HOT PROPERTY
Hollywood producerdirector-writer Rob Thompson's New Mexico ranch is for sale at $8. 2 million
LOS ANGELES —Hollywood producer-director-writer Rob Thompson is ready to call it a wrap in New Mexico, where his ranch has come up for sale at $8.2 million.
Called Apache Mesa Ranch, the 1,060-acre equestrian ranch lies in Coyote, an area roughly 70 miles northwest of Santa Fe, and is surrounded by grasslands, rock outcrops and woodlands of pinyon and juniper.
The acreage holds multiple adobe structures, including a main hacienda, a guest house, a carriage house and a studio. A bunkhouse, also designed in the adobe style, sits across from a dressage arena and a barn.
The main house, designed by local artisans, has high ceilings with exposed beams, ornate wood doors and distressed details. A wood-burning oven finished in river rock sits in a corner of the kitchen, which opens to a dining patio with a bar. Other living spaces include a den, a media room and a game room.
Including the separate structures, there are six bedrooms, seven bathrooms and more than 6,100 square feet of living space.
The property, which borders the Chama River Canyon Wilderness area, also has a swimming pool and an outdoor fireplace. Views take in the surrounding rock format ions, mountains and the landmark mesa known as Cerro Pedernal.
Thompson is known for writing the screenplay for the western comedy “Hearts of the West,” as well as his directorial work on such TV series as “L.A. Law” and “Doogie Howser, M.D.” He also directed and co-produced the Emmy-winning series “Northern Exposure.”
Debra Lee, former chairman and chief executive of Black Entertainment Television Holdings, has listed her home in the Beverly Hills Post Office area for sale at $3.495 million.
The multilevel house features a vaulted entry with a glass ceiling and a chef's kitchen awash in ribboned Carrara marble. A formal living room, a dining room and a sun-lit den are within more than 3,600 square feet of sophisticated living space. Two of the home's four bedrooms are primary suites, including one outfitted with separate dressing and sitting rooms.
Terrace son the upper and lower levels create additional living space outside. A catwalk extends from the second story to a sculptural fire pit. Below the catwalk is a lap swimming pool with a spa. Layers of succulent gardens and other greene ry fill out the quarter-acre property.
Under Lee's leadership, which spanned more than three decades, BET increased its original programming and launched the spinoff network BET Her, the first network for Black women. She left the Viacom-owned network in 2018.
Lee bought the property in 2015 for $3.195 million, records show.
Not Your Mom's House
Married come dians Tom Segura and Christina Pazsitzky, who together host the podcast “Your Mom's House,” have sold a house of their own. The couple's Woodland Hills home traded hands last week for $1.875 million.
Double gates protect t he property, which has a circular driveway surrounded by landscaping. Inside, finishes of stone, tile and hardwood fill out the roughly 4,600-squarefoot floor plan.
Angled sky lights brighten a whitewashed kitchen and dining area, and the living room adds a dramatic corner fireplace. There's also a window-lined sun room, an office with built-ins and a movie theater once used as a recording studio. The primary bedroom includes a sitting room and nursery for a total of five bedrooms and five bathrooms. A grassy backyard with a pool and playground completes the nearly half-acre property.
In addition to hosting the comedy podcast “Your Mom's House” since 2010, the pair have also in de pendent ly star red in multiple Netflix standup specials, the most recent of which was Segura's “Ball Hog” earlier this year.