The movers and shakers of the movie-making industry have checked off most of the red-carpet events this awards season: Critics’ Choice Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards and Golden Globes. Next up? The granddaddy of ‘em all: The Academy Awards.
This year, the Oscars will be broadcast live Feb. 26 (ABC, 7 p.m. EST). And while the media is abuzz with predictions of who’ll win and what they’ll wear, we are more interested in the homes where this year’s potential winners will stash their golden statues.
Here are five places the nominees have called home:
Michelle Williams
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Nominated: Actress in a Leading Role, “My Week with Marilyn”
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| Williams bought her house with the late Heath Ledger. Main photo: Zillow | Inset: IMDb |
Williams already picked up the Golden Globe for her role as Marilyn Monroe in “My Week with Marilyn.” She spends her time off the big screen with her daughter, Matilda Rose, in their cozy, four-floor house in Brooklyn. Williams’ slice of real estate was purchased with late actor and ex-fiance Heath Ledger in 2005 for a reported $3.6 million. Ledger, also Matilda’s father, passed away from a reported drug overdose in January 2008.
Brad Pitt
Location: Malibu, CA
Nominated: Actor in a Leading Role, "Moneyball"
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| The four-bedroom Malibu home became too small for the Pitt family. Main photo: Zillow | Inset: IMDb |
If Pitt does take home an Oscar, chances are he won’t be stashing it in a home in the U.S. Pitt and his leading woman, Angelina Jolie, as well as their six kids, spend most of their time abroad, specifically in a rental home in southern France. They also own multimillion-dollar homes in Cambodia and Berlin in addition to homes in New Orleans and L.A. Pitt also previously owned a home in Malibu he purchased shortly after his divorce to Jennifer Aniston in 2005.
A self-professed architecture buff, Pitt spent months renovating the mid-century modern, pictured above. Although the home has 4,088 square feet of living space with four bedrooms and four bathrooms, it was on the small side for the eight-person Jolie-Pitt clan. Pitt sold the prime piece of Malibu real estate to Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi in December 2011.
Viola Davis
Location: Granada Hills, CA
Nominated: Actress in a Leading Role, "The Help"
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| Davis' suburban home has five bedrooms and five bathrooms. Main photo: Zillow | Inset: IMDb |
Viola Davis rose to prominence with roles on the stage and has two Tony awards to her name. Since her move to the big screen, she’s been nominated for numerous awards, including best supporting actress for her role in “Doubt.”
Davis purchased the suburban home in Granada Hills in 2005 with her husband, Julius Tennon. The five-bedroom, five-bath home sits on a quarter acre with 3,917 square feet of living space.
Steven Spielberg
Location: Malibu, CA
Nominated: Best Picture, “War Horse”
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| Spielberg's home covers more than 7,000 square feet. Main photo: Zillow | Inset: IMDb |
When Spielberg isn’t directing or producing his blockbusters, he splits time between his homes in Pacific Palisades, the Hamptons and Malibu. Unlike other celebrities, the director isn’t one to buy and sell properties on a whim; he has owned most of his homes for over 20 years.
His Malibu home, in particular, is a spectacular ocean-side property he bought in 1989 for $3,375,033. The 7,000 plus-square-foot-home sits on nearly an acre of beachfront property and has seven bedrooms and 10 bathrooms, and such must-have celebrity amenities as an in-ground pool.
Glenn Close
Location: Bedford Hills, NY
Nominated: Actress in a Leading Role, “Albert Nobbs”
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| Close has many famous neighbors in Bedford Hills. Main photo: Zillow | Inset: IMDb |
Born and raised in Greenwich, CT, Close spends her time on the East Coast in both Manhattan, and Bedford Hills, NY.
Her Bedford Hills estate, pictured above, sits on 10 acres. Just north of Manhattan, the hills of Westchester County, and in particular, Bedford real estate, are appealing to many celebrities. Close can count Martha Stewart, Ralph Lauren and celeb couple Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones among her Bedford Hills neighbors.
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