Spielberg's Malibu home sells for $26 million - The Salinas Californian
Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg has sold his oceanfront compound in Malibu for $26 million in an off-market deal that played out outside of the Multiple Listing Service. The Craftsman-inspired main house, built in 1992, spans two stories with formal living and dining rooms, seven bedrooms and 10 bathrooms in 7,237 square feet of living space. In recent years, the home was floated as a summer lease for $125,000 a month. ” He has twice won an Academy Award for best director — for “Schindler’s List” (1993) and “Saving Private Ryan” (1998). Among Spielberg’s upcoming projects is “Bridge of Spies,” due out later this year. English director-screenwriter James Dearden, whose credits include the 1987 thriller “Fatal Attraction,” and his wife, actress Annabel Brooks, have listed their home in Los Angeles’ Beverly Crest section for sale at $6. 795 million. Offered for lease in recent years at $25,000 to $30,000 a month, the gated estate sits back from the street on more than half an acre above Benedict Canyon. Built in the 1940s and recently remodeled, the Art Deco-inspired residence has polished stone floors, raised ceilings, wrought-iron details, a media room and a center-island kitchen. Source: www.thecalifornian.com
