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Post by the Scribe on Apr 8, 2020 8:29:49 GMT
Linda moved to her house at #38 Malibu Colony (aka 23674 Malibu Colony Rd) in 1975, after the release and success of HLAW.
 
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 8, 2020 8:59:57 GMT
The Rise of the Malibu Movie ColonyWelcome to Malibu Colony, a one-mile stretch of beachfront property that has been witness to the shenanigans of the stars for over 80 years. And oh the tales these homes could tell...
Michele Willens
It is one of the most famous miles in the world. Jane Fonda threw an infamous all-night party here. (The Byrds closed the festivities down at dawn on her deck.) It is where Cat Stevens had his Muslim moment, and where Robert Redford saw a bundled up Mary Tyler Moore strolling the beach and decided right then to cast her in Ordinary People. Gloria Swanson allegedly entertained Joseph Kennedy at her secret hideaway, while former best friends and next-door neighbors Larry Hagman and Burgess Meredith fought a vicious and costly legal battle over a few feet of obstructed ocean view.
This star-studded locale is Malibu Colony, a private stretch of around 100 homes sitting side by side on the Pacific Ocean. For over 80 years, celebrities and moguls have flocked to this beachfront, where they have held memorable parties, written Oscar-winning scripts, and hired private barges every Fourth of July. While the enclave is gated and guarded, part of the beach itself (below the high tide line) is theoretically accessible to the public. From a distance, they can gaze at the eclectic style of homes, and their equally mixed residents who may be long-timers, temporary renters (Pink has been a constant presence), or those who make their home (or one of their several homes) here, including the likes of Tom Hanks, Rob Reiner, and Jim Carrey.
By the mid-1930s, Rindge allowed the stars to actually purchase their homes, which, as the decades moved on, grew more and more expansive (though most houses were, and remain, on 30-foot lots). The stars kept coming: Bing Crosby, Gary Cooper, Merle Oberon. Eventually, the musical world invaded, with former singer turned producer Peter Asher hosting everyone from Joni to James for all-day sing-alongs. Neil Diamond owned for a long time, Ronnie Wood rented, as did Linda Ronstadt, who jogged the beach with her boyfriend, Gov. Jerry Brown. Even rapping rivals Shug Knight and Tupac Shakur rented one year…at the same time.
This is Linda's old neighborhood:www.thedailybeast.com/the-rise-of-the-malibu-movie-colony
www.seeing-stars.com/Live/Malibu.shtml
a scene from Linda's home (and bedroom) at the Malibu beach colony:I wonder if this is where the idea for Wolfen came from? (colony of Werewolves) I had posted sections of the Wonderland documentary to the forum but unfortunately Youtube removed them as it often does.
Fortunately for us we have a Cornish Pirate: (copy this while you can as it is all we have):
For the benefit of ronstadtfanaz (and anyone else  ) here's Linda appearing in the 1977 Dutch made documentary 'Wonderland', edited into one clip. The song clips are well known but are worth including here for completeness. Note the whole programme was recorded on film and not videotape. The clip is 12 minutes so is fairly large, and what's more they spelt her name right too. ;D 1977 Linda In Wonderland (wmv, 480x360, 68MB)Alan
The Stars Love Malibu!By Brad Darrach
Posted on August 1, 1983 at 12:00pm EDT
people.com/archive/cover-story-the-stars-love-malibu-vol-20-no-5/
excerpt:
Immediately behind the beach, often for several miles at a stretch, stands a solid wall of houses, most of them architecturally boring, all of them grotesquely expensive and utterly vulnerable to wind and wave. Immediately behind these houses runs the Pacific Coast Highway, a roaring speedway that all week long is crowded with commuters and house-shuddering trucks, and on weekends carries bumper-to-bumper traffic to and from the public beaches. And on the inland side of the coast highway, facing the villas of the wealthy, rises a succession of fast-food stands, dry cleaners, bakeries, beauty parlors: one Malibu real estate agent calls it “a maritime slum.”
In such a setting, celebrities are exposed to every criminal who comes down the pike. Tape decks are stolen from their cars, and sometimes the cars themselves are ripped off. Not long ago Michael Landon’s $135,000 Ferrari was snatched from in front of his house. And homes are regularly broken into. Larry Hagman’s house, which stands less than 50 feet from a guardhouse, has been robbed twice in recent years. Two years ago someone broke into Linda Ronstadt’s villa, slashed her pillows and left a note stabbed to her butcher’s block. It read: “I shall return.”
Worse things have happened. The daughter of a leading Malibu family was recently raped in her garage. In 1981-82, according to Los Angeles police, 32 women were raped and six people were murdered in Malibu. What’s more, bodies of people murdered in other parts of L.A. are not infrequently dumped in the sea off Malibu and in the mountains behind it.
Many of the murders, police believe, are drug-related. Every year tons of marijuana and many kilos of cocaine land in hidden coves on this suitably intricate riviera. Some cocaine passes through the nostrils of Malibu residents, but the drug scene in Malibu is less than frantic. People obsessed with the drug are known to most celebrities there as cocaine bores.
Linda and her dog on the beach:
This favorite album cover was shot outside of Linda's home on the beach:
shop.ethanrussell.com/products/linda-ronstadt-hasten-down-the-wind-malibu-1975  Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood, Malibu Colony, California, 1976
It was October, and Mick,__ __Ronnie, and I were on our way to the fourth-birthday party of Diana Ross’s daughter, Tracee. (Which is why Ronnie has those red balloons.) Ronnie and Krissie Wood had rented a house in Malibu Colony, and I also had a room there. It was a continuous party of all-night jamming sessions, and on any one night there might be artists like the Band, Linda Ronstadt, Steve Tyler, or Bob Dylan. Ronnie’s manager at the time was Bob Ellis Silberstein, who was married to Diana Ross. We were always going up and down that beach to visit friends.
www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/10/mick-jagger-carly-simon-anjelica-huston-rare-photos
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 8, 2020 9:02:11 GMT
(This keeps disappearing. I will find it again when I have a chance and re-post.)Found it again. It is a nice thing to see that Malibu house and what was going on in and around it at the time. Mostly good stuff. Some scary but it is a nice slice of life for her fans to view. (I think I am done researching for the day lol It is already 108 and I have yard work to finish, cats to feed...sigh) (must be watched on youtube directly...just click the link on the screen)
Warren Zevon, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne & Bonnie Raitt Wonderland 1977 Part 1 4 HD
Uploaded on Aug 7, 2014
According to You Tube, these videos are legal to post. Please contact the powers that be at You Tube and not me if you feel different and I will immediately take them down if You Tube says to. These videos were originally shown on Dutch Public T.V. which makes them public.
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 8, 2020 9:04:16 GMT
This popped up on my search list. Wow. If Linda had held onto it imagine the profit. This is all public information. Remember the Streisand Effect? I am glad Linda is out of there. After the break in by some psycho Linda's mom was on eggshells. That is the downside of fame and fortune.www.redfin.com/CA/Malibu/38-Malibu-Colony-Rd-90265/home/22037075can be entered into Zillow.com also:23674 Malibu Colony Rd,
Malibu, CA 90265
23674 Malibu Colony Rd, Malibu, CA is a single family home that contains 3,574 sq ft and was built in 1928. It contains 3 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms.
The Zestimate for this house is $10,638,475, which has increased by $302,237 in the last 30 days. The Rent Zestimate for this home is $45,000/mo, which has increased by $3,983/mo in the last 30 days. The property tax in 2016 was $68,610. The tax assessment in 2016 was $5,981,295, an increase of 1.5% over the previous year.
Facts and Features
Type
Single Family
Year Built
1928
Heating
Other
Cooling
Central
Parking
No Data
Lot
7,024 sqft
or realtor.com
www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/23674-Malibu-Colony-Rd_Malibu_CA_90265_M14774-12192
It is interesting to see the differences between real estate sites.
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 8, 2020 9:09:22 GMT
I believe this is Linda at her Malibu home. Stealing a grocery basket? Really Linda. (I'm sure she brought it back.)
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 8, 2020 9:10:14 GMT
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 8, 2020 9:11:03 GMT
Photo of the Malibu home back when Linda lived there. I don't know, to me, it has a creepy vibe.. maybe it is just the b/w photo or the era... I wonder what it looks like now? Yeah, I know, it's "Malibu Ocean front," real estate and 10 million ain't cheap!!!  |
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 8, 2020 9:16:49 GMT
The creepy looking photo of Linda Ronstadt's home, if I am not mistaken, that picture was taken after the Malibu storms/floods that made her decision to sell her house in Malibu Colony. If you look closely at the photo you will see mold growing on the metal sliders that go over garage door and the gate. I am sure her place was not the only creepy looking house in the colony after the floods of 1978. Then again there have been so many floods in the Colony who knows when this photo was really taken. I just remember someone showing me this photo back in the early 1980's and they said it was after the 78 flood. |
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 8, 2020 9:18:00 GMT
I believe it was that same Malibu house where Linda came home to find a slashed pillow with a threatening note attached. That really freaked out Linda's mom. That may have had more to do with her selling that house than anything else. Linda has made a lot of wise choices in her life and that was one of them. She is quite intuitive. |
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 8, 2020 9:18:32 GMT
Screenwriter Eric Roth Lists Linda Ronstadt’s Former Malibu Beach House (EXCLUSIVE)Mark David Variety OCTOBER 5, 2018 HTTPS://VARIETY.COM/2018/DIRT/REAL-ESTALKER/ERIC-ROTH-LINDA-RONSTADT-MALIBU-1202970546/ ‘A Star Is Born’ Screenwriter Eric Roth Lists Linda Ronstadt’s Former Malibu Beach House (EXCLUSIVE) By MARK DAVID Mark David @yourmamatweets FOLLOW Mark's Most Recent Stories Bradley Cooper Picks Up $13.5 Million Manhattan Townhouse ‘A Star Is Born’ Screenwriter Eric Roth Lists Linda Ronstadt’s Former Malibu Beach House (EXCLUSIVE)  EricRoth_MAL2  EricRoth_MAL3  EricRoth_MAL4  EricRoth_MAL5        View Gallery 11 Images Location: Malibu, Calif. Price: $15.8 million Size: 3,574 square feet, 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms Inside the hallowed gates of the low-key but high-cost and much coveted Colony enclave in Malibu, Calif., the former beach house of music industry icon Linda Ronstadt has come to market at $15.8 million. Property records show the seller, Oscar-winning “Forrest Gump” screenwriter Eric Roth, also a five-time Emmy nominated executive producer for the Netflix political drama “House of Cards” and the screenwriter for the hugely hyped 2018 “A Star Is Born” re-make, stands to more then triple his money on the prime property he picked up in 2000 for $4.5 million. Built in the late 1920s but extensively updated and upgraded, the unpretentious, clapboard-sided bungalow sits cheek to jowl with it’s equally unassuming if also forbiddingly expensive neighbors with four bedrooms and four bathrooms in 3,754-square-feet. Just inside the front door, an invitingly cave-like step-down den has a full wall of built-in bookshelves plus additional media storage cabinets while an airy, ocean-front combination living and dining room, furnished in a sophisticated yet comfortable manner with a soothing, creamily monochromatic palette of taupes and tans, features an understated antique carved stone fireplace that lends a sense of historical gravitas. A thick-cushioned banquette is perfect for naps and floor-to-ceiling glass panels slide open to a beachside terrace. Closed off from the living/dining room with a built-in dining banquette plus a two-seat snack bar, the eat-in kitchen has humble if no-doubt expensively custom bleached pine cabinets jazzed up with up-to-date, high-end stainless steel appliances. Three guest bedrooms on the second floor share a pair of bathrooms while the ocean-facing master suite provides a bathroom of its own plus a fireplace and a slender private balcony with head-on views over the water. MORE DIRT Bradley Cooper Picks Up $13.5 Million Manhattan Townhouse Rustic, tumbled stone floor tiles in the main floor living and entertaining spaces continue seamlessly out to a deep terrace designed for entertaining with a built-in grilling station, a vine-encrusted outdoor fireplace and an ocean-view spa. Cantilevered over the bulk-headed beachfront, an elevated sunbathing deck with private stairs to the sand offers the exact sort of views up and down the coastline that, in Malibu, only a multimillionaire can afford. Listing photos: Sotheby’s International Realty ********************************************************************************************** ‘Forrest Gump’ Screenwriter Selling Malibu Home for $15.2Mwww.mansionglobal.com/articles/forrest-gump-screenwriter-selling-malibu-home-for-15-2m-120171Eric Roth, who’s nominated for an Oscar for “A Star is Born,” bought the California home in 2000 BY BECKIE STRUM | ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON JANUARY 25, 2019 | MANSION GLOBAL A private balcony off of the master bedroomThe home fronts 31 feet of beach and has an extensive sunken beachside terrace that includes a hot tub, fire pit and barbecue.The living room An outdoor fireplaceThe home front 31 feet of beach.The open living and dining roomThe eat-in kitchenThe owners remodeled the kitchen around five years ago.The kitchen features double ovens and a farmhouse sink.The sunken family roomThe home last changed hands nearly two decades ago.The master bedroom The home fronts 31 feet of beach and has an extensive sunken beachside terrace that includes a hot tub, fire pit and barbecue. THE AGENCY 1 of 13 Buy Select A Location Newsletter Sign-up Daily Briefing Delivers the most important property news around the world to your inbox each weekday SUBSCRIBE Renowned screenwriter Eric Roth, who’s up for another Academy Award this year for adapting "A Star is Born," is selling his Malibu, California, beach home for $15.2 million, Mansion Global has learned. Mr. Roth, 73, whose prodigious career includes winning an Oscar in 1994 for adapting the screenplay for the iconic film "Forrest Gump," has owned the four-bedroom, French country-style beach house for nearly two decades, buying it in 2000 for $4.5 million, records show. More:Malibu, California, Sees Sharp Fall in Home Sales After Fires He also adapted the scripts for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and 9/11 heartwrencher "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close." He shares his latest nomination for best adapted screenplay for "A Star is Born" with actor Bradley Cooper and fellow screenwriter Will Fetters. Mr. Roth first put his longtime home in Malibu Beach on the market in October, testing the waters with a $15.8 million price tag. He’s now switched real estate agents and re-listed it this month with a haircut, asking $15.2 million. The home is located within the gates of the exclusive, star-strewn Malibu Colony. It fronts 31 feet of beach and has an extensive sunken beachside terrace that includes a hot tub, fireplace and barbecue, said listing agent Cooper Mount of The Agency. "This house is located on the better section of the beach," Mr. Mount said. From Penta:Good Company: Outerknown’s Surf Wear for ‘People and Planet’ The home, built in 1928 and gut renovated in the 1990s, has a warmth and amenities (such as large, recently updated kitchen) that make it suitable for a full-time residence, Mr. Mount said. Mr. Roth isn’t the only entertainment bigwig to own the property. He bought the home from "Police Academy" movie producer Paul Maslansky, according to property records. Before the Maslanskys, singer Linda Ronstadt also owned the property, according to the listing agent.
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 8, 2020 9:19:45 GMT
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 8, 2020 9:25:50 GMT
It insinuated in an article above, "The Rise of the Malibu Movie Colony" that said "Ron Wood rented as did Linda Ronstadt"? I guess I assumed (oh no) that she owned it. Could just be misinformation in article am not sure nor am making accusations as such. Could I be reading the sentence wrong? I thought since she lived there for what 4-5 years that she owned it but people rent that long certainly. Anybody know? eddiejinfl Linda owned it. Seems to be some dispute about the price. The December 1976 Rolling Stone cover story said "Her split-level home, which she purchased for almost $200,000..." but the TIME cover story said "Linda settled, in a modest $325 000 white clapboard house..." She also mentioned how much it cost to Ethan Russell: ethanrussell.com/americanstory/?p=2606 |
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 8, 2020 12:04:33 GMT
If Linda wasn't spooked by Manson, this certainly had to shake her. I know her mom was besides herself when this happened:
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Post by the Scribe on May 23, 2021 20:44:19 GMT
 from Eric Roth street side of the house |
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 22, 2022 5:16:15 GMT
As usual, photos disappear from the web rather frequently but I happened to save photos from this house onto my computer.          
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) here's Linda appearing in the 1977 Dutch made documentary 'Wonderland', edited into one clip. The song clips are well known but are worth including here for completeness. Note the whole programme was recorded on film and not videotape. The clip is 12 minutes so is fairly large, and what's more they spelt her name right too. ;D
