Actor Kirk Cameron and his wife, model/actress Chelsea Noble have just moved into a Spanish-style home close to the hiking trails in the Santa Monica Mountains. Best known as the star of ABC's "Growing Pains," Cameron, 27, and his wife enjoy hiking and are the founders of the Firefly Foundation and Camp Firefly, a camp for terminally ill children.

His Way...

Songwriter and performer Paul Anka, and composer of one of Frank Sinatra's greatest hits, "My Way," has just sold his Westside condo for $595,000. He and his wife have owned the property since the 1970s. Mr. Anka has just released a new CD of duets, entitled "Body of Work."

Why Can't They Just Get Along?

Waterfront properties make strange bedfellows. David Koch, who is embroiled in a better court battle over the family's oil and gas fortune with his brother, William Koch, has just purchased a Palm Beach waterfront home done the street from his estranged sibling. William Koch, who reputedly paid over $6.75 million for his home, tore down the old home and is constructing a new home in its place.

Rupert Murdoch and his wife, Anna, have listed their Los Angeles home at $19.5 million as they undergo divorce proceedings. Purchased in 1986 for $5.8 million, the seven-acre hilltop home is situated in Benedict Canyon near Beverly Hills and includes an 8,600 -square-foot Mediterranean-style home designed by architect Wallace Neff.

Published: September 23, 1998

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