DiCaprio buys Las Vegas home

Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio has developed such a huge affection for American gambling haven Las Vegas, he's now purchased himself a home there.

The 29-year-old actor, who stars as Howard Hughes in the upcoming biopic The Aviator, has bought a $1.5m (€1.2m) abode in the city which was once one of Hughes' haunts.

The new pad, which is actually two apartments put together, is in a 33-storey glass high-rise called Panorama Towers.