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By ANN BRENOFF

Los Angeles Times

Published: November 16, 2008

LOS ANGELES - My all-time favorite award-show moment came in 1998 when best-actor winner Ving Rhames gave his Golden Globe to fellow nominee Jack Lemmon, saying, "I feel that being an artist is about giving, and I'd like to give this to you." There was nary a dry eye in the house, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association later made a duplicate award for Rhames.

Rhames has listed his house in Brentwood for $2.69 million. The two-story Tuscan-style house has five bedrooms and 61/2 bathrooms in 4,700 square feet. There is a chef's eat-in kitchen with Viking Professional appliances, granite counters and a direct entrance from the garage. One bedroom is on the ground floor. There are walnut floors, a formal dining room and a fireplace in the master bedroom suite.

Rhames, 49, played the merciless drug dealer Marsellus Wallace in "Pulp Fiction" (1994). His Golden Globe award was for his performance in HBO's "Don King: Only in America." He also played the ace computer hacker Luther Stickell in all three "Mission Impossible" movies and was the deep-voiced Cobra Bubbles in "Lilo & Stitch" (2002). In 2005, he played the lead role in a new "Kojak" series on the USA Network.

The nickname "Ving" - short for Irving - was bestowed upon him by actor Stanley Tucci, who was his roommate at Juilliard.

A JEWEL OF A HOUSE

Singer-songwriter Jewel and her cowboy extraordinaire husband, Ty Murray, are hoping to lasso a buyer for their Hollywood Hills home, just listed at $1.75 million.

The home, with blow-you-away views of the city lights below, has two bedrooms and two bathrooms in 1,781 square feet. The kitchen has a center island, a Viking range and a Sub-Zero refrigerator. There's a private deck off the master suite and a brick patio for entertaining. There is also an office and attached three-car garage. The home, built in 1938, recently was restored, and there are many period details.

The couple also own a 2,200-acre ranch in central Texas. They met in 1999; Jewel's father had been an Alaska rodeo champion.

Jewel, 34, has been nominated for Grammys three times and has sold more than 27 million albums worldwide. In June, she released her latest album, "Perfectly Clear."

Murray, 39, a former champion rodeo cowboy, was featured in a Miller Lite commercial series. He is frequently an announcer on televised bull riding events and in 2007 starred in "Ty Murray's Celebrity Bull Riding Challenge," a TV show featuring him trying to teach nine celebrities the art of bull riding. This would have been an only-in-L.A.-moment - except it was in Texas.

A HAT TRICK OF HOUSES

Where are all the Maloofs going?

Joe Maloof, president of the fun-and-games Maloof Cos., just listed his Brentwood house at $4.99 million. His brother Phillip listed his Beverly Hills house at $16.99 million. And their mother, Colleen, put her Beverly Hills house on the market in May, where it is listed at $10.99 million.

The Maloof family runs a billion-dollar empire that includes the NBA's Sacramento Kings, the ultra-hip Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas and a huge liquor distributorship in New Mexico.

The house Joe Maloof just listed is a two-story traditional with five bedrooms and five bathrooms in 6,100 square feet. The master suite has his-and-her bathrooms, and the eat-in gourmet kitchen has Carrera marble countertops. There are hardwood floors and wainscoting throughout.

Phillip Maloof's 11,679-square-foot house is a Tuscan-style retreat with all the bells and whistles you'd expect to find in a resort. There's an infinity pool and spa with two waterfalls and a cabana; a putting green complete with a sand trap; and a large gym with a steam shower and massage room.

The 3-year-old house that Colleen Maloof wants to sell has about 11,000 square feet. The chef's kitchen has two center islands, four ovens, four dishwashers and two Subzero refrigerators plus two additional refrigerated drawers. There are five bedrooms and eight bathrooms, plus a game/card room and a custom theater.

A HOUSE FOR A SONG

The Beverly Hills estate of three-time Oscar-winning songwriter Ray Evans is listed for sale at $9.99 million.

Evans, who with his composing and songwriting partner Jay Livingston penned "Que Sera, Sera," "Silver Bells" and "Buttons and Bows," died at age 92 in February 2007. He lived in the house for more than 50 years.

The midcentury modern house and separate guesthouse with a pool sit on almost 4 acres. The main house has 12-foot ceilings and views to the ocean. There are four bedrooms and five bathrooms. The square footage is 3,500, according to public records.

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