On our last day in LA, we decided to finally give in and take a tour of the Stars' homes. There are hundreds of tour operators all offering basically the same type of tour for the same price. Let me state beforehand, if you ever go to Hollywood, DO NOT take a tour with this company:
RLATOURS
The tour they provided was totally sub-standard, and our "tour guide" wasn't even sure who some of the celebrities were/are e.g He wasn't sure what Elizabeth Taylor was famous for.... hello? Was he raised in a cave??? I took one of these tours in 2000, and it was far better and more emphasis on the homes than on the new condominiums downtown and how much they cost (frankly my dear, I couldn't give a fuck).
Anyway, we made the best of a bad situation... so here's some pics from the day.
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| Ben Stiller |
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| Hollywood Bowl |
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| $541? I guess $540 just doesn't cover it... |
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| Check out the bats on Bela Lugosi's house |
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| The Hollywood Church - used to film "Sister Act" |
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| The fire escape Julia Roberts runs down into Richard Gere's arms in "Pretty Woman" |
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| The ex-Charlie Chaplin studios. Currently the Jim Henson studio |
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| How cute! Kermit Chaplin |
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| Samuel L Jackson |
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| Famous Pinks - James Dean's favourite hot dog place |
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| Robert De Niro's restaurant |
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| The famous Ivy restaurant - alas no famous people... |
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| The Ivy |
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| Gas station which is used in quite a few movies |
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| THE shop from "Pretty Woman" - You work on commission right? BIG mistake. Huge. |
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| The Beverly Wilshire |
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| Where Whitney tragically died |
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| Also, where the Golden Globes are held every year |
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| Bradley Cooper |
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| Aaron Spelling house - recently sold for $50million!! |
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| Entrance to the Playboy Bunnies' house |
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| George Clooney |
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| Michael Jackson |
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| Also the house where he died |
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| Small mural on the driveway |
How can you tell you're in Beverly Hills? The road signs are all black and white AND the fire hydrants are all silver!(as opposed to the ugly mustard yellow in the rest of LA)
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| The Beckhams |
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| I can't remember who this is... but it's pretty | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Lucille Ball | | | | |
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| One of the Marx Bros |
So the house below is on Wilshire Blvd. We drove past it numerous times - mainly because it's probably the biggest house on the road (this picture doesn't do it's size justice). Anyway, we were fascinated by this house and always speculating as to who owns it. Well, we found out on our tour that it belongs to the one and only.... Oprah. Go figure! LOL
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| OprahWinfrey |
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| George Harrison |
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| The Pink Palace |
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| The park with the infamous George Michael incident took place. |
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| Ah, this little place belongs to Zac Efron |
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| Where Judy met Vincente |
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| The Roxy |
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| The Viper Room |
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| Mel's Diner |
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| Apparently Simon Cowell stays here when he's in town |
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| The House of Blues |
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| The Standard Hotel - co-owned by Leo DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz |
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| Chateau Marmont |
And that was our last day in LA :-(
Vegas pics and post to follow soon!!
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