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 home in Brentwood for $2,699,000. The two-story Tuscan-style house has five bedrooms and 6 ½ 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. There are walnut floors, a formal dining room and a fireplace in the master bedroom suite.

Rhames' Golden Globe award was for his performance in HBO's Don King: Only in America.

JEWEL LISTS

HOME WITH VIEWS

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

The home, with mind-blowing 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, was recently 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.

JUST WHERE ARE

THE MALOOFS GOING?

Joe Maloof, president of the fun-and-games Maloof Cos., just listed his Brentwood home at $4,995,000. His brother Phillip listed his Beverly Hills home at $16,995,000. And their mother, Colleen, put her Beverly Hills home on the market in May, where it is listed at $10,995,000.

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. Not bad, given the humble beginnings of a mom-and-pop liquor store in Albuquerque.

The house Joe 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. There is a saltwater pool and a built-in barbecue in a lush canyon setting.

Phillip'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 gym with a steam shower and massage room.

The house, built in 2003, has six bedrooms and eight bathrooms. The master bedroom suite continues the spa-resort theme, and the two-story guesthouse has a game room as well as two bedroom suites. The gourmet kitchen is equipped to entertain.

The 3-year-old house that Colleen wants to sell has about 11,000 square feet. The chef's kitchen has two center islands, four ovens, four dishwashers and two Sub-Zero refrigerators plus two additional refrigerated drawers. There's a climate-controlled wine cellar, a covered loggia with a fireplace, and customized heating and lighting systems. There are five bedrooms and eight bathrooms, plus a game/card room and a custom theater.

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