HEARTH & HOME
Madonna at the
MTV Video Music
Awards in August
CELEBRITY HOMES
L
ive like a superstar in Madonna’s former Beverly Hills
mansion, with its sparkling new renovations, now listed
at $35 million.
Mauricio Umansky, founder and CEO of The Agency,
Beverly Hills, also known for his role on “The Real
Housewives of Beverly Hills,” alongside his wife, Kyle Richards, is the
listing agent.
Madonna bought it in 2003 for $12 million, when she married Guy
Ritchie, and listed it for sale in 2012 for $28 million, selling it in 2013 for
$19.5 million. Since then, it has been transformed into one of Beverly
Hills’ best homes.
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GAZELLE
Beverly Hills has been the prime address of top celebrities since
the 1920s, when Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford remodeled
a former hunting lodge into a 25-room mansion, with tennis courts,
swimming pool and horse stables. Much of Hollywood soon followed
in order to rub elbows with their peers behind their security gates and
lush vegetation, and wave hello when passing each other on the pretty,
winding residential streets.
Their great escapes are tropical and very private, with views above
the hustle and bustle of the city, but close enough to avoid a long
commute to the sound stages. The beauty of the neighborhood and
its mansions has been captured as the background for popular films
Madonna