Founder and manager of Azoff Music Management Group, Inc and personal manager of The Eagles, Christina Aguilera, Van Halen, Neil Diamond, New Kids on the Block, Gungs N’ Roses – to name but a few, Irving Azoff is currently having his luxurious Beverly Hills Tudor estate done up (where Kim Kardashian and Kanye West had their wedding reception back in 2009). Reason enough to go house hunting for a swank temporary residence, which they allegedly have found.
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Peter Morton pays $9.8M for Elvis Presley’s former Beverly Hills abode
In the autumn of 2012, the former luxury home of rock-and-roll legend Elvis Presley, situated in the star-studded Trousdale Estates neighborhood, was listed for an asking price of $12.9 million and in December 2012 it was scooped up for $9.8 million by (co-)founder of the Hard Rock Café global chain of dining restaurants, Peter Morton. Elvis and Priscilla had bought the property in 1967 and sold it six years later, when they got divorced. Reportedly, the house was leased out for $25,000 per month until recently.
Hollywood bigwig Barry Levinson buys $5.65M Soho pad
Barry Levinson, 70, Academy Award winning screenwriter, film director, actor and film and television producer (And Justice for All, Diner The Natural, Young Sherlock Holmes, Good Morning Vietnam, Rain Man, Avalon, Bugsy, Toys, Sleepers, Wag the Dog, Oz), whose primary family residence is in Connecticut, has picked up a 3,090 sq ft crash pad in a luxury apartment building at 104 Wooster Street. The asking price was $300 higher, so it was sort of a bargain for our man.
Ethan Hawke’s upbeat and colorful Manhattan digs up for sale
Academy Award nominated Ethan Hawke, actor, director and writer (Training Day, Before Sunset, Dead Poet’s Society) has put his four-floor townhouse in Chelsea, Manhattan up for sale for $6.5 million.
Shakira and baby ready to nestle into recently renovated Barcelona home
The celebrated Columbian singer, one of the greatest pop singers of all time Shakira, 35, and her boyfriend, Spanish footballer Gerard Piqué, 25, have just started a family, their newborn son, Milan, becoming a member of his father’s FC Barcelona club at birth.
Lindsey Buckingham’s latest $5.8M L.A. manse
Grammy winner, Fleetwood Mac legendary guitarist/singer, producer and Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame member, Lindsey Buckingham and his wife Kristen recently dropped $5.8 million on a 2,958 square foot mansion, which lies just over one mile away from his other one, almost three times as big. Situated on the north side of Sunset Blvd., it features five bedrooms and three bathrooms (in a rather bad shape) which the Buckinghams, rumour has it, intend to restore to its 1920s pride.
Serena Williams lists L.A. Condo for $1.85M
The World No.1 tennis player allegedly listed her luxury condominium in a high-rise residential tower in the Wilshire Corridor, one of Los Angeles’ busiest districts.
Judge Judy and Jerry Sheindlin are selling prime Fifth Avenue condo
Judith and husband Jerry Sheindlin, the famous TV personalities and judges in real life (both appeared as the judges on The People’s Court, an American arbitration-based reality court show) have listed their super-luxurious Manhattan apartment for a whopping $9 million.
Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts debuts in Kerala, India with luxury all in-pool villas property
Banyan Tree Hotels and Resorts will make its debut in India in 2013. Located in the backwaters of the southern state of Kerala, Banyan Tree Kerala will feature 59 pool villas with views of the surrounding waterways and canals. Gabled roofs and carved wooden façades define the architecture, while interiors make use of indigenous materials such as coir, a natural fiber extracted from the husk of coconuts, along with ornamental wood carvings, paintings, frescoes, and Kathakali art, which references the traditional and stylized classical Indian dance-drama from the region.
On the private island of Nediyathuruthu in the tropical Backwaters of Alleeppey, the secluded resort will offer 59 villas each with a private swimming pool. The luxury villas were decorated with traditional furnishings and elaborate woodwork.
Acting celeb couple Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy expand L.A. manse
Academy Award-nominated couple, ‘Desperate wives’ actress Felicity Huffman and husband, ‘Shameless’ actor William H. Macy,star-owners on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, recently splashed out $3.8 million on a five-bedroom Los Angeles mansion next to their former luxury home.