Olivia Newton John Sells Malibu Home

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Olivia Newton John has done her share of moving around Malibu, CA and now that the singer-actress from Down Under has sold the home she had listed most recently at $11,495,000, she's on the move again, according to local real estate sources.

It took the singer about a year to sell her home, but then it went for more than $10-million, the sources said.

It is Mediterranean in style and has four-bedrooms and seven-bathrooms in 6,400 square feet.  The home is also a compound on nearly 1.3 acres.  Besides the main house, there is a two-bedroom guesthouse plus a pool and spa on the property.  

The home, in a gated community, was previously owned by the widow of actor Charles Bronson, and singer Britney Spears was a neighbor.

The buyers were identified as Patrick Kevin Morris, an entertainment lawyer, and his wife Gaby Morgerman, a senior vice president at the William Morris Agency.


Newton-John, 60, costarred with John Travolta in the movie "Grease", and she has won four Grammy Awards.  Among the songs she made famous are "Physical", "Hopelessly Devoted to You" and "You're the one that I want".

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Tatiana Golovin, a rising star in tennis who has been sidelined this past year with back problems, has put her Miami condo on the market at $1.3-million.

Golovin, a 20-year old French citizen born in Russia, spent years in Florida, training at the well-known tennis camp of Nick Bollettieri, but last year, Golovin's back problems forced her to drop out of the U.S. Open and the Olympics.  Because she made fewer visits to Miami, it made little sense to keep the condo and so it was listed for sale.



It is in a 46-story tower on Brickell Key, a triangular island on Biscayne Bay.  The 2,300 square foot unit has three-bedroom, three-bathrooms and a powder room.  It also has marble floors and a wrap around balcony.  The tower has a concierge, a pool, a gym and tennis courts.

Polly Schiff of Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate has the listing.

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If you suffer from mansion mania and just can't get you fill of houses with double-digit asking prices, get a gander at the following homes that have come on the market since the decline of Wall Street.



One belongs to Louis Gonda, the billionaire whose American International Group Inc. collapsed, leaving Gonda with a Beverly Hills Georgian-style home listed at $42-million.  Gonda lowered the price to $35-million.  Zach Goldsmith of Hilton & Hyland in Beverly Hills has the listing.

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Then there was the $13.75 million listing of a Greenwich, Conn. mansion owned by Scott Freidheim, former chief administrative officer at Lehman Brothers.

Freidheim had purchased the house for $12.4 million in November.  The house was connected with Freidheim's move to Chicago, where he is now executive vice president for operations and support at Sears Holdings Corp.  His real estate agent is Joe Barbieri of Sotheby's International Realty.

Finally, Joe Gregory, former president of Lehman, is selling a Bridgehampton, N.Y., home for $32.5 million.  Gregory bought the home for $19-million in January 2007. 

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Back to Malibu and some single digits....Cheech Marin, half of the comedic duo known as "Cheech & Chong", has reduced the $3.9-million asking price on his Malibu house to $2.95-million.

The 3,400-square foot home has four-bedrooms, 3.5-bathrooms, three fireplaces, a spa, a steam shower, ocean views and beach access.

"Cheech & Chong" parted ways in the mid-1980s, but Cheech, 62, went on to appear regularly on TV.  He was in "Lost," "Grey's Anatomy," "Judging Amy" and "Nash Bridges".  "Cheech & Chong" also recently started touring together again.

Jack Pritchett of Pritchett-Rapf & Associates, Malibu, has the listing.

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Luc Robitaille, the retired hockey star, and Stacia, his singer wife, who is also a record producer, have sold their traditional style Westwood home for $3.4 million.  The asking price had been $3.5 million.

The 4,518-square foot house has five-bedrooms, 4.5-bathrooms, hardwood floors, crown moldings and a dining room with a bay window. The master suite has a fireplace, two walk-in closets, and a spa tub.

The home has a pool, sports court and hardscape hockey rink, which is in the backyard.

Robitaille, 42, sold his Westwood home in one day, real estate sources said.

The hockey star set the NHL record for most goals and total points scored by a left wing.  He retired in 2006 after playing for the Los Angeles Kings, Pittsburgh Penguins, New York Rangers and Detroit Red Wings.  Stacia Robitaille is a founder of Raystone Records.

John Hathorn and Charles Pence of Pence Hathorn Silver Realty Coldwell Banker on Montana in Santa Monica had the listing.  Janice Reihani, of Nelson Shelton & Associates of Beverly Hills represented the buyer.

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Remember Toni Grant, the KABC radio personality and psychologist of the '70s and '80s in Los Angeles?

Grant has listed her West Hollywood pied-a-terre at just under $3.5-million.  The one-bedroom unit has two-bathrooms in 3.455 square feet, and Grant claims to have "spectacular city views from every window".

The unit also has an open floor plan with a wet bar, a kitchen with four ovens and four dishwashers, a rooftop pool and sun deck, and a 24-hour security and concierge service.

Joyce Rey of Coldwell Banker, Beverly Hills East office, has the listing.

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Christian Lacroix, the fashion designer, has listed his Paris apartment at just about $2.6-million.

The 2,150 square foot apartment, in the chic Marais District, is a 17th century building near the Picasso Museum.

The unit has an upper floor with public rooms designed around an interior patio of nearly 200 square feet and a lower floor with four-bedrooms.  There is a mezzanine library with 13-foot tall ceilings.  The bathrooms and kitchen have been refurbished.

Lacroix has already purchased another apartment in the same neighborhood, said listing agent Xavier Attal of Paris-based Immo Best International Properties. 

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