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Jonathan Papelbon Unloads Penthouse; Baccarat Hotels

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EVERYWHEREMoney magazine has teamed with This Old House—the ultimate home-reno magazine, of course—on Safe at Home: 25 Ways to Protect Your Biggest Investment, a supplementary section that will appear in both Time Inc. titles as well as Real Simple. [Folio]

THE INTERNET—Apartment Therapy has launched a video series that will "attempt to bring posts to life and share with you the people that we've been meeting behind the scenes." [Apartment Therapy]

NYC—Because the more glittery the better, of course: the venerable French crystal firm Baccarat, in partnership with Starwood Capital Group, is breaking into the hospitality game. According to Editor at Large, the Skidmore Owings & Merrill-designed Baccarat Hotels & Residences tower, sited near the Museum of Modern Art, will reach 605 feet tall. Residences will hit the market in early 2013. [Editor at Large]

BOSTON—Former Red Sox pitcher Jonathan Papelbon has found someone who likes his Red Sox-themed nursery: his Back Bay penthouse has just sold for $2.825M after first hitting the market for $3.1M. [previously; Curbed Boston]

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Celebrity Real Estate Beverly Hills, Calif.

Ryan Seacrest Drops Tens of Millions on Degeneres Estate

Because everything comes full circle in this crazy wheel of life, the fact that Ellen Degeneres recently bought Brad Pitt's compound in Malibu, Calif., meant that another celebrity would surely swoop in and scoop up the comedian's own palace, which hit the market in October. Sure enough, the stars aligned in such a way that Ryan Seacrest has bought the Beverly Hills, Calif., estate, which Degeneres shares with her wife, Portia de Rossi.

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