On July 15, 2011, that collective sigh heard around the world was when Petra Ecclestone, British heiress, didn’t buy the iconic Beverly House but instead chose the Spelling mansion to attack with black and white paint. Let’s face it. The Spelling mansion was just . . well, big. Perfectly fitting for a young girl with more money than she knows what to do with and likes to keep her name in the media. The Beverly House, on the other hand, is huge too at over ......more
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Back in the day, spanning almost 30 years from 1940 forward, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby along with glamour girl actress Dorothy Lamour, made a series of films named The Road to . . . (Singapore, Zanzibar, Morocco, Utopia, Rio, Bali and Hong Kong). The popularity of the films came through a formula likely devised to attract audiences of the time through portraying character types of comedian, singer and glamorous female star. The series’ formula for success was a c......more
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Bring them all back! Cajole Garth Brooks out of Vegas, sweet talk Hank Williams, Jr., and Tim McGraw! If you love music, theater or any of the performance arts, this is the venue for bringing wonderful performers to one of the Midwest’s premier vacation destinations, Lake of the Ozarks. These days many are putting off the expensive vacations to Europe or exotic ports of call while waiting to see in what direction the country’s financial path will settle. Tha......more
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Anyone who isn’t familiar with the name T. Boone Pickens would have to live off grid on a desert island and live under a rock! Even children were likely fascinated by his TV commercials for wind power while they watched acres of white whirligigs spinning for as far as the eye could see. At age 84, this oil, hedge fund and takeover expert is still quite forward thinking and is yet passionate over ways to deal with the future of energy production and new personal pro......more
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We tend to think of the Gilded Age as a very romantic period in our history where America flourished under the wealth produced by the railroad and other new industries. But it was interesting to note that the Gilded Age took place only in the northern (Union) tier of states, while the southern states (Confederate) were steeped in poverty from Pennsylvania to Florida and across through Texas. Those states were deeply suffering the aftermath of the Civil War and the lowere......more
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Not only did it sell, but it sold for $212,000 over list price! When architect William R. Stephenson designed the home for General Electric with input from the Reagans, he probably never realized that his open California style would be just as appealing in 2013 as it was in 1957. Though Stephenson died in 2007 at the age of 95, he would have been happy to know that there was an apparent bidding war over his graciously designed home. Stephenson designed homes for a number......more
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It seems that home sales have finally rebounded in much of the U.S. with prices up almost 20% in Southern California and 25% in South Florida, so the investors and flippers are back to work. TV game and talk show wizard Merv Griffin's former Bel Air estate sold last October for $6.275 million, and is already back on the market. This time for $6.95 million. A very nice prize package! If this is the old “house flipping game,” it is appropriate that they are do......more
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Senator Kennedy would have turned 81 on February 22nd (shares the same birthdate as George Washington) this year. Though his former Embassy Row home sold recently, the current owner of Kennedy’s Chain Bridge estate, Eric Hotung, a Hong Kong tycoon, is having a hard time selling this one, and as tycoons will do, has come up with a new twist to attract a buyer. Since the property didn’t sell for the original asking price of just under $10 million when listed l......more
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That loud sigh we just heard all the way to the east coast was Christina Aguilera who appears to have finally sold her . . . shall we say, “exceptional”. . . Bel Air mansion that has been sitting on the market for two years. Formerly owned by Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne where they filmed most of their reality series from 2002 to 2005, when Christina bought the house for $11.5 million back in 2007, her goal was to give each room its own personality. And that she......more
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When we think of a weekend getaway, we usually think of hitching up the fold-out camper and taking off to the local river for some fishing and a campfire, or those who prefer a little more glitz might take a Friday night redeye to the sweet little Las Vegas condo they picked up for a lark during the real estate crunch. But when you rank #330 on Forbes wealthiest men in the world in 2012, maybe you spend your weekends a little differently. Paul Tudor Jones ll, known fo......more
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