Rich and Famous

Chrissy Teigen got candid about the loss of her unborn baby Jack at 20 weeks into her pregnancy in 2020. On Thursday (September 15), Teigen revealed what she and husband John Legend said at the time was a “pregnancy loss” was really an abortion to “save my life.”

Speaking at “A Day of Unreasonable Conversation” summit in Beverly Hills, Teigen, 36, told the crowd, “Two years ago, when I was pregnant with Jack, I had to make a lot of difficult and heartbreaking decisions. It became very clear around halfway through that he would not survive, and that I wouldn’t either without any medical intervention.”

“Let’s just call it what it was: it was an abortion,” she continued. “An abortion to save my life for a baby that had absolutely no chance. And to be honest, I never, ever put that together until, actually, a few months ago.”

Taking to Twitter today to reiterate, Teigen wrote, “I told you all we had a miscarriage because I thought that was what it was. But it was an abortion, and we were heartbroken and grateful all at once. It just took me over a year to realize it.”

Teigen shared a heartbreaking post to Instagram in September 2020: “We are shocked and in the kind of deep pain you only hear about, the kind of pain we’ve…

As we all know, being part of the British royal family has plenty of benefits. Castles. Crowns. Jets. Yachts. Servants. Jewels looted from other countries. But as it turns out, there’s another nice little benefit to being a royal: Special tax treatment.

Not only did King Charles III just inherit the extremely valuable and lucrative Duchy of Lancaster estate from his mother, the departed Queen Elizabeth II, he also won’t have to pay a pound in inheritance tax on the estate.

At the time of her death, we estimate that Queen Elizabeth’s net worth was $600 million. Queen Elizabeth was not a billionaire, but it’s possible the true value could reach as high as $700 or even $800 million.

Normally, a huge chunk of that value would now need to be paid to the coffers of England’s tax collectors. But not for King Charles.

It’s all thanks to a law that was passed in the UK back in 1993, exempting royal sovereigns from the 40 percent inheritance tax levied on estates worth more than $377,000 in the country. Ostensibly, the law was designed to protect the royal family’s assets, which serve as its primary source of income, from being hit heavily by the tax should two consecutive monarchs ever to die within a short period. Given that Queen Elizabeth lived nearly another 30 years after the law was passed, that’s not likely to be an issue, but apparently British lawmakers wanted to be on the safe side when it came to the royal assets.

The law was first…

The Bored Ape Yacht Club offers plenty of disinterested-looking Apes—10,000 of them, to be exact, in NFT form—but a suspicious lack of boating opportunities. Now, one Bored Ape NFT holder (and yacht owner) plans to change that with the launch of a decentralized yachting club.

The Bored Yachts Club hopes to create a decentralized, NFT-gated yachting platform that lets members rent real vessels all over the world, with proceeds going to charity. The initiative will begin with “Lady Amanda,” the single yacht of club creator Jad Comair, but the goal is to bring in more yacht owners over time while letting them direct funds to causes of their choice.

Comair is the founder and CEO of Melanion Capital, a French investment firm that launched a Bitcoin-themed ETF focused on crypto industry companies in 2021. He told Decrypt that he personally began investing in the leading cryptocurrency much earlier, in 2014.

“Thanks to Bitcoin, I was able to buy my first yacht,” he said.

An NFT is a blockchain token used to represent ownership in an item, and digital goods like Bored Ape-style profile pictures, digital artwork, and collectibles have proliferated over the last couple of years. The market yielded $25 billion in trading volume in…

After four seasons of Below Deck and two seasons of Below Deck Mediterranean, chef Ben Robinson has a unique perspective on how the series differs from real yachting.

He said one big difference is how guest preference sheets are handled on the show. He also said that despite how some crew will bicker about rank on some Below Deck seasons, rank is serious business in real yachting and not up for debate.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Formula One pictured a race in Miami and envisioned sun, sand, beaches and boats.

So when the inaugural Miami Grand Prix landed at Hard Rock Stadium, nowhere near the South Beach backdrop F1 was seeking, the promoter said don’t worry.

F1 wants boats in a suburban neighborhood?

Done. They built a fake marina. With fake water, and all.

Well, it’s not really water at all in The Mia Marina, located between turns 4 and 6 at the purpose-built venue around the Miami Dolphins’ stadium. It can be found at the corner of NW 27th Ave. and NW 199th St. in Miami Gardens, a land-locked neighborhood some 15 miles away from F1′s initial desired downtown location.

It isn’t exactly Monaco, but the man-made marina is a 25,000-square-foot dry dock designed to look like water. The 10 yachts are real — one appears to be booked by Michael Mak, the local founder of Celebrity Sports Entertainment; one waved the British flag; another is named “Wheels” — but the water is just plywood that’s been covered in a decal.

Tickets to the “Yacht Club” started at $9,500 up to $38,000 for a four-person pass.

It’s part of a five-star weekend experience created by Tom Garfinkel, vice chairman of the Miami Dolphins and Hard Rock Stadium and managing partner of the inaugural Miami Grand Prix. He’s worked with owner Stephen Ross to turn Hard Rock Stadium into a global sports and entertainment venue worthy of the top events in the world.

Hard Rock has hosted…

Every Below Deck franchise has a captain that makes the yacht their own, and Kerry Titheradge from Below Deck Adventure is no exception. The newest nautical franchise is set to premiere in the fall, with a much colder locale. Viewers are getting excited to meet the new crew of the motor yacht, Mercury.

As Below Deck fans are aware, the franchise is known for its steamy hookups, galley fights, and awful charter guests. The original series premiered back in 2013, and instantly became a reality contender, on a par with The Real Housewives. Thanks to the teaser from the newly-released trailer, fans are already getting an idea of who will be working on the boat. Throughout the franchise’s long run, viewers have seen crews visit the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, and Australia. However, some fans believe that the fjords of Norway were the most spectacular setting. While fans may debate the backdrops, all enjoy vicariously traversing the globe through the OG show and spinoffs.

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Like every captain from Below Deck and its spinoffs, Captain Kerry has a plethora of experience behind the wheel. According to his Bravo bio, Captain Kerry has been working on yachts for over 30 years. When he is off duty, the nautical professional enjoys spending time in Palm Beach Garden, FL, where he hangs out with his two children. The new captain is not afraid to lay down the law, especially if the crew is…

Going west on the coastal 660 is UK’s answer to America’s Route 66, writes Simon Heptinstall

Your rental car sweeps around wide, smooth bends on glorious cliff tops, the waves crashing on rocky shores below.

Drive slowly over the crest of Countisbury Hill, where Exmoor National Park meets the sea, heading west into an Atlantic sunset. The road rounds a headland and suddenly drops steeply into a hidden bay.

It’s almost impossible not to be distracted as an amazing coastal panorama opens up in front of you. It’s like a Hollywood sunset at the end of a blockbusting romance. You’re driving right into one of England’s finest views.

Through the windscreen, you’ll look down into Lynmouth Bay, where pretty Victorian houses cling to the far cliff among the trees above the beach, boats and a classic thatched harbourside pub.

Perhaps you’ll stop and stay at The Rising Sun, a waterside inn that was already 400 years old when the Romantic poet Shelley had his honeymoon there in 1812.

Welcome to the South West 660, a new road trip route around England’s southwestern peninsular offering scores of roads, views and experiences like that. Route 660 is UK’s answer to Route 66 – the first British roadtrip that could become internationally famous thanks to one of the world’s great coastlines.

There are 1062km around…

You’ve woken early on MSC Bellissima – the cruise ship is sailing off the coast of Naples – and you can’t recall which of the ship’s 12 dining venues serves your favourite breakfast of smashed avocado and poached eggs.

Who are you going to call? You’re hungry and need to get moving.

Luckily, ZOE has all the answers – or most of them. To be fair, she’s learning as she goes along.

ZOE is a voice-enabled personal assistant – a bit like Apple’s Siri – found in every Bellissima cabin. She can perform a variety of jobs, including reserving restaurants and excursions and checking bills – in any one of seven languages.

ZOE has been programmed to keep learning with every interaction, and if she didn’t immediately know which of the ship’s dining spots served smashed avocado and poached eggs, she will next time.

Ok, ZOE, here’s what we can tell you about the surge in high tech on the high seas as the cruise industry leaves the pandemic in its wake while passengers begin to fill ships again in record numbers.

The pandemic gave the cruise industry precious time and space to move away from old technology, which largely focused on mobile phone apps, whose connectivity at sea was sporadic and whose acceptance by privacy-protective passengers was guarded.

Cruise companies have taken up the challenge and are restoring trust in safety protocols from the moment a…

MIAMI, FL, May 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cyber Yachts, the world’s first metaverse yacht company, a division of Monsoon Blockchain Corporation, has been awarded patent-pending status by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The patents relate to revolutionary technology developed for Cyber Yachts’ NFT and metaverse projects.

The company is on track for a summer launch of its slate of metaverse and in-real-life (IRL) events. The first series of events include NFT drops coupled with virtual performances from award-winning and emerging musical artists and celebrities.

Cyber Yachts has developed groundbreaking intellectual property that allows non-fungible tokens (NFTs) associated with a blockchain to interact with data objects in a metaverse. The Cyber Yachts metaverse environment will grant credentialled users access via NFTs, and also provide a mechanism for users to access data objects in the virtual environment.

The newly issued patent-pending designation allows the company to protect its proprietary technology, inventions, and improvements that are commercially important to the development of its business. In addition, the company utilizes the most effective and efficient intellectual property instruments, including patents, trademarks, and trade secrets to achieve these goals.

Certain Cyber Yachts NFTs may also be configured to include an option to be built in the real world (the physical, non-virtual world). Imagine the purchase…