KETCHUM, Idaho — Bruce Willis says he’s willing to give away his central Idaho ski resort to a nonprofit.

The action star has already put his lavish home in nearby Hailey, Idaho, on the market – it’s listed at $15 million – along with his local bar and nightclub, The Mint – listed at about $4 million.

Now the Idaho Mountain Express reports Willis may be severing another real estate tie to Idaho. The actor told Camas County leaders he is willing to give the Soldier Mountain ski area in Fairfield to the right nonprofit.

Willis, best known for the “Die Hard” series and “The Sixth Sense,” has owned the ski area since the late 1990s. It boasts 1,150 acres of in-bounds terrain, and its three lifts give access to a vertical rise of 1,425 feet.

Soldier Mountain is popular with families, serving as a laid-back alternative to the swanky Sun Valley ski resort about 65 miles away.

Willis’ Soldier Mountain Development owns and operates the ski hill on public land under a U.S. Forest Service special-use permit.

At least one nonprofit has expressed interest in his offer.

John Palan with the Soldier Mountain Recreation Association says his group is hoping to get enough help from donors to take over the ski area’s operations.

“If we can get our ducks in a row, seek sponsors and new members, we would like to transfer the Forest Service permit and continue operations,” said Palan, who also is a longtime Soldier Mountain employee.

The ski area has been operating at a loss for several years, Palan said. He did not elaborate.

There are 30 nonprofit ski areas operating in the United States, said Ted Beeler, president of the ski area planning and design firm SE Group. The company was hired in 2006 to prepare a master development plan for Soldier Mountain.

Beeler said transferring ownership to a nonprofit entity would allow for tax-deductible donations to keep the operation afloat.

Willis and his former wife, Demi Moore, became part of the celebrity scene in Idaho’s posh Sun Valley region during the 1990s. Last year, Willis put his home – complete with a guesthouse, gym and pool with water slides – on the market. In 2010, he put The Mint bar and nightclub on the market for $6 million but later dropped the price to $4 million.

Willis’ publicist Paul Bloch said he has no comment on the matter.

Kate and William captured at Madame Tussauds

LONDON — Fake versions of Britain’s young royals prompted a real-life media scrum when they were unveiled at Madame Tussauds.

Photographers and TV crews jostled for position Wednesday as the museum unveiled waxwork figures of Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge. The couple had the same pose as during their engagement announcement, with the former Kate Middleton smiling in her now-famous blue Issa dress.

Madame Tussauds’ Liz Edwards predicts the pair will become the attraction’s most popular figures.

Madame Tussauds in Amsterdam also introduced a wax version of the couple, capturing the Duchess of Cambridge’s recent appearance at a film premiere, where she wore a lace Alice Temperley number.

Olbermann enlightens TV audience

LOS ANGELES — Keith Olbermann is remorseful – sort of. The freshly fired Current TV host told his side of the story on Tuesday’s “Late Show with David Letterman,” although it wasn’t clear how firmly his tongue was planted in cheek. He implied he was undone by the network’s lack of resources.

“It’s my fault that it didn’t succeed, in the sense that I didn’t think the whole thing through,” Olbermann said. “I didn’t say, ‘You know, if you buy a $10 million chandelier, you should have a house to put it in. Just walking around with a $10 million chandelier isn’t going to do anybody a lot of good.’

“And then it turned out we didn’t have a lot to put the house on to put the chandelier in, or a building permit, and I should have known that.”

After a brief pause, Letterman asked: “You’re the chandelier?”

As the crowd laughed, Olbermann replied, “I’m the chandelier.”