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'Avengers,' 'Captain America' Star Chris Evans Wins Bid for Hollywood Home" alt="'Avengers,' 'Captain America' Star Chris Evans Wins Bid for Hollywood Home" />

By Rob Bear Hunky movie star Chris Evans -- perhaps best known as Captain America -- paid some $3.52 million for a recently renovated midcentury ranch in the Laurel Canyon neighborhood of the Hollywood Hills. The 4,600-square-foot house was purchased by a flipper in June for $1.9 million. That owner completely ... Continue Reading »

'Spiky' N.Y. Mansion Built by Dansk Founders Listed for $5.5 Million (House of the Day)" alt="'Spiky' N.Y. Mansion Built by Dansk Founders Listed for $5.5 Million (House of the Day)" />

By Sarah Firshein When Theodore and Marsha Nierenberg, founders of the Scandinavian tabletop firm Dansk International Designs, needed to build a house atop their scenic, 22-acre slice of land in Armonk, N.Y., they knew just who to turn to: Jens Quistgaard, Dansk's chief designer, who was game for the task of putting ... Continue Reading »

Own a Castle in Tennessee for $4.85 Million (House of the Day)" alt="Own a Castle in Tennessee for $4.85 Million (House of the Day)" />

By Sarah Firshein There's more than one castle in Johnson City, Tenn., but few boast the travails as the one formerly owned by local car dealer Steve Grindstaff. Using using Spain's Palacio de la Magdalena as inspiration, Grindstaff spent more than a decade building the mansion -- he "always dreamed of being a ... Continue Reading »

Vince Vaughn Buys 'Mundane' California Home for $3.9 Million (House of the Day)" alt="Vince Vaughn Buys 'Mundane' California Home for $3.9 Million (House of the Day)" />

By Amy Schellenbaum Comedic actor Vince Vaughn ("Wedding Crashers," "Anchorman," "Dodgeball") has picked up what is perhaps Southern California's least offensive, unobtrusive and numbingly traditional house: a five-bedroom Colonial he bought for $3.925 million. Though once noted as one of the priciest listings in ... Continue Reading »

Katy Perry Lists L.A. Manse She Never Lived In With Russell Brand (House of the Day)" alt="Katy Perry Lists L.A. Manse She Never Lived In With Russell Brand (House of the Day)" />

By Amy Schellenbaum Back in summer 2011, newlyweds Katy Perry and Russell Brand dropped $6.5 million on a cavernous compound in Los Angeles, complete with coffered ceilings, huge fireplaces, and a stone-walled foyer. Ever since the couple's divorce last year, pop princess and "Teenage Dream" Perry has been trying to ... Continue Reading »