood, but in Beverly Hills, Hollywood Hills, and Malibu. Since these Hollywood stars like to socialize with like-minded, and like-walleted people, tons of stars live and hang out near and around these areas. And while taking a stroll through these neighborhoods, if you glance at a face and spontaneously say, “Is that him/her?” then it probably is!
A Hollywood celebrity homes map, which you can buy several places along Sunset Boulevard, can help you locate the big mansions and homes of your favorite stars. There are also several bus tours available.
However, the paper map and bus tours are notoriously expensive and have recently come under fire for giving out false information. So, we cut through the clutter and created this tour of must-see locations!
Hollywood Map of the Stars Homes: The Digital Option
Here at Velvet Ropes, we’re proud to provide the most up-to-date celebrity content on the web.
If the above tour isn’t for you, use our digital map to find and visit any celebrity home or hot spot your heart desires…it just won’t come with all the extra tips that the tour does 😉 Our Beverly Hills celebrity homes map is by far the best.
VelvetRopes.com Celebrity Home Address Map
Celebrity Star Map: The Paper Option
By using the map, you can carve out your own path as to which homes you would like to see on your tour instead of the pre-set, expensive tours. If you’re thinking about how to make the most of your tour, asking yourself “Where do most celebrities live?”, focus on Beverly Hills and Malibu – the places with the densest celebrity populations.
Pictured below is Linda Welton. Her family claims to have invented the “star map” decades ago. To this day she can be found on Carolwood Drive in Beverly Hills selling her star map for $25 a pop. It’s a cool souvenir, but let’s be real, who wants to read a paper map these days?
Beverly Hills Celebrity Homes
It is not too uncommon to see people confusing Beverly Hills for Hollywood.
Hollywood itself can be quite disappointing for tourists as it is not as glamorous as most people expect it to be. There is no doubt that those expectations are well fulfilled for tourists when they enter Beverly Hills. This is where you find the grand estates of the celebrities and the opulent residences of Hollywood stars.
Some of the most renowned places in this area include Rodeo Drive, The Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Wilshire, Spago, The Polo Lounge etc. Some of the most famous Hollywood celebrities who live or have lived in Beverly Hills are Charles Chaplin, George Clooney, Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt, Henry Fonda, Pamela Anderson, Donald Trump, Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Madonna, Walt Disney, Gene Kelly, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, George Hamilton, among hundreds of others.
When you visit Beverly Hills with the mission of seeing celebrity homes, the place you might want to spend the most time north of Sunset Boulevard. Homes to the south of Sunset Boulevard are big but not as impressive as you would expect them to be.
On the other hand, north of Sunset Boulevard leaves Malibu in the dust when it comes to sprawling estates worth hundreds of millions.
What’s interesting about the area is that it used to be an empty landscape between communities. Today, you see nothing but luxurious vehicles, huge homes, and the occasional star sighting! Actor Will Rogers happens to be the first mayor of Beverly Hills in 1926.
One of the highlighted homes in the area is of Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore. While it is located right in the middle of the Los Angeles metropolis, the cozy location between the mountains of the Hollywood Hills manages to provide the couple with great privacy. It’s also reported that Beyonce and Jay-Z just put in a $200 million offer on a newly built home in Beverly Hills.
Malibu (The Colony): Celebrity Star Maps
There is no other city in California that can beat Beverly Hills, except Malibu, when it comes to the number of stars that live there. It is interesting that before 1929, no one was allowed to enter this specific neighborhood along the beach, known as “Malibu Colony,” as it belonged to Frederick & May Rindge who kept it private.
In 1929, it was opened for public and stars started to rent properties here. It was in 1930 that stars and other people living in this area were allowed to “own” their homes. The Colony is guarded by gates and it’s the privacy of the colony that most celebrity residents love about it.
Another really interesting thing about the homes here is that most celebrities come here to spend their vacations and leisure time. Very few stars live here permanently – most have homes closer to studios in Beverly Hills where they live while working. Then, when they have downtime, their Malibu vacation home is a short 30-minute drive away.
Some of the most famous stars who live here or have lived here at some point include Tom Hanks, Sting, Mel Brooks, Howie Mandell, Bill Murray, Rob Reiner, Richard Gere, Mel Gibson, Whoopi Goldberg, Steven Spielberg, among so many others. As stated earlier, it’s not easy or you could say, it is nearly impossible for the general public to disrupt the privacy of stars living here.
However, there are certain hidden routes from which you could get a peek – hint Zonker Harris Accessway.
Now, whenever your mind wanders about “where are the Hollywood stars”, you know the two best places to find them.
Celebrity Homes Google Maps
Google Maps street view car by woodleywonderworks
One of the main attractions when traveling to opulent locations is to check out celebrity homes. Thanks to modern technology, the most avid stargazers can use Google Maps to scout locations. Read this article on Celebrity homes on Google Maps.
Beverly Hills Celebrity Homes Address
Celebrity Addresses in Beverly Hills: Here’s EXACTLY how to find them, click here.
Hollywood Star Map
If you’re looking for the actual stars on the sidewalk, then you’re looking for Hollywood Boulevard’s Walk of Fame. Here is an awesome post about Hollywood Stars Map: Everything You Need To Know About Hollywood’s Walk Of Fame.
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(former address)10 Of The Highest Celeb Homes In The Hollywood Hills
Hollywood Hills has been home to many famous stars since the golden years of the motion picture industry. It is basically a residential area that is located in the central area of Los Angeles that off
Hollywood Hills has been home to many famous stars since the golden years of the motion picture industry.
It is basically a residential area that is located in the central area of Los Angeles that offers its residents incredible views.
Approximately 23,000 people live in the 7.05 square mile area that includes the Hollywood Bowl, Griffith Park and nearby Forest Lawn Memorial Park, which is the well known celebrity cemetery. Neighboring areas you may have heard of are Universal City, Studio City and Burbank.
The homes are expensive, exclusive and many are surrounded by walls and gates to give the owners privacy from L.A. tour buses and paparazzi who might be out stalking celebrities who are busy living normal lives.
The area has a rich history of having megastar owners as inhabitants. Many of the celebrity owners wind up selling to other celebrity owners, so some of the homes have a long chain of famous owners. And, this may strike you as odd, but many celebrities are property flippers and others are landlords. We guess they are interested in stabilizing and increasing their income by diversifying rather than counting on maintaining their position on the A-list.
After all, the Hollywood suits are a fickle bunch and getting more bottom-line than ever before.
The wonderful thing about owning a home in Hollywood Hills is it is peaceful, tranquil, is close to downtown Los Angeles, celebrity neighbors and fantastic views.
Some of the hundreds of celebrities who have come and gone from the Hills: Katy Perry, Ben Affleck, Kevin Costner, Britney Spears, Bryan Austin Green and Justin Timberlake – to name but a few.
We did our homework to come up with the most current list of celebrities who live high in the Hollywood Hills. If you take a tour, you may get a glimpse of a celeb out hiking – but chances are you will be lucky to see more than privacy gates. Stars are like everyone else and just want to live the non-working part of their lives without having to worry about public eyes upon them at all times.
10 Leonardo DiCaprio
It is not surprising that Leonardo owns about four homes – maybe more. But his Hollywood Hills home was his first and he bought it soon after his Titanic fame for $2 million.
According to reports, he also purchased the two nearby land parcels to give added privacy.
He had a huge basketball court built on the property, much to one of his neighbor’s dismay, as it covers 21,700 square feet. Neighbors Ronald and Joan Linclau took the actor to court citing the basketball court construction damaged their nearby property, but the judge closed the case without awarding damages. The persistent Linclaus appealed the judgment and the case went back into court – apparently the decision was not overturned.
9 Robert Pattinson
The Twilight megastar, Robert Pattinson, bought this gorgeous Hollywood Hills home in the latter part of 2014 for $2.176 million, which is modest for his level of franchise wealth. The home is located in the area of the Hills which is considered a celebrity cluster. Lucky for girl-fave Pattinson, the home is located behind another home so the Hollywood celebrity home tours will be difficult to point out his digs. The home is a single-story, 1,940 square feet and offers an open and roomy feel.
There are two-bedrooms, double-sided fireplace, vaulted ceilings and a small swimming pool, to name just a few amenities. All-in-all, the home is modest, comfortable and homey.
8 Keanu Reeves
7 Zac Efron
6 Halle Berry
The last report had Halle putting this mansion on the market for $15 million. Evidently, according to TMZ, this is where husband Olivier Martinez (then fiancé) and ex-boyfriend, Gabriel Aubry, got into a overly-heated argument that bordered on violence. . Evidently, the past couple of years have been tough – partially because of Aubry’s child support settlement and partially because the newlyweds were denied their plans to move to France. Aubry would not agree to let their daughter move out of the state. Now her marriage to Olivier is apparently rocky. It looks like this Hollywood Hills home may continue to be the home of the award-winning actress and her daughter, at least for now.
5 Iggy AzaLea and Nick Young
Lovely rapper recording artist and model, Iggy Azalea, and Laker’s shooting guard, Nick Young recently bought a Hollywood Hills mansion for $3.
45 million. It’s large, 6,630 square feet size include six bedrooms, seven bathrooms, media room, two-car garage, a card room and a fantastic great room. The airy outside area hosts a guesthouse, fire pit, swimming pool and a full-size basketball court (of course!). The home previously belonged to singer Selena Gomez , who remodeled and added approximately 2,000 square feet to the home.
4 Jared Leto
Just a week or two ago, award-winning actor and musician, Jared Leto recently purchased a famous 1940s compound in West Hollywood Hills for $5 million. The over 50,000 square feet used to be the Lookout Mountain Air Force Station, which was the location Pentagon’s motion picture studio and soundstage. The mansion still includes a soundstage, plus art galleries, a theater, eight bedrooms, 12 bathrooms, a swimming pool and courtyard. Leto is best known for his award-winning performance in Dallas Buyers Club.
3 Salma Hayek
Salma bought this Outpost Estates residence in 1996 for $537,500 after she got her big break acting opposite Antonio Banderas in Desperado.
Some have called it her starter house. She hasn’t lived there for a few years, after buying Kelsey Grammar’s Bel-Air a few years ago. In 2013, rather than sell the home, Hayek decided to become a landlord and rents it out for a mere $9,500 per month. The home is a ranch-style, open-floor plan with lots of upgrades, not to mention incredible views.
2 DJ Avicii
Swedish DJ Avicii is flying high in the Hollywood Hills with his fabulous $15.5 million estate. The views are as amazing as the home. The home has multiple tiers extending out over 7,000 square feet. To add even more beauty, the water feature runs the length of the home which means is can be viewed from several vantage points. It’s the kind of indoor-outdoor living one generally finds in Indonesia and other island-countries. Avicii is a mere 24-years-old, but is in his prime. According to a story in Forbes, DJ made around $20 million in 2013.
1 Borgore
Young producer and founder of Buygore Records, Borgore (aka Asaf Yoseph Borger), just added his name to the list of celebrity residents who are living it up in the Hollywood Hills.
The mansion is almost 3,000 square feet with four bedrooms, four baths, pool, gourmet kitchen and every delightful amenity a celeb could want, all for the reasonable price of $2 million. We’re pretty sure it is a huge difference from his former life in Tel Aviv, Israel, where he started out as a drummer. Welcome to the neighborhood, Borgore.
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Our historical 2 hour Hollywood bus tour of Los Angeles starts off in the great land of Hollywood, where you discover the history of filming locations, where the biggest Hollywood stories broke, the hottest clubs owned by celebrities such as Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore. See many iconic attractions like The Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, where you can match your hand and footprints to the stars, see The Dolby Theatre, home of the Oscars for the last 15 year, The Hollywood Bowl, Capitol Records building, The Pantages Theatre and much more.
The Hollywood Sign – (viewpoint)
(15 minute stop) *CLOSED DUE TO COVID-19*
Then we venture into the Scenic Hollywood Hills on Mulholland Drive with beautiful panoramic views of The Hollywood Sign, Downtown Los Angeles, Griffith Observatory, Universal, Disney studios overlook and stars homes built into the Santa Monica mountains 1700 feet above sea level and 1000 feet above Los Angeles.
The Sunset Strip
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Then cruise down the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, showcasing all the famed musical venues and celebrity hotspots such as The Chateau Marmont Hotel where the star’s dine & play and the most famous party site for everyone from Lady Gaga to U2. See The Laugh Factory and The Comedy Store where many famous comedians got their start, such as Jim Carrey, Michael Keaton and David Letterman. Also see the notorious Viper Room, where River Phoenix died and once owned by Johnny Depp.
See the Whiskey A Go-Go where the Doors were the house band and Goldie Hawn was discovered dancing as a Go-Go girl in an elevated cage, see The Roxy with the members-only club boasting of legendary members, such as John Lennon, Keith Richards, and John Belushi. Next door stands The Rainbow Bar and Grill from the Golden Age of Hollywood where Joe DiMaggio had his first date with Marilyn Monroe.
Celebrity Homes
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We then show you a variety of breath-taking movie star celebrity homes in Beverly Hills, such as those of Madonna, Tom Cruise, Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry, Drew Carey, Mick Jagger, Vennie Jones, and many more.
*Note: Tour routes vary and may include different homes and locations depending on street closures.
Beverly Hills & Rodeo Drive
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Last we venture down Rodeo Drive, home of all the famous fashion houses and most expensive shopping districts in the world, Featuring stores such as Fendi, Gucci, Prada, Louis Vuitton, Versace and Bijan and much more. See filming locations of Hollywood classics, from Pretty Woman and Beverly Hills Cop. Rodeo Drive is an LA hot spot with more celebrity sightings, so make sure to have your cameras fully charged and ready.
*For those interested: We provide complimentary Rodeo Drive drop-off towards the end of the tour. (Please notify us at check-in)
There’s only so much we can tell you about our Celebrity Homes & Hollywood Sign Tour. So grab a camera and join us! You never know who you might see.
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The Hollywood Sign – (viewpoint)
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Hollywood Walk of Fame
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TCL Chinese Theater
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Dolby Theater – (Home of the Oscars)
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The Sunset Strip
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Hollywood Hills
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Beverly Hills & Sign
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Rodeo Drive – (Shopping District)
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Movie & TV Locations
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“My 3 friends and I did this tour today at 1:30pm. We had a great time! Our tour guide David was so funny, friendly, and very knowledgeable. He was full of cool facts and stories about the celebrities that live in the area, the celebrity homes and historical landmarks that we saw. The tour lasted just over 2 hours. We went through the Hollywood Hills, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood and different parts of Los Angeles. At David’s recommendation, after the tour we went to Saddlehouse on Sunset Blvd (where Charlie Sheen is known to frequent) where we had good food, awesome drinks and road their mechanical bull!
I would definitely recommend this tour (at $40, it’s cheaper than some of the other celebrity tours offered!)”
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Do you want to know how your favorite actor or musician lives, what kind of sofa he used to lie on and near which pool to relax? Celebrity houses in Los Angeles are not so easy to find, because they are securely hidden from the eyes of casual passers-by. But we found them and now we invite you to walk with us through the star mansions!
Jodie Foster House
The mansion in the Hollywood Hills was built in 1935. It is Spanish in style, with wooden floors, vaulted ceilings and patterned mosaics. Its area is 563 sq. m. The house has five bedrooms and six bathrooms. There is also a swimming pool and a small home cinema.
Famous actress and two-time Oscar winner Jodie Foster bought this villa in 1997. In 2014, the celebrity’s home was sold for $5 million.
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Lady Gaga’s house
Outrageous singer relatively recently acquired real estate in California. The Mediterranean style house was built in 2005. A plot of almost 2.5 hectares is located next to Zuma Beach in Malibu. The house has 5 bedrooms and 12 bathrooms. There is also a gym, an 800-bottle wine cellar, a home theater, a small bar, a two-lane bowling alley, a saltwater pool, a volleyball court, stables and a guest house. The chic celebrity houses are in the neighborhood.
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Bruce Willis House
Bruce Willis bought this Beverly Hills home in 2004 for $9 million and sold it last year for $16 million.
Built in 1928 in Spanish style, the mansion spans over 900 square meters. m (houses of Hollywood stars are never small). Outside there is a swimming pool, guest house and tennis court, and inside – a library, home theater, 11 bedrooms and as many bathrooms.
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Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s house
Star couple Kanye West and Kim Kardashian not so long ago got not only a child, but also a new home. The mansion is located in the town of Hidden Hills in California. Its area is almost 1500 sq. m, and the cost is $ 20 million. The celebrity house has 8 bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, 2 swimming pools, 2 spas, 8 fireplaces and even its own vineyard.
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Britney Spears House
Celebrity country houses tend to impress with their size – the area of the former Britney Spears mansion Chateau Suenos (House of Dreams), located in the small town of Calabasas in the southwestern part of the San Fernando Valley, is over 900 square meters.
m. The Mediterranean-style estate was built in 2007. The house has seven bedrooms and the same number of bathrooms. On the territory there is a fountain, a swimming pool, a garage for six cars and a guest house. Inside the luxurious mansion there is a home theater, a wine cellar, a bar and a huge library.
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Leonardo DiCaprio House
Homes of Hollywood stars have another habit – to rise in price. So, Leonardo DiCaprio bought his house in Malibu in 2002 for $6 million and sold it for $17 million. The estate consists of three separate buildings: a main house with four bedrooms, a guest house with two bedrooms and a loft with an additional bedroom, a gym office. Outside, there is a garden with an open fireplace and a dining area, there is a spa and a jacuzzi, but most importantly, the estate adjoins the beach, and you can admire the ocean from a small open veranda.
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Matthew Perry House
Friends star Matthew Perry has listed his Malibu home for sale for $12.5 million. The area of the estate Pier House is 2.5 hectares. The house has four bedrooms, five bathrooms and over 500 sq. m of living space. The open plan living area overlooks the pool and the beach (Hollywood celebrity homes tend to face the beach). There is also a games room, home theater and several fireplaces.
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We hope that after reading this you won’t have any problems with fewer than five bathrooms and fewer than one vineyard. But you obviously should not be afraid of crazy fans and the ubiquitous paparazzi. Enjoy the privacy of your life and read “Abroad”! 🙂
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15 Hollywood celebrity homes before and after their worldwide fame
Selena Gomez
The young singer, actress and producer was born in Grande Prairie, Texas and began her career at just 10 years old when she starred in the children’s television series Barney and Friends.
Prior to worldwide fame, she lived in a modest one-story house, which was a common residence for her Texas suburb.
Selena Gomez currently lives in a mansion worth 4.9million dollars, which was previously owned by American singer-songwriter Tom Petty. House with an area of 840 sq.m. great for musicians as it has a recording studio and a soundproof booth for recording vocals. The house has 6 bedrooms and 10 bathrooms, a wine cellar, a massage room, a stylish living room and much more.
Eminem
American rapper Eminem spent most of his youth in a working-class, predominantly black neighborhood in Detroit. His childhood home appeared on the covers of his 2000 and 2013 studio albums. Now the house is in disrepair.
Now he lives in a mansion with an area of 1400 sq.m. in Rochester Hills, Detroit. The mansion includes 6 bedrooms, 9.5 bathrooms, 21 rooms, a tennis court, a lake, a swimming pool, a launch pad and a five-car garage. Eminem purchased the property back in 2003 for US$4.
75 million.
Rihanna
Singer and actress Rihanna grew up in a relatively small bungalow in St. Michael, Barbados, with her parents and two brothers, Rorry and Rajad.
After gaining worldwide fame, Rihanna bought a $6.8 million mansion in Los Angeles that includes 6 bedrooms and 8 bathrooms in an area of 660 square meters.
Rihanna has been living in London for the past few years and after several unsuccessful attempts to sell her mansion in Los Angeles, she decided to rent it out for 35,000 a month.
Beyoncé
Beyoncé is a singer-songwriter born and raised in Houston, Texas. She used to live in a relatively modest but rather impressive two-story red-brick family home.
In 2017, she and her husband Jay-Z moved into a mansion located in Los Angeles, California, which they bought for $90 million. The property reportedly covers 2,800 sq.m. and includes a 15-car garage, four swimming pools, a basketball court, bulletproof windows, and more.
Chris Pratt
Chris Pratt lived in a house in Lake Stevens, Washington, where he moved with his family when he was only 7 years old. Ten years later, he decided to go on an adventure and moved to Maui, Hawaii to work as a waiter and live in his van.
Chris Pratt divorced his wife Anna Faris in 2018 and they recently sold their 420 sqm home in the Hollywood Hills. for 4.75 million dollars. Chris Pratt is reportedly building the $15.6 million mansion he bought to share with his new wife Katherine Schwarzenegger.
Michael Jackson
In addition to Michael Jackson, the entire Jackson 5 lived in Michael Jackson’s house. The family of 11 lived in a one-story, two-bedroom, one-bathroom house in Gary, Indiana.
The family lived there until the Jackson 5 became a huge success, after which they decided to move to Hollywood, where they bought an estate of 8,100 sq.m.
In 1988, Michael Jackson moved into his own estate, the infamous Neverland Ranch, a 2,700-acre piece of land with a 1,200 sq.
dollars. Michael Jackson is said to have lived here until 2005 and then rented a more basic apartment until his death in 2009.year.
In addition, the estate had a small amusement park with real attractions, an arcade, 3 railways and a place for large events.
Taylor Swift
Before her worldwide success, the singer lived with her family in a 3-story house that was very spacious, elegant and comfortable.
Back in 2009, she purchased a penthouse in Nashville. The $2 million home is a two-story penthouse with 3 bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms.
Basketball player LeBron James
The famous athlete had a difficult childhood. Between the ages of 3 and 17, LeBron never had a permanent home and managed to sleep on multiple couches. His most permanent home at the time was a modest two-story house in Akron, Ohio, where he lived with his football coach from time to time.
Since then, he has had an astonishing career in the NBA and now owns several mansions.
His $23 million mansion in Brentwood, Los Angeles is his primary residence.
Jimmy Fallon
Actor and host Jimmy Fallon was born in the Bay Ridge area of Brooklyn, New York, and went on to become one of the most famous presenters and comedians in the United States.
After living with his parents, Jimmy moved into his own 325 sqm home he bought for $5.7 million in Sagaponack, Long Island, New York. The house has a swimming pool, stables and a number of other luxury items
Arnold Schwarzenegger
The legendary actor, former governor and retired bodybuilder was born and raised in Austria. His childhood home is a modest yellow two-story house in Thal, near Graz, which is no longer a house per se, but rather a museum dedicated to Arnold’s life and all his accomplishments.
Arnold now lives in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California in his 1,350 sqm mansion with 7 bedrooms and 10 bathrooms. Arnold bought this mansion back in the early 2000s, which features a swimming pool, tennis court, gym, luxury home office and more.
Ariana Grande
Born into a business family, Ariana Grande grew up in a rather luxurious house in Boca Raton, Florida, which was not only modern and spacious, but also had a swimming pool.
Since her rise to fame, Grande has bought a modern mansion in the Hollywood Hills for nearly $14 million with a swimming pool, fitness studio, 300-bottle wine cellar, and panoramic views of Los Angeles.
John Travolta
Travolta grew up in a three-story family home in Englewood, New Jersey with his entire family of 8, with Travolta being the youngest of them.
Later, he and his wife, Kelly Preston, moved into a house at Jumbolair Aviation Estates residential airport with a private airport in Anthony, Florida. Their estate is valued at about $5 million and includes runways for Travolta’s planes. As a licensed pilot, he owns five aircraft.
Miley Cyrus
Being the daughter of country music star Billy Ray Cyrus, it’s only to be expected that Miley lived in a very nice house.
But when she became a star in her own right, she improved her living conditions.
Miley now lives in her $4.95 million mansion in Hidden Hills, which she purchased back in 2018. The area of the house is about 560 sq.m.
The house has a luxurious living room with a terrace right outside, a huge gourmet kitchen, home cinema, swimming pool, outdoor fireplace and patio. Next to the house there is also a fenced area on the hillside, which has not yet been developed, but presumably could become a stable.
Angelina Jolie
Angelina was born in Los Angeles, California to a family of actors. Her childhood home is a fairly spacious 4-bedroom, two-acre building in Snedens Landing, New York.
Since becoming one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood, she has purchased several houses. Her main home cost her $24.5 million and includes 6 bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, a house with a pool, a detached guest house, a library, entertainment facilities and other luxuries located on an area of about 1,020 square meters.
Zac Efron
Zac Efron was born in California in the quaint town of San Luis Obispo and grew up in nearby Arroyo Grande. His childhood home looked pretty decent.
He now lives in Los Files (320 kilometers from his home), in a $4 million mansion, to which he moved back in 2013.
In a house of 525 sq.m. there are 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, an indoor pond, pool table room, full gym, wine cellar, and last but not least, breathtaking views of Los Angeles from the balcony and pool.
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Villas of Evis, Monroe, Sinatra and other Hollywood stars: what the dream houses looked like and how much they cost
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The golden era of Hollywood excites the hearts and minds of those who are not indifferent to this day, but what happened in those days! Fans followed the personal lives of celebrities and knew everything about idols – where they live and how much it costs them to maintain their luxurious villas.
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe rented a house in the Hollywood Hills in 1952 for $237 a month. He and Joe DiMaggio spent a lot of time here. And the only house that Marilyn owned was located in Brentwood. The actress bought it in 1962 for $75,000 – a few months later she was found dead in this house. In 2017, the day before Monroe’s 91st birthday, the house sold for $7.25 million.
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Frank Sinatra
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Frank Sinatra owned a magnificent mansion in Palm Springs called Twin Palms. The estate was designed specifically for him for about $1.9 million. Sinatra often hung the Jack Daniels flag over the house, thus inviting his friends to the next party.
Judy Garland38 – a year before she became famous all over the world, playing the title role in The Wizard of Oz. In 2011, this mansion was sold for $5.2 million and resold again a year later for $6.7 million. Judy and her mother were very involved in decorating the house to create a small corner of old England in the heart of sunny California .
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Elvis Presley
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In 1957, the twenty-two-year-old singer purchased the Graceland mansion in Tennessee for $924,000 by today’s estimates. The house is magnificent both inside and out. Today, it is the most visited home in the United States, with over 500,000 people visiting it every year.
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Buster Keaton
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custom-built Keaton Mansion in 126, and he was the most famous in Beverly Hills during the heyday of his career as an actor.
He joked that he built it with his chatter.
In 1932 Keaton’s wife divorced him and sold the house. Later, the estate was divided, then united again: the couple, who bought one part in 2002, acquired the second in 2016 for $16.2 million.
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Clark Gable
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In 1939, together with his wife Carol Lombard, the actor bought a house in Encino that once belonged to Mickey Rooney. The purchase cost $50,000. The couple lived happily on the estate for three years, but Carol died in 1942, and Gable, although he did not sell the mansion, rarely visited it due to his grief.
In 1977, financier Michael Milke bought the house for $587,500.
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Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks
Silent film actress Mary Pickford and her then-husband Douglas Fairbanks spent just $35,000 on the now-famous Pickfair estate. It was a small hut on a hill, but the couple turned it into a mansion with 22 rooms, and then 42. Eminent guests often came to Pickfair, and becoming a recluse, Mary continued to communicate with them by phone. She lived here until her death in 1979.
In 1980, the house was sold to Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss for 5.3 million, and he sold it 8 years later to Israeli businessman Meshulam Riklis for about 6.6 million. Pretty soon, termites were found in the walls of the building, so the estate was demolished, and another mansion grew on the ground. It was put up for sale for $60 million.
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Jane Mansfield
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WITH WITH MASTODROMAL SUBSTITIONS (according . Mickey Hargitay tried very hard to make his wife happy: he made a wooden fireplace by hand, and on the heart-shaped pool he engraved a declaration of love in gold. And there was also a champagne fountain in the Pink Palace.
Hollywood Hills, Manhattan penthouses and duplexes in Chicago – 16 houses in which the participants of the rating of the most influential stars according to Forbes live
TV presenters and models. Places on the list were distributed according to income between May 2013 and May 2014 (excluding taxes) and the level of popularity of public figures in the media and social networks, as well as influence among industry representatives.
Forbes presents the 16 houses of celebrities participating in the ranking.
Dr. Dre
In June 2014, rapper and producer Dr. Dr. Dre included his $35 million Hollywood Hills mansion on his tax return, but by the end of the month, photos of the house had disappeared from the real estate site. Agent Kurt Rappaport, collaborating with the musician, told Forbes by phone that he could not say if the mansion was sold. In addition, in June, the rapper allegedly purchased a 1,600-square-foot Los Angeles home. m, which previously belonged to footballer Tom Brady and model Gisele Bundchen. It is reported that Dr. Dre paid about $40 million for new housing.
Oprah Winfrey
Ranked: 4
House: condo in Water Tower Luxury Residential Center, Chicago
Cost: $7.75 million
Chicago for $7.
75 million. The top floors of the residential complex are occupied by the Ritz-Carlton hotel. The total area of the Winfrey luxury duplex on the 56th floor with four bedrooms and five bathrooms is 894 sq. m.
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Ellen DeGeneres
Ranked: 5
House: Brody House, Los Angeles
Cost: estimated $40 million
Southern California. In January 2014, the TV presenter acquired another trophy – Brody House, built in 1950 year. The Art Nouveau house was built specifically for modern art collector Frances Brody and her husband, real estate developer Sidney Brody. The mansion has 9 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms, and outside there is a swimming pool and tennis court.
Rihanna
Ranked: 8
House: mansion in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles
Cost: $14.
995 million
“future husband” of Rihanna, the singer left her Los Angeles residence and began to rent it out for $65,000 a month. In March 2014, the star officially put the house up for sale: it is reported that she recently looked after a $22 million home in her native Barbados.
Katy Perry
Ranked: 9
House: Park Hill, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles
Cost: $5.565 million
Russell Brand, losing about $900,000 (according to the Los Angeles Times). The singer had to lower the price after two buyers changed their minds about buying the mansion. However, the singer has already recovered from the unsuccessful deal and, according to rumors, she is buying a new mid-20th century Art Nouveau house for $11.2 million.
Robert Downey Jr
Ranked: 10
House: mansion in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles
Cost: $2.
5 million
Robert Downey Jr. is a connoisseur of Los Angeles real estate. His latest purchase is a $2.5 million mansion with just 178 sq. m with four bedrooms. But the actor has plenty of other real estate in reserve, in case there is not enough space in this house. He owns an estate in California’s Rustik Canyon, 7 acres of land with stables in Malibu and two houses in Venice Beach in Los Angeles.
Steven Spielberg
Ranked: 11
House: East Hampton Teardown, Long Island
Value: $24.5 million
Steven Speel, a brick building at
bought the brick building at Apaburg Road4 East in 2008 Hampton, demolished it and is now quietly asking for $24.5 million for a vacant lot. There are several other properties owned by the movie mogul around the site for sale.
Jon bon jovi
place in the ranking: 13
House: Penthouse on Manhattan, New York
Cost: $ 37.5 million as of April 2014
in March 2013 John Bon Jovoi first awarded , which he bought back in 2007 for about $24 million. In 2013, the market value of the apartment was $42 million – since then, the musician has changed brokers and the price of housing has fallen twice. This bon Jovi duplex in Soho features six bedrooms, three landscaped terraces, a kitchen with 3.5 meter high ceilings and great views of the city.
Bruno Mars
Ranking: 13
House: residence in Honolulu, Hawaii
Cost: $3.35 million
1 million, and already in November 2013 he entered it into a tax return with a value of $ 3.
5 million. Since then, the price has fallen slightly. Also on Mars’ list of acquisitions is a Hollywood mansion, which he bought at the same time as a Hawaiian home for $3.25 million.0003
Kobe Bryant
Ranked: 15
House: Newport Coast Ranch, CA
Value: $7.999 million
m for $8.5999 million, but in April 2014 the price dropped. The house is equipped with all the benefits of luxury housing: it has a home gym and cinema, a hairdresser and a shark aquarium.
Justin Bieber
Ranking: 31
House: Calabasas, CA
Cost: estimated $7.2 million
The Calabasas estate used to belong to Justin Bieber.
But after a series of incidents with neighbors, in particular, the case in January 2014, when the singer threw eggs at someone else’s house, the Calabasas were sold. The transaction took place in private, without a public announcement of the price. The current owner of the house is Kim Kardashian’s younger sister Khloe.
Pharrell Williams
Place in the ranking: 38
House: Penthouse Bristol Tower, Miami
Cost: $ 10.999 million
in March 2014. Miami for $99,000. In 2007, Williams bought an 843-square-meter penthouse. m in Miami for $12.5 million, since then the price for it first rose to $16.8 million, and then fell to $10.999 million
Simon Cowell
Ranked: 42
House: Upper East Side apartment, Manhattan, New York
Cost: estimated $10 million Lauren Silverman purchased the joint apartment in June 2014.
The media reported that Cowell’s apartment cost $10 million.
Michael Bay
Ranked: 50
House: Bel Air Mansion, Los Angeles
Cost: $13.5 million
The Transformers director bought this home, designed by the founder of Warner Bros. Jack Warner, in 1999 for $ 5.1 million. For several years, Bay was engaged in altering the house, and in 2013 he declared it for $ 13.5 million. In April 2014, it became known that the director sold the mansion for less than market value to the New York real estate developer Zach Vella.
Leonardo DiCaprio
place in the ranking: 52
House: Malibu Colony Complex, California
Cost: $ 17.
35 million
sold it for just $17.35 million. The actor also owns a penthouse in Battery Park in New York.
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Gisele Bundchen
Ranked: 56
House: mansion in Brentwood, California
Cost: $40 million
invested about $ 25 million in its alteration. In June 2014, the renovated house was bought by Dr. Dre, rumored to have paid $40 million for it.
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Beverly Hills is the iconic address where movie stars live.
Remember that these are private houses.
So, is Hollywood art a real school?
Hollywood High School for the Arts High School for the Arts (grades 9-12) in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
With that in mind, where do celebrities live in Los Angeles?
Celebrities living in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills, with the world’s most famous zip code, is a popular tourist destination and one of the best places to live for some of showbiz’s most important people. Channing Tatum, Beyoncé, Jay Z and Slash own properties here.
Also, is the Hollywood Hills a safe area?
The Hollywood Hills have a average violent crime rate of and a high property crime rate in Los Angeles.
How do you meet a celebrity?
Take a deep breath when it’s your turn to talk to a celebrity. Greet them with a “hello” or “hello” , and a handshake or wave if they initiate it. Smile and talk to them calmly, maintaining eye contact.
Try to speak slowly and clearly, as if you were talking to a friend or someone you admire.
Secondly, in which school is the movie Victorious filmed?
Victorious takes place primarily in Hollywood Art, but Digitally altered photographs of Burbank High School are displayed in front of the Hollywood School of the Arts. . The Hollywood Arts Dining Area depicts the back of a Nickelodeon on Sunset with a parking lot near the back.
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Is TheSlap com real?
TheSlap.com is a fictional social media show website that had its own real-Internet domain and has been around for quite a few years.
How can I date a celebrity?
How to Meet and Date a Celebrity: Top Advice for Fans
- Option 1. Get into show business. Well, of course, easier said than done. …
- Option 2. Know fashion trends. …
- Option 3. Live next door. …
- Option 4. Try to interview him. …
- Option 5: Use social networks. …
- Option 6. Know what he likes best.
Try to interview him. … Which city has the most celebrities?
The most popular star city, Los Angeles So many stars and celebrities live here because it is the capital of cinema. The city has been the epicenter of all cinema for almost a century, not to mention all the TV programs that are filmed in the area.
Is Beverly Hills safe?
Third on the list is Beverly Hills, the posh city in Los Angeles County, made famous by the TV show Beverly Hills
and its various offshoots and reboots.
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Safest Cities in California 2019.
| Rank | City | Safety index |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hillsborough | 0.89 |
| 2 | Palos Verdes Estates | 0.84 |
| 3 | Beverly Hills | 0. 66 |
| 4 | Coronado | 0.53 |
Who lives in the Hollywood Hills?
10 tallest celebrity houses in the Hollywood Hills
Are the Hollywood Hills a good place to live?
The Hollywood Hills are located in Los Angeles County and are one of the best places to live in California . … There are many bars, restaurants, cafes and parks in the Hollywood Hills. Many young professionals live in the Hollywood Hills, and residents tend to have moderate political views.
How can I date a celebrity?
Attract a celebrity the same way you attract someone who is not famous.
- Rest assured.
- Be yourself.
- Be available.
- Be careful and kind.
- Speak normally.
- Look attractive.
- Find out what the two of you have in common.
- Make her happy.
How do you say “hello” to a celebrity?
Tell them who you are.
If you think it’s okay to approach a celebrity, don’t forget to at least tell them your name so they know who you’re dating too! You can say something like: “ Hi, I’m Kelly ! I am sorry to bother you. I just wanted to say hello and tell you that I’m a big fan of your music.”
How can I contact a celebrity?
The best way to contact a celebrity is letter to celebrity representative . Celebrities receive so many messages directly on their social media platforms, especially from fans, which means your message can easily get lost among them.
Victoria Justice dating anyone?
As far as I can tell, Victoria is currently single .
The star has been known to keep her relationship under wraps, but at this point it seems pretty clear that she’s embraced her single life and is focused on herself and her career. Ever since being in the spotlight, Victoria has been involved in a couple of public relations.
Is Victorious suitable for 10 year olds?
Magic, mischief and lessons for young teenagers . Midwestern teen takes Hollywood by storm; entertainment for teenagers.
Who will Beck end up with at the end of Victorious?
Who will Beck end up with on the Victorious? Beck and Jade , like Jade Dumps Beck, dated for a year and eleven months, but after getting back together, they were a couple for nearly three years until The Worst Couple came along. They get back together for the third time in Tori Fixes Beck and Jade.
Will Victorious return in 2021?
Victory Festival 2021 is on fire! … On Friday, Madness will return to the festival, which also premiered in 2017.
The Crazy Boys have drawn a huge and passionate crowd and are sure to do the same in 2021.
Can a celebrity date a fan?
No matter who you are, you are in love with celebrities. … I know it seems impossible for a big celebrity like Justin Bieber to fall in love with you, however it is very possible. So many celebrities have met their fans and that’s good for most.
How to marry a famous girl?
Attract a celebrity the same way you attract someone who is not famous.
- Rest assured.
- Be yourself.
- Be available.
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- Speak normally.
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- Find out what the two of you have in common.
- Make her happy.
Can a normal person marry a celebrity?
Celebrities sometimes marry unknown people and these romances can last for a long time. All of the couples on this list have their own unique love story, and none of them started out being set up by an agent.
So read our list of celebrities who married normal people and keep dreaming.
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Tatler investigation: in the footsteps of the Louboutins
Who robbed the homes of Hollywood stars during the year?
Nancy Jo Salz
While sitting under interrogation and sniffing, former hip-hop instructor Alexis Nyers told police a heartbreaking story. Thirteenth July 2009For a year, she and her friend Nick Prugo were drinking at Beso, a trendy bar on Hollywood Boulevard. A cheerful evening was interrupted by a call from a certain Rachel Lee asking her to come immediately. Niers didn’t even think to deny it: yes, she was aware that Prugo and Lee, former college classmates in an upscale Los Angeles suburb, had a dark history.
In the language of the police report, two nineteen-year-old friends broke into houses with the intent of robbery. And the houses were owned by Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Rachel Bilson, Audrina Patridge, and everyone else, according to a report filed by the department.
Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom lost their Rolex, Louis Vuitton bag, Alex Perry laptop and dress. In the meantime, this is what happened: Prugo parked his Toyota outside one of the mansions in the Hollywood Hills. It was later revealed that the house belonged to Pirates of the Caribbean star Orlando Bloom. The raiders knew that the owner was not at home: at that moment the actor was filming in New York. The gang has long learned to track the movements of future victims on sites like TMZ (the main American resource dedicated to celebrities). It only remained to clarify the address at www.celebrityaddressaerial.com and check with Google Maps. The robbery was planned without leaving your chair.
Lee rushed to Bloom’s house in her white Audi A4 with another accomplice friend, nineteen-year-old Diane Tamayo.
The four moved up the hill towards the actor’s dark, austere mansion. Nyers claimed that of course she didn’t want to go inside, but of course she followed the others. Prugo, Lee and Tamayo covered their faces with hoods – they knew that surveillance cameras were hung on the house. Prugo cut a hole in the fence with wire cutters, they climbed into the mansion, walked around the building, pulled all the windows and doors until they found one unlocked near the pool. That night, the robbers took about half a million dollars – in Rolex watches, Louis Vuitton suitcases, clothing and art. “Get the fuck out of here,” Nyers yelled, finally realizing what was going on. She ran out and immediately sat down to pee in the bushes.
One of the robbers has a collection of shoes.
On November 16, Niers arrived at the Los Angeles courthouse for preliminary interrogation. Not alone – on the tail she led the crew of the reality show “E!”, In which she agreed to take part a couple of weeks before.
The producers secretly rubbed their hands, because the program, conceived as a report on the life of secular bums in Hollywood, suddenly acquired rating criminal details. Nyers, in all seriousness, shone the prison. The press had already signed her up as a full-fledged member of the Chic Ring gang – such was the name of the most successful gang in recent Hollywood history. A gang that consisted of the offspring of wealthy families from the Hills.
Outside the door, film crews from popular Hollywood and American TV stations were thumping, while Nyers sat quietly on a bench, letting the make-up artist give her the shine she needed.
A long-legged girl with a shock of black hair and shining green eyes was dressed in a short tweed skirt, a pink sweater and high-heeled louboutins. “And what? I have an amazing shoe collection that has grown by leaps and bounds,” she chirped. Perhaps unaware of how ambiguous that sounds under the circumstances.
Meanwhile, her friend Prugo was pointing hard at his other girlfriend, Lee, a Korean-American from Calabasas, another wealthy suburb of Los Angeles: “She was the engine of the whole thing, she always wanted to have designer clothes.
Yes, not simple ones, but from the shoulders of celebrities, whom she raved about. In addition to Lee, the suspects in the case were Prugo himself, Niers, Tamayo, their nineteen-year-old girlfriend Courtney Ames, and twenty-seven-year-old club bouncer Roy Lopez.
The catch from Rachel Bilson’s dressing room amounted to three million dollars
From October 2008 to August 2009, the gang visited many Hollywood stars: in addition to Paris and Lindsay, the names of Brian Austin Green and Megan Fox surfaced in the case. High School Musical star Ashley Tisdale was lucky: her uninvited overnight guests were scared away.
But even without it, there was something to profit from. The cumulative catch of “Chic Ring” amounted to three million dollars: Chanel, Gucci, Tiffany, Cartier, Prada, Marc Jacobs, Dolce & Gabbana, Burberry, Yves Saint Laurent, Louis Vuitton. In Green’s house, for some reason, a semi-automatic rifle was added to the booty.
A week before the interrogation, sitting in a law office, Nyers denied the crime in very strange terms, hinting at either mental illness or a sophisticated fantasy: “I believe in karma and I believe that this whole ridiculous situation came into my life in order to teach me the secret meaning of life.
I see myself as someone like Angelina Jolie, only more energetically bringing goodness and beauty to the Universe in the name of the peace and health of our planet. I want to lead a charitable organization. To lead the country, after all.”
On the day of her interrogation, a reporter stopped her on the fly, asking for a quick interview. “I can’t,” the beautiful accused disappointed, “I’m going to make history,” and fluttered into the courtroom. The cameras are working.
Nick Prugo saw the events of the memorable night at Orlando Bloom’s house in a somewhat different light. “Yes, we weren’t at Beso at all then,” assured a slender young man with a thin face and brown eyes, sitting by the fireplace in his lawyer’s house on a rainy December evening.
Paris Hilton was robbed twice, the first time she didn’t even notice it
Seven proven burglary charges threatened him with two or, at worst, six years in prison, so Prugo was in big trouble. He was detained on September 17 and fingerprinted.
Prugo denied everything. He was offered a deal with justice. He shook his head. A month later, he confessed to everything. “All this had such an effect on me that it became difficult for me to breathe. I couldn’t sleep, eat. I began to lose my hair, ”Prugo beat to pity.
“He confessed to crimes we didn’t even know he was involved in,” said lead investigator Brad Goodkin. “And although more accusations hung on me, I knew that I was doing the right thing,” Prugo sprinkled ashes on his head.
He said that on the night of the robbery of Bloom’s mansion, his parents left town. “And Alexis’ parents just gave her a kick, so she moved in with me.” Prugo claimed that his girlfriend fell into parental disgrace because she smoked OxyContin, popularly known as Oxy, a painkiller sold strictly by prescription, has become one of the most fashionable drugs in Hollywood. “It’s not true about Oxy,” Alexis retorted. Her lawyer stated that “the degree of credibility in Prugo’s testimony is questionable, to put it mildly.
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Nick continued to yell at his girlfriend Rachel Leigh: “Orlando lives with Miranda Kerr, the famous Victoria’s Secret model, and Rachel said she was sleeping and seeing Victoria’s angel clothes in her hands.
“Alexis and I met Rachel and Diana right outside Bloom’s house and got inside without difficulty,” Prugo describes the incident. Surveillance cameras recorded four youthful figures with faces hidden by hoods. Everyone moved so as not to light up. And they did it very cleverly. “Well, how could Alexis be drunk as an insole in this situation?” Prugo asked rhetorically, alluding to Nyers’s complaints that she was almost unconsciously involved in the crime.
All robberies were modeled after Bloom’s mansion break-in. Lee called this action “go shopping.” “We grabbed the first bags that came across and stuffed them with junk, who liked what,” Prugo recalled. “In Bloom’s master bedroom, Rachel stole a Rolex for a tag, Alexis liked a laptop-sized Louis Vuitton bag.
Miranda had an Alex Perry dress – you know, like on the catwalk. They took him too.”
Surveillance cameras recorded how, between three and four in the morning, two of the four figures scurry back and forth: they take full bags out of the house and load them into a car. The luggage was so bulky that one of the figures even stumbled under its weight. Prugo and Niers left the house at about five in the morning, and Lee and Tamayo went on the attack again, inflated. Lee allegedly said, “I want to grab some more art – I’m moving to Vegas, I’ll have to decorate the house with something.”
Later, Prugo confessed that he had sold all the Rolexes to a certain Johnny Ajar, Johnny Dangerous. The same type: a former prisoner, a notorious bandit, a buyer of stolen goods. Plus, being a promoter at the trendy club Les Deux, he often led minors through face control. During a search of Adjar’s apartment, the police found the same automatic rifle stolen from Green’s house. Johnny himself is now in Los Angeles on charges of possession of drugs and weapons.
“He unfastened five thousand for about a dozen Rolexes. I thought in hindsight that this was a scam, but what can I do? Prugo complained.
It falls to the adults involved in this case – lawyers, police officers, parents, victims – to find the answer to the main question: why?
Stolen in Audrina Partridge’s house cost forty-three thousand dollars
“Why did they do it?” – the star of the TV series “Hollywood Hills” Audrina Patridge, whose house was robbed on February 22, 2009, is amazed, exactly on the night of the “Oscar” ceremony. “I watched the footage from the cameras, expecting to see thugs in masks – and there are just some kind of children!”
The question can be intoned in different ways: “Why them?”, “Why exactly them?”.
In the video, a young man and a girl, resembling Lee and Prugo, break into the Partridge house – the door was not locked. The girl looks unperturbed, the young man freaks out.
“They were carrying bags full of things,” Patridge says.
“Jewellery that belonged to my great-grandmother, a laptop, my passport, jeans made especially for me.” The stolen money was forty-three thousand dollars. But Partridge believes that the thieves were more attracted to her fame: “The police told me that Lee was my fan. She didn’t just want to steal, she wanted exactly my things. Stalker, in short.
“Were teenagers just obsessed with stars?” asked The New York Times. “There is nothing to idealize them. They did it for the money,” Officer Gudkin is sure, “a thief steals, that’s his job.” That is what his experience suggests. But even Goodkin admits that he was struck by the hunting passion that showed through in the crimes of the gang.
“This is, of course, a stretch, but it seemed to me that the desire to dress up in someone else’s clothes meant for them to fit into the shoes of a stranger. Do you remember that guy in The Silence of the Lambs who made his own dress out of someone else’s skin?
Prugo disagrees with the policeman.
He says he has never asked such philosophical questions. No questions. The whole story, as he puts it, looks more banal than ever: “Rachel just wanted clothes because she wanted to look good. And I just followed Rachel because I loved her like a sister.”
Nick Prugo met Rachel Lee in 2006 at a new school – from the old one he was asked for absenteeism. He was a problem child diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and needed special care. And not only supervision: he was prescribed psychostimulants and antidepressants. According to him, Lee was the first person he could call his best friend. Soon they were inseparable; when they didn’t see each other, they called back every now and then, sent text messages, hung in chat rooms.
Fashionista Li is described by her friends Prugo and Niers as “spoiled” and “spoiled”. She, too, was troubled, but in her own way. She had a conflict with her mother, an immigrant from North Korea, the owner of two training centers.
Li hated her stepfather, whom her mother married a few years ago.
Prugo himself was also increasingly distant from his parents (his father was a senior vice president of a television company selling low-budget blockbusters): “There was a crack between me and my parents, and no one wanted to fix anything. But I don’t blame the ancestors. In everything that happened, only my fault and responsibility.
Together with a new girlfriend, he plunged into the world of fashion: “I fell in love with beautiful clothes, I liked to think of myself as a stylish guy.” He dreamed of becoming a designer of his own line. Lee dreamed of the same. Being more practical in nature, she even said that she was going to enter the Fashion Institute of Design in Los Angeles, as did the heroines of her favorite “Hollywood Hills”.
In their senior year of high school, Rachel and Nick were a rather carefree couple: they smoked weed, hung out at shops and cafes, hung out on the beach, went to parties.
It all started that summer. Once Lee offered to climb into the house of her friend, who went on vacation with his parents. “I wanted to please her. Well, I agreed.”
“In the house I was not myself, my head was spinning, I didn’t know what to do with myself, it was so strange to be among other people’s things,” continues Prugo. “But Lee knew exactly why she was doing it from the very beginning. She was focused.” And at the same time relaxed: so much so that while the gang, for example, robbed the house of actress Rachel Bilson on May 9, she found time to drop into the toilet in a big way.
The door to Paris Hilton’s mansion was opened that night.
On their very first outing, they found a box of eight thousand dollars in cash under the bed. “Crap! Yes, I just flew up to the ceiling! Prugo admits. “We didn’t kill anyone, nothing like that, and everyone got four grand for a great life.”
The next day they went shopping on Rodeo Drive.
They had an almost nightly ritual called “checking the cars”: they cleaned up cash and credit cards left in expensive cars parked unlocked in the neighborhood.
The paradox is that it was too luxurious a quarter for its inhabitants to be afraid of anything. Especially petty thieves. After checking the cars, the couple went shopping. This was the second part of the ritual. “We had favorite places, boutiques where starlets usually shop. We came out of there dressed to the nines, paid with cards – no one asked questions. Again: these were too expensive stores to ask buyers questions.
At the same time, Prugo got deeper and deeper into drug addiction. “I mean, I stole for the sake of coke,” he confesses (after he confessed to everything, the guy got into a rehabilitation program, and, according to him, is now finished with drugs).
He says he doesn’t remember when they decided to focus on celebrities. Most likely, everything happened by itself. “Lee was turned on the stars, on all these shows like “Gossip Girl” and “Hollywood Hills”, she watched them for miles. She liked the way these girls were dressed. Then we began to climb the sites.
We were a small detective team.” We studied the layout of houses, the routes of the entrance, the regime of the inhabitants.
Paris Hilton was one of the first to be chosen. “Well, we thought she was a bit of a poo,” Prugo admits. “What, a sane person would leave the door open?” Will he scatter money everywhere in prominent places? On an October night in 2008, they visited the Hilton mansion. The door was locked. “But the key was under the mat! What a fool,” Prugo cannot restrain himself. But I have to admit that I was trembling all over: “Mom dear, I think, yes, I’m in the house of Paris herself!” This delight lasted a matter of moments, and then it was just a house from which I wanted to quickly make my feet.
While Lee was cleaning up everything that was badly lying, Prugo stood on the lookout. “I was constantly sweating, yawning and moaning every minute: “Let’s get out of here,” and Lee only repeated: “Nothing, it’s normal, we’re working.”
One of the muggers was crazy about the way the Gossip Girl characters were dressed.
They grabbed a bottle of Gray Goose vodka from the heiress’s “club” room and cash that was shaken from her many handbags: “Fifty kopecks, hundreds.” They planned to take a little, so that the hostess would not even notice the loss, and they could visit again.
Paris didn’t really notice. And they did return for a repeat tour on December 19, 2008. But this time, they did not waste time. A new accomplice Roy Lopez appeared in the case. Paris was carried around for about two million, stuffed with jewelry in a Louis Vuitton bag. Lopez’s lawyer, of course, states that his client took nothing.
Among other things, the thugs found five grams of coke from Paris, treated themselves, but did not take it with them. “And then, having loaded the car, we drove down Mulholland Drive and knew for sure that this was one of the best moments of our lives,” Prugo recalls. “How can you believe the accusations of some thief!” – the side of Hilton is indignant at this.
After the interrogation, the crew of the reality show “E!” went straight to Alexis’ house to film her divorced parents, Andrea Arlington-Dunn and Michael Nyers, telling their youngest daughter, sixteen-year-old Gabriela, about what had happened to her sister.
The action takes place in the living room. The TV show producer directs the process in the right direction. “Tell her, ‘Gaby, everything will be fine.’ The defendant’s mother is still dressed in the formal brown suit she wore to the courthouse. “Gaby, everything will be fine,” she repeats like a parrot.
Dunn, former Playboy Playmate of the Month, is now a masseuse and holistic lifestyle enthusiast. Her house is full of talismans and Buddha statues, which, as the woman naively admits, she and her new husband got after the closure of a Thai restaurant.
Papa Alexis, a tall man in jeans and a blazer, was once a cameraman on Friends. “A man wholly devoted to the industry,” as his ex-wife characterizes him, looked like after a severe mental trauma. “He has nowhere to live now,” is how Andrea explains why her ex-husband lives with her from time to time.
“My father and I used to fight all the time. He does not know how to be a father, ”Alexis admits. And, continuing the theme of the difficulties that have fallen on her, she mentions: “Besides, I had a drug addict boyfriend then.
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But the difficult situation in the family was not the decisive factor. Once upon a time in Alexis’ life, twenty-year-old model Tess Taylor appeared. Nyers met the dark-haired bombshell in a dance class. “She became my soulmate,” says Alexis. “We hung out all the time, I loved dancing with my sister.” Both even starred in the DVD-movie “Student Party”.
This was the peak of their Hollywood career. And soon the producers of “E!” became interested in the girlfriends. The show was supposed to be called “Wild Beauties”, which was confirmed by the audience of the pilot issue: in the company of rapper Mickey Evalon, the girls smashed the Wonderland Hollywood club.
The next day, October 22, the police knocked on Alexis’ door with a search warrant. A Marc Jacobs handbag believed to have belonged to Rachel Bilson and a Chanel necklace owned by Lindsay Lohan were found in the house. Alexis denied everything: “I can show the checks.” When the heroine was taken away, the cameras continued to work.
After a night in detention, she was released on a $50,000 bail. Taylor was released after interrogation.
Through Taylor, Alexis met Nick Prugo. “I don’t care about Prugo,” Alexis now says, “because he stole Tess from me. We all emanated jealousy: he, she and I. “Tess wanted me to be her best friend,” says Prugo, “they constantly fought with Alexis because of this.” Jealous of him immediately to both girls and Rachel Lee.
Alexis says that Prugo then told them that he worked as a stylist for one of his father’s films – that’s how he got both money and expensive clothes that he willingly lent to girls.
And that’s where, Taylor explains, the jacket she was seen wearing in the Ax deodorant commercial came from – an item police believe belonged to Bilson: “Prugo dressed me for this commercial.” Nick, however, insists that they were all well aware that the items were stolen, and that the story about the stylist was made up to fool Alexis’ mother. “Nick really loved the life we led,” says Alexis, “he loved parties, trendy clubs like Apple, Guys and Dolls, Teddyʼs, Ecco.
It was just that his head was spinning when he saw that there were hanging around, for example, Emily Hirsch or Leonardo DiCaprio. It was real Hollywood for him.”
“They were the first to take me to a cool club,” agrees Prugo.
Meanwhile, the reality TV cameras are doing their job. And the producer sets the lines for another mise-en-scene: Alexis’s parents are arguing what to do with Alexis and Taylor’s endless parties. “Bend your line harder,” the producer directs, “you must be harsh parents, the girls are completely out of hand.”
Alexis goes out on the porch to puff on a cigarette and talk about the Chic Ring. “Rachel is a crazy kleptomaniac,” that is her version, “and a terrible manipulator! Yes, she was in charge. Nick is just a harmless dude. If it weren’t for her, he wouldn’t have come close to these posh mansions.”
At the beginning of 2009, according to the findings of the police, “Ring Chic” from a company of hooligans has grown into a full-fledged, well-organized criminal community.
From October to December 2008, they visited Paris Hilton’s mansion four times. And in February, personnel expansion began. The gang included Diana Tamayo, an illegal Mexican immigrant who wears the school title “Miss Smile”, and Courtney Ames, an old friend of Lee’s. “I want traaaavki,” she wrote in November on her Facebook page.
“I was against all these people,” says Prugo, “I really didn’t understand why Rachel was dragging them all to us.”
Ashley Tisdale was lucky: her uninvited guests were frightened off
Nevertheless, he was involved in planning another theft in the Paris Hilton mansion. This time they took jewelry for an amount far exceeding their previous appetites – two million dollars. Police say it’s mostly the same Roy Lopez that Ames brought in, who worked together at a diner in Calabasas. After the arrest of Lopez, most of the jewelry was found at his house and returned to the heiress: the guy clearly did not have a criminal talent to hide stolen goods.
Ames was only brought to trial in connection with the theft of Hilton jewelry. The police department had a photo of her at the Les Deux club with her boyfriend, the same stolen goods dealer Johnny Adjar: Ames is wearing a Diane von FÜrstenberg leather jacket off Paris’ shoulder. Presumably – because other wording is not allowed in the police.
Stolen – beautiful, amazing rags, according to Prugo – they happily shone in the coolest bars and nightclubs in Hollywood. It seems they were insatiable and fearless, these teenagers. They took risks already in the open. Yes, it was a bit of a shock when Audrina Partridge posted a video of the surveillance cameras on the Internet, and the video was then shown on television. The actress hoped that someone would identify the thieves, but, surprisingly, no one did.
“I was watching TV and suddenly I see us! I collapsed here,” says Prugo, “but Lee reassured me, like everything is fine.”
According to a report from the Los Angeles Police Department, Rachel Bilson’s Chic Ring mansion was visited six times from April to May, taking out 130,000 worth of belongings.
Clothes, jewelry, handbags, cosmetics – so much that the gang had to float something on one popular beach.
Prugo says that they were planning the following goals at full speed, but it was already clear that the situation was shaking: “We were in treason, we became afraid, freaked out, freaked out, freaked out.” Even Li couldn’t boast of her former composure. In July, nerves passed, and she moved to Las Vegas to her father, a businessman from South Korea. Prugo helped her cross the desert in a car full of stolen goods.
Lindsay Lohan was the main fashion goddess for robbers
But Rachel Lee could not resist the last temptation: Lindsay Lohan. “She was her main fashion goddess, a style icon,” explains Prugo. The girl nevertheless returned from Vegas, and on August 23, Prugo, Lee and Tamayo visited the Spanish-style mansion owned by the actress. The extraction amounted to more than a hundred thousand. During the robbery, Lee and Tamayo jumped like crazy over Lindsey’s belongings.
“I felt,” says Prugo, “that we shouldn’t have gone there at all. I felt with my skin that everything was about to come out into the open water.
On August 26, with the knowledge of the police and with the permission of Lindsay Lohan, the CCTV footage was posted on the TMZ website, and the tangle began to unwind. Lohan and Patridge compared the videos and saw the same people on them. The two cases were linked into one. Informants immediately began to work, hurrying to share their assumptions. And the police already had witnesses of how Prugo and Lee showed off their tricks at some party. The police then used Facebook to trace the contacts of the suspects. The alleged gang took on more and more clear contours.
Two weeks after Prugo spoke, the police filed charges against Adjar, Tamayo, Lee, Ames, Niers and Lopez. Lee was detained at her father’s house in Vegas, and during the search, she asked the officers several times if they would let her out if she told everything. “Hypothetically,” said the thief, “if I tell you where the stolen goods are stored, will it help me?”
“Rachael Lee was quite sure she had her things safely hidden,” continues the police report.
But when the police found a coat belonging to Lindsay Lohan and nude photos of Paris Hilton stolen from her safe (which, by the way, was also unlocked), Lee’s mood changed dramatically. She was on the verge of hysteria, she felt sick.
“Lee asked the detective if he had spoken to the victims. The detective answered in the affirmative. The girl came into an excited state and asked: “What did Lindsay Lohan say to this?” So says the harsh police report. Lee was charged with burglary at the homes of Lohan, Hilton and Patridge.
It is not yet clear whether the “Chic Ring” case will go to trial. If so, affected celebrities will be called to testify. And some – and not only witnesses. Because Nick Prugo told too many secrets that were revealed to thieves behind the doors of mansions. And even though he was stamped with a “rat,” he is right in declaring for his part that he “just wanted to help the police in any way he could.”
Prugo sits at home while he waits for a decision on his case, studying online at the University of Phoenix and seeing a psychotherapist once a week.