A new place in her heart
Oscar-winning actress Sally Field has sold her Brentwood home of eight years for about $4 million. She is said to have moved to the mountains above Malibu.
The gated Brentwood compound includes a main house, a two-story guest cottage and a gym. There are four bedrooms and six bathrooms in the 4,400-square-foot estate plus media and family rooms, four fireplaces, a pool, a courtyard and lush gardens. The home was built in 1938.
Field, 57, won best actress Oscars for “Norma Rae” (1979) and “Places in the Heart” (1984). This summer, she played the scheming mother in Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie” at the Kennedy Center.
Patricia Hodson of DBL Realtors had the listing, and Brett Lawyer of Prudential /John Aaroe represented the buyer, according to public records.
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‘Hero’ star needs more action room
Jet Li, who stars in the movie “Hero,” has listed his home in an Arcadia gated community at slightly less than $5 million.
The action star, 41, who gained fame in Hong Kong martial-arts films of the early ‘90s, has owned the home since it was built in 1998. He is looking to purchase a larger residence.
The Arcadia home has seven bedrooms and about 10 bathrooms in nearly 8,300 square feet. The two-story Mediterranean-style villa also has an indoor pool and spa, a gym, an entertainment room with a stage and panoramic mountain and city views.
Li has appeared in such movies as “Cradle 2 the Grave” (2003) and “Lethal Weapon 4” (1998), in which he made his Hollywood debut. He appears in the action thriller “Unleashed,” due out in 2005.
“Hero,” a Chinese-language film in which Li stars as a nameless warrior trying to unify medieval China, was released in August in the United States. Aerial swordplay in the movie is reminiscent of the action in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.”
Suzie Koo of Coldwell Banker Dynasty, Temple City, has the listing.
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He’ll be crooning from Vegas now
Paul Anka has sold his longtime Beverly Hills-area home for close to its $5.9-million asking price. The singer, who has written more than 900 songs, including “Put Your Head on My Shoulder,” purchased a $1-million condominium this summer in a high-rise luxury building in Las Vegas.
The Beverly Hills-area home, which was listed in July and closed escrow earlier this month, is in a gated community and has five bedrooms, a wine cellar, a media room and a recording studio in about 8,000 square feet. The home, built in 1987, also has city views, a pool and a spa.
The condo, in a tower built during the late ‘90s, has two bedrooms and 2 1/2 bathrooms in 2,100 square feet. The building has a concierge and a spa.
Anka also had a home for years in Las Vegas. His last home there was demolished in 2003 to make way for the entrance and parking lot of the MGM Grand hotel.
The singer, 63, recently signed long-term deals with the MGM Mirage Corp. in Las Vegas, the Borgata in Atlantic City, the Mohegan Sun in Connecticut and the Niagara Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls, Canada.
Kathy Villa of Coldwell Banker, Beverly Hills North, had the listing on the Beverly Hills-area house with Richard Ehrlich and Kurt Rappaport of Westside Estate Agency, Beverly Hills. Jade Mills and Barbara Tenenbaum, also with Coldwell Banker in Beverly Hills, represented the buyer, according to public records.
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New Laker trades Miami for Valley
Brian Grant, one of the three Miami Heat teammates traded in July for former L.A. Laker star Shaquille O’Neal, and his wife, Gina, have purchased a Sherman Oaks home for close to its $2.2-million asking price.
The newly built house, behind gates, has five bedrooms and 6 1/2 bathrooms in 5,400 square feet. The Mediterranean-style home also has a guest house, pool, spa and a view of the mountains.
The 6-foot-9 Grant, 32, is a starting forward/center. He was joined by Lamar Odom and Caron Butler as players named in the trade.
Dee Nep of Coldwell Banker, Sherman Oaks, had the listing, and Rick Simon of the same firm’s Studio City office represented the Grants in buying.
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Broadway lures back producer
Producer Robert D. Wachs, a longtime manager of actor Eddie Murphy, has sold his home in the Benedict Hills area of Beverly Hills for nearly its $2.8-million asking price. He and his wife, Tess, have purchased an Upper East Side co-op and a home in Connecticut.
The Beverly Hills-area home has five bedrooms and six bathrooms in about 4,800 square feet. The house, built in 1988, also has high ceilings, a den with a fireplace, an eat-in kitchen, a pool and a spa.
The producer discovered Murphy at his comedy club, the Comic Strip in Manhattan, and helped guide him through his “Saturday Night Live” days and such films as “48 Hours” (1982), “Trading Places” (1983), “Beverly Hills Cop” (1984), “Beverly Hills Cop II” (1987) and “Coming to America” (1988).
Wachs moved to Los Angeles from New York in the mid-’80s. He is moving back to launch two Broadway shows and a musical about the music of Paul Jabara, the actor and songwriter who won an Oscar and a Grammy for Donna Summer’s disco hit “Last Dance.” Jabara died of AIDS complications at age 44 in 1992.
Stephen Shapiro and Max Shapiro of Westside Estate Agency, Beverly Hills, had the listing.
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King Kong visit not included
The 19th-floor Century City condominium that was home to the late Fay Wray, star of the 1933 film “King Kong,” has come on the market at $455,000.
The one-bedroom, 832-square-foot unit is in a full-service tower built in the 1960s. Wray, who died in August at age 96, also kept a home in New York.
Shirley Bilfield of Coldwell Banker, Beverly Hills South, has the Century City listing.
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