For a cool $135 million, you too could live on this historic 42,500-sq.-ft. estate in a ritzy Dallas subdivision 
 
 An exclusive Dallas mansion has become the most expensive property for sale in the U.S., with a whopping $135 million price tag. 
 
 The Crespi-Hicks Estate boasts a five-story main residence, three-story pool house and two-story guesthouse, altogether offering 42,500 sq. ft. of living space across 25 acres of manicured land. 
 
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 Currently belonging to multimillionaire sports fanatic Tom Hicks — former owner of the Dallas Stars, Texas Rangers and Liverpool FC — the property includes a mirrored Art Deco bar, gym, tennis court, rose and vegetable gardens as well as a floorwide home theater. 
 
 It’s a property that’s moved the agent handling the sale, Douglas Newby, to heights of prose rarely seen in real estate advertising. “I have watched men stand up straighter in the presence of such powerful architecture and women become softer, even lovelier, in the presence of perfect proportions and subtle refinement,” he writes in the property’s listing. “One can just imagine the number of influential people from around the world who have had a drink in this bar or how this expressive space fueled conga lines dancing through the home in the 1940s and 1950s.” 
 
 The house sits within the ultra-elite Mayflower Estates neighborhood, also home to former President George W. Bush and Laura Bush, and was originally commissioned by Italian Count Pio Crespi. Hicks, formerly included in the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans, spent up to $100 million in restoration costs when he bought the property 16 years ago. 
 
 And despite an estimated 700,000 home repossessions across the U.S. last year, the luxury market has fared somewhat better; plenty of plush residences sold in 2012 for substantial prices. That’s not to say there haven’t been casualties: construction of the world’s largest home, belonging to timeshare mogul David Siegel and his beauty queen wife Jackie, stalled because of the recession. 
 
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 By Sarah Fitzmaurice 
 
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 Spokesperson confirmed split ending 14 year relationship yesterday 
 
 French star looked at series of properties in Beverly Hills on May 23 
 
 Johnny was seen boarding a jet to New Mexico alone two weeks ago 
 
 
 
 They were said to have been living separate lives from months before it was finally confirmed that Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis had split. 
 
 
 
 And while the break up was only confirmed yesterday it seems that the French singer was preparing to move on and move out weeks ago. 
 
 
 
 Vanessa, 39, was seen house hunting at a number of plush properties in Beverly Hills at the end of May. 
 
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 Looking glum: Vanessa Paradis was spotted house hunting in Beverly Hills on May 23, just weeks before her split from Johnny Depp was confirmed 
 
 The Café de Flore star visited a number of properties with price tags of between $7million and $11million. 
 
 Vanessa appeared glum as she looked around the properties on May 23 and there was no mistaking the strain of the relationship breakdown has taken its toll. 
 
 
 
 The actress, singer and model was dressed in a floppy hat and had a blue and red printed kaftan over a grey blouse. 
 
 
 
 Life without Johnny: The 39-year-old singer, actress and model was casually dressed as she looked at the expensive properties 
 
 Lush home: The French star was seen looking at a number of properties in Malibu and Beverly Hills including this seven bedroom home which is listed at $7,995,000 
 
 She was also wearing a pair of loose-fitting grey trousers which were rolled up. 
 
 
 
 The French star was seen looking at a number of properties in Malibu and Beverly Hills including a seven bedroom home which is listed at $7,995,000. 
 
 The home boasts 7,580 square feet, eight separate bathrooms, media and game rooms, a wet and a dry saunas, a pool and spa. 
 
 Vanessa was also seen looking at a six bedroom home which cost a cool $10,995,000. 
 
 
 
 The master bedroom offers two separate baths, two terraces and a study and the property also has a separate guest house. 
 
 With Johnny visit: The actress is now starting a new life without her former partner Depp after their 14-year relationship ended 
 
 Who lives in a house like this: Vanessa has been looking for a home that she can share with the couple's two children Lily-Rose, 13, and Jack, nine. Will this $7,495,000 pad fit the bill? 
 
 The actress will no doubt be wanting to make sure any property she moves in to is suitable for her children with De pp - Lily-Rose, 13, and Jack, nine. 
 
 Two weeks ago, Depp,49, was seen cutting a lonely figure as he hopped onto a jet on his way to New Mexico. 
 
 As late as last month the Pirates of the Caribbean star had denied there was any rift between himself and Vanessa, despite reports stating that they were living separate lives dating back to January. 
 
 A source told The Sun last night: 'It’s so sad. Johnny and Vanessa gambled that they could move to California and be on long stays on film locations for his career. 
 
 Flying solo: Johnny Depp was seen boarding a private jet to New Mexico two weeks ago. He and Vanessa are said to have been living separate lives for months 
 
 Tough time: Johnny has not been seen at a public event with Vanessa since 2010 'They bet that things would continue there as they had in the south of France. They lost that bet. 
 
 
 
 JOHNNY DEPP AND VANESSA PARADIS: A TIMELINE 
 
 1998 - Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis start dating after meeting at the Costes Hotel in Paris May 1999 - The couple welcome their first child together, daughter Lily-Rose 
 
 April 2002 - Depp and Paradis extend their family when son Jack is born 
 
 2003 - Depp says in an interview he wants his children to grow up in France, not Los Angeles, so they can 'have a life' 
 
 2004 - Depp says he wants to 'have 100 children with Vanessa', and reveals fatherhood has given their partnership 'a real foundation' 
 
 2007 - Lily-Rose admitted to hospital after suffering from E.coli food poisoning. Reports claim their daughter's illness has 'spurred' Depp and Paradis to consider marrying 
 
 March 2010 - Claims suggest Paradis asked Depp to quit movie The Tourist because of his sex scene with co-star Angelina Jolie 
 
 2010 - Paradis says in an interview that the pair's relationship works because they 'give each other space' 
 
 January 2012 - Reports emerge that the pair are 'heading for a split' and are 'living sad and separate lives' 
 
 April 2012 - Depp romantically linked to The Rum Diaries co-star Amber Heard 
 
 May 2012 - Depp publicly denies split 
 
 19th June 2012 - Depp and Paradis' publicist confirms they have split 
 
 
 
 'She went seven years between albums and films, while he became Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates films.' 
 
 Reasons for the split have ranged from career obligations pulling them apart to claims Depp had a fling with his Rum Diaries co-star Amber Heard. 
 
 The blonde bombshell, who came out as bi-sexual in 2010, was seen boarding Johnny's private jet to Las Vegas in April, fuelling rumours of a relationship between the co-stars. 
 
 
 
 Yesterday Depp's publicist confirmed the split in a statement that read: 'Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis have amicably separated. Please respect their privacy and, more importantly, the privacy of their children.' 
 
 The news Johnny Depp is now single will spark hope in many females across the globe, hoping they can have a shot with the Hollywood heartthrob. 
 
 
 
 Lily Cooper, nee Allen, took to Twitter and posted: 'FFS , Johnny Depp is single, and i’m married ? *calls divorce lawyer*' 
 
 She added: 'only joking I love my husband more than words can say.” 
 
 
 
 Depp, 48, and Vanessa, 39, got together in 1998 when they met in the Costes Hotel in Paris while he was filming the Roman Polanski film The Ninth Gate. 
 
 He had had a high-profile engagement to Winona Ryder and a long-term relationship with Kate Moss and she had just come out of a relationship with French-Slovenian actor Stanislas Merhar, having been reportedly previously engaged to singer Lenny Kravitz. 
 
 
 
 A year after they got together, Depp and Paradis's first child, daughter Lily-Rose Melody, was born, followed by their son John 'Jack' Christopher in 2002. 
 
 
 
 In 2007, the family were in London when Lily-Rose fell ill with a serious E.coli infection that caused her kidneys to start shutting down and she was rushed to Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital. 
 
 So grateful was Depp for the care and attention the staff gave his daughter that in November 2007 he visited in his Pirates of the Caribbean character Jack Sparrow to visit the patients and the following year he donated £1million to the hospital. 
 
 
 
 Depp is worth an estimated $300million and the family have divided their time between their homes in Meudon, in the suburbs of Paris, two in Los Angeles, an island he bought in The Bahamas and their villa in Le Plan-de-la-Tour, a small town 20 km from Saint-Tropez, in the south of France. 
 
 In happier times: Vanessa and Johnny at a Chanel Party in May 2010 ||||| The royal fairy tale continues for Kate and Will now that they've decided where their permanent home will be. In late 2013 they're moving into the well-appointed Apartment 1-A at Kensington Palace, formerly the home of the late Princess Margaret. 
 
 The royal couple need a larger home in order to carry on their royal entertaining duties, and the 4-story, 20-room apartment with its own private garden should fit the bill nicely, especially once the renovation is complete. Naturally a royal nursery is part of the plan. La-ti-da, commoners! 
 
 Of course, here in America, that's considered just a shack compared with our own celebrity digs. Heck, we rent bigger mansions just for our reality television stars, like the 9-bedroom mansion rented for American Idol finalists last spring. 
 
 Please, isn't Kensington 1-A about the same size as Suri Cruise's $100,000 tree house? Okay, I may be exaggerating a wee bit. But compare that with the 19-bedroom, 51,657-square-foot Connecticut mansion 50 Cent has been trying to unload. That crib has not one but two snooker rooms in case his snooker parties get so big there's overflow. 
 
 America's Prince of baseball, Derek Jeter, recently bought a 31,000-square-foot home in Tampa, Florida. He needs lots of room for the zero children he and his girlfriend Minka Kelly have, clearly. At least Eddie Murphy has kids to fill his 40,000-square-foot house, as do David and Victoria Beckham, who rent Steven Spielberg's Malibu mansion in addition to the 13,000-square-foot home they own in Beverly Hills. Private walled garden? Celine Dion has a water park in her backyard. 
 
 But all of these houses are nothing compared with Candy Spelling's ca-razy 56,500-square-foot-home, which she recently sold to heiress and socialite Petra Ecclestone for $85 million. The 123-room mansion holds the record as the largest house in Los Angeles County. BIG! We do love the monster mansions here in the States. 
 
 I will say this, though. We may rule in square footage but there's something Kensington Palace has that all of these mansions lack: good taste. 
 
 If you had money to burn, would you go for a monster mansion or would you sacrifice size for taste? 
 
 Image via Splash News ||||| Hollywood may be the hotbed for entertainment, but many celebrities prefer to spend their summers on the east coast. 
 
 Dottie Herman of Douglas Elliman Real Estate showed ET Susan Lucci's estate that's worth nearly $20 million. 
 
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 The veteran actress is now selling the Hamptons home she built from scratch. The property includes seven bedrooms, seven bathrooms and sits on 1.4 acres of beachfront land. 
 
 "From every room in this home you can see the ocean," Dottie told ET. "It's probably a little under 11,000 square feet." 
 
 Quiet neighbors are an added bonus, as Katie Holmes knows. The actress rented a place nearby to lay low after her divorce from Tom Cruise. 
 
 "Everyone respects your privacy," Dottie said. 
 
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 Richard Gere's Hampton retreat -- complete with hardwood, 12 bedrooms and lots of light -- goes for about $47 million. 
 
 Watch the video for more. ||||| After years of “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia,” Jan is finally having her moment in the sun. Actress-painter Eve Plumb of “The Brady Bunch” fame has sold her home in Malibu for $3.9 million after decades of ownership. 
 
 Though she played the part of awkward middle child to a T on the sitcom, it appears the actress was quite savvy away from the set. An 11-year-old Plumb, with the help of her parents, bought the oceanfront property in 1969 for just $55,300. 
 
 Sitting at the south end of Escondido Beach, the 1950s cottage returned to market earlier this year with plans for an ultramodern residence designed by Meis Architects, designer of the Staples Center, among other venues. 
 
 Renderings that accompanied the listing showed a cantilevered design with walls of floor-to-ceiling glass, a retractable “moon roof” and two-story garage wrapped in perforated metal. In all, the proposed home would have three bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms in 3,500 square feet of space. 
 
 The Malibu home of Eve Plumb relisted earlier this year with renderings for a new home designed by Meis Architects and sold in late June for $3.9 million. (Deasy/Penner & Partners) (Deasy/Penner & Partners) 
 
 Currently, the flat-roofed bungalow has three bedrooms and 1.75 bathrooms in 850 square feet of space. An expansive deck wraps the exterior of the home, taking in the wide, sandy beach. 
 
 The property was most recently listed for sale at $4.15 million. 
 
 Brian Linder and William Baker of Deasy Penner & Partners were the listing agents. Faren Horn of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage represented the buyer. 
 
 Plumb, 58, has television credits that also include “The Love Boat,” “Fantasy Island” and “Fudge.” She appeared in the television special “Grease: Live” earlier this year. 
 
 Beaming out of the ’bu 
 
 Actor Brent Spiner, known for his role as Lt. Cmdr. Data on “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” has set his phaser to sell. He’s put his home in Malibu’s Point Dume area on the market for $10.995 million. 
 
 Set behind gates and surrounded by palms and lush landscaping, the ocean-view estate is reached by a winding drive. A vine-wrapped loggia, fountains and intimate garden settings add an Old World ambiance to the Spanish-style home built in 1960. 
 
 The park-like estate on more than an acre in Malibu's Point Dume includes access to Riviera Beach 3. (Realtor.com) (Realtor.com) 
 
 Some 5,000 square feet of living space, with beamed ceilings and artful Malibu tile risers, includes a formal living and dining area with a fireplace, a chef’s kitchen with butcher-block countertops and a study/office. French doors off the family room open to the grounds. 
 
 Three bedrooms and four bathrooms include an ocean-view master suite complete with a vintage bathroom, a fireplace and a private deck. An additional office/bonus space sits above the two-car garage. 
 
 A swimming pool has a beach entry, a spa and a waterfall feature to complete the coastal setting. 
 
 Christopher Cortazzo of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage holds the listing. 
 
 Spiner, 67, appeared on “Star Trek: The Next Generation” from 1987 to 1994 plus four franchise motion pictures. His more recent credits include the summer blockbuster “Independence Day: Resurgence” and the Cinemax series “Outcast.” 
 
 He bought the house nearly two decades ago for $4.55 million, records show. 
 
 Making room for a new owner 
 
 A Beverly Hills estate where late actress Marjorie Lord made her home for nearly four decades has sold for $8.3 million. 
 
 Set on a cul-de-sac in the Trousdale Estates area, the single-story house was designed by architect John Elgin Woolf, whose designs gave rise to the Hollywood Regency style in the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s. 
 
 Marked by a wide motor court, the 1960s home features a grand living room with a fireplace, wood-paneled ceilings and beige marble floors. Floor-to-ceiling walls of glass center on city to ocean views. 
 
 The Hollywood Regency-style residence in the Trousdale Estates area was designed by architect John Elgin Woolf and completed in 1962. (Lee Manning Photography) (Lee Manning Photography) 
 
 Nearly 3,900 square feet of living space includes a formal dining room, an eat-in kitchen, three bedrooms and four bathrooms. Two guest suites have glass doors that open to a private courtyard, and the master suite boasts a walk-in closet and a sitting area with a large bay window. 
 
 Outdoors, sets of columns line a curved and covered patio area that opens to the grounds. Elsewhere is a swimming pool set within an open-air pavilion. 
 
 The house relisted for sale in May for $8.9 million and was under contract in seven days. Lord, who died last year at 97, bought the house with her third husband, philanthropist and finance executive Harry Volk, in 1977 for $455,000, records show. 
 
 Kurt Rappaport of Westside Estate Agency was the listing agent. Rappaport and Kevin D. Booker, also of Westside Estate Agency, represented the buyer. 
 
 Lord rose to fame as the wife of Danny Thomas’ character on the sitcom “Make Room for Daddy” and, later, the revival spinoff “Make Room for Granddaddy.” A television, film and stage actress, she made her debut on Broadway in 1935, appearing in “The Old Maid.” 
 
 Her film credits include “Sherlock Holmes in Washington” (1943) and “Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!” (1966). 
 
 She’s camera-ready to sell 
 
 Supermodel, actress and television host Rachel Hunter has put her home in Hollywood Hills West on the market for a shade under $5 million. 
 
 Tucked behind gates and privacy hedges, the 1930s English Country-style house has been brightened up with a number of contemporary details. 
 
 Details of note include white-painted walls and exposed beams, modern chandeliers and Dutch door entry. A backsplash of sea-foam green tile creates visual interest in the eat-in kitchen. 
 
 The 1930s English Country-inspired home sits on more than a quarter of an acre with a swimming pool. (Pierre Galant Photography) (Pierre Galant Photography) 
 
 Other common areas include a living room with an arched fireplace, a formal dining room and a finished basement. The master suite, with separate walk-in closets for clothes and shoes, opens to a loggia with city lights views. 
 
 In all, there are five bedrooms and five bathrooms in 5,000 square feet of interior space. 
 
 Outdoors, a stone and brick patio surrounds a swimming pool with a raised spa. Various sitting areas, an outdoor dining room, palms and other tropical landscaping complete the quarter-acre grounds. 
 
 Hunter bought the house in 2004 for about $2.425 million, records show. 
 
 Annie Challis of Compass holds the listing. 
 
 The 46-year-old Hunter is a former Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover girl and fashion model. Among her acting credits is the 2006 comedy “The Benchwarmers” and the TV series “Gravity.” 
 
 She currently hosts the series “Rachel’s Tour of Beauty” on New Zealand’s TV One network. 
 
 Dallas is their new reality 
 
 After minting their engagement in a final rose ceremony, reigning “Bachelorette” JoJo Fletcher and new fiance Jordan Rodgers are taking the next step: moving in together. The couple have leased a home in Fletcher’s native Dallas for an undisclosed amount. 
 
 The single-story house, built in 1949 and renovated this year, features refinished hardwood floors, upgraded hardware and large picture windows.
– In the market for a new place to live? Five celebrities are in the news for trying to offload (or, in one case, offloading) pricey palaces: Paula Deen is selling one of her Savannah, Ga., properties for a cool $12.5 million. The 14,500-square-foot "private resort" includes a barn, two guest cottages, 5.5 acres of land, and a pool and "dive-in" theater, plus a lot of things you didn't know you needed, like a croquet court and "an ice room with a professional ice machine." Photos here. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are selling the French Quarter mansion they bought after Hurricane Katrina for $6.5 million, but a rep tells TMZ they "remain committed to and infatuated as ever with the city of New Orleans and will continue to focus on growth in the lower 9th through the Make It Right Foundation." Photos here. Or you could live in New Jersey, where Diddy is selling an $8.5 million seven-bedroom mansion complete with basketball court. (And it's a deal, because he bought it for $10 million in 2004.) Photos here. LeBron James' Miami mansion went up for sale for $17 million last year, but Page Six reported in March that it might be in the wrong neighborhood to have that high of a price tag. (It's now apparently just $15 million.) Photos here. Sean Penn succeeded in getting rid of his Malibu "bachelor pad" recently, after he moved in with Charlize Theron—but the $6.5 million home doesn't look like any "bachelor pad" we've ever visited. There's a fancy pool and a grand piano, of course. Photos here. Click for more photos of fancy homes celebs have sold.