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Expensive tastes: Business owners helping put wind in B.C.’s luxury boat sales

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Part of BIV’s What big money buys series: Wealthy Vancouverites are lavishing untold amounts of money on big-ticket indulgences, driving a bonanza for the region’s dealers in luxury furnishings, vehicles, yachts and other top-tier toys.

Given Vancouver’s location on the Pacific Ocean, it’s hardly surprising that one of the top-selling toys for Vancouver’s wealthiest residents is a yacht or high-end fishing boat.

While the number of Vancouverites who own superyachts, like billionaire Jim Pattison, appears to be relatively low, there is such a big demand for smaller pleasure craft in the 40-to-60-foot range in B.C. that Tim Charles, principal owner of Platinum Marine, recently launched a new line – Tactical Custom Boats – for that market.

Luxury models are driving yacht and fishing boat sales in B.C.

A new marina in Victoria highlights the growing demand for superyacht moorage in B.C. The 28-slip Victoria International Marina, which opened in May, can accommodate up to 12 superyachts in the 100-to-120-foot range, and one up to 175 feet in length. The first 40-foot yacht being built at Platinum’s shipyard on Mitchell Island will cost $1.5 million and comes with a mini submarine and drone.

“We have a 43-inch-screen television that pops down,” Charles said. “You can sit at the screen and you can explore hundreds of feet underwater. It has a grabber arm on it so you can see and touch and pick up things underwater.”

Tactical is also building a 77-foot US$6.5 million yacht.

“It is military and navy-grade aluminum hull construction,” Charles said of the Tactical series. “So it is a very heavy-duty boat, but it is completely done with yacht finishes.”

Platinum also owns Crescent Custom Yachts, which builds superyachts ranging in size from 100 to 150 feet and with prices that range from US$14 million to US$24 million. Crescent’s customers are almost exclusively international – mostly American – but Charles expects that nearly all buyers for the new Tactical yachts will be from B.C.

“It’s something the market’s been asking for,” Charles said. “I would say 95% of all of our customers are business owners. The amount of business that’s done on people’s yachts and boats is just tremendous. It’s a business sales tool for many people.”

Another growing demand in the Vancouver market is for luxury fishing boats, said Bob Pappajohn, president of M&P Mercury Sales, which sells both yachts and fishing boats.

“The luxury fishing boat segment has been just incredibly strong,” Pappajohn said. “We are seeing a trend toward higher luxury. One of the biggest trends right now that’s really fuelling this is we’re getting people buying who haven’t owned a bunch of boats before and are really new to it.”

One of the more popular models is a 42-foot Boston Whaler fishing boat that sells for $1.8 million.

Pappajohn said yacht and fishing boat sales have been very healthy in the last few years in Vancouver.

“We’ll sell a half a dozen boats a year,” he said. “Back in 2009-10, it was amazing if you sold one.”

Not only is the number of high-net-worth individuals in Vancouver rising, it’s also becoming easier to pilot a yacht or fishing boat, Pappajohn said, thanks to technology like joystick steering that makes docking a modern boat a cinch.

“The biggest reason for the increase in sales is that it’s more accessible, it’s easier to do, and, yes, there’s more wealth,” Pappajohn said. “Even people spending a lot of money for a day boat to go fishing, they want the high-end one.”

As for the bigger, more luxurious yachts – superyachts or megayachts – Vancouver sees its fair share of them, although many are owned by wealthy Americans. The most spectacular yacht to grace local waters might be the Attessa IV, which can sometimes be seen in Coal Harbour.

It’s hard to miss, and not just because of its size  (332 feet). The yacht comes with a small helicopter. It also features a swimming pool, a 12-seat theatre and four guest rooms.

The Attessa IV is owned by Dennis Washingtion, the American billionaire whose Washington Companies is the largest shareholder of Seaspan Corp.  (NYSE:SSW), the world’s biggest independent charter owner and manager of container ships. According to Forbes, the Attessa IV is valued at $300 million.

Pattison’s 150-foot Nova Spirit yacht is valued at $25 million, according to SuperYacht Fan. According to MSN, it costs $72,000 just to fuel the yacht, which has a nine-person crew.

Estimating how many superyachts are owned by British Columbians is difficult, partly because some of them might be registered outside of Canada. But Craig E. Norris, CEO of Victoria International Marina, estimates that anywhere from 50 to 100 yachts in the 65-foot-and-up range are owned by British Columbians.

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James A. “Jimmy” Pattison (1928-

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Pattison, James A. “Jimmy”  (1928- )

From life’s simple beginnings in Luseland, Saskatchewan, west of Saskatoon, Jim Pattison moved to Vancouver in 1935.  He became a self-made billionaire after initially buying a Vancouver car dealership in May 1961 with a $40,000 loan secured by his home and life insurance policy.  As Chairman, CEO and sole owner, he built the Jim Pattison Group into the third largest privately held company in Canada, with 26,000 employees, annual sales of over $5 billion and assets totaling more than $3 billion, operating in such industries as food services, packaging, distribution, communications, entertainment, and transportation; and with investments in Canada, the U.S., Mexico, Europe, Asia and Australia.

In 1985 Jim Pattison acquired Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, a chain of for-profit museums.  In 1995 he purchased Frank Sinatra’s Palm Springs, California home for US $4.3 million, preserving the estate in great detail, including the replacement of art and furniture that left when Sinatra did.  The home is a corporate retreat along with his white-carpeted yacht, Nova Spirit, which is used to ferry visiting executives on harbour cruises along the West Vancouver waterfront.

His venture into broadcasting began with the purchase of CJOR Vancouver from the Chandler family in 1965.  In 2003, The Jim Pattison Broadcast Group, based in Kamloops B.C., owned three television stations and 19 radio stations in British Columbia and Alberta. 

CJOR, his first broadcast acquisition, was a talk station, which subsequently changed to classic rock CHRX, to Christian music as CKBD The Bridge and then to its current very successful adult favourites format, identifying as AM 600.  While Chairman of the EXPO ’86 World’s Fair, he started CJJR-FM Vancouver as a country station, with the original format continuing to this day.

The stations of the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group  made significant contributions to their various communities, sponsoring such initiatives as Relay for a Friend, Basics for Babies, the United Way, and the Hospital Foundation’s New Century Campaign, earning a reputation for leadership through public service.

Jim Pattison was appointed to the Order of Canada in 1987 and to the Order of British Columbia in 1990.  In 1992, he received the Governor General’s Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary of Canada’s Confederation.  He was inducted into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame in 1996 and is one of the eight inaugural laureates of the Canadian Professional Sales Association Hall of Fame.

On October 10, 2002 , Jim Pattison was awarded the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) Gold Ribbon for Broadcast Excellence.

 In 2008, Jim’s Pattison Group acquired GWR, the company that operated the Guinness World Records franchise.

On March 28th 2017, Jim Pattison made history by donating the sum of $75,000,000  to the St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation in Vancouver, the largest donation in Canadian history by a private citizen to a single medical facility. Pattison gave the $75 million to build the Jim Pattison Medical Centre, an 18.4-acre health campus on False Creek Flats that would serve as the home of the new St. Paul’s Hospital and several other facilities.

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Jimmy Pattison's yacht Nova Spirit heads out for last-of-summer cruise in Vancouver

On the last official day of summer, september 21st, jimmy pattison's yacht nova spirit heads out on a cruise of indian arm, dodging three huge cruise ships in a busy vancouver harbour.   was invited once on pattison's yacht for a cruise of howe sound with some local luminaries like peter c. newman and assorted business and community leaders. had already decided that howe sound is my favourite place on the planet but that evening cemented it.   follow me on twitter @susangittins twitter.com/susangittins.

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West Van buys Jimmy Pattison's waterfront home for $5.2M

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The District of West Vancouver has purchased one of two remaining privately owned waterfront homes in Ambleside – part of a decades-long plan to buy all of the land between Ambleside Park and John Lawson Park for public use.

Mayor Mark Sager announced at the outset of Monday’s meeting that the district had acquired 1448 Argyle Ave. from its longtime owner, self-made magnate Jimmy Pattison.

“I am delighted that we are that much closer to the completion of this waterfront park plan, something that has been welcomed and anticipated by the community and residents of West Vancouver for decades. I would also like to express my most sincere gratitude to my friend and longtime resident of West Vancouver, Jim Pattison, for helping to make this a reality,” Sager said in a release issued by the municipality during the council meeting.

The district agreed to pay Pattison $5.18 million for the 4,295-square-foot property. The Argyle lot was assessed in 2022 at $5.45 million.

The purchase was made possible by the sale of two district-owned lots on land that was once known as Brissenden Park in Upper Dundarave. Those two properties at 2523 and 2539 Rosebery Ave., sold for $2.59 million each. The buyer: Jim Pattison Industries Ltd.

The real estate deals are expected to close in August.

In an interview, Pattison said he has no plans for the Rosebery properties – and, in fact, he hasn’t even seen them.

“The answer is: I have no idea. I haven't looked at what the house looks like,” he said.

Told the two properties are mostly treed and undeveloped, Pattison was unfazed.

“That’s OK. If there’s trees, they’ll be fine,” he said. “I wanted to accommodate the municipality… They're doing the right thing, in my opinion.”

Pattison, 93, bought the Argyle property in about 1955, when he was still working as a salesman for a General Motors dealership in downtown Vancouver. When he decided to go into business for himself in 1961, he used his equity in the home to get his first $40,000 loan.

“The business did quite well when I got started so I never did have to sell the house,” he said.

When his father became ill, he moved his parents into the Argyle home, and eventually Pattison settled in the British Properties. In more recent years, Pattison has been using the home as a place to put up the captain of his yacht.

The new green space opened up on Argyle Avenue will be renamed Brissenden Waterfront Park to honour the family that donated the land later sold to finance the waterfront acquisition.

Pattison said he has very fond memories of his life on Argyle and he expects his old backyard to be well used and appreciated by the wider community.

“Some of the best years of my life, and I've had a lot of good ones, were in that house,” he said. “That'll certainly be positive for West Vancouver.”

Only one of 32 original privately owned properties remains, at 1444 Argyle Ave.

In his remarks to council, Sager said the district’s plans to purchase the waterfront weren’t always popular, dating back to his early days on council in the '90s, but he added it was the right thing to do.

“We wore a lot of scars because there were plenty of people in the community who thought we shouldn’t acquire those homes but I’m very, very happy that councils stood firm over all of the years and all the different people involved, and took every opportunity to acquire the homes,” he said.

Acquiring the last of the properties is one of the components of the 2016 Ambleside Waterfront Concept Plan, which seeks to revitalize the area.

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At 87, Jim Pattison still runs Vancouver-based Jim Pattison Group, which has $9-billion in sales from car dealerships, grocery chains, radio stations, fishing and more. Pattison also owns stakes in forestry and port-service companies.

Many entrepreneurs take their companies public to fund growth. Why haven't you done so?

I prefer to stay private. You have more freedom. You can plan for the longer term, and you don't have to worry about each quarter. When you make a mistake, it's also not nearly as visible. While our key company is private, we do invest in public companies from time to time.

Your firm is an eclectic mix of companies. Is there a thread that connects them?

No, it's a collection of random opportunities. We have a number of consumer-focused businesses, as well as those involved in manufacturing and the service industry. But my background is basically in retail. I started selling used cars. Then I sold new ones. I also sold products door to door—from pots and pans to adhesive tape.

What are the key attributes when looking at potential acquisitions?

We look for businesses we can enjoy being in and where we can get a reasonable return. Hopefully we can grow it. Cheap is not necessarily important. You may be better off to pay more and get a good company than wind up with a headache.

What's the appeal of two of your most unusual acquisitions—Ripley's and the Guinness Book of Records?

Ripley's is in the entertainment business. Their business is selling fun. But we find it fun to deal with all the businesses we're in. If you don't find it fun, sell it. We consider ourselves operators of businesses, not investors.

You own a stake in Canfor and recently increased your interest in Westshore Terminals, which operates coal-export facilities. What is your outlook for these resource sectors?

We haven't invested a lot in commodities. There are a lot of things you can't control in that business.

What advice would you give to would-be entrepreneurs?

Anybody who is trying to do new things will make mistakes and feel discouraged from time to time. Just be honest, work hard and, when failure comes, don't give up.

Do you have any thoughts of retiring?

No, but we've had a succession plan in place since 1979. We have an outside board of directors, and it will decide who my successor will be. We have been grooming people who can take over, including president Glen Clark, a former premier of B.C.

Do you have any hobbies?

I don't have a lot of time. I play the trumpet, but not often. We have a few vintage cars. I did buy John Lennon's psychedelic Rolls-Royce, but I gave it away to the British Columbia government to help promote tourism.

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Billionaire Jim Pattison's West Vancouver house for sale for $1 — land not included

In the 1950s, a young car dealer named Jimmy Pattison traded a property he owned near Horsehoe Bay for a small yellow seaside home just a stone's throw from Ambleside Beach.

“The location, the water … the house was very practical for our family,” said the 93-year-old Pattison from the downtown Vancouver offices of the Jim Pattison Group headquarters Tuesday.

"There’s nothing I didn’t like about that house."

Over the years, Pattison’s family members and the captain of his yacht have lived in the home. But as most other waterfront lots between Ambleside and Dundarave were bought by the District of West Vancouver to make way for the public seawall, only Pattison’s house and the one next door remained.

When he was elected mayor of West Vancouver last November, Mark Sager hoped to changed that.

“This was a plan that started 40 years ago when council decided we wanted public access all the way from 25th (Street) and Bellevue (Avenue) to Ambleside Park,” said Sager, who knew he had to speak to Pattison.

“I’ve known Jimmy my entire life, and I phoned him up and said, 'I know this home has great sentimental value for you, but it really is time.' And he’s such a wonderful man, and he said, 'Mark, you’re right.'”

So Pattison agreed to trade the little yellow house again, this time for a piece of property that had been gifted to the district.

“That allowed us to be able to acquire this home without using any taxpayer dollars,” said Sager.

Now that the district of West Vancouver owns the plot of waterfront land, it’s selling the house that sits on it for the tidy sum of $1.

“And who buys the house has to pay for the move and have the land to put it on,” explained Pattison.

“We are hoping somebody will save this home,” said Sager. “Take it and float it away and put it in a new spot, and restore it and keep it so it doesn’t have to go in the landfill.”

The district is partnering with Light House, a non-profit that works to save homes from being demolished.

“This is a valuable home, it has housed people, it can still house people,” said Gil Yaron, Light House's managing director of strategic initiatives.

“There is a housing crisis we are facing today, and homes like the Pattison home can provide housing for people in other communities. There is no reason to tear them down.”

The mayor is confident the home can be moved in one piece.

“Nickel Bros, I believe, have been out and inspected it. They’re a moving company, so I think it can be, yes,” said Sager.

Pattison chuckled when he was told the home he bought nearly 70 years ago could be picked up and moved.

“I guess it’s not a big house, so you probably could do it,” he said.

And Canada’s second-richest man is thrilled the land it sits on will soon become part of the public seawall.

“People can walk in the nice weather, they can take their children there to play in the park,” said Pattison, adding that the district is "doing the right thing.”

The district is also in talks to purchase the house next door, which is now the last remaining obstacle to having a continuous seawall.

“The vision is to complete the Ambleside waterside acquisition plan, and the seawall that started all those years ago,” said Sager.

When Jimmy Pattison moved into the yellow house decades ago, the West Vancouver waterfront was mostly private property. The district hopes it will soon all belong to the people.   

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Jim Pattison, nicknamed ‘Canada’s Warren Buffett,’ drives his own pickup truck

Canada's third-richest man is 90, but not ready to take it easy at the Vancouver headquarters of his empire. Instead, he's criss-crossing Alberta and Manitoba to check on his latest venture.

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Jim Pattison roars through rural Saskatchewan in his silver pickup truck, barreling down the prairie road that runs arrow-straight to the horizon. Tossed into the back seat is a sleeping bag and crimson pillow — the unlikely berth for Canada’s self-made billionaire when he can’t find a motel.

Observing the speed limit appears optional, using the turn signal an afterthought. Not that there’s much in the way of obstacles — only shimmering fields of wheat stretching across a terrain so flat that if you lost your dog, as the saying goes, you could watch it run away for three days.

It’s here in Canada’s vast breadbasket that Pattison was born and where, at age 90, he’s overseeing one of the newest arms of his $7.4 billion empire: Pattison Agriculture, a string of John Deere equipment dealerships serving 21 million acres of farmland.

“We’re seeing more opportunities than we ever have,” says Pattison, steering confidently, his diminutive frame overwhelmed by the cavernous, black leather seats of his Ram 1500 Laramie truck. “There are still lots of opportunities with all the changes going on in the world.”

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The road trip offers a rare glimpse of the intensely private Pattison, Canada’s third-richest man, who created his iconic business group in seeming defiance of modern empire-building. He eschews emails, carries a cell phone but barely checks it, and can count on one hand the number of times his group has used an investment bank in recent memory.

Pattison is often dubbed Canada’s Warren Buffett — a trope that underscores how relatively unknown he remains outside Canada despite a conglomerate that operates in 85 countries across a dizzying array of industries: supermarkets, lumber, fisheries, disposable packaging for KFC, billboards across Canada and ownership of the No. 1 copyrighted best-seller of all time, the “Guinness World Records.” Believe it or not, he even owns the Ripley Entertainment empire.

“Back in Omaha, I’m known as the Jim Pattison of the United States,” Buffett quipped this month when he surprised Pattison onstage in Toronto as the Canadian billionaire was inducted into the country’s Walk of Fame. Pattison dismisses the comparison. “Warren Buffett is in a class all by himself,” he insists.

Pattison has driven 1,000 miles from the Jim Pattison Group headquarters in Vancouver, across the towering Canadian Rockies to the prairies where he’s acquired four farm equipment companies to create Pattison Agriculture. He likes to drop in unannounced on his holdings, including his supermarkets and dealerships, but word quickly gets around.

“You’re the man we’ve all been waiting for,” says the receptionist at the dealership in Moosomin, Saskatchewan (population 3,100). “You got a call, did ya?” he says with a grin as he shuffles into the shop, helping himself to popcorn as he quizzes employees.

He listens intently as they share their pain points — the dearth of mechanics, narrowing margins on new equipment sales, and the intolerable noise in the cab of a new tractor that has farmers complaining. He occasionally pulls out a pad and an array of colored pens but mostly relies on his still razor-sharp memory.

Pattison’s rags-to-riches story recalls a different era. Born in Luseland, Saskatchewan, during the Great Depression, he wore clothes stitched together from the castoffs of other children because money was so tight. The family moved out west when he was 6, settling in Vancouver’s gritty east side. In the summers he’d return to the family homestead in Saskatchewan, where the land was still plowed by horses. A natural salesman, he was touting seeds door-to-door at age 7 and within a few years was trouncing grown men in a competition to sell the most subscriptions of the Saturday Evening Post.

His path to fortune began with a Pontiac Buick dealership in 1961. He bought it with a Royal Bank of Canada loan after persuading the local manager to exceed the branch’s lending limit fivefold. He keeps the yellowing, handwritten financial statements from that first year in a clear plastic folder.

Pattison says his favorite job is still being a used-car salesman. “If I had to, I could always go back.” He parlayed that into a global business empire over the next five decades, completing hundreds of acquisitions to create Canada’s second-largest private company.

Pattison’s folksy approach belies the tectonic shifts facing some of his businesses. Magazines in their heyday were his best business of all, he says, but people aren’t reading print anymore — the group agreed to sell its U.S. magazine distribution business last month. His car dealerships have seen ride-sharing and autonomous driving threaten to accelerate the potential demise of vehicle ownership.

One of his biggest stakes in an outside company is Westshore Terminals Investment, North America’s biggest coal export facility, in Vancouver — a cash cow with a shrinking life span in an era of tightening emission standards. His biggest public holding is a controlling stake in Canfor, the lumber company that has plunged about 35 percent this year as the U.S. housing market slows.

“Some businesses — we’re exposed like heck,” he says. “But we make the best of what we got. This is part of why I’ve got a job.”

Behind that stodgy image are businesses navigating technological disruption.

The Pattison Agriculture dealership in Yorkton is a newly renovated hub in a region of 60,000-acre farms, some bigger than Lichtenstein. Most of the equipment inside costs half a million dollars each; some customers will drop as much as $29 million a year in purchases.

“See what it costs to be a farmer these days?” Pattison asks as he walks around the warehouse, his 5-foot-6-inch frame dwarfed by the tires on some of the machines. “They’ll be less and less small farms. What’s happening is consolidation, consolidation, consolidation.”

Historically, he’s kept the existing management in place after takeovers, and he gives his deputies a long leash. “He trusts people to do their job,” says his son. The organizational hierarchy is as flat as the surrounding prairies.

For a company with 45,000 employees, it’s still run a bit like a startup. To this day, the corporate headquarters on the 18th floor overlooking Vancouver Harbour and Stanley Park doesn’t have a human resources department. The most important hiring decisions over the years have been made by Pattison and Maureen Chant, his executive assistant of more than 50 years.

Chant may have the most understated job title in corporate Canada. With her shock of snow-white hair and round face, she looks more like a kindly grandmother than the invisible hand that’s kept Pattison and his incongruous empire running.

Chant advises the group’s nearly 30 business divisions and has influenced who runs them. She oversees Pattison’s $25 million, 150-foot yacht, the “Nova Spirit,” which has hosted everyone from Princess Diana to Oprah Winfrey. She also looks after his private jets, his Vancouver office condo and a Palm Springs property (previously owned by Frank Sinatra) where Pattison gathers his top lieutenants once a year. For most of her career, Chant has worked seven days a week.

Asked if he’d ever considered giving Chant, 79, a more prominent title, Pattison seems surprised-it’s never occurred to him, he says. “She’s been a major influence,” he says. “She can retire anytime she wants, but she works because hopefully she likes it.”

Asked whether he himself ever takes a vacation, Pattison says, “Well, I get 365 days… If you like your work, it’s not work.”

Jim Pattison

Early days : “Most of the time, I didn’t have the money to buy anything that was any good, so I had to buy stuff that nobody wanted.”

Jim Pattison Group : With 45,000 employees, it’s based in Vancouver B.C. and ranks as Canada’s second-largest private company. Includes car dealerships, supermarkets, farm-equipment dealerships and Ripley Entertainment. Board members include the CEO of Albertsons, Robert Miller and Blake Nordstrom. (Update: Blake Nordstrom died Jan. 2, 2019 , after this story first published.)

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In this heart-stopping thriller, a brazen kidnapper targets the most lavish New York City wedding of the season—and takes "Here Comes the Bride" as an invitation.Reality star Erin Easton's "Wedding of the Century" may have a cable crew documenting every… Read More

The Last Days of John Lennon

Discover one of the greatest true crime stories in music history, as only James Patterson can tell it. With the Beatles, John Lennon surpasses his youthful dreams, achieving a level of superstardom that defies classification. “We were the best bloody… Read More

Deadly Cross

The murder of a glamorous DC socialite becomes Alex Cross’s deadliest case since Along Came a Spider.Kay Willingham led a life as glamorous as it was public—she was a gorgeous Georgetown socialite, philanthropist, and the ex-wife of the vice president. So… Read More

Murder of Innocence

Dive into two dark stories of crime and murder from a New York Times bestselling author, inspired by true crime horrors where murder isn't always the worst thing that can happen to you . . .Murder of Innocence: It's impossible… Read More

Dog Diaries: Curse of the Mystery Mutt

There’s a mystery mischief-maker on the loose in Hills Village! Can Junior solve the mystery before disaster strikes?   Junior is loving his life with the Khatchadorian family. But his idyllic life soon turns to terror when a mysterious individual… Read More

Kingdom of the Wicked

A James Patterson Presents Novel From the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Stalking Jack the Ripper series comes a new blockbuster series! Two sisters.One brutal murder. A quest for vengeance that will unleash Hell itself… And an intoxicating… Read More

Three Women Disappear

Sarah, his personal chef. Anna, his wife. Serena, his maid. All three had access to a murder victim's home. And all three women are missing. Sarah, his personal chefAnna, his wifeSerena, his maidAccountant Anthony Costello has a talent for manipulating both… Read More

The Family That Cooks Together

The Zakarian sisters present the #1 national bestselling and definitive cooking guide for kids and parents who want to create joy in the kitchen and at the table! Madeline and Anna, daughters of Geoffrey Zakarian, use their experience growing up… Read More

Becoming Muhammad Ali

Two heavy-hitters in children’s literature deliver a critically acclaimed, bestselling biographical novel of cultural icon Muhammad Ali. ★ “This utterly delightful story about Ali’s childhood is a smash hit.”—School Library Journal (starred review) Before he was a household name, Cassius Clay… Read More

The Coast-to-Coast Murders

A detective and an FBI agent join forces on what seems like an open-and-shut case—but a new rash of killings sends them on a pulse-pounding race against time in this intense thriller.​Michael and Megan Fitzgerald are siblings who share a… Read More

Murder Thy Neighbor

As seen on ID, these two true-crime thrillers follow a neighbors' quarrel that turns violent and cyber-bullying that explodes in a double murder.Murder Thy Neighbor: Ann Hoover is a nice woman but she's come to hate her neighbor. Roy Kirk… Read More

Sweet Child o' Mine

"A rock…hit makes a tender love note from parent to child."—Kirkus ReviewsShe's got a smile that it seems to meReminds me of childhood memories…   The first and only picture-book interpretation of Guns N' Roses "Sweet Child O' Mine" lyrics,… Read More

Max Einstein: Saves the Future

The world’s #1 bestselling author has teamed up with the world’s most famous genius to entertain, educate and inspire a generation of kids–with the first and only kids’ book series officially approved by the Albert Einstein Archives.   Albert Einstein… Read More

The Midwife Murders

In this psychological thriller, a missing patient raises concerns in a New York hospital, but as others start disappearing every dark possibility becomes more and more likely.To Senior Midwife Lucy Ryuan, pregnancy is not an unusual condition—it's her life's work.… Read More

Genius programmer Angela Hoot has always been at the top of her class, but now she's at the bottom of the FBI food chain—until her first case threatens everyone around her. ​Angela's graduate school days at MIT come to an abrupt… Read More

Cajun Justice

This explosive standalone thriller from the world’s #1 bestselling author follows ex-Secret Service agent Cain Lemaire as he uncovers dark secrets hidden beneath the Tokyo streets.The Bayou is a unique place to live and it provides a grit and passion… Read More

You're Next

When a girl with a troubled history of finding dead bodies investigates the murder of her ex, she uncovers a plot to put herself—and everyone she loves—on the list of who's next.   Flora Calhoun has a reputation for sticking… Read More

The Ugly Doodles

This hilarious and adorable picture book about creativity, fear of failure, and embracing your imperfections is perfect for kids and budding artists of all ages. After an inspiring visit to the local art museum, Raven Rembrandt is eager to create… Read More

In this dark dystopian tale, 17-year-old Hawk is growing up hard and fast in post-apocalyptic New York City—until a perilous destiny forces her to take flight and protect her home.Where is Maximum Ride?Ten years ago a girl with wings fought… Read More

The Summer House

When seven murder victims are found in a small town, the homicide investigation shakes a small-town sheriff to her core in James Patterson's tense thriller.Once a luxurious southern getaway on a rustic lake, then reduced to a dilapidated crash pad,… Read More

Top cop, devoted sister, and now Inmate 3329: even prison bars won’t stop Harriet Blue from seeking justice for the murder of her brother.Prison is a dangerous place for a former cop — as Harriet Blue is learning on a… Read More

Treasure Hunters: The Plunder Down Under

With their parents in trouble once again, the Kidds must traverse the Australian Outback, recover a pair of stolen gems, and defeat treasure-hunting pirates to save them! The Kidd family is on their way to Australia to find Lasseter’s Gold… Read More

The 20th Victim

Sergeant Lindsay Boxer tackles an ambitious case that spans San Francisco, L.A., and Chicago in this pulse-pounding thriller of “smart characters” and “shocking twists” (Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author).Three victims, three bullets, three cities. The shooters’ aim… Read More

Jacky Ha-Ha: A Graphic Novel

Adapted from James Patterson's #1 New York Times bestselling series, this hilarious and heartwarming graphic novel introduces Jacky Ha-Ha, a class clown who makes people laugh with her so they can't laugh at her!With her irresistible urge to tell a… Read More

The House of Kennedy

Now with an all-new bonus chapter—in the bestselling The House of Kennedy, “James Patterson applies his writerly skills to real-life history . . . re-telling the political clan’s rise and fall and rise again (and fall again) with novelistic style”… Read More

Sword in the Stars

In this epic sequel to Once & Future, Ari and her Rainbow knights must pull off a Holy Grail heist thousands of years in the past — without destroying their own destinies. Ari Helix may have won her battle against… Read More

From the world’s #1 bestselling author comes a story of revenge as a former SAS soldier is ready to settle into civilian life when he’s hired to solve the mysterious death of a daughter, diving into a seedy world that… Read More

Dog Diaries: Mission Impawsible

Grab your sunglasses and slather on the sunscreen! In this laugh-out-loud adventure for kids and animal lovers everywhere, summer is here and Junior is getting his very own doggy vacation. It’s me, Junior, back again with another tail-wagging tale of… Read More

Texas Outlaw

To Rory Yates being a Texas Ranger is about justice, but all of that changes when he is brought to a small southern town to help uncover the mysteries behind a local woman's death—only to discover corruption and lies. Texas Ranger… Read More

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‘A Gentleman in Moscow’s’ 20 Emmy Submissions: Ewan McGregor, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Sam Miller’s Directing Episode and More (EXCLUSIVE)

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As Paramount’s British series “ A Gentleman in Moscow ” hopes to break into the highly competitive limited series races, the show has submitted for 20 Primetime Emmys , including lead actor for star Ewan McGregor and supporting actress for Mary Elizabeth Winstead .

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McGregor has garnered five Emmy nominations throughout his career across multiple categories. Along with his lead actor (limited) win in 2021 for “Halston,” he’s been nominated in the same category for the anthology “Fargo” in 2017, in addition to guest drama actor for “ER,” narrator for “Highlands: Scotland’s Wild Heart” and as an executive producer last year for “Obi-Wan Kenobi.”

Speaking to Variety about his prolific career in Hollywood , McGregor said, “I love making movies. I always dreamed of being a movie star. Then I was in movies. Every time I would sit there at the premiere, I couldn’t believe I was up there [on screen]. I still have that, I guess, but I don’t know what it means exactly.”

Winstead, who’s married to McGregor, also spoke candidly regarding the long search for a project for them to work on together after FX’s anthology crime series “Fargo” in 2018, saying, “I really didn’t expect it to be as great of a role as it ended up being. I just felt so lucky.”

The full list of submissions for “A Gentleman in Moscow” is below.

Read : All Primetime Emmy predictions in every category on  Variety’s  Awards Circuit .

• Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
• Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie — Ewan McGregor
• Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie — Fehinti Balogun, Johnny Harris
• Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie — Mary Elizabeth Winstead
• Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie — 101: “A Master of Circumstance” (Sam Miller)
• Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie — 101: “A Master of Circumstance” (Ben Vanstone)
• Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie — 101: “A Master of Circumstance”: (Adam Gillham)
• Casting for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie — Julia Harkin and Nathan Toth
• Picture Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie — 101: “A Master of Circumstance” (Tim Murrell, Editor; 102 – “An Invitation”: Sofie Alonzi, Editor)
• Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score) — 108: “Adieu”: (Federico Jusid, Music by)
• Main Title Theme Music — Federico Jusid, Music by
• Main Title Design — Matt Curtis, Designer; Søren Bonke, Animator/Compositor; Stuart Pitcher, Animator/Compositor
• Sound Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special — 101: “A Master of Circumstance” (Jim Goddard, Supervising Sound Editor, Ian Wilkinson, Dialogue Editor, Sarah Elias, Tom Stewart, Sound Effects Editors, Anna Wright, Foley Artist, Conor Thompson, Foley Editor, Jack Sugden, Music Editor)
• Sound Mixing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie — 101: “A Master of Circumstance” (Stuart Hilliker, Re-Recording Mixer, Jim Mulhearn, Production Mixer)
• Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More) — 105: “An Arrival” (Victor Molero, Production Designer, Ussal Kalyoncu Smithers, Set Decorator, Christopher Guy Evans, Art Director)
• Music Supervision — 101: “A Master of Circumstance” (Zoë Ellen Bryant, Pete Saville, Music Supervisors)
• Period Costumes — 102: “An Invitation” (Sam Perry, Costume Designer, Sarah Harrison, Costume Supervisor, Katie Broome, Assistant Costume Designer)
• Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) — 102: “An Invitation” (Jacqueline Fowler, Department Head Makeup Artist, Sue Newbould, Co-Department Head Makeup Artist, Laura Hartney, Personal Makeup Artist, Kirstie Lavin, Mark English, Key Makeup Artists)
• Special Visual Effects in a Single Episode — 101: “A Master of Circumstance” (Tim Zaccheo, Max Wright, VFX Supervisors, Joe Cork, 2D Supervisor, Lucy Beavis, VFX Producer, Harry Hamblin, VFX Editor, Alex Jevon, Rasik Gorecha, Gustaf Nilsson, VFX Artists, Rob Rowley, SFX Supervisor)

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