He’ll Keep His ‘Corner’ in N.Y.

Richard Gere, who co-stars with Julia Roberts in the upcoming romantic comedy “Runaway Bride,” has put his Malibu home on the market at $10 million.

Gere decided to sell his home because he doesn’t spend much time there. The actor, 49, spends more time in New York, where he co-founded Tibet House, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of Tibetan culture.

Gere, who starred in the 1997 movie “Red Corner” about the oppressive Chinese regime, and actress Goldie Hawn, also a Tibetan supporter, appeared in Dharmsala, India, on March 10 at a 40th-anniversary observance of the Tibetan revolt against the Chinese rule that forced the Dalai Lama to flee.

“Runaway Bride,” reuniting Gere with his “Pretty Woman” (1990) co-star, is due to be released in July.

Gere bought the Malibu compound with its three-bedroom 2,500-square-foot main house, guest house, pool and tennis court in July 1995 for $5 million. He didn’t expand the houses, built in the ‘50s, but did a major refurbishing.

On more than two acres, the compound is on a bluff with 90 feet of private beach. The main house has an ocean view from its living room and master suite. The nearby guest house or staff quarters has two bedrooms. “It’s a very casual home, but he did a lot of work, redoing the kitchens and baths,” a real estate source said.

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Artist David Hockney has sold his home on the beach in Malibu for its $1.5-million asking price, according to local real estate sources not involved in the deal.

Hockney, 61, sold the house because he hasn’t been using it for awhile. The English painter maintains his studio and main residence in the L.A. area. The Malibu home was a retreat.

Built in 1938, it had three bedrooms and detached guest quarters in about 1,600 square feet. Hockney had owned it since 1993. He originally listed it in July at about $2.2 million.

The buyers, described as being from out of town, were represented by Pam Bond of Hilton & Hyland, Beverly Hills. June Scott of June Scott Estates, a Coldwell Banker-Jon Douglas company, had the listing.

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Actress Kelly Lynch and her husband, screenwriter-director Mitch Glazer, are planning to move in April to a Los Feliz house that they have been restoring since they bought it last year for slightly more than $1.5 million.

Lynch, 40, gained fame playing Matt Dillon’s junkie wife in the movie “Drugstore Cowboy” (1989). She later appeared in “Three of Hearts” (1993), co-written by Glazer, 45. He wrote the screenplay for the Gwyneth Paltrow-Ethan Hawke movie “Great Expectations” (1998) the same year that Lynch was in the movie “Homegrown” with Billy Bob Thornton and Hank Azaria.

Designed by late architect John Lautner, the one-story 6,700-square-foot Los Feliz house was built in 1951. It has a circular entry, three fireplaces and two master suites and uses glass, slate and marble extensively. The house is on almost an acre with city-to-ocean views. The home also has a motor court for 10 cars, a soda fountain, a greenhouse and an office with a built-in desk, which overlooks the pool.

Since they bought it in May, Lynch and Glazer have been restoring the house to the way Lautner envisioned it. The house had been expanded many times.

David Robles of the John Aaroe & Associates Los Feliz office had the listing; Crosby Doe of Mossler, Deasy & Doe, Beverly Hills, represented Lynch and Glazer in their purchase.

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A Hollywood Hills home built by Charles Edward Toberman, known as “Mr. Hollywood” for developing such landmarks as the Grauman’s Chinese and Egyptian theaters as well as the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, has been listed at $2.7 million.

Toberman’s great-grand-daughter, Lisa Hutchins, has the listing in the Hancock Park office of Coldwell Banker Previews.

The eight-bedroom 9,800-square-foot home was built in 1923 as Toberman’s personal residence. The house has billiard and screening rooms, an indoor pool and a tennis court.

Lucy McBain, Toberman’s granddaughter and Hutchins’ mother, remembers stories about her family living there in the 1920s. “They had an upstairs maid and a downstairs maid, and they had ice sculptures made for them there every Sunday, when the kids could invite whomever they wanted to swim or play golf. They also had a nine-hole pitch ‘n’ putt course at the time.” The estate still has an orchard and a guest apartment.

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Mo Rothman, a former head of international distribution for Columbia studios who now administers the film rights for the Charlie Chaplin estate, and his wife, Lyn, have purchased a Beverly Hills-area home for about its $3.1-million asking price.

The house, built in 1948, was totally renovated. It was redesigned by architect Gus Duffy and turned into a New England-style farmhouse with a large front porch and a gated drive. The house has three bedrooms in about 4,600 square feet.

Mo Rothman, who just celebrated his 80th birthday, and his wife have had a home in England for 25 years. Valerie Fitzgerald represented the Rothmans, and Jana Jones-Duffy had the listing. Both are in a Beverly Hills office of Coldwell Banker-Jon Douglas Co.