Ledger and Williams Opt to Own, Not Rent
Australia’s Daily Telegraph has the goods on the house that Academy Award nominees Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams have purchased in Boerum Hill. According to the article, the Brokeback Mountain stars paid $3.5 million (AUS $4.7 million) for the four-floor house “two blocks south of Smith Street” last year after getting to know the neighborhood…
Australia’s Daily Telegraph has the goods on the house that Academy Award nominees Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams have purchased in Boerum Hill. According to the article, the Brokeback Mountain stars paid $3.5 million (AUS $4.7 million) for the four-floor house “two blocks south of Smith Street” last year after getting to know the neighborhood while renting a nearby townhouse. Ledger, who’s had a rocky relationship with the paparazzi in Australia, has found Brooklyn’s residents to be a good deal mellower. “He’s very nice and they’re very sweet people,” said his neighbour Margaret Cusack. “We got to go to the premiere of Brokeback Mountain he gave us tickets.”
Heath’s Home is Away [Daily Telegraph (AUS)]
Nell Campbell founded the Nells on 14th street. You made me doubt it so I googled it. Nell’s is Nell Campbell, not Carter.
You are totally wrong about who founded Nell’s. It was NOT the late, great Nell Carter — although I wish she had started a venue. That would have been a cool spot.
a bit off-topic here, but just to correct 12:55pm’s post:
Nell Carter, beloved stage and screen actress and Jazz music artist, was the founder of the classic Nell’s club, not the Australian author 12:55pm mentions.
No offense, but reading that in 12:55’s post practically made me spit my coffee, made for a good chuckle.
Nell’s club is all about Jazz, soul and R&B, an unmistakeable extension of Nell Carter herself.
Well, not quite unmistakeable, I guess.
(and again, no offense intended, 12:55…this just really cracked me up… 😉
What does the facade look like? The back is not that attractive from the picture.
anon 2:18,
You’re delusional.
The place is on Dean … this is public knowledge as there was a big discussion on this on curbed recently.
And the house was bought from Nell Campbell, aka Little Nell. She played Columbia in the Rocky Horror Picture Show and, I believe, was the proprietor of Nells, the nightclub in Manhattan.
i think that the b’stoner readership in general is the type to leave people alone. it’s just a silly piece of fluff to lighten our days as we debate the competing philosophies of brooklyn living…(I’ll bet even baudrillard reads US…)
Please respect their privacy.