Sandra Bullock Buys Beverly Hills Estate Home

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Oscar-winner Sandra Bullock has bought a Beverly Hills-area estate for $22.95 million, the Multiple Listing Service shows.

Set on more than 4 park-like acres, the stately two-story house looks more East Coast than Westside. The main house, built in 1940, has a screening room, a library, a basement, five bedrooms and seven bathrooms.

Late last year, Hard Rock Cafe co-founder Peter Morton sold the property for $15.5 million, according to public records, meaning that Bullock paid 48 percent more than the current owner did.

Bullock, 46, won a lead actress Oscar for "The Blind Side" (2009), in which her character warns a thug: "I'm in a prayer group with the D.A., I'm a member of the NRA, and I'm always packin'."

The actress will star in the 2012 films "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" and "Gravity." Her earlier work includes "Crash" (2004), "Miss Congeniality" (2000) and "While You Were Sleeping" (1995).

The actress, who owns properties in several states, did not respond to a request for comment.

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Guess Who's Selling His Home?

Armand Marciano, a Guess co-founder and executive, has put his Beverly Hills Post Office-area estate up for sale at $63 million.

Set on close to 20 acres, the Mediterranean-style mansion has 30,000 square feet of space in three stories including an elevator, eight fireplaces, seven bedrooms and 18 bathrooms. The staff quarters have three more bedrooms. The garage can park 17 cars.

The grounds feature a mosaic-tiled swimming pool, a pool house, an outdoor kitchen with a pizza oven, a tennis court and pavilion, orchards and fountains.

Marciano co-created the Guess brand of jeans with his brothers in the early 1980s. Its extended line of apparel is sold worldwide.

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Barry Hacienda is on the Market

The longtime Beverly Hills home of actor Gene Barry has come on the market at $5,995,000.

The Spanish-style hacienda, built in 1927, retains the original painted beams in the living room.

Nearly 7,000 square feet of living space includes seven bedrooms, five bathrooms and maid's quarters with a bathroom in the main house and a one-bedroom, one-bathroom guesthouse.

The main house, on more than one-third of an acre, opens up to a swimming pool.

Barry, who died at 90 in 2009, was known to television audiences for his role as Bat Masterson in the western series "Legendary Lawman" (1958-61) and the title role in "Burke's Law" (1963-66). He starred in the 1953 film "The War of the Worlds" and appeared in the 2005 remake.

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Nothing Medium About This Place

Producer Glenn Gordon Caron and his wife, actress Tina Caron, have sold their Pacific Palisades residence for $5.69 million.

The gated estate, built in 2002, is in the Palisades Riviera neighborhood. Surrounded by Italian-inspired gardens, the Mediterranean house opens to a courtyard with a fireplace, bar and grill.

The master bedroom suite has an ocean-view balcony, an outdoor lounge and dual bathrooms with indoor and outdoor showers.

The 5,840-square-foot house has five bedrooms and five bathrooms, plus a chilled wine room, a home theater and a rooftop observatory.

Glenn Caron created, wrote and produced "Medium" (2005-11), in which Tina Caron was a recurring guest star. In the 1980s he created and produced the hit romantic comedy "Moonlighting," starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd.

The Carons bought the house in 2005 for $4.75 million, according to public records.

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Saying So Long to the Hills

Actor Jason Statham of "The Transporter" movies has listed his contemporary house in the Hollywood Hills for sale at $2,749,000.

The post-and-beam house has floor-to-ceiling glass walls at the back that open to a pool area. The 1957 house has three bedrooms and three bathrooms.

Statham, 43, stars in this year's films "Blitz" and "The Mechanic" and was a voice in "Gnomeo & Juliet." He starred last year in "The Expendables."

Public records indicate Statham bought the property in 2005 for $2.4 million.

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Following the Home Team

Pro hockey player Brad Stuart and his wife, Melissa, have sold their Manhattan Beach home for $2.1 million, the MLS shows.

The 2006 Mediterranean-style house has a sweeping staircase, five bedrooms and five bathrooms.

Stuart, 31, played for the L.A. Kings before he was traded to the Detroit Red Wings in time to help them win the 2008 Stanley Cup.

He bought the property in 2007 for $2,564,500.

June Emerson of South Bay Brokers was the listing agent, according to the MLS.

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