"Ross, Russell Brand, Esther Rantzen, Stephen Fry, Noel Edmonds, Jimmy Savile (as the headmaster of ""Pop School"", as ""Sir Jimmy Savile, the Owl"" and in ""Jimmy Savile's Haunted Head""), Johnny Vaughan, Adam Ant, Jimmy Hill, Noddy Holder, Boy George, Freddie Garrity, Steve McFadden, Morrissey (constantly finding daffodils stuck into the seat of his trousers, parodying his appearances on ""Top of the Pops""), Busted, Eminem, Big Daddy, Danny Baker and plenty more. In 2002, British comedian Johnny Vegas sold the exclusive rights to his wedding photographs to Viz for £1, in a flippant dig at celebrity couples who sold the rights"
"to their wedding photos to glossy magazines such as ""OK!"" for anything up to (and over) £1 million. The comic also prints regular satirical pastiches of typical tabloid and local media news stories. One issue featured a small write-up of a wedding. However, in true ""Viz"" style, the wedding featured a lecherous groom marrying his pregnant (and significantly underaged) girlfriend, eyeing up her younger sister while being called a ""cradle-snatching cunt"" by her father (with the resulting fight prompting the bride's mother to cry out ""less it, for fuck's sake"" before the police arrived). Another such story revolved around a"
"of 30,000 for their chosen charity. She took part in the second series of ""Dancing with the Stars"" on RTÉ One and was eliminated in week 5. She was partnered with new dancer, Polish champion Robert Rowinski. In April 2011, she wed British comedian Johnny Vegas in her mother's home town of Seville, Spain. The couple lived in London together, but announced in May 2018 that they had separated the previous year. In November 2018 it was rumoured the notoriously private couple were back together after they were photographed at the Royal Television Society Awards in Manchester On 26 January"
"Journal"" interview that he at one point had dozens of copies of the issue around his house, but they were probably all thrown out. Another copy, rated CGC 5 (""Very Good/Fine""), was discovered in July 2010 by a family facing foreclosure on their home while packing their possessions. Estimated by ComicConnect.com to sell as high as $250,000, the comic fetched $436,000 at auction, saving the family's home. One copy was stolen from American actor Nicolas Cage, an avid comic book collector, in 2000. In March 2011, it was found in a storage locker in the San Fernando Valley and was"
"Rupert Thorpe, son of the former British politician Jeremy Thorpe, managed to get into the wedding and take photographs of the couple. This photographer then sold the images to ""Hello"" magazine which had earlier attempted to bid for the photographs. The deal with ""OK!"" Magazine was worth £1,000,000. In ""Douglas v Hello No 1"" [2001] 2 WLR 992 the Douglases attempted to gain an injunction to prevent the publication of unauthorized photographs. The Douglases and ""OK! Magazine"" claimed for breach of confidence, invasion of privacy, breach of the Data Protection Act 1998 and intention to damage and conspiracy to injure."
"""Viz"". Sales exceeded a million by the end of 1989, making ""Viz"" for a time one of the biggest-selling magazines in the country. Inevitably, a number of imitations of ""Viz"" were launched, but these never matched the original in popularity, and rarely in quality. Sales steadily declined from the mid-1990s to around 200,000 in 2001, by which time Chris Donald had resigned as editor and passed control to an ""editorial cabinet"" comprising his brother Simon, Dury, Thorp and new recruits Davey Jones and Alex Collier. In June 2001, the comic was acquired as part of a £6.4 million deal by"
"cover important matches for the ""Daily Express"". He was also signed to take part in sport programmes presented by HTV, the Wales and West of England commercial television company. In September 1969, John married Janet Talfan Davies, daughter of Alun Talfan Davies QC, a leading Welsh lawyer. John and Jan had four children (Kathryn, Lucy, Anna and David) and as of 2016, eleven grandchildren (Emily, Rebecca, Sam, Tom, Ben, Anna, Edward, Will, Gwen, Ella and Charlotte); John and his wife are now separated. In 2009, he decided to sell his rugby memorabilia, including his Wales caps, stating that he felt"
"an exclusive £300,000 deal for photographs of the wedding reception to be published in ""OK! magazine"", pictures showed the couple (apparently) publicizing Snowflake. ""OK! magazine"" issued the photo to the media with the caption, """"ANTHEA TURNER AND GRANT BOVEY exclusive OK! wedding photograph, enjoying Cadbury's new Snowflake. For the complete wedding coverage and a free Cadburys Snowflake, buy OK! magazine this weekend."""" ""The Sun"", was the only newspaper to use the photo despite describing it as 'the most sickening wedding photo ever'. Cadbury Snowflake Cadbury Snowflake was a chocolate bar manufactured by Cadbury. Launched in August 2000, it was a"
"2001 dance music journalist Lesley Wright, who was then editor of Scottish dance publication M8 magazine was hired to replace Chris Mellor as Editor-in-Chief after 10 years running the editorial staff. In 2002 Fatboy Slim was featured in the July issue after his free event held in Brighton, England attracted approximately 250,000 clubbers. In 2003 the parent company of the publication merged with the magazine publisher WVIP. From 2005 the magazine started to expand its publication overseas to include places like Central and South America, Germany, France and Spain. In 2006 the magazine was sold to Future plc, one of"
"collector, and is believed to have one of the largest private photography collections in the world. In 2000, he admitted to spending £30million in just under two years—an average of £1.5million a month. Between January 1996 and September 1997, he spent more than £9.6m on property and £293,000 on flowers. In June 2001 John sold 20 of his cars at Christie's, saying he didn't get the chance to drive them because he was out of the country so often. The sale, which included a 1993 Jaguar XJ220, the most expensive at £234,750, and several Ferraris, Rolls-Royces, and Bentleys, raised nearly"
"explored in a series of podcasts entitled ""Songs From the Matted Shag."" During his time in Chicago, Ricketts created illustrations for ""Playboy"" magazine and various other publications. While providing spot illustrations for Playboy's music page, Ricketts befriended underground cartoonist Skip Williamson who encouraged him to pursue a career in comics. Ricketts was married at the Graceland Wedding Chapel on Valentine's Day in Las Vegas in 1991. According to his website, his wife walked down the aisle wearing a red dress and carrying black flowers while an Elvis impersonator sang a slow version of ""Viva Las Vegas."" Ricketts and his wife"
"the magazine. On July 15, ""Penthouse"" owner FriendFinder Networks Inc. offered $210 million (the company is valued at $185 million), though Hefner, who already owned 70 percent of voting stock, did not want to sell. In January 2011, the publisher of ""Playboy"" magazine agreed to an offer by Hefner to take the company private for $6.15 per share, an 18 percent premium over the price of the last previous day of trading. The buyout was completed in March 2011. In October 2015, Playboy announced that starting with their March 2016 issue, the magazine would no longer feature full frontal nudity."
"combined circulation of more than 700,000. In 1998, he sold his company Hurst Publishing for £174 million. He owns a large number of luxury cars, including two Rolls-Royces, two Bentleys, four Jaguars, an AC Cobra and two Ferraris, including a red 328 which sits inside a glass case in the gym of his home. He owns two personal number plates that read ""JM 1"" and ""1 JM"". Madejski has two daughters, but has never married. He made front-page headlines in UK tabloid newspapers in October 2004 due to his alleged romantic attachment with singer and TV star Cilla Black. The"
"Games, Vaughan also participated in the on-stage presenting of the acts and interviews with Team GB athletes and medalists. Vaughan participated in a 2018 episode of quiz show ""Pointless Celebrities"", reaching the final round alongside fellow Radio X DJ Toby Tarrant. Vaughan married his long-term partner costume designer Antonia Davies in August 1999. The couple met in 1983 when he was working in a video store at age 19. Elvis Costello performed at their wedding. In 2003 they lived in Wandsworth Common, South London. Vaughan's father-in-law was Nick Davies, once foreign editor of the ""Daily Mirror"". They had two children"
"many of the covers were by Charles Tunnicliffe. Two of the originals are on long-term loan to the Tunnicliffe gallery at Oriel Ynys Môn, but in 1995 the RSPB sold 114 at a Sotheby's auction, raising £210,000, the most expensive being a picture of a partridge which sold for £6,440. From January 1964 (vol. 31, no. 1), publication increased to six per year, (issued in the odd-numbered months, January, March and so on, but dated ""January–February"", ""March–April"", etc.). Volumes again covered two years, so vol. 30, covering 1962–63, therefore included nine issues, ending with the ""Winter 1963–64"" edition instead of"
"and lucrative partnerships to limit expenses at the company. On January 1, 2018 the Wall Street Journal reported the controlling shareholder of Playboy Enterprises, Inc.—private-equity firm Rizvi Traverse—is considering ending the U.S. print edition of Playboy Magazine and quoted Ben Kohn, managing partner at Rizvi, as stating the magazine has lost as much as $7 million annually in recent years. Hefner has been recognized on ""The Folio: 100"" list for 2017 for his contributions to the magazine media industry as well as appearing on the ""Forbes"" 30 Under 30 list for 2018. In 2015, Hefner got engaged to British actress"
"selling for £155,000. Vettriano was also asked by First Minister, Alex Salmond to create his official Christmas card ""Let's Twist Again"". The original painting and limited-edition prints later sold at auction for the benefit of four Scottish charities, raising £86,000. Divorced from his first wife, Vettriano divides his time between homes in London, Kirkcaldy and Nice, France. In 2004, he was awarded the OBE. He has claimed inspiration for his paintings in: ""25 years of sexual misbehaviour"". In 2010, he told ""The Independent"": ""I live in a world of heartbreak... I just seem to be more creative when I'm in"
"UK, the US, Venezuela and Vietnam). ""OK!"" is best known for its coverage of celebrity nuptials. In 2000, ""OK!"" had exclusive rights to publish photographs of the wedding of Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas, but its rival ""Hello!"" magazine published pictures as well, and ""OK!"" sued. It was awarded £1,033,156 in an initial judgment, but lost it on appeal. In October 2005, three celebrity weddings took place on the same day: those of Katie Price and Peter Andre, Kate Garraway and Derek Draper, and Samia Ghadie and property developer Matthew Smith. ""OK!"" covered them all over separate issues. The biggest"
"by Twentieth Century Fox. The six were manufactured as signed limited edition artworks and displayed in galleries around the United Kingdom. This art collection from Claridge launched at the Playboy Club in Mayfair on Thursday 14 January 2016. It follows Playboy’s diamond anniversary in 2013 and is a collection of six vintage magazine covers spanning three decades of the iconic magazine. Claridge was, again, given unprecedented access to the archives, finally selecting six images from around seven hundred covers, dating from 1967 to 1982, including Playboy Bunnies, Karen Christy and Kaya Christian. All of the images are painted in Claridge's"
"contribution finally ending up being sold to an internet bidder from Miami Florida where the statue was exported into a private collection, ultimately topping all estimates on value with a bid second highest only to the Pixar statue contribution. He is married to actress Jane Asher, whom he met in 1971. The couple wed in 1981 and have a daughter and two sons. Gerald Scarfe Gerald Anthony Scarfe, CBE, RDI (born 1 June 1936) is an English cartoonist and illustrator. He has worked as editorial cartoonist for ""The Sunday Times"" and illustrator for ""The New Yorker"". His other work includes"
"time. PG Tips also produced a long-running series of trade cards as giveaways. These cards ceased production in 1999, after a survey of customers showed that they were not contributing to developing the business. In 2005, PG Tips celebrated its 75th anniversary with special packs, including a limited-edition Golden pack, and a one-off Diamond tea bag. The Diamond tea bag cost £7,500, and was made by Boodles jewelers and used Makaibari Silver Tips (Imperial). In 2007, PG Tips reunited Johnny Vegas as Al and the ITV Digital Monkey character puppeteered by Nigel Plaskitt and Susan Beattie, voiced by Ben Miller"
"as they were seen in nature rather than as stiff scientific studies. From March 1953, he painted many of the cover illustrations for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds's (RSPB) magazine ""Bird Notes"", and several for the later ""Birds"" magazines. Two of the originals are on long-term loan to the gallery at Oriel Ynys Môn, but in 1995 the RSPB sold 114 at a Sotheby's auction, raising £210,000; the most expensive being a picture of a partridge, which sold for £6,440. At his death, much of his personal collection of work was bequeathed to Anglesey council on the"
"Mike paid for it and it cost $350"". Later, in the early 1950s, she married a man named Johnny Smith. After leaving Timely in 1949, Barclay freelanced, doing inking on D.S. Publishing's crime comic ""Exposed"" (1949), and both penciling and inking stories for Standard's ""Intimate Love"" (1951–53); DC Comics (1952); American Comics Group (1952–54); and the Ace Periodicals comic book ""Complete Love Magazine"" (1954), as well as for St. John Publications (1953). Most of her freelance comics work was in the romance genre. Bellman recalled in 2005, ""I knew her well before my Timely days. She was called Violet back"
"that the photographs were faked, and has stated that the abuse shown in the photographs is similar to the sort of abuse which was happening in the British Army in Iraq at the time. In partnership with Matthew Freud, he gained ownership in May 2005, of ""Press Gazette"", a media trade publication together with its ""cash cow"", the British Press Awards, in a deal worth £1 million. This ownership was cited as one of the reasons many major newspapers boycotted the 2006 awards. ""Press Gazette"" entered administrative receivership toward the end of 2006, before being sold to a trade buyer."
"calendar rather than for ""Playboy"". Hefner chose what he deemed the ""sexiest"" image, a previously unused nude study of Marilyn stretched with an upraised arm on a red velvet background with closed eyes and mouth open. The heavy promotion centered around Marilyn's nudity on the already-famous calendar, together with the teasers in marketing, made the new Playboy magazine a success. The first issue sold out in weeks. Known circulation was 53,991. The cover price was 50¢. Copies of the first issue in mint to near mint condition sold for over $5,000 in 2002. The novel ""Fahrenheit 451"", by Ray Bradbury,"
"to a lesser extent, comics. In 1975 he began to publish a photocopied film fanzine entitled ""Worlds"", which also included reviews of comics and science fiction. The magazine was not the success that he hoped and by 1976, after five issues, he owed £80 to the printer: a substantial sum at the time to a 15-year-old schoolboy. He had already attempted suicide once by paracetamol overdose and although he considered another attempt in the face of such debt, he was cheered by a friend's gift of the requisite sum. Even with income from a part-time job at the Arts Picture"
"compares photos of stars with and without makeup, and ""Knifestyles of the Rich and Famous"" section, which illustrates suspected incidences of plastic surgery with before-and-after photos. As of 2015, ""Star"" sells for US$4.99 per issue with reduced rate subscriptions varying from 26 to 52 issues. ""Star"" received attention in 1991 for running a story about KISS drummer Peter Criss, claiming that he had become homeless and was a habitual drunkard and was living on the streets of Santa Monica, California. In fact, Criss was healthy and happily married at the time. ""Star"" had instead interviewed and photographed a homeless man"
"Radio with a weekly night time talk radio show called ""The British Are Cumming"". In 2003, Wane launched her own limited edition, X-rated quarterly comic book series in association with H Bomb Comics called ""Vamptrix"". The design of the main character is based on Wane. Wane and her husband also own and operate several websites, including TaylorWane.com, TaylorWane.net, PlanetPorno.com, and MoBooty.com. They also own an independent photo agency, Laurien Photographic, that licenses photos of Wane and other porn stars to stock agencies and magazines such as Hustler, Gallery, and Jugs. In 2005, Wane launched her own line of sex toys"
"that he shoots at the Comedy and Magic Club in Hermosa Beach, California and distributes them on his website for free. On the November 4th, 2010 episode of ""Chelsea Lately"", John announced that he proposed to Jamie Marie Kelly after his October 29 performance at the Comedy & Magic Club in Hermosa Beach, California. John and Jamie were wed at Water Street Tavern near their alma mater, Kent State University, on May 27, 2012. The couple currently resides in Calabasas, California and Las Vegas, Nevada with their three dogs, a basset hound, a puggle, and a rescued collie mix. On"
"of 350,000 in 2000. The publication was edited by Martin Daubney from August 2003 to October 2010 with the sales supported by DVD girl themed covermounts and the price being reduced temporarily to £2.50. Daubney resigned when he became a father. Between 2003 and 2006, ""Loaded"" won industry awards for design and journalism, including 'best designed fashion pages' at the Magazine Design Awards, for a spread of dogs photographed wearing jewellery. ""Loaded"" staff writer Jeff Maysh won five industry awards for journalism, including MJA Feature Writer of the Year, and PTC New Monthly Consumer Journalist of the year. After the"
"an estimated fortune of £110million. In 1985 he sold ""Adoration of the Magi"" by Andrea Mantegna at Christie's in London to the Getty Museum for a then-world record auction price of $10.5 million (£8.1m). In November 1993, the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court confirmed his claim to the ownership of the Sevso Treasure, a hoard of late Roman Empire silver. He is a Freemason, and served as the Pro Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England from 2001 until March 2009. He has been married six times. Spencer Compton, 7th Marquess of Northampton Spencer"
"issues of the digest sized ""Valiant Picture Library"" which featured stories which were nothing to do with the comic. They cost one shilling (5p) each. On 19 March 2012, the Royal Mail launched a special stamp collection to celebrate Britain's rich comic book history. The collection featured ""Valiant"", ""The Beano"", ""The Dandy"", ""Eagle"", ""The Topper"", ""Roy of the Rovers"", ""Bunty"", ""Buster"", ""Twinkle"" and ""2000 AD"". ""Valiant"" contained a mix of conventional war stories, such as ""Captain Hurricane"" from the first issue, which was a humorous strip set in World War II about a massive ex-sea skipper who became a Captain"
"of the Rovers and Hot Shot"", but reverted to its original title shortly afterwards. The comic was relaunched as a monthly in September 1993, but finally closed in March 1995, after a further 19 issues. On 19 March 2012 The Royal Mail launched a special stamp collection to celebrate Britain's rich comic book history. As well as ""Roy of the Rovers"", the collection also featured ""The Beano"", ""The Dandy"", ""Eagle"", ""The Topper"", ""Bunty"", ""Buster"", ""Valiant"", ""Twinkle"" and ""2000 AD"". The magazine's circulation for the six months ending June 1981 was 122,118. A readership survey carried out in 1982 revealed that"