

Mega-producer Joel Silver, who knows a thing or two about blockbusters, has recorded one of his own along the sand in Malibu.
The noted filmmaker last week sold his oceanfront compound on Carbon Beach for $38 million. He bought the property more than a decade ago from late film producer Robert Chartoff for $14.375 million, records show.
The modernist-vibe beach house sits on a roomy lot of about three-quarters of an acre and features 137 feet of beach frontage.
Built in the 1930s, the home opens to living spaces full of dark hardwood floors and exposed brickwork. Features include a two-story great room set under vaulted ceilings, a dining room with a fireplace and a lofted office. In the master suite, among the home’s five bedrooms and six bathrooms, walls of windows center on the ocean.
Across from the main house are atennis court, a row of cabanas and a detached guesthouse with a pair of bedrooms and bathrooms. Aswimming pool and spa also lie within the grounds.
Judy Feder of Hilton & Hyland, an affiliate of Christie’s International Real Estate, held the listing. Westside Estate Agency agent Kurt Rappaport, who this year sold his own Malibu home for $85 million, was the buyer and represented himself in the deal.
Silver, 65, has been producing box office hits since the 1970s, including the “Predator,” “Matrix,” “Die Hard” and “Lethal Weapon” franchises. He signed on to produce the upcoming action movie “SuperFly,” with hip-hop artist Future.
In search of new parts of the galaxy
Actress Tricia Helfer of “Lucifer” and “Battlestar Galactica” fame has listed her home in the Beverly Hills Post Office area for sale at $6.195 million.
Found within a guard-gated
community, the contemporary home is set up for outdoor entertaining,
with a conversation pit, sports bar, swimming pool and space for
alfresco dining. The fenced and terraced grounds also include an outdoor
shower and a bocce ball court.
The
multilevel floor plan includes a vaulted-ceiling living room with a wet
bar, a step-up dining room, an office, five bedrooms, 6.5 bathrooms and
about 5,500 square feet of living space. A sitting room and fireplace
sit off the master suite, which has a garden view.
The home, which sits on nearly half an acre, was built in 1984.
Ari Afshar of Compass and Samantha Nugent of Pacific Union International hold the listing.
Helfer,
43, has television credits that include “Tron: Uprising,” “Killer
Women” and “Powers.” Last year she appeared in the TV movie “Sun, Sand
& Romance.”
She bought the home seven years ago for $2.9 million, records show.
Out of Glendale — like clockwork
Troy Van Leeuwen of Queens of the Stone Age has gone with the flow out of Glendale, to borrow from the band’s 2002 song.
The
guitarist and producer listed his home of four years for sale in
February and last week closed a deal for $1.85 million, $51,000 over the
asking price.
Built
in 1936, the Spanish-style house has been refreshed and maintained while
showcasing its Moorish accents, period details and bohemian motifs.
Of
note is the ornate wood front door, accented in brass ornaments and
fixtures, which opens to a grand living room topped with exposed beams
and a period tiled fireplace. In the den, which features a wet bar,
original pressed sugar-cane ceilings and a beehivestyle fireplace have
been preserved.
The
2,921 square feet of living space also includes a formal dining room, an
eat-in kitchen and a music/recording studio, three bedrooms and four
bathrooms.
Adining terrace, a swimming pool and a tiki bar provide space for outdoor entertaining.
Alphonso
Lascano and Bjorn Farrugia of Hilton & Hyland were the listing
agents. Laura Kalb, also of Hilton & Hyland, represented the buyer.
Van
Leeuwen, 48, was a guitarist for A Perfect Circle, an alt-rock group
formed by Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan, before joining Queens of
the Stone Age in the early 2000s.
More recently, the rocker contributed to Chelsea Wolfe’s 2017 album “Hiss Spun.”
A home that hits the spot
Television personality Gordon Elliot, who
helms the cooking talk show “The Chew,” has paid full price and more
for an appetizing abode in the Outpost Estates neighborhood of Hollywood
Hills.
The
Spanish-style home was on the market for barely a month before the
reporter-producer bit at $3.84 million, or about $350,000 more than the
original asking price.
Showcasing an Old Hollywood feel, the two-story home was built in 1929 by developer Charles Toberman.
Floors
of tile, hardwood and brick line the 3,500-square-foot interior. Common
areas include a step-down living room and a dining room under vaulted
ceilings.
The kitchen, lit by a skylight, offers stainless-steel appliances and built-ins.
In
the master suite, among four bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms, there are a
fireplace and a wall of picture windows. A Juliet balcony overlooks the
yard below, where a brick patio surrounds a pool and spa.
Jeeb
O’Reilly and Tori Barnao of Douglass Elliman were the listing agents.
Roger Mansourian of Vantage Realty represented Elliot.
Born in England and raised in Australia, the 61-year-old Elliot worked in radio and TV news before pivoting to talk shows.
His
company Follow Productions, which he founded in 1999, has produced
shows such as “Paula Deen’s Home Cooking” and “Simply Wine With Andrea
Immer.”
Mata Hari ready to switch sides again
Asale
is pending on Mata Hari Ranch, the former Studio City home of actor
Robert Blake, which was listed for sale earlier this month for $2.995
million.
The 1930s
ranch-style residence is where Blake was living when his wife, Bonny Lee
Bakley, was fatally shot outside a Studio City restaurant in 2001 — a
crime the actor was accused of committing. He was eventually acquitted
of criminal charges in 2005 but found liable for Bakley’s wrongful death
in California civil court.
English
actress Alexandra Kingston bought the property from Blake in 2002 and
commissioned designer-to-the-stars Paul Hinckley to restore the main
house.
She sold the home a year later after having never moved in, The Times previously reported.
The updated home in the Colfax Meadows neighborhood makes the most of indoor-outdoor living.
Sliding glass doors open from the main house to a large covered pavilion with a fireplace.
Asaline
infinity-edge swimming pool, a wood-fired pizza oven, a waterfall spa
and a Zenstyle pond fill about a third of an acre of grounds. Bamboo
hedges and mature trees provide a natural privacy screen.
The
home has more than 5,000 square feet of living space, with vaulted
ceilings, exposed beams, a center-island kitchen, five bedrooms and 5.25
bathrooms. Also on the property is a two-story guesthouse that holds a
studio, office, gym and game room.
Michael Okun of Wish Sotheby’s International Realty holds the listing.
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