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From the LA Times Hot Property:
--Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood have picked up a home on the Malibu beachfront that had been listed at $5.45 million. Big Time Listings found the property website which is here.
--Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer has listed his Laguna Beach, California home. It's our estate of the day later today.
--Michael D. Kunce, the president of Armstrong Garden Centers and his wife, Marianne, have listed their palatial Claremont home, Villa Di Fiori, for $3 million. The listing is here.
--Stuntman-turned-director Scott Gillen has listed his midcentury modern in Malibu at $5.475 million. The property website is here.


From Big Time Listings:
--Teri Garr has sold her two-bedroom house in Brentwood. It was listed for $3,995,000.
--Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman have sold their two-bedroom condo unit in Encino after it had been on the market for $750,000.
--Andrew Alexander, who co-owns the Second City improvisational comedy troupe in Chicago has paid $1.395 million for a house in the Beverly Hills Post Office area.

From the Real Estalker:
--Denise Richards has put her Hidden Hills home on the market for $4.25 million. The listing is here.
--Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly's Brooklyn home has gone to contract. It was our estate of the day in May.
--Brett Butler has sold her home for $2 million.
--Producer Mark Brazill is still trying to unload the 1920s home in Los Feliz he bought from Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale. He paid $4.795 million for the home, relisted for $4.885 million and has now cut the price all the way down to $3.995 million which means he will take a huge loss on the home. The listing is here.
----Angela Bassett and Courtney Vance seem to have finally sold their Hancock Park home. The home which was originally listed at $5.999 million went all the way down to $3.9 million and is now listed as "looking for backup."
--CSI: Miami actress Khandi Alexander's home is back on the market for $2.995 million. The listing is here.
--Real estate agent Joe Babajian has put a home in Westwood on the market for $1.95 million. The listing is here.
---Ellen Degeneres and gal pal Portia Di Rossi have picked up a third property on Cabrillo Drive which will allow them to request permission from the city of Beverly Hills to gate the entire street. It is rumored that Ellen may have spent around $40 million total to create a new massive compound.
--Candy Spelling is selling a pair of condos in Century Woods, a small gated community in Century City. Both condos have five bedrooms but the one with over 8,000 square feet is listed at $7.895 million and the one that is a bit under 5,000 square feet is listed at $4.795 million.
--Musician Beck and Marissa Ribisi have put their Hancock Park home on the market for $9 million. The pair bought for $6.75 million a little over a year ago. The six-bedroom home also comes with a professional recording studio and rehearsal room in the guest house. The listing is here.

From the NY Post's Gimme Shelter:
--Ralph Fiennes has paid $2 million for a one-bedroom condo loft on West 13th Street.
--Veronica Hearst sold her Upper East Side co-op (two apartments) at 4 E. 66th St. for $36.5 million.
--Diana Ross is planning to renovate her Sherry-Netherland hotel apartment and raise its price from $9 million to $11 million sometime after Labor Day.

From the NY Observer:
----Another huge listing in New York City. This time a Fifth Avenue duplex, shown above, belonging to Karen Fleiss, who founded the hedge fund KMF Partners, and her husband, David, a Fifth Avenue orthopedic surgeon has been put on the market for $47.5 million. The listing is here.
--Exiting Metropolitan Museum of Art director Philippe de Montebello and his wife, Edith, director of financial aid at the Trinity School, sold their two-bedroom co-op at 25 East 86th Street this month for $2.195 million. The buyer is graphic designer Holly Okner, whose father is the investor Peter A. Aron, the chairman of the South Street Seaport Museum from 1987 to 2000. De Montebello has moved to another apartment nearby.
--The founder of Rag & Bone David Neville and his wife, celebrity makeup artist Gucci Westman just bought a duplex penthouse loft at the Spears Building, a former warehouse on West 22nd Street for $4.426 million.
----Charmaine Ho, a 22-year-old handbag designer and freelance fashion write bought a 25-foot-wide Greek Revival townhouse on West Ninth Street earlier this year for $8.1 million. Her parents, who live in Hong Kong, are paying for the bulk of the mortgage and will pay around $200,000 to renovate the floor-through apartment that she will live in. A three-bedroom apartment downstairs and the one-bedroom place upstairs are being rented out.
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]]>candy spellingCandySpellingdenise richardsDeniseRichardsellen degeneresEllenDegeneresgarth brooksGarthBrooksralph fiennesRalphFiennesteri garrTeriGarrtrisha yearwoodTrishaYearwoodDeidre Woollard2008-07-06T09:02:00 00:00Pharrell Opts For Expensive Tattoo Removalhttp://www.luxist.com/2008/07/03/pharrell-opts-for-expensive-tattoo-removal/http://www.luxist.com/2008/07/03/pharrell-opts-for-expensive-tattoo-removal/http://www.luxist.com/2008/07/03/pharrell-opts-for-expensive-tattoo-removal/#commentsFiled under: ,


To Pharrel Williams being a grown man means no longer have fire tattoos on his arms but instead of having a laser treatment to fade or remove the flames the rapper/producer/entrepreneur is looking to have his arms replaced! -- well, at least the skin on his arms. There is a revolutionary new procedure where a lab, using a sample of your skin, can grow more skin to be used as a skin graft over the portion where the tattoos currently reside. They just sew it on and voila! You have a seamless, tattoo-less arm that once healed will be ready for new ink designs. Pharrel doesn't seem to care that it costs upwards of hundreds of thousands of dollars for the procedure and it sounds like he anticipates a new ink job when his lab-grown-sewn-on-skin is good and ready.
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]]>expire-images2009-7-1pharrel williamsPharrelWilliamstattoo removalTattooRemovalLaura Malesich2008-07-03T14:01:00 00:00Lil Wayne To Start His Own Champagne Brandhttp://www.luxist.com/2008/07/03/lil-wayne-to-start-his-own-champagne-story/http://www.luxist.com/2008/07/03/lil-wayne-to-start-his-own-champagne-story/http://www.luxist.com/2008/07/03/lil-wayne-to-start-his-own-champagne-story/#commentsFiled under: ,

Rapper Lil Wayne is the latest celebrity to announce his own booze brand. Lil Wayne is partnering with Milestone Brands and French grower Voirin-Jumel to create Halo Champagne. A bottle of the appeared in the video for his song "Lollipop." The Halo Champagne will be available in four styles, Brut, Brut Vintage, Rose and Halo Pinnacle and will be out this fall. He joins a long list of actors and musicians with their own wine-related projects, check out the gallery below.

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]]>champagnehalo champagnelil wayneLilWayneDeidre Woollard2008-07-03T12:02:00 00:00Sting Criticized For Solo Jet Flighthttp://www.luxist.com/2008/07/01/sting-criticized-for-solo-jet-flight/http://www.luxist.com/2008/07/01/sting-criticized-for-solo-jet-flight/http://www.luxist.com/2008/07/01/sting-criticized-for-solo-jet-flight/#commentsFiled under: ,

The celebrities who espouse a green lifestyle often find themselves in trouble when they indulge in some of the privileges of the wealthy. Al Gore has taken the heat for his energy consumption and now Sting is in the spotlight for a private jet splurge. Sting took a solo flight to Germany recently on a Falcon 2000 to meet the rest of the band, The Police for a concert in Leipzig. A spokesperson for the airport confirmed that he was the solo passenger on the plane which can carry 14 passengers. He flew back to England less than 24 hours later via private jet but it's not known if he was alone.

According to the Daily Mail, the Police was named 'dirtiest band' in January for the scale of their carbon footprint. It's been a tough year for Sting and his eco-actions. He started off the year by renting a private yacht in Australia and as I mentioned back in May, his Rainforest Foundation has come under fire for its record of giving. Sting also starred in an ad-campaign for the notso eco Jaguar cars.
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]]>private jetstingthe policeThePoliceDeidre Woollard2008-07-01T16:02:00 00:00Queen Elizabeth is Plane Shopping http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/30/queen-elizabeth-is-plane-shopping/http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/30/queen-elizabeth-is-plane-shopping/http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/30/queen-elizabeth-is-plane-shopping/#commentsFiled under: ,

The Sunday Times reports that the Queen of England is in the market for a new plane. No Air-Force-One-sized jet for the Queen though, word from Buckingham Palace is that they are in the market for a small executive plane like a Gulfstream or Learjet. The plane would also be available for use by Gordon Brown and senior ministers.

The plane w ould be paid for by taxpayers and would include the usual private plane bells and whistles such as catering facilities and in-flight entertainment. The Queen had previously been able to use larger planes provided by the RAF. Also in the past, Prince Charles and other royals have chartered planes or flown first class for their royal tours, which they will still have to do for longer trips. The new plane will be best for short jaunts. The prime minister opted against a larger plane for himself and the royals because of the price. A decision on the type of plan and specific purchase details probably won't be available until later this year.

What's particularly interesting about the comments section of the article is that many of those who wrote in believe the Queen (and to some extent Gordon Brown) should have a bigger plane.
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]]>private planePrivatePlanequeen elizabethQueenElizabethDeidre Woollard2008-06-30T11:01:00 00:00Jamie Foxx in Tarzana, Estate of the Dayhttp://www.luxist.com/2008/06/29/jamie-foxx-in-tarzana-estate-of-the-day/http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/29/jamie-foxx-in-tarzana-estate-of-the-day/http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/29/jamie-foxx-in-tarzana-estate-of-the-day/#commentsFiled under: ,


Actor Jamie Foxx hasn't lived in his Tarzana, California home for a while, moving on to a 40-acre spread in Thousand Oaks. This three-bedroom in Tarzana had been his home since 1997 when he bought the home for $930,000. As the Real Estalker mentions, the home has been the site of some of Foxx's famous wild parties and the police were once called over a nude basketball game being held on the home's half court. The home has been customized by Foxx with details such as aquariums in the living room, a game room in the basement, a media room and a recording studio. The home has since gone through a major renovation which explains the blandness of the current decor.

The backyard includes a large lawn, pool and pool house, sunken spa and that infamous basketball court. This home is listed at $2.23 million.

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]]>californiaestate of the dayjamie foxxJamieFoxxtarzanaDeidre Woollard2008-06-29T13:01:00 00:00Sunday Real Estate Round-Up, 6/29/08http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/29/sunday-real-estate-round-up-6-29-08/http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/29/sunday-real-estate-round-up-6-29-08/http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/29/sunday-real-estate-round-up-6-29-08/#commentsFiled under: ,


From the NY Post's Gimme Shelter:
-- Loews Hotel chairman and NY Giants co-owner Jonathan Tisch and his wife, Lizzie, have gone to contract to buy a full-floor co-op at 2 E. 67th St. for somewhere above its $40 million asking price.
--One of the most impressive properties in Southampton, New York has hit the market for $67.5 million. It was our estate of the day on Friday.
--Elisabeth and Tim Hasselbeck have sold their three-bedroom apartment on West 79th Street for $1.6 million. The couple bought the unit for just under $1 million in 2005.

From the NY Observer's Manhattan Transfers:
--30 West 21st Street, the building famous for its old new-wave dance club Danceteria is now 11 luxury apartments listed around $5.8 to $7.9 million each, plus a triplex penthouse for $7.7 million and a townhouse apartment for $9.25 million.
--James S. Chanos, the president and founder of a hedge-fund group called Kynikos is in contract to buy the penthouse at the iron-fenced mansion 3 East 75th Street, which was listed for $24.85 million.
--Larry and Annette Everston, the owners of the high-end shoe shop Otto Tootsi Plohound, who decorated their loft at 285 Lafayette Street in a Moroccan theme complete with a citrus garden of lemon and orange trees in the sunroom, have sold their 7,000-square-foot apartment in the Soho condo for $7.35 million.
--The six-story mansion at 18 East 80th Street sold this month for $37.5 million, making it one of the largest townhouse deals ever in New York, even though its owners bought the place in 2001, when the asking price was just $8.9 million.

From Berg Properties Big Time Listings:
--Actress Ronnie Claire Edwards has sold her Los Feliz home for $3.85 million. It looks like the owner might be a celebrity. The Real Estalker says it is Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
--Winona Ryder has sold her co-op apartment in Manhattan's Gramercy Park for $2.2 million.
--Country singer Deana Carter has placed her two-bedroom home in the Hollywood Hills on the market for $899,000. The listing is here.

From the Real Estalker:
--Oprah Winfrey has put a two-bedroom Fisher Island condo on the market for $2.09 million. The condo is located in the Seaside Village section of Fisher Island. The listing is here.
--Jamie Foxx has put his Tarzana, California home on the market. It's our estate of the day later today.
--Olympic medalist and Playboy model Amanda Beard has put her three-bedroom cottage in Venice, California on the market for $1.045 million, the price she paid for it in 2006. The listing is here.
--Pete Sampras may have sold his Beverly Hills mansion to Will and Grace co-creator Max Mutchnick and his entertainment attorney husband Erik Hyman.

From the LA Times Hot Property:
--John Cleese has finally sold his Montecito equestrian ranch was finally sold. It had been originally listed at $28 million and has reportedly sold for around $16.5 million.
--Sports agent David Falk has listed a Beverly Hills condo he owns for $2.245 million. The listing is here.
--A home in Beverly Hills which was owned by a friend of actress Valerie Harper,who is now acting as executor of the estate, has an accepted offer of $5.4 million even though it was only listed at $4 million and appraised for less than that.
--Katherine Heigl has put her Los Feliz starter home, shown above, on the market for $1.75 million. The listing is here.
--Television producers Kent and Susan McCray have listed their Malibu home at $3.8 million. The five-bedroom home's property website is here.

From the Wall Street Journal's Private Properties:
--Tennis Grand Slam champion Mats Wilander has listed his home in Sun Valley, Idaho for $8.5 million. Wilander and his wife Sonya bought the land in the 1990s and built the home. The listing is here.
--A condo in the Georgetown area of Washington D.C. has hit the market at $10.6 million, which may be a record for the area. We'll be looking at it as our estate of the day on Monday.
--A Jupiter, Florida home owned by British Internet entrepreneur Stuart Lawley has sold for $4.65 million which is around 22% less than he paid for it in 2001.
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]]>amanda beardAmandaBearddeana carterDeanaCarterjohn cleeseJohnCleesekatherine heiglKatherineHeiglmats wilanderMatsWilanderwinona ryderWinonaRyderDeidre Woollard2008-06-29T09:02:00 00:00Results of the Sopranos Auctionhttp://www.luxist.com/2008/06/26/results-of-the-sopranos-auction/http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/26/results-of-the-sopranos-auction/http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/26/results-of-the-sopranos-auction/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Last month we reported that there was to be an auction of apparel from The Sopranos. The results from the June 25 event are in: Twenty-five outfits worn by James Gandolfini's alter ego raised $187,750 and benefited the Wounded Warrior Project, a nonprofit that aids wounded soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Gandolfini attended part of the Christie's auction with a soldier from the project.

The highest bid was for a faux-bloodstained outfit that Gandolfini wore in a scene when Tony is shot by a demented Uncle Junior: the black and beige short-sleeve polo shirt, a tank top and black pants brought in $43,750. The next highest bid was $21,250 for a four-piece costume that included a blue, red and yellow striped robe and boxer shorts that the actor wore in numerous episodes. Other top-selling outfits included a tan cotton bathrobe with lavender trim and 'S' insignia on the breast pocket that was featured in the pilot when Tony fetched the morning paper and fed the ducks in his pool, which raised $13,750.

All of the outfits were authenticated by Gandolfini, and many had the original production tags attached. See a sampling of the auctioned items in the gallery. See the entire lot and prices realized here.

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]]>auctionsChristiesgandolfiniJames GandolfiniJamesGandolfiniSopranosTony SopranoTonySopranoWounded Warrior ProjectWoundedWarriorProjectLisa Palladino2008-06-26T22:01:00 00:00Guy Ritchie Wants To Create His Own Whiskyhttp://www.luxist.com/2008/06/23/guy-ritchie-wants-to-create-his-own-whisky/http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/23/guy-ritchie-wants-to-create-his-own-whisky/http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/23/guy-ritchie-wants-to-create-his-own-whisky/#commentsFiled under: ,

Guy Ritchie may become the latest celebrity to have his own liquor brand. The Sun reports that the film director and spouse of Madonna is interested in creating his own malt whisky. But for Ritchie no ordinary tipple will do, He's been sampling 33-year-old malts lately at The Punch Bowl pub, in London's Mayfair area that he and Madonna bought recently. He feels that he could create the most expensive and prestigious brand in the world.

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]]>guy ritchieGuyRitchiewhiskyDeidre Woollard2008-06-23T15:02:00 00:00Sharon Stone Has A New Gighttp://www.luxist.com/2008/06/22/sharon-stone-has-a-new-gig/http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/22/sharon-stone-has-a-new-gig/http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/22/sharon-stone-has-a-new-gig/#commentsFiled under: ,


Sharon Stone may have gotten in trouble with Dior over her remarks on China recently, but she can still bring in the gigs. Jeweler Damiani has announced that Stone will be their new face. The new ad campaign for the diamond seller celebrates women throughout history starting with Eve up through Ameilia Earhart and today's modern women. Silvia Damiani, who is a longtime friend of Sharon Stone, introduced the new campaign, which was shot on March 20th by photographer Solve Sundsbo, at a press event in Beverly Hills this week.
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]]>advertisingdamianidiamondsjewelrysharon stoneSharonStoneDeidre Woollard2008-06-22T14:02:00 00:00Paul Michael Glaser in Agoura, Estate of the Dayhttp://www.luxist.com/2008/06/22/paul-michael-glaser-in-agoura-estate-of-the-day/http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/22/paul-michael-glaser-in-agoura-estate-of-the-day/http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/22/paul-michael-glaser-in-agoura-estate-of-the-day/#commentsFiled under: ,


Paul Michael Glaser is best known for playing Detective Starsky in the 1970s cop show Starsky and Hutch and has gone on to have a career as a television director. Glaser has separated from his second wife, Tracy Barone. His first wife Elizabeth, who died from AIDS and contracted HIV through a blood transfusion during childbirth, founded the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. The home that Glaser and Tracy Barone Glaser shared in the town of Agoura is five bedrooms and includes a gourmet kitchen, walnut wide-plank floors and tasteful and casual decor designed for a family. The grounds include a dressage arena with lights and corrals, a pool and spa, gazebo, and a study/loft with views over the grounds. This home is listed at $2.424 million.

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From the Real Estalker:
--Oprah's best friend Gayle King has put her six-bedroom home, shown above, in Greenwich, Connecticut on the market for $7.45 million. The listing is here.
--Rumor has it P. Diddy is spending $30,000 per month to lease a four-bedroom house with two pools in the hills above West Hollywood.
--The Real Estalker's intrepid commenters have unearthed the property website for Ryan Philippe's new home in West Hollywood, which was sold for $7.15 million.
--Kristan Cunningham, former host of Design On A Dime and her partner Scott Jarell have put their Pasadena home on the market for $1.25 million. The couple bought the home in August 2003 for $729,000 and are now reportedly headed to New York where Cunningham works on Rachel Ray's show. The listing is here it's listed as looking for backup which means it's in the early stages of being sold.
--E! Online recently reported that the Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have sold their New Orleans home. The pair is currently in the South of France awaiting the birth of their twins. The Real Estalker Mama checked out the property records which show that the home is still owned by a trust controlled by Brad Pitt.
-- Peter Andre and Katie Price are house hunting in Beverly Hills
--Britney Spears has been reportedly checking out new real estate in gated communities in Calabasas.
-- Kanye West has put the home of his late mother, Dr. Donda West on the market for $1.745 million. The three-bedroom home is located in Playa Del Ray. The listing is here.
--Mena Suvari has put her Venice, California home on the market for $1.795 million. It has already gone to contract.

From the LA Times Hot Property:
--Norm MacDonald just bought a two-bedroom ocean-view loft in Santa Monica for $1.8 million.
--David Duchovny and Téa Leoni listed their Malibu ocean-view home for $12 million on June 1 and then took it off the market. And then last week, they withdrew the house from the market.
--Songwriter and producer David Foster is selling two units in the California building on Wilshire Boulevard. The two units can be bought separately or together. Both units are three bedrooms and 3,270 square feet. The unfinished unit is listed at $2.495 million and the completed unit is listed at $3.15 million. The listing is here.
--Paul Michael Glaser has put his equestrian 4,362-square-foot house in Agoura, Calif. on the market for $2.424 million. It's our estate of the day later today.

From the NY Post's Gimme Shelter:
--Carly Simon is selling her West Village co-op. The two-bedroom, two-bathroom duplex in a Federal-period townhouse on Commerce Street is listed at $3.8 million.
--Heather Mills is eager to move into her two-bedroom in the modern glass Richard Meier building at 173 Perry St. She reportedly paid just under the $5 million asking price for the ninth-floor apartment which includes Meier designed furnishings.
--Rachel Ray and her husband, John Cusimano, have finally closed on a property in the Hamptons that had a $2.9 million asking price.
--Howard Koeppel and Mark Hsiao, the gay couple who once housed Rudy Guiliani when he split from wife number two, Donna Hanover have paid $2.37 million for a high-floor apartment at 100 Riverside Blvd.
--Ted Koppel has lowered the price on his Potomac, Maryland home again. It's now under half price, down from $4.1 million to just $1.79 million.

From Celebrity Big Time Listings:
--Leonard B. Stern, a long-retired TV producer and writer who created the popular "Mad Libs" game, has sold his house in Beverly Hills to a writer for "The Sopranos" for $4,062,500.
--Mike Malinin, the drummer of the rock band the Goo Goo Dolls, has paid $1.305 million for a single-level contemporary-style house in Studio City.
--Jason Biggs has sold his Hollywood Hills home for $1,442,500.
--Actress Laura Prepon has paid $2.317 million for a home in Los Feliz.

From the NY Observer's Manhattan Transfers:
--New York University sociology chair Dalton Conley, who wrote a book called The Pecking Order: Which Siblings Succeed and Why has sold a two-unit apartment at 323 West 11th Street for $1.44 million this month to his sister Alexandra. The pair have been apartment swapping for a while. In 2005, both siblings were living a few buildings apart on West 11th. When the unit next door to Alexandra Conley's apartment came on the market her brother bought it along with her apartment (she bought his in return). Now Conley is moving on and selling back to his sister.
--Singer Regina Spektor has bought a two-bedroom apartment in a huge white-brick postwar building at East 34th Street and Third Avenue for $1.125 million.
--Minor drama over a major Upper East Side property. There has been a bit of broker squabble over the listing of 9 East 67th St.. It's listed with Warburg for $34.9 million.
--The buying and selling from liquor heir and Warner Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr., continues. Bronfman is famed for his Manhattan real estate dealings. Last year he sold his East 64th Street townhouse to a Russian oil billionaire for $50 million, even though he paid $4,375,000 for the property in 1994. But has the real estate slump affected his selling prices? His 11-room apartment at 1040 Fifth Avenue has gone to contract for somewhere between $20 and $21 million which is below the $24 million asking price. And the duplex penthouse he bought at the Carhart Mansion for around $19 million, and put on the market in April for $24.5 million, is still unsold.

From the Wall Street Journal's Private Properties:
--The buyer for Donald Trump's Maison de l'Amitié turns out to be an investment company linked to Russian fertilizer billionaire, Dmitry Rybolovlev. Mr. Rybolovlev is paying $100 million for the Palm Beach mansion.
--Usher has dropped the price on his Alpharetta, Georgia home. Usher's been raising and lowering the price on this one since it hit the market. It was listed at $1.95 million when we checked it out as an estate of the day in September. Usher raised the price after an appraisal to $2.3 million but has now listed it at $1.995 million.
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]]>Deidre Woollard2008-06-22T09:02:00 00:00Ted Koppel's Maryland Discount, Estate of the Day http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/20/ted-koppels-maryland-discount-estate-of-the-day/http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/20/ted-koppels-maryland-discount-estate-of-the-day/http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/20/ted-koppels-maryland-discount-estate-of-the-day/#commentsFiled under: ,


I've been hearing stories of Ted Koppel slashing the prices on his Potomac, Maryland home for a while and have wondered how bad it could possibly be. Finally with the news from the NY Post that the former "Nightline" host cut the price again I had to check it out. Koppel first put the home on the market in 2005 for $4.1 million and has now cut the price by over half. What's so bad about it? Let's investigate. The six-bedroom contemporary home has nearly 9,000 square feet and includes an indoor pool, a sauna, and maid's quarters. Sounds great right? The home was built in 1968 and seems to be showing its age. There's nothing particularly wrong with the home, it just seems dated from the brick fireplaces to the track lighting. Ted's home has potential though and I think some more modern furnishings could make this into a showplace. At $1.79 million, it's a lot of space for your money.

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]]>estate of the dayEstateOfTheDaymarylandpotomacted koppelDeidre Woollard2008-06-20T13:02:00 00:00Kate Moss Loves The Night http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/20/kate-moss-loves-the-night/http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/20/kate-moss-loves-the-night/http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/20/kate-moss-loves-the-night/#commentsFiled under: ,

Kate Moss may be losing her modeling contracts but she is still powerful as a brand name. She has announced her second fragrance, Velvet Hour which is being done for Coty. The fragrance celebrates dusk, and Kate's love of the nightlife, with scents like patchouli, sandalwood, amber, nutmeg and freesia. Sounds very bohemian. The fragrance is set to launch in the fall with a magazine ad campaign shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, and and TV ads directed by John Mathieson.

Moss isn't the only one with a new second scent. Mariah Carey is readying her second fragrance, Luscious Pink, for Elizabeth Arden. Carey's scent is described as a "sparkling floral" with notes of Sicilian bergamot, Tahitian Tiare petals, lily of the valley and pink peony, sandalwood and white musk.
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]]>fragrancekate mossmariah careyMariahCareyperfumDeidre Woollard2008-06-20T12:02:00 00:00Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Working On A Jewelry Linehttp://www.luxist.com/2008/06/18/mary-kate-and-ashley-olsen-working-on-a-jewelry-line/http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/18/mary-kate-and-ashley-olsen-working-on-a-jewelry-line/http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/18/mary-kate-and-ashley-olsen-working-on-a-jewelry-line/#commentsFiled under: ,

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen were once tween moguls but just because they are all grown up that doesn't mean their dealmaking days are done. The pair will be collaborating with jewelry designer Robert Lee Morris on a licensed jewelry line. The collection will be named Robert Lee Morris for Elizabeth and James. Elizabeth and James, named for the Olsens's siblings, is their contemporary fashion line. The jewelry line will be more than 80 pieces with an urban flair including metal cuffs, turquoise beading and designs with daggers and crosses. The pieces will arrive in Intermix stores this fall and will retail from $65 to $700.
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]]>ashley olsenAshleyOlsenelizabeth and jamesElizabethAndJamesmary kate olsenMaryKateOlsenolsen twinsOlsenTwinsrobert lee morrisRobertLeeMorrisDeidre Woollard2008-06-18T11:02:00 00:00One God Jewelryhttp://www.luxist.com/2008/06/17/one-god-jewelry/http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/17/one-god-jewelry/http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/17/one-god-jewelry/#commentsFiled under: , ,

I am not sure that support from Paula Abdul makes One God Jewelry worth investigating but certainly its statement about peace and unity is worth seeing. The diamond pendant surrounded by sterling silver is currently available for $150 but other pieces made of handmade silver, gold, and platinum paired with diamonds in pendants, bracelets and dog tags are also within the line that combines Jewish, Christian and Muslim religious symbols. Apparently Paula will be buying twelve necklaces for this year's top-twelve American Idols and is working on a new line with One God Jewelry as well. Her involvement doesn't get my attention really but certainly the jewelry's effort to raise awareness about global hunger, poverty and disease does.
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]]>american-idolOneone-god-jewelrypaula-abdulLaura Malesich2008-06-17T11:01:00 00:00Results of the Onassis Jewelry Salehttp://www.luxist.com/2008/06/16/results-of-the-onassis-jewelry-sale/http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/16/results-of-the-onassis-jewelry-sale/http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/16/results-of-the-onassis-jewelry-sale/#commentsFiled under: ,


Last week Athina Onassis auctioned off a large collection of her mother's jewelry through Christie's in London, with the most noteworthy piece being a diamond necklace featuring a 38-carat pear-shaped diamond pendant.

Athina's mother was Christina Onassis, daughter of famous Greek tycoon Aristotle Onassis, and she died at the young age of only 37 back in 1987. The diamond necklace was a fitting example of the great jewelry and art the Onassis family was known for collecting. It sold for $7.1 million.
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]]>athina onassisAthinaOnassisauctionchristiechristieschristina onassisChristinaOnassisonassisRigel Gregg2008-06-16T20:02:00 00:00Jessica Joffe Fêtes Exclusive New ILORI Thakoon Shadeshttp://www.luxist.com/2008/06/16/jessica-joffe-fetes-exclusive-new-ilori-thakoon-shades/http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/16/jessica-joffe-fetes-exclusive-new-ilori-thakoon-shades/http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/16/jessica-joffe-fetes-exclusive-new-ilori-thakoon-shades/#commentsFiled under: ,


Audrey Hepburn-esque model / socialite Jessica Joffe fêted luxury sunglass shop ILORI's exclusive new Thakoon Hexagon 502 shades at their NYC boutique the other night. Thai-born designer Thakoon Panichgul (with Joffe, above), whose fashions are favored by the likes of Rachel Bilson, Demi Moore and Sarah Jessica Parker, debuted the new sunglass design featuring his signature Japanese shibori print, which will only be available at ILORI for a limited time. ILORI, which also has high-end stores in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Las Vegas, specializes in curated collections, exclusive styles and limited edition frames. The Hexagon model, which costs $315, is made to match clothing from Thakoon's chic Spring/Summer runway collection. See the gallery for more.

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]]>Audrey HepburnAudreyHepburnILORIJessica JoffeJessicaJoffeSarah Jessica ParkerSarahJessicaParkerSunglassesThakoonThakoon PanichgulThakoonPanichgulJared Paul Stern2008-06-16T14:02:00 00:00Sunday Real Estate Round-Up, 6/15/08http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/15/sunday-real-estate-round-up-6-15-08/http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/15/sunday-real-estate-round-up-6-15-08/http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/15/sunday-real-estate-round-up-6-15-08/#commentsFiled under: ,

From Celebrity Big Time Listings:
--Retired major league baseball player Lenny Dykstra has placed his eight-bedroom mansion in the Lake Sherwood area of Thousand Oaks, Calif. on the market for $24.95 million. Dykstra bought the home less than a year ago from Wayne Gretsky for $18.5 million. The property website is here.
--One of my all-time favorite estate of the day properties, makeup artist Stan Winston's Malibu pad, has sold for an undisclosed price (it was listed at $11.95 million). It may have been bought by a CBS head honcho Les Moonves or a member of his family.
--Chad Sexton, the drummer for the band 311, has sold his Hollywood Hills home for $1.7 million.
--Actor Matthew Rhys has paid $1,262,500 for a house in Los Angeles, near the Melrose Shopping District.
--Actor Shawn Hatosy has sold his Hollywood Hills home for $1.485 million.
--The star of "Rob and Big" reality TV star Rob Dyrdek has bought a house in the Hollywood Hills for $2.459 million.

From the Real Estalker:
--via the San Diego Tribune, Mitt and Ann Romney have picked up a place in La Jolla, California for $12 million.
--Angela Bassett and Courtney Vance have lowered the price on their Hancock Park home again, it started at almost $6 million but can now be picked up for $3.9 million. The listing is here.
--The parents of Lauren Conrad of The Hills have put their Laguna Beach home on the market for $17.9 million. The listing is here.
--Tea Leoni and David Duchovy have put their Malibu home on the market for $12 million. The listing for the five-bedroom home is here.

From the LA Times Hot Property:
--Target fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli and his wife, actress Lori Laughlin, have put their Laguna Beach home on the market for $12.995 million. It's our estate of the day later today.
A home in Rancho Santa Fe home once owned by former Blink-182 lead guitarist and perennial houseflipper Tom DeLonge is on the market for $5.6 million. The listing is here.
--"Eli Stone" producer Greg Berlanti has listed this Palm Springs second home for $1.949 million. It's a charming three-bedroom getaway with a swim-up pool. The listing is here.
--Actor Nick Zano has listed his West Hollywood home for $1.050 million. The property website is here.
-- L.A. Lakers' assistant coach Jim Cleamons has listed his Manhattan Beach home for sale at $1.399 million.
--Ryan Phillippe, recently bought a home in the Hollywood Hills for $7.175 million.
--Joely Fisher has relisted her Encino home for $3.295 million. It was listed at $4.75 million when it was our estate of the day last June.

From the Wall Street Journal's Private Properties:
--The Colorado home of the late singer Dan Fogelberg, Mountain Bird Ranch, has gone to contract. The most recent asking price was $15 million but it was listed for $17.5 million when we first checked it out in 2005.
--The former Hamptons home of "From Here to Eternity" author James Jones is being renovated and a developer plans to put it up for sale for $12 million to $14 million. It is listed as a "modern green home" and has solar panels and a geothermal heating system. The listing is here.
--Casa de la Paz, the La Jolla beachfront estate owned for four decades by actor Cliff Robertson has sold for $16.5 million. It was first listed for $28 million but was down to $22.5 million in September 2007 when we checked it out as an estate of the day. It is next door to the new home that Mitt Romney bought and the buyers of the Robertson home are John and Victoria Miller, the former national-finance heads of Mr. Romney's presidential campaign.

From the NY Times Big Deal:
--Mariska Hargitay and her husband Peter Hermann have put their Chelsea penthouse on the market for $8.25 million. The 4,900 square foot penthouse has more than 2,500 square feet of outdoor space and is built around a 16 ½-foot gold dome atop the O'Neill Building at 655 Avenue of the Americas. The listing is here.
--A New York apartment once owned by Britney Spears is back on the market. It was our estate of the day on Saturday.

From the NY Post's Gimme Shelter:
--Heidi Klum has sold her West Village penthouse for $5.35 million.
--Warner Music Group chairman Lyor Cohen is spending $6.8 million for a teardown in the Hamptons, which was listed at $5.5 million. Cohen has taken his Bridgehampton estate, wich was listed at $9.5 million, back off the market.
--Nora Ephron and Nick Pileggi paid $2.74 million for a second-floor flat with three bedrooms and 2½ baths at 136 E. 79th St.
--The Park Avenue apartments of former Treasury Secretary W. Michael Blumenthal and his late next-door neighbor,fashionista Diana Vreeland which were listed at $24 million are being purchased by Phyllis Mack, the wife of real-estate mogul William Mack.

From the NY Observer's Manhattan Transfers:
--Paul Risoli, the former Bank of America broker sentenced to seven months in prison this February for taking $12,500 in bribes, just sold his apartment to New York University's School of Law for $2.745 million.
--Sherman Cohen who bought the red-brick mansion at 603 Park Avenue nearly 20 years ago has reportedly never spent a night there. It's been on and off the market for years and is now listed at $35 million. It was our estate of the day on Friday.
--Goldman Sachs' senior strategist Abby Joseph Cohen has picked up an apartment at the Majestic on Central Park West sold by Michelle Grabanski and Bill Pohlad, the son of a Minnesota billionaire and a producer of Brokeback Mountain, for $7.5 million.
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]]>angela bassettAngelaBassettcliff robertsonCliffRobertsondan fogelbergDanFogelbergdavid duchovnyDavidDuchovnygreg berlantiGregBerlantilauren conradLaurenConradlenny dykstraLennyDykstralori loughlinLoriLoughlinmariska hargitayMariskaHargitaymatthew rhysMatthewRhysmitt romneyMittRomneymossimonick zanoNickZanonora ephronNoraEphronrob dyrdekRobDyrdekshawn hatosyShawnHatosytea leoniTeaLeoniDeidre Woollard2008-06-15T09:01:00 00:00Bruce Wayne Goes Armanihttp://www.luxist.com/2008/06/13/bruce-wayne-goes-armani/http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/13/bruce-wayne-goes-armani/http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/13/bruce-wayne-goes-armani/#commentsFiled under: ,

Bruce Wayne is getting classed up in more ways than one this year, first with a Lamborghini to drive and now with Armani to wear in the latest Batman installment due out this summer: The Dark Knight. Armani's tailored, classic, understated style certainly fits the Bruce Wayne character both in personality and lifestyle, and I for one can't wait to see Christian Bale showing off his new designer duds in the movie. On dressing a superhereo Armani says it's "fitting that I should be dressing a superhero this year, as I am pleased to have chaired the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibition, Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy, last May,"
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