HollywoodHills

SPiN at The Mondrian: The Ping Pong Trend Heads West

All of a sudden table tennis is hotter than hot. Backed by Susan Sarandon and a team of owners, the SPiN ping pong club in New York City has become so successful that it has spawned a reality television show. Now the concept is expanding, finding a new home at the Mondrian in Los Angeles in the hotel's ADCB lounge this summer.

SPiN New York was created by owners Franck Raharinosy, Andrew Gordon and Jonathan Bricklin along with Sarandon and has an interior dreamed up by renowned designer Todd Oldham. SPiN has taken the New York social scene by storm with a mix of sport, design, and entertainment, since its launch in 2009. "SPiN New York has brought a fun, new element to the city's nightlife that has refreshed the scene and gained a very loyal following, and we are excited to transport that unique experience to the LA market with this exclusive partnership," said Kim Walker, Senior Vice President and Creative Director, Morgans Hotel Group.

SPiN Hollywood at Mondrian will mark one of SPiN's first expansions outside of New York. Hotel guests and visitors can enjoy tournaments, celebrity events ,cocktails and food over a casual game of table tennis. The concept first debuted at Mondrian for one night only during Oscar Week 2010 luring in Jamie Foxx and other notables. Next up is SPiN Milwaukee opening in August 2010.

Tags: HollywoodHills, los angeles times, mondrian, mondrian hotel, MondrianHotel, spin hollywood, spin nyc, Susan Sarandons Daughter

Katey Sagal In The Hollywood Hills, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping

The former Mrs. Bundy lives quite well indeed. The Wall Street Journal's Private Properties column led me to the lovely Hollywood Hills home of actress Katey Sagal and her husband writer-actor Kurt Sutter. Sagal is best known as the Peggy Bundy on the sitcom "Married With Children" although a whole new group of people have fallen in love with her for her turn on "Sons of Anarchy."

The couple bought this home in 2005 and spent $1 million renovating and adding the basketball court. The property includes an infinity pool with a view and a guest house with a studio, office and gym. The main four-bedroom home was built in 1937 and has a charming country style enlivened with some very colorful art. The blue and white tiled kitchen complete with fireplace is particularly cute and adds to the home's casual appeal. This home is listed at $4.975 million.

Gallery: Katey Sagal In the Hollywood HIlls

Tags: celebrity real estate, CelebrityRealEstate, estat of the day, EstatOfTheDay, hollywood hills, HollywoodHills, katey segal, KateySegal, kurt sutter, KurtSutter, los angeles real estate, LosAngelesRealEstate

Continue reading “Katey Sagal In The Hollywood Hills, Estate of the Day”

The Treehouse, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates

Today's home has quite a bit of celebrity provenance. The two-bedroom home in the Hollywood Hills was once part of Ellen DeGeneres's extensive real estate portfolio. Later it was owned by Heath Ledger. Leder's estate put the home on the market last year and it sold for $2.5 million. Now it's up for sale once again for $3.695 million.

This beautiful home does have a treehouse feel because it is surrounded by trees. It has a large deck with outdoor screening room, grill and fire pit. The post-and-beam home was built in 1951 and over 2,000 square feet of space. The bathrooms and kitchens have had a modern renovation but the brick fireplace, beamed ceilings and decks give the home a retro appeal. Check out more gorgeous images at the property website shot by Everett Fenton Gidley.

[via Move Trends]

Gallery: The Treehouse

Source

Tags: celebrity real estate, CelebrityRealEstate, elleen degeneres, ElleenDegeneres, estate of the day, EstateOfTheDay, heath ledger, HeathLedger, hollywood hills, HollywoodHills

Continue reading “The Treehouse, Estate of the Day”

Reggie Bush In the Hollywood Hills, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping, Sports

I'm not up to date on the on again and off again relationship between Kim Kardashian and Reggie Bush but it is significant that the curvy reality television star put her home on the market a few weeks ago and now Bush, a New Orleans Saints football player has listed his Hollywood Hills home. I also suspect these two might have had the same decorator. Either that or Kardashian had a major influence on the decor of Bush's tri-level home on a cul-de-sac overlooking the city.

The four-bedroom home has views all the way to the ocean with a glittering swath of city spread out below. It is filled with touches that seem Kardashian inspired including zebra print cushions in the living room and a master suite with an apricot-colored padded headboard. Masculine touches reassert themselves in sports jerseys mounted on the staircase, a pool table on one of the home's many terraces and a wonderful walk-in gentleman's closet. This home has one of the most makeout friendly home theaters I've ever seen. It's decked out in black and red velvet. The football star also seems to have a love of his own monogram, his initials appear throughout the house including in the velvety red elevator. This home is listed at $5.099 million. According to the LA Times Hot Property, Bush bought the home for $4.7 million in 2007 for use as his off-season home.

The main home of the Jenner- Kardashian clan also remains on the market. It was originally listed at $3.395 million but is now listed at $2.995 million.

Gallery: Reggie Bush in the Hollywood Hills

Gallery: Kim Kardashian In Los Angeles

Gallery: The Jenner-Kardashian Clan in Hidden HIlls

Source

Tags: celebrity real estate, CelebrityRealEstate, estate of the day, EstateOfTheDay, hollywood hills, HollywoodHills, reggie bush, ReggieBush

Continue reading “Reggie Bush In the Hollywood Hills, Estate of the Day ”

Leeza Gibbons In The Hollywood Hills, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping

Talk-show host Leeza Gibbons has had her home on and off the market for the last couple of years. As the LA Times Hot Property column reveals, Gibbons has put her longtime Hollywood Hills compound back on the market at $6.85 million down from a high of $8.75 million several years ago. The 11,137-square-foot Mediterranean is behind gates and up a long, curving private driveway and the landscaped grounds include a pond, pool and separate hot tub. The home was built in 1926 and was owned in the 1940s by actress Joan Crawford.

The main house has seven bedrooms and eight bathrooms over three stories and includes themed bedrooms for the children. Other amenities include a library, office, sauna, gym and a wine cellar. Gibbons remodeled the home and added a large separate guest house which has an art studio. It seems like you could run a whole empire out of this home and hardly ever need to leave.

Gallery: Leeza Gibbons In The Hollywood Hills

Source

Tags: estate of the day, EstateOfTheDay, hollywood hills, HollywoodHills, leeza gibbons, LeezaGibbons

Continue reading “Leeza Gibbons In The Hollywood Hills, Estate of the Day ”

Screenwriters In The Hills, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping

If you like your Los Angeles area homes with a side of history and a generous dose of bohemian than I've got the place for you. The LA Times led us to the 1938 Spanish-style home in the Hollywood Hills of a pair of writers Roger Simon and Sheryl Longin. This expansive home has seven bedrooms and two office in over 3,300 square feet of space. It also has a past, the listing says the home was lived in by Oscar and Nobel Prize nominees as well as Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe. Certainly the home has its own charms including vibrant zigzagl tilework in the kitchen and intricate Moroccan-style tile in the bathrooms. The home makes liberal use of color and finishes for a home that is charmingly mismatched and has a funky appeal. This is a bare feet and jeans kind of house with a black-bottom pool and terraces that offer plenty of room for entertaining. This home was listed at $2.695 million earlier in the year but can now be had for $2.295 million.

Experience more lush living in luxury homes and mansions or see the stars living large with celebrity homes galleries at AOL Real Estate.

Gallery: Screenwriters in the Hills

Source

Tags: hollywood hills, HollywoodHills, roger simon, RogerSimon, sheryl longin, SherylLongin

Continue reading “Screenwriters In The Hills, Estate of the Day ”

Moving Up In The Hollywood Hills, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping

A behind-the-scenes Hollywood couple is moving up in the hills. The LA Times Hot Property column reports that Noreen Halpern, executive producer of HBO's "Hung," and her husband, Kevin Murphy, the Emmy-winning writer and producer of "Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical," recently purchased bestselling biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli'sSpanish-style compound in the Hollywood Hills for $3.1 million. That means they have to sell their own Hollywood Hills hideaway which is located nearby. Their home is an English country-style charmer built in 1927.

As Murphy tells the LA Times, the home looks like a simple cottage from the street but is actually a multi-level home with a canyon view. The home has a living room with coved ceilings, fireplace with brick accents, hardwood floors and a private reading cove. The dining room faces an outdoor patio and the kitchen has updated stainless steel appliances. The master bedroom is located on the top level of the home for the best views. The grounds include a hot tub but no pool which is one of the reasons the couple is moving on. Property records sourced on Property Shark show that the pair paid $1.125 million in 2004. They have listed the home for $1.195 million. The property website is here.

Experience more lush living in luxury homes and mansions or see the stars living large with celebrity homes galleries at AOL Real Estate.

Gallery: Moving Up In The Hollywood Hills

Source

Tags: hollywood hills, HollywoodHills, kevin murphy, KevinMurphy, los angeles, LosAngeles, noreen halpern, NoreenHalpern

Continue reading “Moving Up In The Hollywood Hills, Estate of the Day ”

Barry Miller In The Hollywood Hills, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping

Actor Barry Miller told the LA Times Hot Property column that he really was intending to live in the Hollywood Hills home he bought from "The King of Queens" creator David Litt in March for $1.95 million. But something must have changed, Miller's thinking of moving back East and the freshly remodeled 1963 home is back on the market. The three-bedroom home's 'down to studs' remodel was done by Robert Kerr. The home has a courtyard entry with a fountain leading to an open and contemporary home in wood, stone and glass. Updated with a tankless hot water system, a new kitchen with a wine cooler, built-in espresso machine and refrigerator drawers, the home also has completely remodeled bathrooms with the latest in spa tubs. Given the extent of the renovation in the three bedroom home, the price is almost surprising. Miller wants $2.125 million.

Gallery: Barry Miller In Nichols Canyon

Source

Tags: barry miller, BarryMiller, david litt, DavidLitt, estate of the day, EstateOfTheDay, hollywood hills, HollywoodHills

Continue reading “Barry Miller In The Hollywood Hills, Estate of the Day ”

The Randolph Duke Home, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates

I didn't give this one full estate of the day treatment when I first heard about it but a deep price cut makes a welcome excuse. Fashion designer and stylist Randolph Duke put his glamorous home in the Hollywood Hills on the market last December for $8.5 million. The Real Estalker reported that Duke bought his three-lot spread in 2004 for $2.25 million and hired Xten Architecture to build a custom cantilevered home that juts out over the hillside and has retracting glass walls allowing stunning views over Los Angeles from nearly every angle in the home.

When you aren't facing restrictions to make a home family friendly or budget friendly you can do some pretty amazing things. This three-bedroom home wasn't designed for private space. It's a home for parties, for trysts, for photo shoots and for viewing the city below from that particular vantage point that actually makes you believe you have the world by the tail.

The ample use of faux fur, the white couches, rough hewn wood stools and tables and the stacked stone fireplace keep it from being straight contemporary. The result is a magazine layout of a home right down to the sliver of silver reflecting pool which is more like a piece of house jewelry than any functional cooling-off device. The home isn't for everyone and so the price has been trimmed to a less wallet-pinching $6.5 million.

Gallery: The Randolph Duke House

Source

Tags: celebrity real estate, CelebrityRealEstate, estate of the day, EstateOfTheDay, hollywood hills, HollywoodHills, randolph duke, RandolphDuke

Continue reading “The Randolph Duke Home, Estate of the Day ”

Kirsten Dunst Selling Her L.A. House for $1.7 Million

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates

Actress Kirsten Dunst is selling her Hollywood Hills "celebrity retreat" (see video tour above) for $1.7 million. The 2,062-sq.-ft. Mid-Century-style spread has 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths, the Real Estalker reports, and massive entry gates, a curved drive and state of the art security system assure maximum privacy. The living room has heated terrazzo floors, a peaked and beamed white ceiling and navy blue walls, and a fireplace. A sliding glass door opens to a large multi-level entertainment deck sitting nestled in the trees at the front of the property. A secluded court yard off the master bedroom features a romantic in-ground spa. Dunst, who bought the house in 2003 for $1.25 million, had reportedly lived there with her former beau Jake Gyllenhaal.

Tags: celebrity, celebrity real estate, CelebrityRealEstate, Hollywood Hills, HollywoodHills, Jake Gyllenhaal, JakeGyllenhaal, Kirsten Dunst, KirstenDunst, Los Angeles, LosAngeles

Did Paris Hilton Vandalize a Veyron?

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos, Crimes and Misdemeanors

Police in Los Angeles have questioned celebutante Paris Hilton after several of her new neighbors' cars were vandalized including a $1.4 million Bugatti Veyron. The incident occurred on Monday night at the starlet's Hollywood Hills house where she's just moved back in following a long renovation. Hilton threw a welcome back party that went on until 4 a.m., causing neighbors to complain to the police, TMZ reports. The same neighbors woke up to find their cars keyed and egged, apparently in revenge. In addition to the Veyron, two Bentleys and two Maseratis were also trashed. The cops are still investigating.

Tags: Bugatti, Bugatti Veyron, BugattiVeyron, crime, Hollywood Hills, HollywoodHills, Los Angeles, LosAngeles, Paris Hilton, ParisHilton, supercar

Simon Cowell Moves Into New $22 Million Mansion

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping

Back in March we reported that American Idol star Simon Cowell was installing a private tanning salon in his new $22 million mansion in Beverly Hills. Now the London Daily Mail reports Cowell is finally ready to occupy the lavish 11,550-sq.-ft. estate. Cowell bought the property for $12 million nearly two years ago but razed the original structure. The new modern mansion has 24-ft. tall windows in the living rooms with sweeping views over Los Angeles. Neighbors include Tom Cruise, Madonna, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne and Victoria and David Beckham.

"I look out over the Hollywood Hills into my neighbors' gardens," Cowell said in an interview last year. "It's an amazing view." Not good enough to "see into their homes," he noted, "so you can't see them in the shower - but you can see into their gardens. It's great fun. I just like to keep an eye on what is happening." Cowell has described the modern mansion as his "dream home" and has said he's been involved in the design "right down to the doorknobs."

The five-bedroom mansion features a state-of-the-art gym in the basement, a luxury spa complete with wet steam room, a custom-made media room with a marble bar area and plush leather seating for 20, a gallery for Cowell's gold and platinum records and awards, and an indoor lap pool. The property has a separate staff quarters containing a servants' kitchen for Cowell's live-in butler and maid. The pool cabana has a retractable roof, wet bar and changing rooms and there's a putting green at the rear of the property.

Tags: American Idol, AmericanIdol, Beverly Hills, BeverlyHills, celebrity, Hollywood Hills, HollywoodHills, mansion, Simon Cowell, SimonCowell, TV

Castillo Del Lago, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping

Today's home, Castillo del Lago is one of the legendary homes tucked up into the Hollywood Hills. It was originally built for oil explorer Patrick Longdon but more famously was later the home to mobster Bugsy Siegel who may have turned the castle into a speakeasy. The story gets interesting again when Madonna picks up the home in 1993 for around $5 million and her brother sets to work decorating it for another $3 million. Those rather interesting stripes on the outside? Blame Madonna's brother who says in his memoir that he got the idea from a little church in Portofino. The home has nine bedrooms and the property roams approximately three acres on a hilltop with views of the Hollywood reservoir.

The interior has tall beamed ceilings, cool tile floors, and has a huge spiral staircase for ascending the home's many levels (there is also an elevator). The bright white kitchen includes a vintage O'Keefe and Merrit stove and twin SubZero refrigerator/freezers. For those who prefer a little less light there are also a few rooms that look cool and dark including a long library, paneled billiard room and some sort of cozy space draped in multicolored fabrics. As you might imagine, the tower provides full views as far as the eye can see (or the smog will allow).

Outside there is a courtyard,, a long lap pool, fountains, rose gardens and a small mazelike formal garden. Madonna sold the home to commercial director Joe Pytka for $5.3 million and he has now listed the home for $14.95 million.

UPDATE: As of November 2009, this home has been relisted at $9.95 million.

Experience more lush living in luxury homes and mansions or see the stars living large with celebrity homes galleries at AOL Real Estate.

Gallery: Castillo del Lago

Source

Tags: bugsy siegel, BugsySiegel, castillo del lago, CastilloDelLago, hollywood hills, HollywoodHills, joe pytka, JoePytka, madonna

Continue reading “Castillo Del Lago, Estate of the Day”

Aspen Comeback? Now Most Expensive Zip Code in U.S.

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates, Wealth

The real estate market in Aspen, CO has recovered somewhat and its priciest zip code is now the most expensive neighborhood in the U.S., according to a new ranking by Forbes. Back in February we reported on the dire straits of Aspen real estate, when Sotheby's International Realty shuttered its Aspen office in the wake of plummeting sales. Now Aspen's south end 81611 zip code, home to ultra-luxe ski lodges, is top of the field with an impressive $6.5 million median home sale price, the magazine reports. However the seasonal nature of the Aspen market gives it a yearly boost which might well mean its triumph is temporary; and indeed the big picture is still pretty glum. "In 2007, the market in our valley was $2 billion in sales," top Aspen broker Steve Walker tells Forbes, "this year it'll be between $500 million and $1 billion. In volume and dollars, it's been a 50% drop."

We predict that Beverly Hills, which is currently in 3rd place, will quickly eclipse Aspen especially since a mansion was just sold there for $31.5 million, the most expensive property sold in California so far this year, while a second recently changed hands for $22 million. The former, a 27,000-sq.-ft. Norman-style estate on 2 acres with 10 bedrooms, 14 baths and seven fireplaces, had originally been listed at $45 million and was on the market for almost nine months. Aspen's neighboring Snowmass Village has also experienced a resurgence. Other neighborhoods that have clocked recent gains include the Hollywood Hills and Chappaqua, NY, while the second most expensive zip belongs to Alpine, NJ, a luxurious New York suburb home to Wall Street execs and rap moguls like Sean Combs and Damon Dash.

Want to live in the country's priciest zip? There are several choice Aspen properties available including this $60 million estate, this $58 million spread and this cozy $43.8 million ski lodge. Here's the new list of the top five most expensive zip codes in the U.S. as determined by median prices (which are quite high overall right now at the top end):

1. Aspen, CO, 81611: $6.5 million
2. Alpine, NJ, 07620: $4.7 million
3. Beverly Hills, CA, 90210: $4.04 million
4. Snowmass Village, CO, 81654: $3.99 million
5. Newport, CA, 92661: $3.9 million

Tags: Alpine, Aspen, Beverly Hills, BeverlyHills, Colorado, Forbes, Hollywood Hills, HollywoodHills, New Jersey, NewJersey, real estate, RealEstate, Sean Combs, SeanCombs, Snowmass, Sothebys, zip code, ZipCode

Rocker Henry Rollins Lists His Hollywood House

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping

Rocker, actor and activist Henry Rollins has put his Craftsman-style Hollywood Hills house (above) on the market for $1.15 million, Big Time Listings reports. The 2,100-sq.-ft. spread is surprisingly banal considering it's inhabited by the former frontman of seminal punk band Black Flag. Then again, Rollins is almost 50 years old. The three-bed, two-bath house in Nichols Canyon, built in 1947, features an open floor plan with lots of windows looking over the lush .39 acres with a natural year-round spring fed creek. Other features include two brick fireplaces, a large brick patio, vaulted wooden-beamed ceilings and skylights. Rollins purchased the house in 1999 for $740,000, and has apparently already gotten an acceptable offer on it.

Gallery: Henry Rollins in the Hollywood Hills