HAMPTONS HIDEAWAY
Private, glam compound on Georgica Pond in
East Hampton, N.Y.
OWNER
Steven Spielberg (No. 4) and wife Kate
Capshaw.
MAIN RESIDENCE
L.A.'s Pacific Palisades.
VACATION DIGS
The estate includes a main house, a guesthouse designed by
architect Charles Gwathmey, a studio complete with screening
room, editing bay, and offices horse stables, and staff
quarters. Spielberg purchased the primary property in 1983 on
the recommendation of his mentor, media mogul Steve Ross. ''He
bought acres and acres of land across Georgica Pond,'' says
Steven Gaines, author of Philistines at the Hedgerow: Passion and Property in the Hamptons. ''It's all farmland. Nobody will
ever build a house and block his view or be able to gawk at
him.''
NET WORTH
Local brokers estimate the pastoral retreat at
around $64 million.
FAMOUS GUESTS
President Clinton camped out
there in 1998.
IN THE HOOD
Calvin Klein, Martha Stewart.
NEAREST STARBUCKS
About six miles away, in Bridgehampton.
BY THE SEA, BY THE BEAUTIFUL SEA!
A gated two-story home on a
sandy stretch in the exclusive Malibu Colony.
OWNER
Tom Hanks
(No. 10) and wife Rita Wilson.
MAIN RESIDENCE
Pacific Palisades.
VACATION DIGS
Built in 1928, the remodeled house includes four
bedrooms and a separate two-bedroom guest house with a kitchen,
all on its own private beach.
NET WORTH
Hanks paid a reported
$3.25 million for the place in 1991.
FORMER OCCUPANT
Director
John Frankenheimer.
IN THE HOOD
Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell.
NEAREST STARBUCKS
You can practically hear the whrrrrr of
blending Frappuccinos it's about half a mile away, in Malibu.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH!
An 8,500-square-foot lodge in Colorado's
Snowmass Village, about 12 miles from Aspen.
OWNER
Michael Ovitz
(No. 46).
MAIN RESIDENCE
L.A.'s Brentwood.
VACATION DIGS
Dubbed
Aspen Road Ranch, the property is part of the Wildcat area
developed by Michael Douglas. The residence has several stone
fireplaces and a screening room. Although Ovitz owns the
surrounding 500 acres, sources say he's looking to buy the ranch
next door because it has a horse facility something his spread
lacks.
IN THE HOOD
Former boss Michael Eisner lives about a mile
away.
NET WORTH
Ovitz bought the high-top retreat for a reported
$5.5 million in cash in 1995.
NEAREST STARBUCKS
Ouch! About 95
miles away, in Avon.
SLIPPERY SLOPES
Deer Valley ski lodge in Park City, Utah, about
30 miles from Salt Lake City.
OWNER
Jeffrey Katzenberg (No. 4).
MAIN RESIDENCE
L.A.
VACATION DIGS
A three-story,
12,000-square-foot log cabin off the gated Bald Eagle Road. Deer
Valley's intermediate ski runs are just outside the door.
NET WORTH
Katzenberg built the house for an undisclosed amount, but
similar area homes are valued at nearly $10 million.
FAMOUS GUESTS
The Clintons, who celebrated Chelsea's 19th birthday
there last year; Al and Tipper Gore.
IN THE HOOD
Warner Bros.'
Alan Horn (No. 16).
LOCAL ATTRACTION
The Sundance Festival is
held just a few miles down the road.
NEAREST STARBUCKS
About a
mile and a half.


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