Every now and then, along comes a well-born and usually quite beautiful gal who at a young and dewy age comes to epitomize the uber-chic intersection between New York City’s nitty gritty downtown art world and uptown high society denizens. In the mid- to late-1960s that female flower of downtown freaky meets uptown money was Jane Holzer (nee Brukenfeld).
SELLER: Mel Gibson LOCATION: Malibu, CA PRICE: $14,500,000 SIZE: 5,403 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms YOUR MAMAS NOTES: Thanks to Malibu Mary Your Mama has learned that two-time Oscar winning actor Mel Gibson recently listed his long-time family compound in Malee – boo’s guard-gated Serra Retreat community with an asking price of $14,500,000 . Back in the 1980s and 90s, mouthy Mister Gibson earned mammoth mountains of money for making movies like Braveheart , Ransom , Payback and, of course, the Lethal Weapon franchise
SELLER: Rush Limbaugh LOCATION: Fifth Avenue, New York, NY PRICE: $13,950,000 SIZE: 4,661 square feet, 4 bedrooms, 5.5 bathrooms YOUR MAMAS NOTES: Last spring, right wing radio talk show blowhard Rush Limbaugh made a big stink about selling his New York City apartment due to what he called, “stupid, punitive, and massive tax increases” put into place by outgoing and unpopular New York governor David Patterson. There were few New Yorkers–and certainly none Your Mama knows–who publicly mourned the potential loss of the proudly vitriolic shit stirrer
SELLER: Mike Ovitz LOCATION: Los Angeles, CA PRICE: $8,500,000 SIZE: 8,339 square feet, 7 bedrooms, 7 full and 2 half bathrooms YOUR MAMAS NOTES: In early December of 2008, former talent agent and former Hollywood power player Mike Ovitz listed his Los Angeles, CA house with an asking price of $14,500,000 . By the tail end February of 2009 the property had been, according to the peeps at Redfin , de -listed
…From an informant we’ll call Buhneeda Beansouttathebag that the whispers and murmurs that have been circulating and slipping down the real estate grapevine for many months about decorator du jour Kelly Wearstler and her property developer huzband Brad Korzen wanting to sell there recently rehabbed Beverly Hills house are true.
