Oh noes! Mass layoffs in L.A.!

[KamaAina]

Seems Tori Spelling's mom Candy is ditching her 56,500-square-foot mansion for a cramped 16,500-square-foot condo in Century City. :sarcasm: As a result, she's laying off more than half of her staff of 20! :cry: Times are tough all over, I guess...

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/us/21condo.html?no_interstitial=&pagewanted=all

But going condo can be a challenge when your idea of downsizing does not mean shedding a dining table for 26, or the private pool and rose garden, all of which Mrs. Spelling plans to install in her new digs. Her solution was to combine two duplexes on the 41st and 42nd floors, with 4,000 feet just for the master bedroom.

Mrs. Spelling said she was shrinking her staff of 20 to less than half, three of whom will continue living with her and her wheaten terrier, Madison. She said she was talking to schools and children's hospitals about donating the contents of the library and most of her collection of Madame Alexander dolls.

But fear not! It's not as though the woman is giving up the grand lifestyle altogether. The new condo will include a gift-wrapping room!

But other things — her china, silver, Impressionist art, wardrobe, wine cellar, ball clock collection and, yes, the gift-wrapping room — are nonnegotiable, she said.

"I'm not giving it up," she said of the sometimes ridiculed wrapping room that she calls her "hobby and therapy."

Thank god for small favors! :eyes:

[tannybogus]

1. Merciful Heavens!

I thought they were dropping all the "Law and Order" shows and spinoffs:yoiks:

[KamaAina]

2. Law & Order: Whatever is filmed in NYC

I once saw a one-man show on the West Side where the guy was complaining, "Next time I'm on Law & Order, I want to play the lawyer!" Seems nearly every actor or wannabe in town has taken a turn as an extra...

They better not drop those! That would leave my Mom in a really foul mood -- and I'm going up there right after Labor Day!

[tannybogus]

3. MY bad! Thanks for the info..

:hi:

[TheCentepedeShoes]

4. This is scarry

I had a Madam Alexander doll, too! Cissy with the pink and white stripped dress and black beret.
And I considered getting a wheaten terrier.
But since the 4000 sq ft MBR is around 3X the size of my present or any previous house, I think I'm safe in thinking I'm not one of her kind, Cissy and potential dog notwithstanding.
What the hell does she want to do in that MBR, play handball....uhhhh...never mind.

[carlyhippy]

5. I have seen that house in person

that is the biggest house I have ever seen, it goes on and on for blocks, and when I saw it, they were addiing on, unreal....

I found a link to a website that has an interview and footage of the house

http://realestalker.blogspot.com/2008/08/candy-spelling-throws-open-her-mansion.html