Tudor stars called home
The cachet continued through the decades when the acre-plus estate was owned by Vanderbilt scion Shirley Burden and, later, business titan Walter Annenberg. During the early 2000s, it was home to former “it” couple Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt, who added a private screening room.

Can a luxury listing be hijacked?
Jockeying for attention across 38,000 square feet are 12 bedrooms, 21 bathrooms, three kitchens, 130 artworks, a 40-seat movie theater, a$30-million fleet of exotic cars, two wine cellars stocked with champagne, a four-lane bowling alley and a candy room filled with towering cylinders of sweets.

Rock legend goes his own way
The couple purchased the double-lot property in 2004 for $6.6 million and had the estate custom built. Kristen Buckingham, who has her own design firm, handled the interiors, which blend Old World and traditional elements with a range of modern comforts.

Design beauty rooted in films
Southern California architect Wallace Neff has been widely credited with creating what became known as the California style. Drawing inspiration from Mediterranean and Spanish designs, his mansions were homes to the rich and famous in a variety of Los Angeles communities.

His kitchen is the happiest place on Earth
It may be hard to imagine a clan as iconic as the Disneys sitting down to a regular family dinner, but Tim Disney remembers many hospitable meals at the home of his grandparents, whom he called “these sweet, direct, loving, beautiful, Middle American people, in the best sense of the word.