Leonardo DiCaprio, who has been renting a home in Montreal this summer while filming the Martin Scorsese-directed film "Aviator," has purchased a Hollywood Hills house for close to $4 million. It was not on the market.
The home has three bedrooms, a den and two fireplaces in 4,500 square feet. The gated property also has city views.
The traditional-style home was built in the late 1930s and recently remodeled. It has nearly an acre of grounds with a pool.
DiCaprio has starred in such films as "Gangs of New York" (2002), "Catch Me If You Can" (2002), "The Beach" (1999), "The Man in the Iron Mask" (1998) and "Titanic" (1997). The actor, 28, was born in Hollywood and grew up in Los Feliz.
Kurt Rappaport of Westside Estate Agency, Beverly Hills, represented the seller, local real estate sources said.
'O.C.' star settles in L.A. County
Peter Gallagher, who plays Mandy Moore's dad in the recently released movie "How to Deal," has leased an oceanfront home on The Strand in Manhattan Beach at $10,000 a month for six months while he is in town filming his new series, Fox's "The O.C." The actor and his wife, Paula, live in New York City.
The house they are leasing was known as the home of the Beach Boys when they lived on The Strand. It was built in 1930 when Manhattan Beach was known primarily as a vacation spot.
The house, leased furnished, has three bedrooms and 2 1/2 bathrooms in 2,500 square feet. It also has a living room with a fireplace and a formal dining room. The house was recently remodeled to take advantage of the beach views.
Restaurants and shops are within walking distance, and Gallagher's new workplace, at Manhattan Studios, is also nearby. "The O.C.," starring the 47-year-old actor as an idealistic lawyer, is being filmed there.
Ed Kaminsky of Sherwood Realtors, Manhattan Beach, represented the actor in the lease.
Clippers rookie scores first home
Chris Wilcox, a rookie and power forward with the L.A. Clippers, has become a first-time home buyer with his purchase of a newly built house in Playa Vista for slightly more than $1 million.
The two-story house has three bedrooms and 2 1/2 bathrooms in more than 2,000 square feet.
Wilcox, 20, was selected as the No. 8 overall pick by the Clippers in the 2002 draft. At the University of Maryland, the forward helped his team win the NCAA championship. He left Maryland after his second year and signed a three-year $6.1-million contract with the Clippers.
