LOS ANGELES — In a celebrity connection straight outta the Westside, actor and martial artist Jean-Claude Van Damme sold his home in Marina del Rey to rapper-actor Ice Cube for $7.25 million.
The custom three-story with cityscape and ocean views came up for sale a year ago for about $10 million and was more recently priced at $7.949 million, records show. “The Muscles from Brussels,” as he is nicknamed, bought the house four years ago for $6 million.
Built in 2011, the 7,574-square-foot home contains knockout features: a home theater, a gym and a poured concrete-and-glass wine cellar. A glass-enclosed staircase and an elevator connect the levels.
Among common areas are a modern kitchen with a breakfast bar, a formal dining room and a living room with a wet bar. The master suite has a fireplace and his-and-hers bathrooms for a total of six bedrooms, 11 bathrooms and six fireplaces. Pocket doors off each level open to terrace patios overlooking the canal.
The rooftop deck with a swimming pool takes in 360-degree views. The 55-year-old Van Damme is known for his roles in “Until Death” (2007), “Double Impact” (1991) and “Bloodsport” (1988).
Cube, whose real name is O’Shea Jackson, has released 10 studio albums as a solo artist and as a member of the rap group N.W.A.
As an actor, the 46-year-old has appeared in such films as “Friday” (1995), “Barbershop” (2002) and “21 Jump Street” (2012).
An attraction decades old
The longtime Malibu home of late comedian Dick Martin and his wife, actress-model Dolly Read, is up for sale at $9.995 million. The beachfront home, found along Broad Beach on the western end of Malibu, was a gathering spot for celebrities and Hollywood elite after the couple bought the place more than four decades ago.
Built in 1946, the beach house sits on more than a third of an acre and has unobstructed ocean views and a courtyard filled with fountains, gardens and fruit trees. A wood-plank walkway leads directly from the home to the sand.
side, the cozy layout has a classic coastal look with brick accents, open-beam ceilings and rows of glass doors. A cook’s kitchen, a breakfast nook and a living room with fireplace are among the features in the 2,551 square feet of interiors.
Upstairs, the master suite has a fireplace, a wall of built-in bookshelves and glass doors that open to an ocean-view patio.
There are three bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms on the property, including a self-contained guesthouse.
Martin, who died in 2008 at 86, was co-host of the popular “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” from the late 1960s to the early ’70s. Read, 71, starred in the 1970 film “Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.” She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month in May 1966.
Spoofing aside in Brentwood
Film director Jerry Zucker, who brought audiences such classic spoof films as “Airplane!” and “The Naked Gun,” has listed his longtime Brentwood mansion for sale at a no-fooling-around price of $16.5 million.
TextThe traditional-style home, designed by Santa Monica architect John Byers, was built in 1939. The gray house, with black shutters and red-brick patios and walkways, was expanded to 10,000 square feet by White House interior designer Michael S. Smith. Columns on the front veranda flank a red front door. Set on 1.6 acres, the living space includes formal living and dining rooms, a mahogany-paneled library, a theater and a guesthouse. There are six bedrooms, eight full bathrooms and four powder rooms.
Mature trees encircle the grounds, which feature a swimming pool, an outdoor fireplace and a paddle-tennis court. Zucker, 66, was also executive producer of the 1982 television series “Police Squad!” and wrote and produced the 1984 film “Top Secret!” The property last changed hands in 1990 for $4.125 million.
