The Action Behind the Scenes
Actor Mel Gibson, who co-produced the TV movie “The Three Stooges” that aired on ABC this week, has purchased a Malibu home through a corporation for about $3.5 million.
Gibson, who won an Oscar for best director and shared an Oscar for best picture for “Braveheart” (1995), stars in the upcoming movies “Chicken Run” (an animated film), “What Women Want,” “The Million Dollar Hotel” and “The Patriot,” for which he will receive a record-breaking $25-million fee.
He also starred in the movies “Payback” (1999) and “Lethal Weapon 4” (1998).
Gibson, 44, and his wife of 20 years, Robyn, have seven children.
For several years they have had a home in Malibu that faces a road. The four-bedroom, 2,300-square-foot house they just bought has 50 feet of sandy beach. The house was built in 1952 and has a private beach-side patio.
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Iris Cantor’s Bel-Air home has come on the market at $45 million.
Cantor is the widow of B. “Bernie” Gerald Cantor, the Wall Street veteran who founded the securities firm Cantor Fitzgerald. He died in 1996 at 79.
The Cantors are also known for their collection of sculptures by French artist Auguste Rodin. At one point, the collection numbered 750 pieces--the world’s largest private collection. The Cantors donated most of it to 70 institutions, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Their home, La Belle Vie, was nearing completion the year Bernie Cantor died. Iris Cantor moved into the house in July 1997. The 34,000-square-foot house has a library, six bedroom suites, 21 baths, a 10-car garage and a wine cellar.
Ron de Salvo at Coldwell Banker, Beverly Hills, has the listing, sources said.
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A former home of Fred Holliday, a longtime actor who appeared in many commercials and TV shows during his 40-year career, is for lease at $5,500 a month.
Holliday, who died at 59 in 1995, made guest appearances on more than 150 TV shows and was one of the “Mighty Carson Art Players” on NBC’s “Tonight Show” for 12 years.
He was also in the daytime dramas “Days of Our Lives” and “Santa Barbara,” the movies “Airport” (1970) and “A Patch of Blue” (1965) and more than 50 Broadway and regional theater productions. He was an active member of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and a familiar face on TV commercials for 30 years.
His widow, Judy, put their Toluca Lake home up for lease. She is living at the beach. The 1950 Toluca Lake home, which the couple bought in 1977, is Country English in style and has four bedrooms in about 3,000 square feet, plus a pool, spa and sauna.
Sandy Kenney at Coldwell Banker, Studio City, has the listing.
Hot Property runs Thursdays in SoCal Living and Sundays in Real Estate. Ryon may be reached at ruth.ryon@latimes.com.