In the latest update from LA, it seems reformed bad boy Mark Wahlberg is relocating while comic lothario Eddie Murphy is selling his ex-marital home. Since abandoning striptease as his main on-screen talent, Marky Mark has plundered the riotous lifestyle he enjoyed in the 1990s to script the hit TV series Entourage. Hollywood stars with an eye on the economy have swapped acting for production; Wahlberg's role as Entourage's executive producer will more than fund his recent acquisition of a $5.5 million home. While Wahlberg solidifies his role as a family man - his partner of seven years is expecting their third child - Murphy continues his romantic ricochet through LA's most beautiful African American sub-celebrities. The proceeds from the $6.1million sale of his ten-bedroom home may disappear in child support - he has eight children by four different women - but luckily for Murphy, Forbes magazine reported that he is Hollywood's third highest-earning actor, after Will Smith and Johnny Depp.

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