It’s sunset for movie couple’s Strip home

Actress Elisabeth Shue and her husband, director Davis Guggenheim, have sold their Sunset Strip-area home of slightly more than a decade for about $1.3 million. The asking price was about $1.2 million.

The two-story Spanish-style home was built in 1926. It has three bedrooms and 3 1/2 bathrooms in less than 2,000 square feet. It also has a detached office-studio, hardwood floors and a fireplace. Situated behind gates, the property includes a tiled courtyard and a pool.

Shue, who costars in the upcoming film “Mysterious Skin,” won a best actress Oscar nomination for her role opposite Nicolas Cage in “Leaving Las Vegas” (1995). After that, she played a scientist in the Kevin Bacon-starring film “The Hollow Man” (2000). “Mysterious Skin” was filmed in Los Angeles last August.

Shue, 40, graduated from Harvard in 2000, majoring in political science. She was prompted to return to school and finish her degree by watching her husband work on his Peabody Award-winning 2002 documentary about teachers called “The First Year.” Guggenheim also directed the feature film “Gossip” and such TV programs as “ER” and “NYPD Blue.”

Counting Crows leader flies coop

Adam Duritz, lead singer of the rock band Counting Crows, has sold his home in the Beverly Hills area for $2.25 million. He moved to New York.

The house he sold is a contemporary with five bedrooms and 6 1/2 bathrooms in about 7,000 square feet. The three-story home, which he had owned since 1998, also has a gated motor court, city views, a two-story foyer, a living room with French doors leading to the pool and spa, five fireplaces, a large master suite in its own wing of the house and a media-family room on the lower level.

Duritz, 39, co-founded Counting Crows with guitarist David Bryson in 1993. Their debut album, “August and Everything After,” has sold more than 7 million copies. Their CD “Films About Ghosts” was released late last year. Their best-known song is “Mr. Jones.” The band will play at the House of Blues in West Hollywood on Saturday, with proceeds going to music education programs in public schools nationwide.

Brett Miller of Hurwitz James Co., Beverly Hills, represented the buyers, and Jonah Wilson of Prudential John Aaroe had the listing.

Video innovator lists Tustin estate

Paul Darbee, whose video technology was used in the Neve Campbell-starring movie “The Company,” and his wife, Ricki, have listed their North Tustin Mediterranean estate at $3.9 million.

The home has seven bedrooms, 8 1/2 bathrooms and a media room in slightly more than 9,500 square feet. The 2 1/4-acre grounds have nature paths, a small lake, an amphitheater and a pool area with a rock waterfall, spa, cabanas and an outdoor kitchen.

Paul Darbee, 55, founded his company, Darbee Labs, in 2001. His DarbeeVision post-production process was used for the first time in a theatrical setting when “The Company” had its world premiere in September at the 28th Toronto International Film Festival.

Sharon McCright of First Team Estates in Tustin has the listing on the Darbees’ home.

Late ‘Psycho’ star’s hacienda for sale

The Hollywood Hills estate of the late actor Tony Perkins, who played the deranged motel keeper Norman Bates in director Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller “Psycho,” has come on the market at just under $2.4 million. Perkins died at 60 in 1992, but his family only now decided to sell the home.

The hacienda, built in 1947, has six bedrooms and seven bathrooms in slightly more than 4,000 square feet. The house also has a living room with a wood-burning fireplace, hardwood and tile floors, a master suite with a fireplace, a guesthouse, a pool and wraparound decks. Rory Barish of Nourmand & Associates, Beverly Hills, has the listing.

Hollywood lawyer selling Idaho acres

Jake Bloom, a Hollywood power player who has been the lawyer for such superstars as Sylvester Stallone and Bruce Willis, has put 33 acres that he owns in Sun Valley, Idaho, on the market at $6.75 million. Bloom lives in the L.A. area.

The land is one of the few estate-sized parcels on the Bigwood River that is also in a subdivision of luxury estates. The parcel has a pond, trees and a pasture as well as canyon and mountain views.

June Scott of June Scott Estates, a Coldwell Banker company in Beverly Hills, has the listing.

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