The buyer is actor Simon Helberg of ”The Big Bang Theory.”

The restored 4,179-square-foot villa has four bedrooms and 41/2 bathrooms. A fountain stands in the tiled front courtyard of the Mediterranean-style home, built in 1927. Inside, the dramatic two-story entry has wood floors and a vaulted ceiling. The step-down living room features a fireplace and wood-beamed ceiling.

An eat-in kitchen, with stone floors and a center island, overlooks courtyards and the backyard, which has a swimming pool. A sweeping staircase leads to the master bedroom wing, the other bedrooms, an upstairs family room and outdoor terraces.

Mueller, 34, co-starred this year in the Paris Hilton reality show “The World According to Paris.” She was on “Entertainment Tonight” in 2008 and 2009.

Sheen, 46, had starred on the sitcom ”Two and a Half Men”since its 2003 launch, earning a reported $1.8 million per episode in 2010. He was fired earlier this year. His television and film credits include “Spin City” (2000-02) and “Wall Street” (1987).

Helberg, who recently sold a home in Los Angeles, is one of the five central characters in the ensemble comedy ”The Big Bang Theory,” which started in 2007. The 30-year-old starred in “Derek and Simon: The Show” (2007).

Public records show the property was purchased for $2.575 million in 2007, before Mueller and Sheen’s 2008 marriage. After the birth of twin sons in 2009, they listed the house at $3.697 million. Weeks or months may pass before sale prices appear in public records.

Simon Helberg, one of the five central characters in the ensemble comedy “The Big Bang Theory,” has listed his Los Angeles home at $849,000.

The restored two-story Craftsman, built in 1910, is entered through a deep-set front porch with a swing. Period features include leaded windows, built-in cabinetry and wood floors and trim. The main house contains a fireplace, a den, five bedrooms and two bathrooms. Guest space above the detached garage has a kitchenette and a bathroom. An additional office with a bathroom sits next to the garage.

The comic actor, 30, plays fashion-challenged and self-deluded “ladies man” Howard Wolowitz on the sitcom, which started in 2007. He starred in “Derek and Simon: The Show” (2007).

Elisa Gil-Osorio of Nourmand & Associates in Beverly Hills is the listing agent.

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- SEPTEMBER 18TH: EMMY AWARDS 

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- July 22nd: San Diego Comic Con 2011

>> Chuck Lorre: “The show is about extraordinary people, not nerds”
>> Jim Parsons: “I just wanted the chance to play Sheldon in the pilot”
>> Moderator said “Penny digs nerds” & Kaley Cuoco responds: “Kaley digs nerds too! We’re just riding this wave as long as you let us.”
>> Kunal asked about bollywood: “It’s about really good looking people dancing around, dancing in the rain & making out.” (Crowd laughs)
>> Simon Helberg answers question if there is improv: “No we memorize lines and lean on the writers a whole lot!”
>> Melissa does an impression and says in the show mom voice: “What is this #comiccon you’re at? Is it some kind of sex convention?!”
>> Mayim Bialik: “I fell in love with biology when I was on blossom. I love neuroscience, I love academia.”
>> Mayim: “I had never watched the show but auditioned. They needed a female Jim Parsons & I was like who’s Jim Parsons?”
>> Bill Prady: “there will be a resolution & we think whichever way you came down on something that’s the way it works out.”
>> Cast fav moments — Kaley: “where a lovely man had to grab my ass when dancing. He was an older man and he was so nervous!”
>> Cast fav moments — Kunal: “when we had to learn the bollywood dance and learn the song. I got yelled at by the teacher.”
>> Fav moments — Simon: “I enjoyed wrestling w/ kunal on & off camera. I like putting the unitard on – very convenient piece of clothing”
>>  Bill Prady: “Sheldon seems singularly devoted to science. It’s biological if he’s actually vulcan”
>> Fan said he was in Iraq and TBBT got him through it. Sheldon: “Thank you for serving our country, Bazinga!”
>> Jim: “We are so lucky on this show. The shows stay interesting. The writers keep giving us things that are so organic and honest.”
>> Mayim: “there’s a little bit of suspended adolescence with my character and its fun to play. And yes, I’m a very sexual actress.”
>> On if the cast do nerdy pranks — Kaley: “we play a lot of ping pong.” Jim says: “that was lame Kaley.”
>> Johnny: “my first screen kiss was with Mayim”
>> Fan Q: Was it embarrassing singing Soft Kitty? Kaley: “it was fun!” Jim: “It was awkward for me, I had to bare flesh!”
>> Kunal was asked a question & said he didn’t understand, so Simon repeated the question w/ an indian accent. The fans cracked up!
>> Last fan question: What do u have in common w/ ur characters? Kaley: “I live next door to people.” Melissa: “we’re both really short”
>> What do u have in common w/ ur characters? Simon: “I would say there’s very little. I do have an affinity for clothes.”

From @TVGuide:

>> Mayim Bialik jokes that kissing Kaley Cuoco was her favorite scene, but it was really when Amy got drunk
>> Chuck Lorre: “Mayim is a very sexual actress. She’s a very dirty, dirty girl. Full-frontal nudity this year.” He’s kidding…
>> Bill Prady says Sheldon’s kiss with Wolowitz’s mom doesn’t count. Amy is his real first kiss.
>> “Cheers brought people to alcoholism. TBBT brought people to science,” says Chuck Lorre

From @Jimmy722:

>> Jim Parsons didn’t try to make Sheldon sympathetic, but he’s always felt human and empathetic to him as an actor “he’s a lovely fella”
>> Johnny was doing a play in new york when Chuck Lorre called him for the job, he knew they had magic at the first table read.
>> Applause for Jim and Johnny’s Emmy nominations. “The competition is fierce?” Johnny: “Always. Since Day one.”
>> Mayim’s favorite part of the season was having a drunk kiss with Sheldon.
>> Did we just get boo’d at Comic-Con?” – creators of TBBT after Kaley asks what T.I.M.E. stands for. Audiences was not happy.
>> Mayim (the neuroscientist) helps Jim understand some of what Sheldon says.
>> Jim says the most takes he’s ever had to do of anything ever was “rock paper scissors Spock”
>> No more Sara Gilbert on TBBT : Bill Prady says she’s unavailable to them because of her commitment to THE TALK.
>> Man comes dressed as Howard : “He’s dressed like me and he’s asking Amy questions!” Simon jokes.
>> Mayim is noting she is breaking all of her “What Not To Wear” tips she got from the episode with her character’s wardrobe.
>> “You’re the only person who can help with dialogue!” Jim says to Mayim, after she says he says she’s the nerdiest person on the cast.

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- Bill Prady (Executive Producer)
- Kunal Nayyar (Rajesh Koothrappali)
- Simon Helberg (Howard Wolowitz)
- Kaley Cuoco (Penny)
- Mayim Bialik (Amy Farrah Fowler)

First, we found out how difficult it was exactly for Helberg to shoot the now-infamous “kissing” scene with co-star Kunal Nayyar (Raj) earlier this season:

“We did have to rehearse that and also had to shoot it several times. We’re comfortable with each other … maybe not that comfortable, but certainly at this point we’ve experienced more than we ever hoped for (laughs). But, yeah, anything for a laugh.”

Helberg also touched upon his character’s mother, someone who has always been a presence on the show without actually appearing on screen. Here is what he had to say about the challenge of shooting some of these conversations:

“When I’m in a room and she’s off camera I can’t see her, but it’s really fun to do. I definitely can tap in to my frustration with parents and I feel like I’ve heard that voice in my head at least so I have fun doing those scenes. It’s definitely interesting doing them, though, when it’s just the room and me and she’s off screen.

“The interesting part of it is that there’s no one for them to cut to so even if she’s ranting, the camera is only on me. It’s a good exercise in making sure that you’re obviously listening and giving enough kinds of reactions so that it’s interesting for people to watch your face for an entire scene. That’s the only thing I’ve noticed in those scenes when it’s just me in a room and she is yelling. Mother is played by Carol Ann Susi, a character actress, who enjoys doing the show but doesn’t want to be on camera. She just loves coming in and standing back there and screaming.”

Be sure to check out the full interview for details about Helberg’s upcoming independent film project along with some of the other work he is currently up to.

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Simon recently took the time out of his busy shooting schedule to talk with MediaBlvd Magazine about his new independent film, “I am I.”  Simon’s film is being produced by the rising film & arts website, www.KickStarter.com.   Kickstarter features the revolutionary concept of allowing the online community to finance, produce, and become more involved with films, rather than going the often destructive route of big studios and production companies. 

MediaBlvd> Now you’re currently in the midst of making an independent film, “I am I,” in association with the crowd-funding website, www.Kickstarter.com.  Tell us a little bit about how Kickstarter works and why you’ve chosen to implement this site to help fund your film.

Simon>  Ah, well it basically started as a launching pad for things having to do with the arts.  It has films, bands, it also has fashion – and I think we’re kind of on the brink of it really exploding.  It’s really unbelievable – you get to try out your product, and get to skip the “corporate element,” and seeing if there’s actually an audience for your project, again whether it’s a piece of jewelry or a film.  In terms of independence films, it’s really in terms of getting  back to the original concept of it, which is that it’s a real community effort.  We’re basically making the fans the studio – we’re saying if is this something you want to see, and if it is – become a part of it with us.  Invest in it emotionally, and donate to the project, so [that we] can get it made with your help. 

[With Kickstarter] we’re really connecting with a fanbase, and basically making the fans producers on the movie.  So, yeah, it’s a pretty incredible website, it really feels like we’re on the cusp of something revolutionary in the terms of making art and distributing it out into the world. 

MediaBlvd>  Excellent!  I’ve heard a lot about directors who’ve implemented Kickstarter successfully in the past.

Simon>  Yeah, definitely!

MediaBlvd>  Let’s talk about your film – “I am I.”  I believe you’re working on it with your wife?  Tell us a little bit about it.

Simon>  Well, yeah, my wife wrote it and [she’s] directing it, and she’s going to star in it.  I’m going to be in it as well as actor Jason Ritter.  The story is basically a girl who never knew her father, [and she] runs into him at her mother’s funeral.  He is suffering from a form of retrograde amnesia, it’s an actual disorder called Korsakoff’s Syndrome – he thinks he’s 30 years old perpetually – that’s where he stopped remembering.  He sees his daughter and he mistakes her for her mother as a young woman, and she kind of puts it together that he’s the dad that she never knew.   And she decides to allow him to love her, playing along as she is her own mother and allowing her father to win her love, and that’s how she gets to know him, basically through this sort of twisted love story.  It’s dark and funny and heartbreaking.  It’s an unbelievable script.
[As for] Kickstarter, we’ve raised, last I checked, around 86,000 dollars – we’re trying to get to 100,000 dollars, and we have close to 800 backers.  We have until Saturday morning [to reach 100,000], and if we don’t reach our goal by Saturday morning, the money goes back to the donators.  So it’s very scam-proof – you can’t just take a little money and make a crappy movie, you have to get all of it.  To entice people, we have incentives.  You can see all this by going to www.IamIthefilm.com, and it’ll put you on the Kickstarter link.  [Incentives:]  If you donate 10 dollars, I’ll do a ringtone for you, and it’ll be my voice saying something either irritating or whatever.  If you donate 100 dollars, you become an actual associate producer on the movie, and you’ll get a credit at the end.  At 1,000 dollars, you get a walk-on role.  At 10,000 dollars, we’ll come to your house and bother you, knock on your door, and scream it for you. [laughs]. 

There’s all these different incentives – we’ve had people we don’t know give 10,000, we’ve had people give a dollar.  It’s just been incredible that people are responding to this story, and I think people are responding to this video we made that’s sort of this exclusive little video just for Kickstarter.  It’s like a 4 ½ minute video done in one shot, and it sort of explains the concept of how the movie came to be, how we’re going to make it, and it gives the vibe of the movie.  You get to see me with my shirt off in the bath tub [laughs].  It’s a really fun thing, and we’ve sort of pulled out the stops and done this in a really grassroots, indie kind of way.

The cast of ‘Friday Night Lights” (Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Aimee Teegarden, Scott Porter, Adrianne Palicki, Jesse Plemons and Louanne Stephens) presenting the Abe Burrows Entertainment Award to the show’s executive producer, Jason Katims. Actor J. K. Simmons leading cast members from CBS’s “Big Bang Theory” (Kaley Cuoco, Johnny Galecki, Simon Helberg, Jim Parsons, and Kunal Nayyar), in a rousing rendition of the show’s finale, “You’ve Gotta Have Heart.”

UPDATE: More photos of Kaley and Jim added. (Some Jim photos thanks to jimparsons.net)