Hottie up-and-coming movie actor Channing Tatum of "Step Up" and "Stop-Loss" fame just bought a Laurel Canyon property described on the Multiple Listing Service as a "Balinese treehouse in paradise." He paid $2,595,000 for the three-bedroom, three-bathroom home that was listed at $3.4 million, according to public records. The main house has an open floor plan and a bonus floor below that would work nicely as a gym or screening room. A curving teak staircase leads to the second-floor master suite, which has floor-to-ceiling windows and wrap-around terraces overlooking the mountains and canyons. The 12-foot pitched wood and beam ceilings in the master bedroom add to the Balinese tree house feel.

A separate guesthouse could house an assistant or serve as an office.

Tatum, a former model-turned-hip-hop-dancer-turned-actor, grew a fan base from his stint on "So You Think You Can Dance."

The 27-year-old green-eyed heartthrob has been romantically linked to Jenna Dewan, whom he met on the set of the 2006 movie "Step Up." She played Nora. In Hollywood years, this makes them an item as old as Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

Elisabeth Halsted of Prudential California Realty was the listing agent. Moe Abourched of MSM Luxury Estates, Encino, represented the buyer.

ann.brenoff@latimes.com