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[ad_1] A storied Hollywood home with a killer location, refined interiors, and major star power has recently landed on the market in Los Angeles. Located at the base of Runyon Canyon, the 7,200-square-foot home is being brought to market by Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles power broker Tracy Tutor (with Compass), asking $8,800,000. Included in the price: bragging rights to owning a piece of Old Hollywood history, as the house is rumored to be the place of Charlie Chaplin’s first wedding. Adding to its star-studded appeal, the property was once the residence of legendary filmmaker Preston Sturges, and said to…

[ad_1] A storied Los Angeles estate spanning more than 6 acres (a rarity for the city) in the ultra-pricey Holmby Hills has recently found new owners, trading hands in a landmark $86 million deal — one of the city’s most notable real estate sales of the year so far. Beyond its acreage, specs, and ritzy location, the trophy compound also has a history of famous owners. The iconic Carolwood estate in Holmby Hills was once home to musician Rod Stewart and later owned by Bradley Bell, executive producer and head writer of the long-running daytime soap opera The Bold and…

[ad_1] Few names carry the weight—and warmth—of Oprah Winfrey. With a net worth of $3.1 billion, the 71-year-old media mogul has built an empire that reaches far beyond her groundbreaking talk show. Since rising to fame in the late ’80s, she’s launched the OWN network, invested in WeightWatchers, and inked a headline-making content deal with Apple TV+ that ran through 2022, producing everything from documentaries to her beloved book club. Much of that fortune stems from savvy reinvestments: profits from The Oprah Winfrey Show and films like The Color Purple, Beloved, and Selma—all co-produced by her Harpo Productions—have reportedly generated…

[ad_1] Now that Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo have relocated to another SoCal property to be closer to their children’s school, according to Architectural Digest, the Maroon 5 frontman and his supermodel wife have decided to part ways with the sprawling Montecito estate they’ve owned for the past three years. After paying private equity tycoon Jack McGinley $52 million in a clandestine off-market deal for the Georgian-style spread, which was designed by architect Don Nulty and built in 2009 for 9-1-1: Lone Star actor Rob Lowe, Levine and Prinsloo have put the place back on the market for $65 million. And though that’s a whopping…

[ad_1] A 1,000-year-old English manor that was once a wartime headquarters—and later home to Mel B—is looking for a new owner. Tucked away in the charming village of Little Marlow, about an hour outside London, the Manor is a Grade II-listed estate with nearly a millennium of history. Asking £11 million (roughly $15 million), the property offers a rare blend of regal pedigree, wartime significance, and pop culture flair, as well as a secret passageway or two for good measure. Let’s start with the basics: this place is old. As in, it was first recorded in the Domesday Book in…

[ad_1] If you were hoping to run down that dream of owning a musically pedigreed SoCal home last year and the $19 million price tag was just a little too hefty at the time, don’t back down now. Tom Petty’s longtime main digs nestled within a gated enclave high above Malibu’s Pacific Coast Highway just popped back up for sale with a new ask, and it’s $3.5 million less than before. All you need is a cool $15.5 million, and you can happily claim the coveted keys to the legendary musician’s Mediterranean-style estate. Myra Nourmand and Levi Freeman of Nourmand & Associates…

[ad_1] Back in the ’80s, it was synths, stardom, and studio sessions for the Pet Shop Boys at this Clerkenwell warehouse that once echoed with the beats of West End Girls. Today, the building is hitting a different kind of high note as a three-story, design-forward live-work space listed for £6 million (about $8.2 million) with Savills. It was home to the artist and filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson, who rented the ground-floor studio space to the six-time Grammy-nominated duo while she lived upstairs. The keys were eventually shared with her husband, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, the Avengers: Age of Ultron and Kick-Ass star who—drumroll, martinis please—is reportedly the frontrunner to…

[ad_1] After failing to sell for $20 million a few years ago, a red brick mansion that dates to the Gilded Age on Long Island’s Gold Coast is hitting the auction block. Swan Manor has been owned by the Miracle Mop creator Joy Mangano since 2000, but she’s once again trying to part ways with the nine-acre Nissequogue estate. Originally designed by the renowned architect Stanford White back in 1917, few of his elegant details remain. Today, the extensively modernized main house and its outbuildings total a whopping 22,000 square feet, and it’s going up for auction with Concierge Auctions and Kyle…

[ad_1] Ever wish walls could talk? If the ones within this Upper East Side townhouse long owned by the late Phyllis Cerf Wagner could indeed speak, they most assuredly would have their share of fascinating tales to spin. Think stories of all the famous guests from Judy Garland to Frank Sinatra who visited the historic premises at some point during a 60-plus-year tenure that saw the Manhattan socialite, onetime movie actress, and collaborator with Dr. Seuss on a series of landmark children’s books outlive not just one but two prominent spouses. Records show Wagner purchased the Italianate-style property in 1941 with…

[ad_1] Tucked behind a long gated drive in Pacific Palisades’ coveted Rustic Canyon, an iconic piece of Hollywood and architectural history is now on the market for $12.8 million. Known as the Newman Residence, the estate was originally commissioned by nine-time Oscar-winning composer Alfred Newman and designed by Lloyd Wright — the visionary son of architect Frank Lloyd Wright. More recently, it was reimagined by legendary actress Diane Keaton, who brought her signature reverence for classic architecture to the restoration. Like Fancy Pants Homes’ content? Be sure to follow us on MSN Design by Lloyd Wright Completed in the 1940s,…