Magic Johnson’s $3 million Mediterranean Yacht Charter Vacation aboard 70m Mega Yacht AMADEUS

This summer saw the former basketball star, Magic Johnson, enjoy an amazing six-week $3 million Mediterranean yacht charter vacation aboard the breath-taking 70m mega yacht AMADEUS, together with his son EJ and his friend, film icon Samuel L. Jackson.

Magic Johnson and Samuel L. Jackson enjoying gelato in Portofino – Image credit to Splash News

Launched by Jadewerft in 1969, superyacht AMADEUS is an outstanding vessel, originally built as a commercial ship. Subsequently, she has been transformed into one of the most beautiful luxury yachts. AMADEUS is able to sleep up to 12 guests in utmost in luxury. She boasts plenty of special features, including gymnasium, Jacuzzi, golf driving range, sauna, elevator through three decks, cinema, as well as custom Steinway grand piano, to name but a few.

70m Mega Yacht AMADEUS – Photo credit to Splash News

Basketball icon, Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson Jr., was born on August 14, 1959, in Lansing, Michigan. For 12 years, Johnson dominated the court as one of America’s best basketball players. He has since then built up a business empire, which includes real estate holdings, several Starbucks franchises, as well as movie theaters.

Nicholas Cage sells his yacht

Nicholas Cage Yacht

Nicholas Cage is now selling his lovely luxury yacht.  Will he buy another one?  Some reports suggest that he is liqifying some cash and selling more than just his yacht. 

nicolas cage

I the credit crisis and the state of the economy affecting the super rich and famous too? 

Here is a video of Nicholas Cage exercising on the yacht in Genoa, Italy.

The motor yacht

Luxury motor yacht ‘Sarita’ has impressive decks are superb for activities, sunbathing, dinning and general relaxation. Even though ‘Sarita’ is capable of accommodating twelve guests, each one can find freedom and space around her spacious outdoor areas which include an aft deck, sun deck and upper deck!

Working out on deck

Other features which make “Sarita’ great include water toys such as jet-skis, water skis and kayaks. She is available for charter in the Caribbean in winter and the Mediterranean in summer.

The aft deck where Cage entertains friends.

Nick Cage is a movie actor staring in many films winning an Academy Award, for his performance as a suicidal alcoholic in Leaving Las Vegas.  He was earlier married to singer/songwriter Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of Elvis Presley, and is now married to Alice Kim, a former waitress.

water toys on the yacht

Actor Johnny Depp’s Luxury Yacht!

Depp

Johnny Depp, star of ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’,  was first seen vacationing on his yacht with Vanessa in the Mediterranean near the island of Elba.  Elba is Italian just of Sardinia  – between the French Island of Corsica and the Italian mainland near to Pisa, Tuscany.  Napoleon Bonaparte was famously was excelled there.

The Yacht Johnny Depp owns near Elba

Johnny Depp actually owns the luxury motor yacht and he called it Vajoliroja.  It was built by Proteksan Turquoise was built in turkey in 2001 and is a large modern classic luxury superyacht 47m (156ft)  long.

Superyacht vajoliroja

The name Vajoliroja is a combination of Johnny’s family’s names. Va for Vanessa, Jo for Johnny, LiRo for his 9 year old daughter Lily Rose and Ja for his son Jack. It sounds like ‘The Jolly Roger’ if you say it just right.

Johnny and Vanessa

Vanessa Paradis and Johnny Depp have been in a relationship since 1998. Vanessa Chantal Paradis is a French singer and actress who won the 2008 Victoire De La Musique Female Performer of the Year and Pop Album of the Year. 

Here is a recent photo of Johnny’s yacht the Vajoliroja docked in Florida, USA last week. Johnny was in Florida with his family for the Sheila Witkin Memorial Concert.

The Luxury Yacht In Florida

 You can even charter the superyacht if you like as yacht Vajoliroja is available for luxury yacht charters. The romantic motor yacht VAJOLIROJA evokes feelings of romance and glamour with hints of a pirate theme which would make it hard for the  lucky few that get to charter this special yacht not to think about the yachts owner Johnny Depp.

Johnny Depp is a versatile and gifted actor who has been nominated for 3 Oscars.  His list of work includes:  

Sin City 3 (2011)
The Rum Diary (2009)
Dark Shadows (2010) Barnabas Collins
Shantaram (2009) 
Public Enemies (2009) John Dillinger
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) …. Sweeney Todd
… aka Sweeney Todd
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007) …. Jack Sparrow
… aka Pirates 3 (USA: informal short title)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006) …. Jack Sparrow
… aka Pirates 2 (USA: informal short title)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow (2006) (VG) (voice) …. Jack Sparrow
Corpse Bride (2005) (voice)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) …. Willy Wonka
The Libertine (2004)
Finding Neverland (2004)(2004)And They Lived Happily Ever After
    – Hank’s Back (2004)
Secret Window (2004)
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) …. Sands
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) …. Jack Sparrow
From Hell (2001)
Blow (2001)
Chocolat (2000)
The Man Who Cried (2000)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
The Astronaut’s Wife (1999)
The Ninth Gate (1999)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) ….
The Brave (1997)
Donnie Brasco (1997)
Nick of Time (1995)
Dead Man (1995)
Don Juan DeMarco (1995)
Ed Wood (1994)
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
Benny & Joon (1993)
Arizona Dream (1993)
Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
“21 Jump Street”
Cry-Baby (1990)
Platoon (1986)
Slow Burn (1986) (TV)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Naomi Campbell Yachting in the Mediterranean

Naomi Campbell

The famous supermodel Naomi Campbell is seen here on the back of a luxury yacht in a bikini, fresh from a Mediterranean swim.

The man she is kissing is her billionaire boyfriend Vladislav Doronin, a property developer, AKA Moscow’s Donald Trump.  What a way to spend the day on vacation.The rich and fabulous couple took a romantic cruise near Saint Tropez aboard the amazing luxury yacht Lady in Blue.

St Tropez, is definitely the 2008 summer hotspot for celebrities and superyachts are the best place to be.Naomi is also below on a tender to a yacht, reportedly in Ibiza, Spain.

Clooney, Bono and Crawford on yachts.

Famous film actor George Clooney, U2’s Bono and the gorgeous Cindy Crawford have been vacationing on the French Riviera.  Cindy can bee seen below looking stunning swimming of the aft deck of a luxury motor yacht. Mr. Clooney can be seen ‘chilling out’ reading a newspaper with sophistication on the yacht’s deck.  The A-list crew have been spending their days swimming, jet skiing and generally being fabulous aboard the luxury yacht.

Supermodel Cindy Crawford, her husband Rande Gerber, Jerry Weintraub and George Clooney sun themselves on the superyacht in St Tropez. Cindy Crawford, 42 years old, showed off her super-model style as she soaked up the sun in a bikini at St Tropez with actor friend George Clooney.

Cindy and her husband Rande Gerber are entertaining George, who recently split up with former cocktail waitress Sarah Larson, aboard their charter yacht off the south of France. Cindy Crawford shows off her sensational figure in a tiny bikini as she cools off in the sea. Cindy showed that she is still looking sensational at the grand old age of 42 as she took a dip in the Med near the famous shores of millionaire’s playground of St Tropez.

Later this month, George will be reunited with another one of his famous buddies, Brad Pitt, who will take a break from cuddling his baby twins to promote the Coen Brothers film Burn After Reading, at the Venice Film Festival.

Following on from their St Tropez jaunt, the group of friends made a stopover by yacht to the little French village of Eze and visited U2 singer Bono’s wonderful seaside house.

The rock star Irish lead singer for super group U2 has a place which is a popular haunt for celebrities in the area and as such Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie (Brangelina) and Robert De Niro recently took their families on vacation there.

Want to know where to go to find a luxury yacht for yourself, so you can join the A list?  Well, it seems you can either charter them, or buy them, but they are not cheap!

Leonardo Di Caprio’s luxury yacht vacation

Famous actor Leonardo Di Caprio has been soaking up the sun on his luxury charter yacht off the coast of Ibiza.

 

Shirtless, Leonardo lounged around his yacht and relaxed – smoking cigarettes and taking in the beautiful sights with his binoculars. Leonardo soaked up the sun whilst enjoying time on the water with friends
Leonardo Di Caprio relaxed with his glamorous female guest aboard his luxury holiday yacht.

Meanwhile his beautiful Israeli girlfriend Bar Refaeli has been enjoying her own holiday – basking in the sun in the South of France and Spain.
 
Leonardo, 33, has stared in various blockbuster movies such as The Titanic, The Aviator, Blood Diamond and The Beech. He is tipped to be involved in a remake of the hit sci-fi TV series The Twilight Zone. The actor and his production company are said to be looking for pitches and script ideas for a feature length movie.
 
The Twilight Zone was apparently Di Caprio’s favourite TV show, but it is not yet known if he will star in the new adaptation. Between 1959 and 1964 ‘the twilight zone’ spanned over 150 episodes in the US.  The series had a story set around ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, with a sci-fi twist.

Sylvester Stallone vacations on a superyacht.

Hollywood movie star Sylvester Stallone is vacationing with his wife, the lovely Jennifer Flavin, and family on board retail entrepreneur Philip Green’s luxury yacht LIONHEART. Stallone can be seen below, complete with tattoos, enjoying a spot of holiday sunbathing on the superyacht.

The veteran Rocky and Rambo actor looks buff as ever he enjoyed a holiday with his family in the Spanish Balearic island of Formentera. Sylvester Stallone’s beautiful wife, former model Jennifer Flavin, also caches attention in a tight-fitting white shirt showing her amazing figure. The couple, who have been married for 11 years, lapped up the sunshine in their luxurious water surroundings.

Stallone’s massive shoulder art complimented his incredible set of bulging muscles.  The trendy tattoos are the latest addition for the famous actor. And for a man in his sixties, Stallone still cuts a dashing figure.  A legendary fitness fanatic for over 30 years, Stallone rigorous exercise regime is enables him to look pretty darn good for his age.

In the past two years, Stallone has pushed his body to the limit weight training to look the part when reprising his most famous roles in Rocky Balboa and Rambo, both of which he also scripted and directed, proving he’s not just brawn.

Catherine Zeta-Jones & Michael Douglas on Yacht in St Tropez, France.

Lounging around on a luxury yacht in St Tropez on a beautiful summer day in the South of France – what could be better? The beautiful star actress Catherine Zeta-Jones and dashing movie star hubby Michael Douglas have been doing just that, hanging out and relaxing with family & friends.  And who could blame them?

 
St Tropez is THE place where the rich and famous hang out on their superyachts in the Mediterranean.  Sardinia and Portofino are other yachting hotspots where the rich and famous have vacations.

Catherine’s Riviera style consisted of a black kaftan worn over a black bikini, black shades and an enormous black hat. And while the Daily Mail seems convinced that she’s “lost her curves”, what would they know? This is rubbish as she looks beautiful and stylish as ever.

Namely: beautiful, slightly curvy, and ridiculously, unbelievably rich and famous. Some people were just born to lounge around on yachts, weren’t they? It suits them.

Catherine Zeta-Jones is a famous and accomplished British actress and native of Wales. She is now based predominantly in the United States. She has appeared in Hollywood movies such as The Phantom, The Mask of Zorro, and Entrapment and she won an Academy Award, BAFTA Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.  She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for portraying Velma Kelly in the 2002 film adaptation of Chicago.

Michael Douglas is also a famous actor winning best actor in Wall Street.  He is also an accomplished producer.

James Blunt and Gary Dourdan Yachting in Spain

James Blunt is famous for his easy listening pop ballads but certainly knows how to unwind like a rock star on a yacht. The ‘You’re Beautiful’ singer and former CSI: Crime Scene Investigation actor Gary Dourdan and James Blunt are enjoying a luxury yacht with a bevy of bikini-clad beauties off the coast of the Balearic Island of Formentera this week.

The two bachelors were clearly in high spirits on the superyacht, somersaulting off the back of a yacht into the azure waters of the Mediterranean close to the Spanish isle’s Sa Trincha beach.

James Blunt owns a £1.7 million luxury villa on the neighbouring Island of Ibiza. He is often in the company of the likes of Jude Law, Linsday Lohan and fellow musicians Robbie Williams and P Diddy. Since splitting with model girlfriend Petra Nemcova last year James Blunt has been an even bigger fixture on the social scene.

For his part, American TV star Gary has been keeping a lower profile since his CSI contract was not renewed earlier this year. The 41-year-old in certainly summer fun on the motor yacht.