What's going at Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony's house in Brookville now that twins Max and Emme are home? "Marc loves to stand outside the nursery door and hear Jennifer singing lullabies to the children in Spanish," reports Life & Style Weekly in its latest issue. Read more about the house -- and see photos -- here.
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TLC announced today that Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony and their twins, Max and Emme, will star in a new reality show being taped at their Brookville home.
“Jennifer is unbelievably passionate about life and will be an incredible role model for our audience,” Angela Shapiro-Mathes, TLC president said. “I’m thrilled to be partnering with her on a series that will take our audience into a fascinating world. It’s a fun, emotional journey that will be inspirational and yet very relatable to today’s women.”
Lopez is co-creater and co-executive producer of the show, which is being called a docuseries.
Read more about Lopez and Anthony's house -- and see photos -- here.
Heiress, actress and socialite Cornelia Guest has put her 15-acre Old Westbury estate on the market for $20 million. Public records show that the property includes a two-story brick Colonial home built in 1924, with 9 ½ baths and 5 fireplaces. The grounds include a pool, tennis courts, and a greenhouse. The home is listed with Wendy Grant of Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty.
Guest is the daugther of the legendary garden writer, equestrian and society doyenne, C.Z. Guest, who died in 2003. The family moved to Old Westbury in 1968, after selling 150 acres in Brookville that is now the De Seversky Center of the New York Institute of Technology.
Guest became famous in the 1980s as the blueblooded beauty who was dubbed “debutante of the decade” by Andy Warhol, once dated Sylvester Stallone, and was a regular at Studio 54, along with friends-relatives, Richard and Robert DuPont. She is also related to Winston Churchill, who was her father’s cousin.
These days, Guest has become better known for her philanthropic and fund-raising efforts in support of causes like the Humane Society of New York.
Jennifer Lopez and month-old twins Max and Emme grace the cover of the March 31 issue of People magazine which hit newsstands today, complete with glossy interior and exterior photos of the Brookville home that Lopez shares with husband Marc Anthony.
The magazine declares, “the family’s redbrick mansion is kid country, with his and her rocking ducks from FAO Schwarz, a pink pedal car for Emme and a yellow one for Max, and two baby nurses on round-the-clock duty.” Lopez and Anthony are pictured outside the home pushing matching $3,000 prams, said to be gifts from their friends Eva Longoria Parker and Ken Paves. A 1962 Mercedes 190SL sits outside the home's columned portico. The pair are said to have just emerged from three months of seclusion at the estate.
The nursery, complete with wrought-iron cribs and crystal chandelier, is decorated in soft cream-colored tones. “Their room is right next to ours,” Lopez tells People. The proud parents are shown feeding the babies in front of a fireplace in the room.
Anthony says that just hours before a scheduled C-Section, Lopez was busy decorating a downstairs bedroom, and rearranging furniture.
That's what In Touch magazine is reporting on Jennifer Lopez. Read about her Brookville house -- and photos -- here.
Reuters reports that the much-anticipated People photos of Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony's newborns Max and Emme will be on newsstands Friday. The interview took place at their Brookville home. Read about the home -- and see photos -- here.
Cindy Adams writes in the New York Post that Marc Anthony finally left the Brookville house he shares with wife, Jennifer Lopez, for the first time since the birth of their twins, Max and Emme, to appear at New York City Police Department fund-raiser Tuesday. "Even though I'm a little busy with our babies, I came," he says. "This is my first time out of the house since the babies came." Read more about that house -- and see photos -- here.
Today real estate sources tell RealLI that an extension is being put on new parents Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony's 10,000-square-foot home in Brookville. (Read more about the house here.) In the meantime, London's Daily Mirror is reporting that the twins are receiving massages from a professional masseuse. And the newborns are getting two Shetland ponies. Lopez and Anthony have also reportedly hired a color therapist for Max and Emme's nursery. "Jennifer has gone all out to give the twins an amazing childhood," the tabloid reports. "She had the nursery painted a beautiful aquamarine and light blue -- colors which are supposed to have intelligence-boosting properties." Then there's this from Britain's Daily Mirror: Lopez has turned into a "germaphobe" since having the babies. To that end, she has supposedly banned flowers and presents to make sure the nursery is spotless. "She is also paranoid about hygiene. The twins' wing is totally sterile, and all flowers and presents are stored in a separate area so they don't contaminate the babies' area," according to the newspaper. "It may sound excessive, but she only has her kids' best interests at heart and wants to give them the start in life she never had." The newspaper reports that guests are asked to wear masks and use anti-germ lotion before going inside the nursery.
No word on whether the twins' cries are keeping them up all night, but Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony's next-door neighbors in Brookville are selling their house. The asking price is $2.299 million.
The five-room, four-bath, one half-bath Colonial was built in 1972. "Enter through estate gates at the end of a private and lovely tree-lined street," writes listing agent Regina Rogers of the Locust Valley office of Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate in the description of the house. She is referring to the "million-dollar gates" fortified at the Lopez and Anthony property in anticipation of the birth of their son and daughter, Max and Emme. Apparently the owner, a divorce attorney who put the house on the market Sunday, also lives behind those gates on a separate 2.25-acre property.
"In order to access this house, you have to enter through the estate gates," says Rogers. "I love the approach, and the long Belgian block-lined bluestone driveway."
The house she's selling, she says, "is wonderful for entertaining," with two wood-burning fireplaces, and has "a lot of wonderful architectural detail throughout."
See photos of the Lopez and Anthony house here.
People magazine reports that Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony's newborn twins have received "a ton of embroidered pillows with their names on them,” in addition to personalized baby 100-percent cotton carriers from Baby K’tan. Recently, the Lopez family was seen shopping at Baby Gap in Americana Manhasset. Read more about the Lopez-Anthony Brookville home here.
The son of a reputed member of the Gambino crime family took his Upper Brookville home off the market. Peter Costellana Jr., who runs the Western Beef Corporation, had been asking $11.5 million. Costellana is the son of Peter Costellana, a distant cousin of slaim Gambino crime boss Paul Costellano. Several years ago, after taking over the company from his father, Peter Costellana Jr. publicly severed business ties with him. And he has always maintained strongly that his business is run cleanly. Read more about Peter Costellana Jr. and his house here.
That's the question asked on the Habitually Chic blog, which contains photos (like this one) from Vogue Living of Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony's Brookville home, pre-newborn twins. "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" star Thom Filicia decorated the home some time back to make it both chic and bohemian. Read more about what he did here, and all of RealLI's postings about the Lopez-Anthony abode here.
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Here are several newly posted aerial shots of Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony's house in Brookville. Read more about the house here.
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New parents Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony reportedly "spent millions" to fortify the red-brick wall and wrought iron gates at their Brookville estate, according to the March 3 issue of Life and Style Magazine. "The couple plan to hunker down with the babies at the couple's heavily guarded 10,000-square-foot mansion," the article says. Read more about the house and what the superstars have done to prepare for the recently delivered twins here.
People reports that Jennifer Lopez gave birth to twins shortly after midnight this morning -- a 5-pound, 7-ounce girl and a 6-pound boy.
Read all about the nurseries at Lopez and husband Marc Anthony's house in Brookville by clicking here.
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Newsday is reporting that Brookville resident Jennifer Lopez is in the hospital, although it's unclear if she is in labor or has delivered her twins. Read the full report here.
That's according to the latest issue of Star, which reports that the Jennifer Lopez, who is expecting twins, "hasn't been able to sleep because she's so uncomfortable." According to the article, she gets up every few hours to read or watch television and that this drives husband, Marc Anthony, "crazy because he's a light sleeper." Anthony, according to a "source," has moved into a guest bedroom. The article doesn't make clear which of the star couple's houses this is happening in, but they do have five bedrooms at their Brookville estate. So there's plenty of room.
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Brookville resident Jennifer Lopez is "the real suburban deal," designer Michael Kors tells People in its latest issue. (According to the article, Kors "grew up 20 minutes away" from Lopez and husband Marc Anthony's mansion.) Lopez is apparently having twins, as Real LI has noted -- a boy and a girl. And the mother-to-be is setting up one of three nurseries at the Brookville home. Baby boutique Petit Tresor is designing the nurseries on Long Island and in Los Angeles and Miami with "traditional sleigh cribs and Unltrasuede gliders from Europe," as well as "silk and organza sheet sets" with the babies' names embroidered on the linens "later on." Says a source: "She's very involved with everything. Her taste is very elegant ... very luxurious."
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$40,000 -- that's how much Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony are spending on the nursery at Brookville, according to Rush & Molley in today's Daily News. That price includes cashmere outfits. Moses baskets, Smushy teddy bears, Balmoral carriages, suede play mats, jogging strollers, Peg Perego strollers and "gilded cribs." An insider tells the paper: "She wants them filled with the most chic furniture from Europe and embroidered linens from France."
That's according to the New York Post's pagesix.com, which reports that expectant mother Jennifer Lopez "oversaw the construction of a nursery" at her Brookville home in 2005. An "insider" is quoted as saying, "A frilly white bassinet, a wooden crib and a fancy, pastel-colored mobile were in the process of being set up in a light-blue room that had its own bathroom and a private hallway leading to the nanny's quarters. Plush baby dolls and soft toy animals were everywhere."
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Century 21 Laffey in Greenvale has just put open land on the market said to be at Brookville's "highest elevation." The two parcels, at 3-1/2 acres each, are being marketed for $2.6 million and $2.7 million. They can also be bought as one seven-acre parcel for $5.3 million. According to listing agent Barry Paley's Web site, each lot can accommodate a 10,000- to 12,000-square foot home and has permits. "The land is up a beautiful country road," says Paley. "When you drive up, you feel like you're in the deepest part of Vermont." As for the views? "Once a house is built on the site, you'll be able from the second floor to see the Tam O'Shanter Club," Paley says. The property, in the Jericho school district, is near the Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony's home.
"An insider" tells In Touch that Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony are "designing two nurseries -- one in Long Island and one in her LA home." That one "in Long Island" would be in Brookville, where she and Anthony have a 10,000-square-foot home.
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Allure magazine reports that Jennifer Lopez, who lives in this 10,000-square-foot mansion in Brookville with husband, Marc Anthony, "spends her rare downtime cooking and watching movies at home." According to the November cover story, her favorite dishes are "Nuyorican staples like breaded chicken and yellow rice" and her favorite movie is "Finding Nemo." Anthony -- who, the story says, calls Lopez "Lola," even though her name is "tattooed in cursive on his wrist" -- bought the house in 2000 for $3.7 million, four years before they married. Recently, as Real LI reported, Anthony and Lopez have been renovating the house. Could it be because they're expecting?
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Long Island's "it" couple will be home for Thanksgiving, reports US Weekly. Their Brookville mansion, built in 1941, has five bedrooms and eight baths -- plenty of space for their upcoming arrival -- although who knows what renovations are under way.
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Call it the Brookville
baby boom -- not just of twins Jennifer Lopez is supposedly expecting but the boom of hammers and nails at her and Marc Anthony's North Shore estate. A tipster tells Real LI that the couple has been pouring millions of dollars into renovating their property -- which Anthony bought in 2000 for $3.7 million -- from the grand gate and brick wall at the entrance to improvements on the pool, cabana and driveway. And under his real name Marco Muniz, Anthony recently sought permission "to install an automatic sprinkler installation throughout a three-story building" at the estate. Could all this have to do with the reported pregnancy? Maybe, but last year Vogue Living reported that even after extensive renovations were done to the house featured in that magazine's shoot, Lopez thinks the home is "a work in progress. I think any home is."
Jennifer Lopez performing last week in Miami: AP photo
This eight-bedroom Colonial in Brookville just went on the market for $2.9 million. The Daniel Gale Sotheby's listing characterizes it as a "Walter Uhl classic." Uhl was the builder responsible for Flower Hill Estates in Manhasset as well as other North Shore developments. Read his New York Times obit here.
