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BFF Bracelets Link Soldiers and Civilians

Filed under: Charity

This isn't a luxury item, but it's a neat idea worth mentioning. America Ferrera, Camilla Belle, Corbin Bleu and Wilmer Valderrama are some of the celebrities that are part of the BFF initiative. BFF bracelets are matching friendship bracelets created by BFF Entertainment, in conjunction with the American Freedom Foundation, as a way to directly connect American citizens with military personnel overseas. These matching friendship bracelets create a pen pal connection, giving the military buddy a link to home. After purchasing the bracelet, the buyer registers it online to be connected to a soldier who will receive and wear an identical bracelet. 25% of the purchase price goes directly to the American Freedom Foundation to support veterans. The bracelets cost $10.

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America Ferrara In Los Angeles, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Celebrity Shopping

A little note for the stagers of America Ferrera's Los Angeles home, white covered books don't make a study look cozy, it just looks weird (see also, blank rectangles to indicate where the flatscreen televisions go). The star of Ugly Betty and of the new movie "Our Family Wedding" has been trying to sell her Los Angeles home for a while. The Real Estalker noted last year that she bought the three-bedroom home in the Beachwood Canyon area in April 2008 for $1.415 million. It's not known if she ever lived there for long, she moved to New York City for her television show shortly thereafter. She listed the home at $1.685 million last year but as Move Trends reports, it is back on the market with a new low price.

The 3,500 square foot house is fully wired for sound. The master suite takes up the entire upper level with a large balcony with views, an adjacent office, master bath, walk-in closets and fireplace. There is a dining room with a sliding glass door, leading out to the patio. This home is now listed at $1.599 million.

Gallery: America Ferrera in Los Angeles

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Sunday Real Estate Round-Up, 01/18/09

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Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping

From the LA Times Hot Properties:
--Philanthropist and art collector Audrey Irmas has reduced the price on her Holmby Hills mansion, shown above, from $25 million to $16.9 million. The property website for the architectural masterpiece is here.
--Beck has dropped the price on two homes he has for sale, one in Malibu and one in Los Angeles. We'll be checking them out as our estates of the day.
--Interior designer extraordinaire Waldo Fernandez has placed his exquisitely decorated Beverly Hills home on the market for $10.995 million. The listing is here.
--Latin music superstar Jenni Rivera has bought a home in Encino, California for $3.3 million.

From the Real Estalker:
--NASCAR driver Elliot Sadler has put his four-bedroom home in Mooresville, North Carolina on the market for $4.5 million. The listing is here.
--Famous photographer David LaChapelle has put his Hollywood Hills hideaway on the market for $1.55 million. It is listed at looking for backup. We previously covered his former NYC apartment as an estate of the day.
--Fantasia Barrino has saved her North Carolina house from foreclosure.
--America Ferrera has listed a home she owns in the Hollywood Hills for $1.685 million. The listing is here.
--Actor Nick Turturro has put his Tarzana, California home on the market for $1.25 million. The listing is here.
--Television writers and producers Gabrielle Stanton and Harry Werksman have put their Hollywood Hills home on the market for $1.88 million. The listing is here.

From Berg Properties Big Time Listings:
--A Pasadena, California home belonging to the estate of the late televangelist Dr. Gene Scott is on the market for $17.5 million. The listing is here.
Romance novelist Leigh Court and her husband, rock 'n' roll tour director-producer Timm Woolley, have re-listed their house and 11.9-acre estate in Malibu, Calif. for $2.799 million. The listing is here.
--Animator and animated TV show producer Gabor Csupo has put his four-bedroom oceanfront house in Honolulu on the market for $5.5 million.
--Rchard Dreyfuss has sold a Carlsbad, California house at a loss, selling it for $1.025 million after buying it a little over two years earlier for $1.25 million.

From the Wall Street Journal's Private Properties:
--Fashion designer Christian Lacroix is selling his Paris apartment for €2 million, or about $2.6 million.
--Tennis player Tatiana Golovin has put her Miami condominium up for sale for $1.298 million. The three-bedroom apartment is in Three Tequesta Point, a 2001 46-story tower on Brickell Key, a triangular island on Biscayne Bay in downtown Miami. The listing is here.
--In Greenwich, Conn., Windemere, a 1895 home that Hollywood used for the movie "The Good Shepherd" is for sale for $12 million, recently cut from $13.25 million when the house was listed in September. The listing is here.

From the Miami Herald:
--Dwayne Wade's house is now down to $4.599 million. It was listed at $8.9 million when it was our estate of the day in 2007.

Gallery: Sunday Real Estate Round-Up, 1/18/09