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Will Smith's Gate
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The Academy Award- and Golden Globe-nominated actor, and a multiple Grammy-winning hip hop artist, lives here. He is one of a small group of people who have enjoyed success in three major entertainment media in the United States: film, television, and the music industry. Newsweek has named him the most powerful actor on the planet.

Mark Cuban's House
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This is the home of the Dallas Mavericks owner.

Chris Rock's House
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The comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer and director lives here.

Curtis Jackson's House (a.k.a. 50 Cent) (Former)
Rapper and actor Curtis Jackson’s house is in Farmington, CT. The 48,515 square foot house features 19 full and 16 half bathrooms and 19 bedrooms. It is located on 17.6 acres of land. The property is reportedly worth more than $18 million. 50 Cent purchased the property from the former boxer Mike Tyson for $4.1 million in 2003. 50 Cent originally listed the house for $18.5 million 2007, and it was sold for $2.9 million in 2019, after it was sitting on the market for over 12 years.
Known also as 50 Cent, Curtis Jackson’s net worth is $270 million. His gained his earnings not only from his rap and acting career, but also through endorsements.
In exchange for endorsing Vitamin Water and allowing the company to use his name for the “Formula 50” drink, Curtis Jackson was given a minority ownership in the company. When Glaceau sold Vitamin Water to the Coca Cola Company for $4.1 billion, it is reported 50 Cent made anywhere from $100 million to $410 million. There are conflicting reports of whether his stake was 2.5 or 10 percent. He has also endorsed body spray and condoms.
He has sold more than 30 million albums since launching “Get Rich or Die Tryin’,” his first album. He was aided in his launch by Enimem and Dr. Dre. His sixth studio album is expected to be released in 2015.
In addition to his rap career, he also founded G-Unit records and G-Unit clothing company.
He has appeared in more than 20 movies, including “The Massacre,” “Righteous Kill,” “Gun,” “Home of the Brave,” and the semi-autobiographical “Get Rich or Die Tryin’.” He has shared the screen with seasoned actors such as Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro.
Curtis Jackson has two sons. His older son, Marquise Jackson, is with former girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins. He was born in 1997 and Curtis Jackson has a tattoo of his son’s name on his right bicep. His second son, Sire Jackson, is with model Daphne Joy. Sire was born in 2012 and started modeling at a young age for Kidz Safe, a brand of headphones for children.

Gate To Villa La Leopolda - Lily Safra's House
Billionaire Lily Safra’s house is a historic villa in Villefranche-sur-Mer on the French Riviera – Villa La Leopolda, the second most expensive house in the world. A native of Brazil, she is a citizen of Monaco with homes in Geneva and Monaco, and also spends time in New York and London.
Lily Safra, born Lily Watkins, is the widow of Edmond J. Safra, a banker who died in a fire in 1999. Lily Safra’s net worth is $1.2 billion.
Villa La Leopolda is a 20-acre estate valued at 500 million euro ($750 million) in 2008.
The estate was once owned by King Leopold II, given to his mistress Blanche Zelia Josephine Delacroix (also known as Caroline Lacroix), then owned by King Albert I. The villa was used as a military hospital during World War I.
After it was acquired by Therese Vitali, comtesse de Beauchamp, in 1919, she commissioned modifications by Ogden Codman, Jr., American Architect. Codman purchased existing structures on the site and eventually rented them to tenants. When Codman died in 1951, the estate was sold to Izaak Walton Killam, whose wife sold it to Gianni Agnelli, president of Fiat, after her husband’s death.
Edmond Safra purchased the property in 1988 and commissioned Interior Designer Renzo Mongiardino. Mica Ertegun decorated the second-floor bedrooms.
La Leopolda has been featured in the 1948 movie “The Red Shoes” as well as Alfred Hitchcock’s “To Catch a Thief.” It is a French Monument Historique.
Lily Safra is known for her philanthropic works and has donated heavily to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, almost $20 million since 2001. She raised almost $38 million donated to 32 charities at an event at Christie’s in Geneva called “Jewels for Hope”. Her collection
auctioned at the event totaled 70 items.
Lily Safra chairs the Edmond J. Safra Foundation, the recipient of most of her husband’s fortune, which supports science and medicine, humanitarian relief, education, religion and culture in 40 cultures. The Foundation has reportedly donated $250 million since it was created. She also co-founded the International Sephardic Education Foundation, supports the American Red Cross, and helped Hurricane Katrina victims. She has contributed to and supported many other medical and health-related causes and entities.

Viggo Mortensen's House
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The theater and film actor, poet, musician, photographer and painter, lives here part-time. He also owns property in Idaho.

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Playboy Mansion - Daren Metropoulos' House (Formerly Hugh Hefner's)
The Playboy Mansion, also known as the Playboy Mansion West, is the former home of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner who lived there from 1974 until his death in 2017. Barbi Benton convinced Hefner to buy the home located in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California, near Beverly Hills. From the 1970s onward the mansion became as the location of lavish parties held by Hefner which were often attended by celebrities and socialites. It is currently owned by Daren Metropoulos, the son of billionaire investor Dean Metropoulos, and is used for corporate activities. It also serves as a location for television production, magazine photography, charitable events, and civic functions.
After Hefner's death in 2017, it began to emerge publicly that sex and drug abuse occurred frequently at the Playboy Mansion during Hefner's lifetime.
The 21,987-square-foot (2,042.7 m2) house is described as being in the "Gothic-Tudor" style of architecture by Forbes magazine, and sits on 5.3 acres (2.1 ha). It was designed by Arthur R. Kelly in 1927 for Arthur Letts Jr., son of The Broadway department store founder Arthur Letts.
It was acquired by Playboy in 1971 for the then record breaking $1.1 million, from Louis D. Statham (1908–1983), an engineer, inventor and chess aficionado. In early 2011, it was valued at $54 million. It sits close to the northwestern corner of the Los Angeles Country Club, near University of California, Los Angeles, and the Bel-Air Country Club. $15 million has been invested in renovation and expansion.
The mansion has 29 rooms including a wine cellar (with a Prohibition-era secret door), a screening room with built-in pipe organ, a game room, three zoo / aviary buildings (and related pet cemetery), a tennis/basketball court, a waterfall and a swimming pool area (including a patio and barbecue area, a grotto, a basement gym with sauna below the bathhouse). Landscaping includes a large koi pond with artificial stream, a small citrus orchard and two well-established forests of tree ferns and redwoods. The west wing (originally servant's wing) housed the editorial offices of Playboy. The main aviary building is the original greenhouse, with four guest-rooms adjoining. The master suite occupies several rooms on the second and third floors, and is the most heavily renovated area of the mansion proper, with an extensive carved-oak decor dating to the 1970s. Otherwise, the mansion proper is maintained in its original Gothic-revival furnishings for the most part. The pipe organ was extensively restored in the last decade. There is also an outdoor kitchen to serve party events. These features and others have been shown on television.
The game room (game house) is a separate building on the north side. There are two sidewalks from the fountain in front of the main entrance, running past a wishing-well. That on the right leads to the game house and runs past a duplicate Hollywood Star of Hefner. Its front entrance opens to a game room with a pool table in the center. This room has vintage and modern arcade games, pinball machines, player piano, jukebox, television, stereo, and couch. The game house has two wings. Left is a room with a soft cushioned floor, mirrors all around, television. There is a restroom with a shower. The right wing of the game house has a smaller restroom and entrance to a bedroom. This bedroom is connected to another, which has an exit to the game house's rear backyard. The game house has a backyard with lounge chairs and gates on either side.
In 2006, Hefner's former girlfriend, Izabella St. James, wrote in her memoir, Bunny Tales, that the house was in need of renovation: "Everything in the Mansion felt old and stale, and Archie the house dog would regularly relieve himself on the hallway curtains, adding a powerful whiff of urine to the general scent of decay." She also observed: "Each bedroom had mismatched, random pieces of furniture. It was as if someone had gone to a charity shop and bought the basics for each room", and that: "The mattresses on our beds were disgusting – old, worn and stained. The sheets were past their best, too.
In January 2016, the Playboy Mansion was listed for sale by Playboy Enterprises, Inc. for the asking price of $200 million, subject to the condition Hefner be allowed to continue to rent the mansion for life. In August 2016, the Playboy Mansion was bought for $100 million by Daren Metropoulos, the co-owner of Hostess Brands and a principal in the investment firm C. Dean Metropoulos & Co. Metropoulos intends to renovate and restore the mansion to its original form.
In August 2009, Metropoulos bought the mansion next door to the Playboy Mansion from Hefner and his ex-wife Kimberly Conrad for $18 million, and ultimately now wants to join the two properties. The Playboy Mansion and the mansion next door owned by Metropoulos were both designed by American architect Arthur R. Kelly and each estate has a common boundary with the Los Angeles Country Club.
In May 2016, Eugena Washington was the last Playmate of the Year to be announced by Hefner at the Playboy Mansion.
In March 2018, Daren Metropoulos, the owner of the Playboy Mansion, entered into an agreement with the City of Los Angeles which permanently protects the mansion from demolition. The agreement between Metropoulos and the City of Los Angeles, referred to between the parties as a "permanent protection covenant," is binding on all future owners. The agreement protects the mansion from demolition, but still allows Metropoulos to make modernizations and substantial renovations and repairs to the property "following a long period of deferred maintenance" while under Playboy ownership.
Under the permanent protection covenant, Metropoulos has further agreed to restore the house and facade to "its original grandeur." The compromise agreement reversed a move in November 2017 by Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz to seek landmark status for the mansion in the hope of protecting the architectural integrity of the estate for what he called "an excellent example of a Gothic-Tudor." If designated a historic landmark, Metropoulos would have faced a lengthy process for permitting and review for the rehabilitation of the property. The permanent protection covenant avoided a potentially drawn out and contentious legal action between the City of Los Angeles and Metropoulos for the City of Los Angeles seeking the formal designation of the mansion as a historic landmark.

Judge Judy Sheindlin's Penthouse
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The lawyer, judge, television personality and author, lives here part-time in a penthouse condo. She purchased the unit for $6.9M in July of 2005, according to public records. Both of her Greenwich (CT) residences are also featured on this site.

The Spelling Manor
The Manor, also known as Spelling Manor, is a mansion on Mapleton Drive in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, across the street from Holmby Park. Constructed in 1988 for television producer Aaron Spelling, it is the second largest house in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. It was subsequently owned by British heiress Petra Ecclestone, daughter of Formula One racing magnate Bernie Ecclestone. Ecclestone purchased the home in 2011 for $85 million after it had been on the market for two years with an asking price of $150 million, making it the most expensive residential real estate listing in the US at the time. In June 2019 it was sold for $119.7 million; the sale set a new record as the highest in California history.
The Manor is a 56,500-square-foot (5,250 m2) French chateau-style mansion with 123 rooms (including 27 bathrooms and 14 bedrooms) on five acres of land. Aaron Spelling, widely known as the television producer of series including Dynasty, Charlie's Angels, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, 7th Heaven, Melrose Place, Beverly Hills, 90210 and Charmed, built it as his private residence.
Designed by architects James Langenheim & Associates and built in 1988 at a cost of $12 million, the two-storey house has an exterior of imported limestone, is 51.5 ft high, has a basement, and has an intermediate level for closets between the second storey and the attic. Candy Spelling and her interior designer traveled to Europe to buy fixtures and art for the home. When first built, it included a screening room, a gym, a room for Candy's doll collection, a basement bowling alley, a gift-wrapping and flower-cutting rooms, a barbershop, a humidity-controlled storage room, four two-car garages, a tennis court, and a pool. A long winding driveway leads to a circular granite motor court, fountain and space for 100 cars; there are also 16 carports.
The Spellings purchased the former Bing Crosby Estate in 1983, razing the mansion that previously occupied the site, which was built in 1932 by Gordon Kaufmann and later owned by Bing Crosby.
Construction began in 1986, with over 150 workers a day, using over 500 tons of steel, and was completed in 1991. The name The Manor was chosen by daughter Tori. Candy and interior designer Robert Dally spent 8 years buying furnishing from England, Italy, and France, including all of house's fireplaces, chanderliers, and sconces. The grand staircase in the entrance hall was inspired by Twelve Oaks in Gone with the Wind. The staircase is a single piece of metal, made in Texas.
The Manor is as big as a football field, and bigger than The White House, and has 2 driveways. During planning stages, Aaron removed an entire planned additional wing as a cost-saving measure. Not understanding blueprints, Candy advised in 2011 she would not have built the house as big had she realised the scale in person. Originally there was a zoo planned for daughter Tori. However, by the time the house neared completion Tori was aged 17, negating the need for it.
Spelling died in the mansion on June 23, 2006, from complications of a stroke, at age 83. The house was discussed in his obituary:
Mr. Spelling himself, though a self-effacing and extremely shy man in private, put his own vast wealth on display in the late 1980s when he and his wife, Candy, supervised the construction of their home in the Holmby Hills section of Los Angeles. The structure, which like his shows drew mostly scathing reviews, eventually contained 123 rooms over about 56,000 square feet (5,200 m2). It was said to include a bowling alley, an ice rink and an entire wing devoted to his wife's wardrobe.
After finally making the decision to sell in 2009, in the summer of 2011, five years after her husband's death, Candy Spelling put the estate up for sale, calling it the "greatest entertainment house ever" with a "kitchen where you can cook for two or 800". In her 18 years living at The Manor, Spelling recalled, "All the stars came through, Prince Rainier, Prince Charles, Jackie Kennedy—every star from every one of Aaron's shows."
The house was sold for $85 million to Formula One heiress Petra Ecclestone. Immediately after taking possession of it in June 2011, she overhauled the house's design, hiring designer Gavin Brodin to undertake the $20 million project, which included removing the chandeliers, wall lights and fireplace mantels. After a three-week design period, it took approximately 500 workers nine weeks to install the new furnishings Ecclestone had chosen. In 2016, she decided to sell the property, and it was on and off the market for three years.
In October 2016, the Manor was relisted with Rick Hilton and David Kramer of Hilton & Hyland with an asking price of $200 million. In February 2017, it was reported that singer Beyoncé and her husband Hip-hop mogul Jay Z had secretly visited it.
In June 2019, it sold for $119.7 million, a new California record. Originally priced at $200 million, it was eventually dropped to $160 million, then sold in early July 2019 for a record $120 million to Canadian multi-billionaire Daryl Katz, owner of the Edmonton Oilers ice hockey team.
In February 2022, it listed for $165 million.
The grand foyer has a monochrome colour scheme with a sweeping double staircase, black and white marble flooring, a crystal floating castle chandelier and Renaissance-style paintings.The formal living room is a vast white-on-white space with three separate seating areas, an open marble fireplace and a grand piano.The second living room is less formal and is decorated in a cool grey palette. The original bookcases have been swapped for two aquariums and a bar. It has twin French doors.The formal dining room has a monochrome colour scheme. A 20-seater dining table sits below a low-hanging crystal chandelier crowned by a black ceiling rose. French doors lead to the expansive gardens.The master suite has 7,000 sq ft of living space and includes a kitchen, a living room, his and hers closets and bathrooms and a bedroom decorated in black, white and grey.A massive bathroom with a soaking tub, cove ceiling and three wall-length vanity mirrors makes up just one of the home’s 27 bathrooms.The beauty salon, which once housed Candy Spelling's doll collection, has a monochromatic colour scheme.The cinema has 20 custom theatre seats spread over two tiers with carpeted flooring, a coffered ceiling and a movie screen that rises from the floor.The basement is designed to resemble a nightclub with a bar, a pool room and a two-lane bowling alley.Other notable features include two walk-in closets, a gigantic kitchen, a granite motor court for 100 cars, a solarium, a wine cellar, a game room, a gym and tanning rooms.
At the time of its construction, the project spawned a controversy over its massive size and ostentatious architecture. In April 1988, the Los Angeles Times asked:What's bigger than a football field, smaller than Hearst Castle, has a bowling alley and an entire floor of closets, and is making some people very annoyed? Aaron and Candy Spelling's 56,500-square-foot (5,250 m2) mansion in Holmby Hills. The French chateau, under construction now for two years, has turned the corner of Mapleton and Club View drives into a gawker's paradise. Sprawled across 6 acres (2.4 ha) on what once was the Bing Crosby estate, the house dwarfs the sizable mansions on the block and looms large over tranquil Holmby Park near Wilshire Boulevard.
After its completion, Los Angeles Times architecture critic Sam Hall Kaplan panned the home as one of the region's worst built in the 1980s.

Mary Carillo's House
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The writer, sportscaster and former women's tennis player, lives here part-time.

Martina Navratilova's House
The professional tennis legend owns this home. She purchased the 3-bed, 2-bath, 3,078 sq ft property in May of 2006 for $2.2M, according to public records. It is currently on the market (May 2009). Her previous residence in Nokomis (FL), and her homes in Carbondale (CO), are all also featured on this site.

Tera Patrick & Evan Seinfeld's House
The pornographic actress, and her adult film actor, director, photographer, writer and musician husband, live here. They purchased the 5-bed, 5.5-bath, 3,902 sq ft home in June of 2006 for $1.495M, according to public records.

Martina Navratilova's House
The professional tennis legend lives here part-time. She purchased the 4-bed, 2.5-bath, 4,918 sq ft home in April of 2007 for 1.85M, according to public records. She also owns a home directly across the street. Her residence in Englewood (FL), and her former waterfront estate in Nokomis (FL), are both also featured on this site.

Djimon Hounsou's House
The 2-time Academy Award-nominated actor and model lives here. He purchased the 4-bed, 3-bath, 2,886 sq ft home in August of 2004 for $1.199M, according to public records.

Charlie Kaufman's House
The Academy Award, BAFTA, and Independent Spirit Award-winning screenwriter, producer and director, lives here. In 2003, he was listed at #100 on Premiere's annual "Power 100" list. He was identified by Time Magazine in 2004 as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. His best-known works includes "Synecdoche", "New York", "Being John Malkovich", "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", "Adaptation." and "Human Nature". He purchased the 5-bed, 3-bath, 3,576 sq ft home in September of 1998 for $975K, according to public records.

Frances Sternhagen's House
The actress lives here. She has appeared on and off Broadway, in movies, and on TV, since the 1950's.

Darren McGavin's House (former)
The late actor lived here until 2004.

Martina Navratilova's House
The professional tennis legend lives here part-time. She purchased the 4-bed, 4-bath, 4,328 sq ft home in September of 2005 for 1.565M, according to public records. She also owns a residence and 50+ acres directly across the street. Her home in Englewood (FL), and her former home in Nokomis (FL), are both also featured on this site.

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Vincent Kartheiser's House
The actor owns this home. He has been best known for his television work, portraying Connor on "Angel" and Pete Campbell on "Mad Men". He purchased the 2-bed, 1-bath, 603 sq ft home in October of 2004 for $547K, according to public records.

Paris Vatry International Airport (Europort)
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Cargo airport.

Frank Darabont's House
The 3-time Academy Award-nominated film director, screenwriter and producer, owns this home. He has directed 2 Academy Award-nominated films, "The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Green Mile". He also owns another LA area property, as well as parcels in Arizona and the Virgin Islands.

North Perry Airport (HWO)
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Mount Diablo summit
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Mount Diablo is a mountain in Contra Costa County, California in the San Francisco Bay Area, located south of the town of Clayton and northeast of Danville. It is an isolated 3,849 feet (1,173 m) upthrust peak that is visible from most of the San Francisco Bay Area and much of northern California.
The peak is the centerpiece of Mount Diablo State Park, a state park of approximately 20,000 acres (80 km²) in area.
The summit building was constructed by the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) from 1939-1942.
According to a sign at the summit, it is possible to view the second greatest surface area seen from any peak in the world, exceeded only by the 19,340 foot (5,895 m) Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa. This myth was promulgated by early real estate promoter Robert Noble Burgess, who built the first auto roads to Diablo's summit, as a draw to his Mt. Diablo Estates project, c. 1914-1917. The Mt. Kilimanjaro qualifier was first added in the 1928 Standard Oil Bulletin, which described the new Standard Diablo (SD) Tower.

Man giving the finger to Google car
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Talking Penguin Statue
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Fort de Noisy
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Carlos Jacott's House
The film and television actor lives here. He has appeared in over 40 television shows including "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel", both playing a demon masquerading as a human, "Firefly" and "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation".

Cano's Castle
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Circus at Versailles
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The Hangar Bar
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On the east side on Glasgow is an unusual sight....the rear part of the fuselage of a small airplane poking out of a tavern, just like it crashed into the bar. It's called "The Hangar Bar" for obvious reasons.

Middle Georgia Regional Airport
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Witham Field
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St. Lucie County International Airport

Rolls Royce Phantom

Fort de l'Est
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'PAI-KOR'
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Lake City Municipal Airport

Rooster Cogburn's Ostrich Ranch

First Generation Ford Mustang
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W H 'Bud' Barron Airport

"SPEEDI LUBE"

A black and a white cat
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'Coraline'
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The Grind Cafe
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Baltimore Street Car Museum Mural
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Thailand North East Issan Pakchong artifical water reservoir
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M/s Stena Jutlandica
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Homerville Airport