A Los Angeles mega-mansion, once known as ‘America’s most expensive home,’ was sold to Fashion Nova CEO Richard Saghian in a bankruptcy action on Thursday after a winning bid of $126 million – a fraction of the home’s original, record-setting $500 million
Dear Bel, After a long, painful divorce from an unfaithful husband 22 years ago I met a man separated from his wife because of her infidelity. We became friends, then lovers; I would have trusted him with my life. We had separate
What would you take? Imagine the moment – hearing the sound of sirens, the crump of weapons, the crash of bombs – when you know you must flee from your beloved home to any place of safety. You grab a bag or
Dear Bel, I am Anthony, 69, and in a civil marriage with a man, 13 years my senior. As far as other relationships go, I have had one failed marriage; my wife was totally wrong for me and also unfaithful. Outwardly I
Demolition of developer Mohamed Hadid’s controversial Los Angeles mega-mansion could be derailed by ‘obstructionist bureaucrats’ over property tax issues, a court heard Wednesday. Douglas Wilson – the receiver appointed by a judge to oversee the tearing down of the giant house –
It was supposed to ‘last forever’ in the words of the man who built it, Palestinian-American tycoon Mohamed Hadid. But instead, the mega-mansion in the ritzy Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles – which he planned to sell for $100million – now
How fitting it was that the mourners who walked behind the splendid Land Rover hearse did not wear uniforms. Whatever painful juggling of competing vanities our Queen had to undertake (at a time when she should have been spared), and no matter
The news broke as I was doing my weekend food shop. A routine activity, boring list in hand. Right there, among the pasta and potatoes (and too much wine) in our trolley a single death landed – and suddenly everything felt different.