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Aston Martin has a new concept submarine designed in partnership with submarine maker Triton Submarines. The project is codenamed “Neptune,” and the concept designs envision a sleek underwater craft with aggressive pointy-ended pontoons and a central passenger bubble cockpit with an unobstructed, all-around view.
The Neptune submersible combines Aston Martin’s design skills with Triton’s ability to produce functional submersibles for researchers, explores and the super-rich. Triton’s expertise lies in making sure that submarines can actually submerge safely, which is what gives me hope that this concept will indeed proceed to the limited edition production phase, as Aston Martin says it will.
Project Neptune is based on an existing three-person submarine platform from Triton’s lineup, so that’s another win in terms of production viability. And even when it does get made, it’s going to be an “exclusive, strictly limited edition vehicle” so you probably won’t see these dotting the local harbor regardless.
Still, I would like one, and I’ll move to an ocean-bound city to make it happen.
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Tributes of all sorts, from all kinds of famous people in almost every form of entertainment have been overflowing on social media as celebrities mourn the death of the late, great icon Hugh Hefner.
Hefner, who passed away at the age of 91 on Wednesday, was a legend to many across the world and was a true one of a kind in life.
Hef was such a legend that even in his golden years when he was 85, according to former Girls Next Door stars Karissa and Kristina Shannon, Hefner would rather have sex than the ability to hear.
“He said he would rather have sex than have his hearing,” the twins told The Sun in 2011. “He has hearing aids now and even then he can only hear out of one ear. You have to lean down and talk into his good ear for him to understand you. We could sit right next to him and he wouldn’t have a clue what we said.”
Love it.
Naturally, Hefner’s passing has led to a multitude of tributes far and wide. Here’s just a sampling of the multitude of people the man touched over the years (no pun intended, eh, screw it, pun totally intended)…
RIP to the legendary Hugh Hefner! I’m so honored to have been a part of the Playboy team! You will be greatly missed! Love you Hef! Xoxo
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) September 28, 2017
Love you Hef
#Legend #RIPHEF http://pic.twitter.com/QOEJJ4cxO9
— Paris Hilton (@ParisHilton) September 28, 2017
One of the nicest men I’ve ever known. Godspeed, Hugh Hefner. http://pic.twitter.com/457cchqskO
— Nancy Sinatra (@NancySinatra) September 28, 2017
So sad but forever grateful for all the wonderful memories and amazing experiences #RIPHef #Playboy
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— Bridget Marquardt (@Bridget) September 28, 2017
Hugh Hefner was a GIANT in publishing, journalism, free speech & civil rights. He was a true original, and he was my friend. Rest well Hef. http://pic.twitter.com/bJ1wxoK4gR
— Larry King (@kingsthings) September 28, 2017
Hugh Hefner was a strong supporter of the civil rights movement. We shall never forget him. May he Rest In Peace. http://pic.twitter.com/oL3lKLZRQ5
— Rev Jesse Jackson Sr (@RevJJackson) September 28, 2017
RIP HF. Few did more for writers, inc myself, breaking boundaries and helping Lenny fight for his 1st Amend Rights. http://pic.twitter.com/Vi4iDgYdCn
— Richard Lewis (@TheRichardLewis) September 28, 2017
A great man, entrepreneur and innovator. Your legacy lives on. #Hef http://pic.twitter.com/36cRzlUPRw
— Gene Simmons (@genesimmons) September 28, 2017
We’ve lost a true explorer, a man who had a keen sense of the future. We learned a lot from you Mr. Hefner. #HughHefner
— Norman Lear (@TheNormanLear) September 28, 2017
If you were raised without a mom Hugh Hefner probably changed your life. Champion of great writing & freedom of speech & always kind to me.
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) September 28, 2017
Today the world lost a legend. #HughHefner started my career. For 22 yrs I got to wish him happy new year at his mansion. I’ll miss him. http://pic.twitter.com/4Aowa1g44z
— Ron Jeremy (@RealRonJeremy) September 28, 2017
So saddened by @hughhefner‘ s passing – whatever you think of the magazine, he was smart, an entrepreneur & one of the nicest men I’ve met.
— Adam Richman (@AdamRichman) September 28, 2017
#RIP Hugh Hefner, you always were a big inspiration, rest easy legend. http://pic.twitter.com/CZ7t7WL0Jz
— Dan Bilzerian (@DanBilzerian) September 28, 2017
Met @hughhefner while screening the pilot episode of The Playboy Club at the mansion w/ my dad and he couldn’t have been more lovely. RIP
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— Jenna Dewan Tatum (@jennadewan) September 28, 2017
RIP to an Icon of all Icons. My good friend and founder of Playboy @hughhefner #GameChanger
— Dennis Rodman (@dennisrodman) September 28, 2017
This last one, by Pamela Anderson, might just be the best tribute of them all…
RIP, Hef.
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In 1952, Hugh Hefner was a 26-year-old copywriter at Esquire magazine with an entrepreneurial dream.
Hefner, who died on Wednesday at the age of 91, famously founded Playboy magazine in 1953 after Esquire denied him a $5 raise to his $60-a-week salary.
As The Wrap notes, Hefner quit Esquire in 1952, took out a mortgage of $600, and raised $8,000 from 45 investors, including $1,000 from his mother, to set the foundation for Playboy.
The first issue of Playboy Magazine hit newsstands in 1953.
It featured nude photographs of actress Marilyn Monroe, which were taken from a 1949 calendar shoot, according to The Wrap.
The first issue was an instant hit, selling more than 50,000 copies and laying the groundwork for an iconic brand that would go on to make millions over the decades.
In the early 1970s, Playboy magazine hit its peak, with sales of seven million copies for a single issue. In 1999, Hefner’s 70% ownership of Playboy stock was valued as high as $399 million, according to The Telegraph.
Though sales of the magazine dwindled in recent decades, the Playboy brand is still worth millions. Market researcher Wealth-X told Business Insider that Hefner was worth at least $110 million at the time of his death, with roughly $45 million in liquid assets.
SEE ALSO: Here’s who will likely inherit Hugh Hefner’s millions
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Sex sells and Hugh Hefner found a way to sell it perhaps better than anybody in the 20th century.
The founder of Playboy and the publishing house built up around the pioneering men’s magazine, which combined sex and intellectual stimulation, has died. He was 91.
"Hugh M. Hefner, the American i…
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People are sharing on Twitter tributes to Hugh Hefner, the Playboy founder who just died, aged 91, at his Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles.
Many people paid tribute mentioning Marilyn Monroe, who famously appeared on the very first cover of the first issue of Playboy magazine in December 1953.
However, a picture circulating on social media allegedly showing Hefner lighting a cigarette for Monroe in 1957 is a fake:
The photograph actually shows English actor and director Laurence Olivier lighting a cigarette for Monroe during a press conference for the 1957 movie Prince and the Showgirl:
‘Prince and the Showgirl’ press conference in 1957, with Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier.
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Also, Hefner never met Monroe in person, as he himself admitted on a 2011 interview with Piers Morgan on CNN:
Piers: Did you know Marilyn Monroe?
Hefner: She was actually in my brother’s acting class in New York. But the reality is that I never met her. I talked to her once on the phone, but I never met her. She was gone, sadly, before I came out here.
Despite that, Hefner did purchase the space next to Monroe’s vault at the Westwood Village Memorial Park, the celebrities’ cemetery in Los Angeles, for $75,000 in 1992, according to Reuters and the BBC.
The first issue of Playboy, which came out in December 1953, was 48 pages long and featured inside a nude 1949 calendar shot of Monroe, which Hefner bought for $200. All 70,000 copies of the magazine sold out within a few weeks.
Monroe died on 5 August 1962 in her Brentwood home of a drug overdose.
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After Belle Gibson was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2013 she went on to cure herself, and released a popular smartphone app focused on healthy eating. Gibson even donated a small fortune to charity with the proceeds. At least that was her story. Both Gibson’s cancer and her “cure” were lies. And now a court has ordered her to pay a hefty fine.
Gibson, a 25-year-old Australian woman, built a health and wellness empire by not only pretending to have brain cancer, but then claiming to have cured her cancer with what she claimed were all-natural remedies. Gibson said that much of the proceeds from her cookbook and app, The Whole Pantry, would go to various charities. But that didn’t happen.
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“No. None of it’s true,” Gibson finally confessed in April 2015 after questions were raised about her story. “I don’t want forgiveness. I just think [speaking out] was the responsible thing to do.”
Before she shut down her Facebook and Instagram accounts, Gibson had amassed quite a following, and kept everyone up to date on how she was “curing” her cancer. How did she cure it? By cutting out gluten, dairy, and coffee, among other things.
Gibson made over $420,000 ($322,00o US) during the course of her elaborate hoax. She was found guilty back in April but the fine of $410,000 ($320,00o US) was just issued today. The court found that Gibson made just over $10,000 in donations to charities during her venture, far short of what she claimed.
Previously magazines had hailed her diet as a miracle and they touted her award-winning app as essential to a healthy lifestyle. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Gibson even flew to the US to help work on the Apple Watch before it was released.
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“She’s fun and fearless ‘cos: she was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, but instead of giving in, it became the impetus for her dedication to health and wellbeing,” Cosmopolitan magazine’s Australian edition wrote about Gibson back in 2014. “Oh, and her app was named runner-up for the Best iPhone App of 2013 by Apple. Not bad, hey?”
Except that it was all bullshit. And the app was quietly pulled from the App Store after it was revealed in March of 2015 that she was a charlatan. Gibson’s app, The Whole Pantry, was so popular that it was even featured in online promotions for the Apple Watch.
According to Australia’s ABC News, the fine issued to Gibson was broken down by the various infractions, which included everything from failing to donate money from the proceeds of her wellness app, to her personally promising $150,000 to a young boy named Joshua with a brain tumor. She never gave Joshua the money that she pledged.
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“Ms Gibson expressly compared the terrible circumstances of young Joshua to her own, asserting she had the same kind of tumor as he did; a statement which was completely false, “ the judge said in her ruling.
The fines were broken down as follows, according to ABC News:
Gibson faced $1.1 million in fines, but has been ordered to pay just $420,000 because the court found that there’s no sense in issuing such a large sum if she has no ability to pay it. She didn’t even show up for the court proceedings.
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“She has chosen not to explain her conduct. She has chosen not to apologize for it,” the judge said this morning. “It appears she has put her own interests before those of anyone else.”
After the ruling, the prosecutors in the case and public health advocates warned the public that there are a lot of scams out there when it comes to health and wellness. But Gibson was certainly a special case.
“Our advice is to be wary of anyone who encourages you to eliminate many types of food or whole food groups from your diet,” head of the local Cancer Council, Todd Harper, told ABC News. “Always seek information from reputable sources and consult your doctor or dietitian first.”
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