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Well, darlings, of course Brad Pitt can’t stay out of the news for very long. This time he bought a 1,534-square-foot home in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles. It’s adjacent to several properties that Pitt already owns.

This 1932 two bedroom, one bath home has just a small 0.15 acre lot. And now his total properties in that vicinity is up to four, on just a little over 1 1/2 acres.

We guess that Pitt is doing just what Ellen DeGeneres and Portia DeRossi are doing: buying up property around their home in order to increase the amount of privacy that they have.

Big Time Listings broke the Pitt story, and they list the other Pitt properties as well:
- A 5-bedroom, 1915 craftsman-style house with 5,338 square feet (bought in 1994)
- A 2,454-square-foot home adjoining the first (bought in 1996)
- A 1,653-square-foot home, also adjoining (bought in 1998)

Rumor has it that the newest purchase had a view into Pitt’s original property, so it’s possible that he bought it for privacy concerns. Brad Pitt also owns a couple more homes in California (Malibu and Santa Barbara), one in Nawlins, and possibly a home near his parents in Missouri.

Of course, the biggest news most recently relating to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie (or Brangelina as so many of the gossip rags call them) was their rental of Chateau Miraval in France. At the time, rumors flew that the jet-setting couple had paid $60 million for the 1,000+ acre estate and vineyard. Instead, the couple actually leased the the property for three years so Jolie could give birth to their twins in France, in honor of her French grandmother.

You can see more pictures of the French property on the next page.

Laura Prepon, best known for her role as Donna on That ’70s Show just bought a Los Feliz home for $2.317 million. The house is 2,550 square feet with 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths according to listing info. It was offered at $2.35 million.

The home has a gated driveway and the listing calls it a “private mini-estate.” The view is pretty spectacular. And from the few pictures we could find, it seems like a much better place than the home she’s trying to sell. It’s lighter and has a more sophisticated feel. Big windows, lots of open spaces, plenty of room to spread out.

On the other hand, there’s the home she listed with her ex-boyfriend Christopher Masterson, from Malcolm in the Middle fame (and brother to Prepon’s co-star Danny Masterson).

At 4,801 square feet with 4 bedrooms and 5 baths, the house is definitely much larger than the one Prepon just bought. At $2.99 million, it’s probably a good deal. But we’re just not digging the decor nearly as much as her new digs.

With dark walls and heavy window coverings and wood floors, the place just feels… heavy. We love us some libraries (and wood floors), but the all wood-paneled, wood floored library at this place is a little too much for us. Maybe it’s the tan couch that almost blends in. Maybe it’s the fact that everything blends into that room.

Of course, it could be the bad photos - when will these real estate agents learn to take some decent photos? Because if this is a spectacular home then your pics just don’t do it justice. Because it doesn’t look as large as it should. It looks dreary. And while we love the cabinets in the kitchen, that busted old butcher block and white floor just HAVE to go. Somebody set them up with an appointment on Designed to Sell, would you?