Welcome to Hollywood!

Yesterday, we spent part of our day off by heading to Hollywood and Highland, home of many famous sites including the Kodak Theatre (home of the Oscars), Grauman's Chinese Theater, and the Hollywood Walk of Fame, in addition to many other sites.

 

After checking out some of these sites, we went into full tourist mode and decided to go on a Movie Star Home's tour.


First "celebrity" home on the tour...this one is for you Tom so I hope you're reading...Lauren Conrad.  This is the house that she lived in while filming The Hills (unfortunately, she no longer lives here, but don't worry Tom, I am working on finding her new place :)

This residence in the Hollywood Hills is home to Bob Barker.  

 

Next stop....Beverly Hills 90210!

Can you guess who lives in this house?

It's Simon Cowell's Beverly Hills home.  Apparently, he purchased the property from Jennifer Lopez but wasn't satisfied with the existing house so he had it demolished and built this house in it's place.

This next house is the current residence of Dr. Phil.  However, it looks like Dr. Phil does not plan on living here much longer because the house is currently listed on the market for $16.5 million.

The house below is the former residence of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne.  This is the house that they lived in during their run on The Osbournes on MTV.  It is currently the residence of Christina Aguilera.  

The next house is currently on the market for $29 million.  It is the home where Michael Jackson was living when he passed away last year. 

The tour showcased several other homes, including those of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, Lindsay Lohan, Larry King, Orlando Bloom, Matthew Perry, and Charlize Theron as well as the former homes of Nicholas Cage, Jennifer Lopez and Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston.  Unfortunately, we couldn't always get close enough for a good photo or sometimes, all you could see were the tops of the homes (I guess I'll have to grab a star map and head out to find these (and other) places again on my own in an attempt to get better photos!).  This was exactly the case when the most expensive piece of real estate currently for sale was pointed out to us.  The home is currently on the market for $150 million. That's right $150 MILLION!!  It is 56,500 sq ft and features 14 bedrooms and are you ready for this...27 bathrooms!  Can you guess who calls this place home?  Since I wasn't able to get any photos, you'll have to check out the listing information to find out!

Finally, here are some shots of Los Angeles from a lookout on Mullholland Drive.