An estate fit for J. Peterman
Actor John O’Hurley, known as catalog king J. Peterman on “Seinfeld,” and his wife, Lisa, have purchased a home in the Beverly Hills area for slightly more than $3 million.
The Mediterranean-style house, built in the 1920s, has six bedrooms and nine bathrooms plus guest quarters in 5,000 square feet. The three-level main house has a gated entrance, stone fireplace, patios, balconies and a media room that opens to a landscaped backyard.
The actor, 48, just signed with Parris Brothers to produce and star in three feature-film comedies. Production is due to begin this year.
Since “Seinfeld,” O’Hurley has appeared in campaigns for such advertisers as Xerox and the Travel Channel, and he has appeared in the series “The Mullets” on UPN and “Father of the Pride” on NBC. He also hosted “To Tell the Truth,” “Get Golf With the PGA Tour!” and “The National Dog Show,” presented on NBC as a 2003 Thanksgiving special.
Kathleen Wright of Coldwell Banker represented the O’Hurleys in their purchase, and Fariba Meskin of Nourmand Associates had the listing.
Cape Cod style in a Malibu setting
Sandy Gallin, a successful producer who left the entertainment business to follow his passion of redoing houses, has sold his Malibu home for about $30 million.
Gallin, a producer of “Father of the Bride”(1991) and its 1995 sequel as well as more than two dozen other movies and thousands of hours of TV, including “Buffy, the Vampire Slayer” and “Angel,” totally rebuilt the home. He has remodeled more than 30 houses, including homes in Beverly Hills, Malibu and the Hamptons.
The Malibu home is Cape Cod in style and has a private beach. There are six bedrooms and eight bathrooms in 9,300 square feet.
Gallin also has managed Cher, Mariah Carey, Barbra Streisand and Dolly Parton.
Kurt Rappaport of Westside Estate Agency, Beverly Hills, had the listing with June Scott of Coldwell Banker, Beverly Hills, and Chris Cortazzo of Coldwell Banker, Malibu West.
Vegas high-rise for pop ‘newlyweds’
Pop singers Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson, costars of the MTV reality show “Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica,” have agreed to buy a $1.2-million furnished condo that will be built as part of the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
The one-bedroom, 1,200-square-foot unit will be in a 50-story condo tower and spa, to be called Palms Place. The high-rise is expected to break ground in 2006, with completion in 2007. Palms Place will be connected to the Palms Hotel and Casino by an elevated, moving walkway. The tower will have a private, gated entry, a pool and a spa.
Lachey, 31, and Simpson, 24, just completed the third and final season of their newlywed series. Both now are recording solo albums. A professional recording studio is planned as part of the tower.
Lachey will appear on his own MTV show this summer called “The Nick Lachey Project.” Simpson will appear in the movie “The Dukes of Hazzard,” due to be released June 24. She plans to launch a clothing and accessories line in the fall.
Pasadena area is her cup of tea now
Tia Carrere, best known for her movie roles in “Wayne’s World” (1992) and “True Lies” (1994), has put her home bachelorette pad in the hills of West Hollywood on the market for about $1.5 million.
Carrere has lived in the home for a dozen years. She plans to move with her husband, photojournalist Simon Wakelin, to a larger, family home in the Pasadena area.
The West Hollywood home, which Wakelin described as being like an Asian teahouse, has sliding doors, a sauna, a steam room and a spa. All three floors of the house have city views.
There are three bedrooms and two bathrooms in the 1,800-square-foot-plus residence, built in the mid-’50s and renovated recently by designer Anthony Pontrello.
Carrere, 38, is planning to work on a sequel to the movie “Lilo & Stitch” and the miniseries “Supernova.” She will appear alongside Ving Rhames and Ja Rule in the TV drama “Back in the Day,” scheduled to premiere Friday on BET.
David Kramer of Hilton & Hyland, Beverly Hills, has the listing.
$65 million: That’s not a misprint
A new Beverly Hills-area home on 23-plus acres has come on the market at $65 million, a high for current listings in L.A. County.
The estate includes a two-story, 30,700-square-foot main house, an 1,800-square-foot guesthouse, a 6,000-square-foot carriage house or 16-car garage, an 1,800-square-foot guardhouse, a 1,000-plus-square-foot gatehouse and a 12,500-square-foot spa building with indoor and outdoor pools and a nightclub or a ballroom. There are also 6.5-plus acres of gardens and city-to-ocean views.
The home, which is about 85% completed, is ready for cosmetic and interior design specifications. Parisian designer Alberto Pinto prepared interior drawings at the seller’s cost of about $3 million.
Ernie Carswell and Judy Hanauer at Coldwell Banker, Beverly Hills North, have the listing.
A place to hang your clarinet
The longtime Newbury Park home of the late Artie Shaw, a big band leader and innovative clarinetist, has come on the market at $749,000.
Shaw died in December at age 94. Among his eight wives were such Hollywood legends as Lana Turner and Ava Gardner. He moved into his Ventura County home in 1978, after his last divorce. The home, built in 1966, has four bedrooms and three bathrooms in slightly more than 1,900 square feet.
Listing agents are Kay Pick and Jonathan Canter of Coldwell Banker’s Beverly Hills North.
