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From the Wall Street Journal's Private Properties:
--Le Belvedere, a Los Angeles mansion that originally listed for $85 million has sold for $50 million.

--The Malibu, California home of the late philanthropist Nancy M. Daly, the ex-wife of former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, has sold for more than $40 million.


From the NY Observer:
--Robert Burns, the found of the Regent International hotel group and his wife Janice have bought 2 East 70th Street for $13.5 million
--Yerim Sow, a Senagalese telecom mogul has sold his three-bedroom apartment for $19 million.
--Bernard Ruiz-Picasso has purchased an Astor Place penthouse at 439 Lafayette Street for $7.2 million.
--Neil and Nancy Fire Breslau have sold their penthouse at 111 Central Park North. The couple had bought the apartment for $4.975 million with the intent of flipping it but ended up selling it for $4.525 million.
--Cary Coltun, a senior vice president at megabuilders Bovis Lend Lease, has just bought a 2,000-square-foot condo duplex with his wife Michelle for $3.1 million.
--The $12 million purchaser of Bob and Courtney Novogratz's revamped Nolita townhouse at 5 Centre Market Place is Gregory Soros, son of of one of the world's richest men, George Soros.
--Maura Mandt, who has produced the Espy Awards shows for ESPN just bought a co-op at 50 East 10th Street for $1.15 million.
--Actor Mark Linn-Baker, who was on the show "Perfect Strangers" recently sold his three-bedroom apartment at 17 West 71st Street for $2.85 million.


From the NY Post:
--Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones bought a brick, center-hall Colonial mansion in Bedford, New York for $5.25 million.
-- "Real Housewives of New York" star Jill Zarin and her husband Bobby toured a $3.9 million four-bedroom condo at the Rushmore development on Riverside Boulevard. The Zarins are currently living at 401 E. 60th St. in a three-bedroom, 1,956-square-foot apartment which was on the market last year but didn't sell.

--Retail broker Robert Futterman of RKF just closed on a $6.6 million penthouse at the Hudson Lofts condo building at 345 W. 13th St.
--Katy Perry and Lady Gaga might be New York City neighbors in TriBeCa. Perry and fiancé Russell Brand recently bought a $2.7 million penthouse duplex on North Moore Street in TriBeCa, and Lady Gaga, who's been on an extensive downtown apartment search, just visited a $14.95 million TriBeCa penthouse at 33 Vestry St.

During one of Manhattan¹s hottest evenings on record, our invitation to the world premiere of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" read:"Experience the coolest job ever in the heart of Times Square." The temperature on July 6, the afternoon of the screening, hit 103 degrees Fahrenheit, and it didn't feel any cooler standing in the breath of 42nd Street traffic beside the red carpet. Hence, Luxist decided to seize the sizzling day and ask VIP celebrities what the coolest job they could ever imagine would be.

"I like anything to do with the water . . . the ocean," said Nicolas Cage, star of the film, standing with his beautiful wife, Alice Kim, his hair tinged blond. "The deadliest catch," he added. "I have a lot of respect for the snow crab fishermen, Alaska king crab... for anyone out there trying to help the environment. Those are my dream jobs."

"Right now," answered Kelly Choi, the sexy hostess of "Top Chef Masters," inspired by the outdoor sauna, "I should be a pool tester. I should be testing whether they are cool enough or not."

"Oh, being a hairdresser," quipped Helen Mirren, also on the carpet. She had sported a particularly severe coif when she played the title role in "The Queen."

A somewhat stout Cedric the Entertainer also replied to our query. "A coveted NBA player like LeBron James, though I know I'm a little short for that one," he said, laughing. "I can't dunk. I don't know if I could even do a layup right now."

Jay Baruchel, of "She's Out of Your League" fame, who stars opposite Cage in the movie, said that he would simply like to "direct horror movies in Montreal . . . that's all I've ever wanted." Why Montreal? "That's where I live," he explained.

From Move Trends:
--Johnny Knoxville has dropped the price on his Beechwood Canyon home, shown above, from $2.295 million to $1.995 million. The listing for the four-bedroom home is here.
From the NY Post's Gimme Shelter:
--Has Nicolas Cage found a buyer for his New York apartment. The three-bedroom residence in the Olympic Tower apartment is listed at $9.75 million.

--Queen Latifah is staying at theGreenwich Club Residences condo building while at work on her new film, "Just Wright."
--Oliver Stone's "Wall Street 2" starts shooting next month and location scouts are still busy checking out apartments. A version of the script has one character living at 15 Central Park West.



From the Real Estalker:
--Former "Girl Next Door" Holly Madison has put her Santa Monica condo up for sale. She bought the condo last year for $760,000 and has listed it for $700,000.

--Listing pics are up on Alec Baldwin's three-bedroom apartment at the El Dorado. It is listed at $7.5 million.

--Australian fashion designer Collette Dinnigan has put her five-bedroom home in Sydney, Australia on the market.

From Cityfile's Buyers and Sellers:
--Real Housewives of New York star Jill Zarin and her husband, Bobby have dropped the price on their three-bedroom condo at 401 East 60th Street from $3.2 million to $2.995 million.

--Former Treasury Secretary W. Michael Blumenthal and his wife, Barbara, have purchased an apartment at 1095 Park Avenue for $5.6 million.
-Fortress Investment Group co-founder Randal Nardone has dropped the price of his condo at 240 Riverside Boulevard it was listed at $11.75 million six months ago and is now at $10.95 million.
--Attorney Harvey Spear and his wife, Ruth, have put their apartment at 765 Park Avenue on the market. The 11-room residence is listed for $12.5 million.
--via the NY Observer, the 8,300-square-foot triplex at 260 West Broadway that is famous for its in-house mural by Keith Haring, is no longer up for sale. After failing to sell for $13.25 million it is now a $35,000-a-month rental.

--Gotham Makker, an investor and former portfolio manager at Ken Griffin's Citadel Investment Group, has sold an apartment at 15 Central Park West for $12.5 million. He and his wife, Vicky, bought the home in March 2008 for $13.3 million.
--Jonathan Zrihen, the president and CEO of the cosmetics company Clarins Group USA, and his wife Laetitia have paid $2.075 million for a three-bedroom condo at the Belaire at 524 East 72nd Street.
--Beny Alagem, the founder of Packard Bell Electronics and now the owner of the Beverly Hills Hilton, has sold his three-bedroom condo at 15 Central Park West. It was listed at $24 million.
--Soap opera star Roger Horvath has listed his Soho apartment for $2.99 million.
--Eli Zahavi, the owner of EZ Energy Ltd., and his wife Gabriela have closed on the sale of their 25th-floor apartment at 15 Central Park West. It sold for $7.35 million to an entity called Metropark Investments Limited Partnership.
--from the NY Post, Jacob "Kobi" Alexander, the former CEO of Comverse Technology and now a fugitive from justice, has found a tenant for his condo at the Park Imperial on West 56th Street. The full-floor apartment is being rented by an "Asian-based hedge fund head" for $100,000 a month.
--Hassan Nemazee, the banker and Democratic mega-fundraiser charged with forging financial documents to get Citibank to give him a $74 million loan is under house arrest in his $20 million, 14th floor co-op at 770 Park Avenue.
--Investment banker Tom Whalen and his wife Dana English have closed on the sale of their townhouse at 34 West 10th Street which sold for $15.4 million to an entity called Go Yard LLC.
--Arvind and Shilpa Sanger have paid $11.98 million for a penthouse at 170 East End Avenue.
--Philanthropists Amnon and Caren Heller Barness have cut the price of their penthouse at Trump Park Avenue for the third time since listing it for $15 million last year.It is now listed for $11.995 million.
--via the NY Observer, disgraced financier Ezra Merkin hasn't decided to put his duplex apartment at 740 Park up for sale yet, but he may be forced to do so soon.
--via the Real Deal, Actress Molly Shannon has sold her apartment at 66 Ninth Avenue for $2.61 million, it was most recently listed for $2.85 million.
--via the NY Post, developer Bruce Ratner has sold his 4,500-square-foot home in Montauk to art dealer David Zwirner for $10 million.

From Newsday's Real LI:
--Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez has paid $2.3 million for a six-bedroom mansion in Upper Brookville, NY.
--orporate security guru Richard "Bo" Dietl's home in the gated Stone Hill community of North Hills is on the market for $3.295 million. He bought the home for $2.3 million in 2004. The listing is here.

From The Wall Street Journal's Private Properties:
--Blackstone Group co-founder Steve Schwarzman and his wife Christine have put their East Hampton home on the market. The 2.1-acre property, which the couple purchased for $2.3 million in 1996, is listed for $7.2 million.
--Director Judd Apatow and his wife Leslie Mann have bought a five-bedroom home in the Brentwood Park area of Los Angeles. THe home wasn't officially listed but had been shopped quietly for $20 million.
--A winery and two vineyards that make up Palmer Vineyards on the north fork of New York's Long Island are on the market for $10.8 million.

From the Chicago Tribune's Elite Street:
--U.S. Secretary of Education and former Chicagoan Arne Duncan has sold his four-bedroom townhouse in his native Hyde Park for $525,000. Duncan and his wife, Karen, purchased the 2,460-square-foot town home in 1999 for $257,500, according to public records.
Radio sportscaster Steve Kashul has put his Naperville, Illinois home on the market for $524,900. It has a full-size bowling alley in the basement.

From the LA Times Hot Properties:
--Actress Natasha Henstridge has sold her Sherman Oaks, California home. It was listed at $1.75 million.
--Comedienne Ruth Buzzi sold her Hollywood Hills home to film producer Daniel Dubiecki for $1.021 million.
--NFL analyst and former player Robert Griffith has listed a Lake Arrowhead site for sale at $799,999.
--Baltimore Ravens player Trevor Pryce and his wife, Sonya, have sold their Calabasas home for $2.1 million.
The former West Hollywood three-bedroom condo of Oscar-winning actress Bette Davis is for sale at $2.45 million. The listing is here.

From Berg Properties Big Time Listings:
--Actress Milla Jovovich has sold a four-bedroom, 3,582-square-foot house in Beverly Hills for $2.75 million.


From Shelterpop:
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As I've mentioned before, part of the function of Bravo's "Real Housewives" shows seems to be the dispensing of high-end real property, each cast seems to take the opportunity to float some real estate on the market . Jill Zarin of the "Real Housewives Of New York City" has put her New York City apartment on the market. The NY Post's Jennifer Gould Keil reports that the three-bedroom home on the Upper East Side received a renovation on TV. The results were also chronicled in Traditional Home magazine which has a spread with larger pictures of the home's new decor. Designer Brad Boles told Traditional Home that the apartment was partly done in tones of blues and teals to flatter the redhead's skin tones. The home has oversized windows, ten-foot ceilings, shagreen inspired walls, chandeliers and more. The building includes a health club and a roof deck. This unit is listed at $3.2 million.

UPDATE: This home is now listed at $2.995 million.