A onetime ‘Iceman’ renteth
Actor Val Kilmer has leased a Hollywood Hills home for a year at its full asking price of $10,000 a month while he is in town working on a film.
Kilmer stars in the action thriller “Mindhunters,” due out Jan. 23. He just returned from a shoot in England and normally resides at his ranch in Santa Fe, N.M.
The house he leased is Southwestern in style and has four bedrooms and six bathrooms in about 3,000 square feet. The home, built in the ‘50s, also has walls of glass with city-to-ocean views. The kitchen has new appliances. The yard has a pool.
Kilmer, a native of L.A. who turned 44 on New Year’s Eve, first gained moviegoers’ attention as “Iceman” opposite Tom Cruise in “Top Gun” (1986). In 1995, Kilmer starred in “Batman Forever.” In 2002, he appeared in the films “The Salton Sea,” “Pollock” and “Wonderland.” He is in a number of movies expected to be released in 2004.
Sonya Gibson of DBL Realtors, Sunset, represented the actor in his lease, and Rogelio Levin of Mossler, Deasy & Doe, Beverly Hills, had the listing.
Bouncing out of the Marina
Former L.A. Laker forward Robert Horry, who last year joined the San Antonio Spurs, has sold his Marina del Rey home for just under $1.5 million.
The 33-year-old, who became a member of the Lakers in 1996, had owned the home since November 2001. He paid about $1.1 million for it.
The contemporary, custom-built home, in the Silver Strand area, has four bedrooms and 3 1/2 bathrooms in about 3,700 square feet. The three-story house, built in the ‘80s, has a slate entry, skylights and glass-block details. The home also has a spa tub, three-car garage, elevator and rooftop deck.
Last year the Lakers declined to exercise the option on Horry’s contract. The team instead acquired Gary Payton and Karl Malone.
Debra Berman and Pat Kandel of Coldwell Banker, Marina del Rey, represented the buyer, and Gina Martino of Prudential John Aaroe had the listing, sources said.
Holding court in Brentwood
Olympic gold medalist Pam Shriver and her husband, former James Bond star George Lazenby, have sold their home in Pacific Palisades for about $2.5 million.
The tennis star turned TV commentator and the actor sold their home with spectacular ocean and mountain views because it did not have a tennis court. They bought a Brentwood home that does have one for about $2.8 million.
The Palisades house, built in 1986, has four bedrooms and 3 1/2 bathrooms in 4,300 square feet. It also has a media room, pool and spa.
Their new Brentwood home has six bedrooms and four bathrooms in nearly 6,000 square feet. It is on slightly more than an acre and also has a pool.
Lazenby, a native of Australia, was the first actor who replaced Sean Connery as James Bond. Lazenby, now 64, did one Bond film, “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” (1969). Since then he has appeared periodically on TV and in film.
Shriver, 41, had a 19-year pro tennis career, during which she won 21 singles titles and 112 doubles titles. She won the 1988 Olympic gold medal in doubles with Zina Garrison as her partner. Later she won many doubles titles with Martina Navratilova as her partner. Shriver is now a TV commentator-tennis analyst.
Kurt Hiete of Coldwell Banker, Pacific Palisades, had the listing on the Palisades home.
This time, ‘Buffy’ producer leases
Sandy Gallin, a producer of Broadway shows and the TV series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” after he managed such stars as Dolly Parton and Neil Diamond, has leased a redone contemporary in the Beverly Hills area. The asking price was $20,000 a month.
Gallin sold his Beverly Hills home in the mid-$6-million range in July. He is known for buying, renovating and reselling houses.
The house he is leasing has five bedrooms in 4,500 square feet. The secluded home on a private drive has sun-filled rooms, city views, a pool and gardens.
June Scott of June Scott Estates, a Coldwell Banker Beverly Hills company, represented Gallin in his lease.
Writer passes the Bonnet to ad exec
The Richard Neutra-designed Bonnet House in the Hollywood Hills has been sold for close to its asking price of $795,000.
The buyer is former punk-rock musician Jonathan Anastas, who is now an L.A. advertising executive.
The house, named Bonnet for its first owner, was built in 1942 as a series of redwood-clad cubes angled into the steep hillside. The house had been restored by its seller, architectural writer David Hay.
The home has two bedrooms, two fireplaces, floor-to-ceiling windows in the master bedroom and a wood-paneled great room. The high, sloping ceiling and curved walls were unusual for Neutra. The lot has canyon and city views.
Anastas, in his mid-30s, recently renovated and sold a 1950s post-and-beam home in the Runyon Canyon area of the Hollywood Hills.
Prem Joshi and Neal Baddin of Coldwell Banker, Sunset Strip, represented Anastas in the sale of his previous home and the purchase of the Bonnet House. Barry Gray and Mike Deasy of Mossler, Deasy & Doe, Beverly Hills, represented the Bonnet House seller.
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