Not unlike Saul Steinberg's famous 1976 New Yorker magazine cover illustration called "View of the World From 9th Avenue," there are those who see the Westside of Los Angeles as the center of the universe -- and every place else is, well, elsewhere.
Now, we're not saying that Tom Arnold is one of those people. But the comedic actor has put his Tarzana home of less than two years on the market for $2,275,000. Why? He says the 4,250-square-foot house is just "too much house for one man." Shall we take wagers on whether he winds up back on the Westside?
His Tarzana place is in the exclusive area south of Ventura Boulevard, and it has five bedrooms and four bathrooms. Mediterranean in style, the house has hardwood floors and a granite-countered cook's kitchen. The master bedroom's features include cathedral ceilings and a fireplace. The half-acre property is gated and private. There's also a large swimming pool and an outdoor patio area for entertaining.
Arnold moved from his Beverly Hills-area home in late 2006. He paid $1.95 million for the Tarzana house.
And the house indeed may be too big for him, especially since he says he's hardly home.
His film "Gardens of the Night," with John Malkovich, hits theaters in September, followed by "The Year of Getting to Know Us" with Sharon Stone, Jimmy Fallon and Lucy Liu in October.
Arnold, 49, and Roseanne Barr divorced in 1994. His second marriage, to makeup artist Julie Champnella, also ended in divorce. Ex-wife No. 3, Shelby Roos Arnold of WEA Realty, Beverly Hills, is the listing agent.
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Laurel Canyon just got hotter
Hottie up-and-coming movie actor Channing Tatum of "Step Up" and "Stop-Loss" fame recently bought a Laurel Canyon property described on the Multiple Listing Service as a "Balinese treehouse in paradise." He paid $2,595,000 for the three-bedroom, three-bathroom home that was listed at $3.4 million, according to public records.
The 2,538-square-foot main house has an open floor plan and a bonus floor below that would work nicely as a gym or screening room.
A curving teak staircase leads to the second-floor master suite, which has floor-to-ceiling windows and wraparound terraces overlooking the mountains and canyons. The 12-foot pitched wood-and-beam ceilings in the suite add to the treehouse feel. There is a separate guesthouse.
Tatum, a model turned hip-hop dancer turned actor, gained a fan base from his stint on "So You Think You Can Dance."
