RM Sotheby's and Bonhams saw impressive results at classic-car auctions held concurrent to the prestigious Historic Grand Prix of Monaco last weekend.

The event, which takes place two weeks before the actual Formula One race is run on the infamous circuit, is a parade of beautiful sheet metal.

The sights and sounds are hard to find anywhere else. The circuit is one of the most loved and feared in the world for its collection of tight turns in the narrow, unforgiving streets of Monaco.

Some of the races are journeys into the golden ages of motor sport.

At the auctions, results were somewhat varied. Some big headliners — like a very rare Ferrari 275 GTB/4 NART Spyder— failed to sell, while other cars soared.

For example, a 1995 Lamborghini Diablo SE30 Jota set a record for the model when the hammer dropped at 672,000 euros (about $760,000), while a 2004 Aston Martin DB AR1 sold for a record 336,000 euros (about $380,000).

Here are the 10 highest prices seen at RM Sotheby's and Bonhams in Monaco this past weekend:

SEE ALSO: Ferrari has done something no one thought was possible with the new 488 GTB supercar

9 (tie). 1925 Bugatti Type 35 Grand Prix Two-Seater — $1.2 million

Read more about this car here.

9 (tie). 1991-1992 Benetton-Ford B191/191B Formula One — $ 1.2 million

8. 1952 Ferrari 212 Inter Cabriolet — $1.33 million

Now that you’ve crushed it with your cover letter, blown everyone away with your resume, and aced your interview, it’s time to do what half of all new hires never even attempt: negotiate your salary.

If you’re a recent graduate hunting for work or a twentysomething switching careers, the thought of telling a potential employer how much you want to be paid probably makes you feel a little uncomfortable. But negotiating your entry-level salary could be one of the most important conversations of your professional life, and it can actually be a lot less intimidating if you’re prepared.

Start a new entry-level job earning the paycheck you deserve with these five salary negotiation tips.

SEE ALSO: Too many millennials are facing buyer's remorse over one of the most expensive purchases they'll ever make

1. Identify your ask 

Before entering into any negotiation, you’ve got to know what you want. Ask for a salary that’s too high, and you won’t be taken seriously. Too low, and you’re leaving money on the table. To find the sweet spot, get advice from friends in the industry or any job recruiters you might know.

Also check out sites like Salary.com and PayScale.com to learn what pros in your area are actually earning. You’ll end up with a range of results, and, if you’re confident in your abilities, assume you’re worth an amount on the higher end. Just be realistic about the number you land on, because if you don’t believe you’re worth what you’re asking for, neither will the person you’re negotiating with.

2. Be prepared to brag 

Before talking about your salary, make a bulleted list of your qualifications and previous accomplishments. Highlight anything that increased sales, reduced costs, or streamlined processes for former employers, and include any unique skills that could give you an edge compared to other candidates.

If you’ve never actually held a full-time job before, jot down any notable internship projects or relevant experience you’ve acquired from extracurricular activities. The idea is to impress your potential employer by letting her know everything you’ve done that makes you qualified to fill the position.

Stand in front of a mirror (or with some patient friends) and rehearse your spiel until it’s perfect. When you’re finally sitting down with the decision maker, hand her a copy of your list and draw attention to whichever items are most relevant to the position you hope to fill.

3. Act like you’ve been there before

If this is your first time negotiating, keep that under wraps. It’s normal to feel nervous, but stay confident by remembering you’ve made it this far for a reason. Give the impression that you’re an experienced negotiator by acting like one. You don’t need to be some Don Corleone, making offers your would-be boss can’t refuse, but it helps to maintain good eye contact, a positive attitude and a firm tone of voice.

If you’re sending a salary negotiation email, be sure to express your enthusiasm for the company and the position. In either case, it’s a good idea to fire away with any insightful questions you might have—just be sure not to over-communicate. If you find yourself talking too much, shut the front door and wait for your interviewer to make the next move.

Paintings often try to imitate reality by making 2D look like 3D.

For one of their recent projects, artists Jessica Walsh and Stefan Sagmeister decided to flip the script, making 3D models and furniture look like 2D illustrations.

Take a look at the photos.

Walsh and Sagmeister produced the scenes as part of a campaign for Aizone, a department store chain in the Middle East.

Designing and handpainting each set took two to three full days, Walsh tells Tech Insider.

It took makeup artist Anastasia Durasova multiple hours to paint the models.

Be honest, straight men: You all want to know what women want.

Luckily, a bunch of scientists have wondered the same thing.

These types of studies are often small, and frequently rely on self-reported feelings in a lab, which may be different from how women truly react in real life. And the participants are often Western college students, who are not an especially a diverse group. So take the results with a grain of salt.

But hey, whatever helps, right?

Here are 11 science-supported traits that women find irresistible.

Good looks can be a factor, but they're not as important as you may think. In studies, women typically choose better looking guys for short term flings, not long-term relationships.

Sources: Evolutionary Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personal Relationships

A sense of humor is important to women, and scientists have found it makes the man seem more intelligent.

Sources: Psychological Reports, Intelligence, Personal Relationships

For long-term relationships, women tend to prefer altruistic men who are kind and do good deeds.

Sources: The Journal of Social Psychology, Social Psychological and Personality Science, Evolutionary Psychology

Last June, my food-loving mom flew in from North Carolina to spend a weekend in New York City with me.

She was in charge of picking activities; I was in charge of picking food.

June's itinerary must have passed the test because she recently headed back north, for Mother's Day weekend.

I went back to the drawing board, researching restaurants at various price points for us to explore — like before, I wanted to balance out pricier "splurge" spots with affordable places. And of course, I wanted these places to have really good food.

After two calorie-packed weekends, we've now checked off 15 New York restaurants and cafés.

We've savored oats at a tiny oatmeal bar in Greenwich Village and sampled foie gras at a world-renowned restaurant on the Upper East Side. Read on to see what we ate in between.

SEE ALSO: One couple fed themselves for 6 months on less than $200 by eating the food no one else wanted

Dough

Various locations

One of the few requests my mom made was that we get really good donuts somewhere. Naturally, I took her to Dough, which is based out of Brooklyn but opened a location dangerously close to my office in the Flatiron district.

If you're desperate to satisfy a sweet tooth, you can't go wrong with Dough. Bring a friend or two along so you can split a variety ... choosing just one is next to impossible.

Price: $5.50 for two donuts

$ out of $$$$ on Yelp

Frisson Espresso

Hell's Kitchen: 326 W 47th Street

If you find yourself caffeine-deprived in Hell's Kitchen, Frisson Espresso is your spot.

The relatively new coffee shop is charming, with just as charming of a staff — last June when I was living next door, they agreed to deliver my keys to my mom, who arrived at my apartment while I was at work. They also let me pre-pay for a coffee and scone to greet the traveler.

Price: $7.25 for a medium coffee and scone

$ out of $$$$ on Yelp

Levain Bakery

Upper West Side: 167 W 74th Street

If you have a soft spot for sweets, Levain Bakery cookies are a must.

The Upper West Side bakery is renowned for their dense, melt-in-your-mouth treats that more resemble a scone than a cookie.

This place exceeded all of my expectations. We tried the chocolate chip walnut and the oatmeal raisin, and will definitely be returning for the dark chocolate peanut butter chip.

Price: $8 for two cookies

$$ out of $$$$ on Yelp

Shelter is one of the basic human needs.

The best homes turn that need into art, whether it's an opulent French palace or a minimalist Midwestern country home. 

Here are a selection of the most beautiful homes ever built by some of the most masterful architects who have ever worked.

Mies van der Rohe is the master of modernist minimalism — and the Farnsworth House outside of Chicago is his opus.

The 1951 structure is as much a Zen temple as a modernist masterpiece.

Notice how the wide, minimal layout forms perfect perpendicular angles with the surrounding trees.

Speculation over who Donald Trump might select as his running mate in the 2016 presidential race has reached a fever pitch.

The Manhattan billionaire, who is now the presumptive nominee for the Republican party, recently told The Associated Press that he's down to a list of "five or six people."

"I do think I don't want to make a decision until the actual convention," he said. "Not even before it. I mean, until it."

Trump dropped some hints earlier this year that he would look for someone with experience in government, as opposed to an outsider like himself.

"I would want somebody that could help me with government, so most likely that would be a political person," the real-estate mogul has said.

"You want somebody that can help you with legislation, getting it through."

Trump launched his White House campaign last summer with almost no support from the type of politicians who would fit the description of the word.

After dominating the race month after month, Trump finally started securing endorsements from governors and congressmen whom he could consider for his administration. Now, as the presumptive nominee, he has a lengthy list of potential fits to consider.

Here are a few of the politicians Trump might look to for vice president:

SEE ALSO: Here are 8 photos of Donald Trump in high school

Scott Brown

Brown, a senator from Massachusetts, was the first current or former senator to endorse Trump. He was known in the Senate as a moderate, and he could help win votes from some in the less-conservative wing of the Republican Party.

He has supported abortion rights and is in favor of banning assault weapons, but he carries a blue-collar, populist persona. Brown memorably drove a pickup truck to campaign events during his 2010 Senate run in Massachusetts.

Trump acknowledged that Brown could end up being his pick.

During a January event in New Hampshire, Trump said Brown was cut out of "central casting" and could be his vice president. Brown said at the time that Trump was "the next president of the United States."

Jeff Sessions

Sessions, of Alabama, was the first sitting senator to endorse Trump — and he has already been tapped to lead Trump's national-security advisory committee.

"A movement is afoot that must not fade away," Sessions said during the Alabama rally where he announced his support earlier this year.

Sessions is one of the staunchest supporters of Trump's hard-line plan to crack down on illegal immigration. The senator could also give Trump credibility in the South.

The longtime Alabama senator said it would be an "honor" to be selected as Trump's vice president, but also said it "sure won't be me."

Paul LePage

"I was Donald Trump before Donald Trump became popular," LePage, the Maine governor, said while announcing his support for mogul in February on "The Howie Carr Show."

The governor is comparable to Trump when it comes to provocative remarks. In January, LePage found himself at the center of a national firestorm after he made some racially tinged comments about out-of-state drug dealers, who he said come into Maine and "impregnate a young white girl" before leaving.

"Now I get to defend all the good stuff he says," LePage has said of Trump.

LePage also entered politics after a successful business career, but he was reportedly staunchly opposed to Trump's candidacy before suddenly coming on board.

When asked about the possibility of being Trump's vice president, LePage recently joked that "we're too much alike."

Should you rent or buy a home?

If you're living in a major city, chances are the housing market is competitive — and with higher prices, fees, and closing costs, it may not make sense to buy unless you're staying put for several years.

To give you an idea of just how long you have to stay in a city for it to be worth your money to buy, personal finance site SmartAsset calculated the breakeven point — the point at which the total costs of renting become greater than the total costs of buying — for 29 major cities.

SmartAsset compared the total costs of buying and renting for a household earning $100,000 a year. For the buying scenario, the research team assumed a mortgage rate of 4.5%, closing costs of $2,000, and a down payment of 20%.

Read the full methodology.

A shorter time to break even means it's a better place to buy soon.

Read on to see how long it would take to break even in 15 major US cities cities. We've also included the average monthly mortgage payment, monthly rent, and home price, from SmartAsset's report:

SEE ALSO: Here's how much it costs for a family to live in 20 major US cities

15. Pittsburgh

Average monthly mortgage payment: $560

Average monthly rent: $1,069

Average home price: $138,235

Breakeven year: 4.3

14. Denver

Average monthly mortgage payment: $1,114

Average monthly rent: $1,504

Average home price: $274,835

Breakeven year: 5.4

13. Phoenix

Average monthly mortgage payment: $1,122

Average monthly rent: $1,410

Average home price: $276,744

Breakeven year: 5.7

Being prepared for emergencies is an essential part of sound financial planning.

I typically advise my clients to keep three to six months of basic living expenses — such as their rent or mortgage payments, groceries and child care costs — set aside in their checking or savings accounts. This helps them avoid resorting to credit cards to cover unexpected bills.

MORE: How to build a budget

But I find my clients still have questions about how to manage emergency funds and balance them with investments.

Here are five emergency fund myths I'd like to debunk.

SEE ALSO: Sallie Krawcheck shares the worst mistake you can make when building your emergency fund

Myth No. 1: If I want to grow my emergency fund, I should put it in investments

Truth: Your emergency fund and your investments are different accounts with different goals.

Your emergency fund should be cash you can access easily, whereas your investments should be growing for the long term. Tapping them early can lead to problems. For example, you'll lose out if you have to withdraw money during a downturn, while long-term investors can gain their money back and then some when markets recover. And no matter when you withdraw, you'll lose the money's potential for long-term growth. You might also pay penalties if your early withdrawal is from a qualified retirement account, such as a 401(k).

You can easily see the risk of using your investment accounts as an emergency fund if you look at recent history. Just think if you'd lost your job in 2008, as the stock market was crashing — causing your emergency fund to lose 30% or 40%.

Retirees who live on their investments are the one exception to this. But they still need a well-thought-out strategy to ensure that their distributions and cash flow are sustainable.

Myth No. 2: I should save as much as I possibly can in my emergency fund

Truth: Maximizing your emergency fund can be a missed opportunity to grow your net worth.

Right now, interest on savings accounts is close to zero. The national average APR for a normal savings account is 0.5%, and high-yield savings accounts and money markets yield between 0.75% and 1%.

Let's say you started with $10,000. After 10 years, you'd have $16,665 if you put that money in a normal savings account, $17,368 if you put it in a high-yield savings account, or $28,272 if you put it in an investment account and earned about 7% each year — that's more than double the original investment.

Keeping too much cash is counterproductive in our low-rate environment. Be efficient and keep the right amount of cash in the right types of accounts.

MORE: The best savings accounts of 2016

Myth No. 3: I need to save three to six months of my current level of spending

Truth: Save three to six months of basic expenses to avoid having an unnecessarily high level of reserves.

To determine how much you should have in your emergency fund, identify your "core expenses," which represent the amount you absolutely need to live on without going into additional debt. You don't need to include discretionary spending — such as cash for hobbies, spa treatments or vacations — in this figure.

It's Cannes time again.

That is, when Hollywood's elite travel to the French Riviera for the industry's most glamorous event of the year, the Cannes Film Festival.

This year, things kicked off with the latest movie from Woody Allen, "Cafe Society," which stars Kristen Stewart, Jesse Eisenberg, and Blake Lively, among others. The premiere also put the sex-abuse allegations against Allen back in the spotlight.

The latest Jodie Foster-directed movie, "Money Monster," starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts, is also in the festival. As is the animated family movie "Trolls," with Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick lending their voices.

Below, see the stars as they walk the historic Cannes red carpet, and how they enjoy their time basking in the French Riviera.

SEE ALSO: The 22 most exciting TV shows this summer you need to see

Ryan Gosling hit the carpet on Sunday night for the premiere of his new movie "The Nice Guys."

Gosling shared the carpet with his costar Matt Bomer.

And Gosling's other costar Russell Crowe captured the moment.

Stepping into a management role for the first time can be scary.

It doesn't help that there's a ton of conflicting management advice out there, and sifting through it could take years.

That's why we recommend starting with these 10 books, which offer practical insights on leading a team.

We didn't simply stick with traditional business reads — instead, we included novels, psychological research, and the musings of a Roman emperor.

Each of these books will help prepare you to tackle the myriad challenges of managing people.

SEE ALSO: 33 business books every professional should read before turning 30

'Drive' by Daniel H. Pink

Now that you're in charge of a team of people, how will you inspire them to perform at their best?

In this best-selling business book, Pink explains why, contrary to popular belief, extrinsic incentives like money aren't the best way to motivate high performance. Instead, employers should focus on cultivating in their workers a sense of autonomy, mastery, and purpose in order to help them succeed.

Using real-life anecdotes and research, Pink walks readers through each of these three concepts and why they're absolutely crucial in the business world.

Find it here >>

'The One Thing You Need to Know' by Marcus Buckingham

According to Buckingham, great managers are able to identify their employees' individual strengths and capitalize on them. This approach, he argues, is considerably more effective than trying to improve people's weak points.

Among the tips he offers for motivating high performance: Set clear expectations, offer praise and recognition, and show people you care about them.

It's a compelling read that will make the transition from managing yourself to managing others easier.

Find it here >>

'Thinking, Fast and Slow' by Daniel Kahneman

This 2011 best-seller is a favorite of Jack Zenger, cofounder and CEO of leadership consultancy Zenger/Folkman.

Kahneman, a psychologist who won the Nobel Prize in economics, breaks down all of human thought into two systems: the fast and intuitive "System 1" and the slow and deliberate "System 2." Using this framework, he lays out a number of cognitive biases that affect our everyday behavior, from the halo effect to the planning fallacy.

As you transition into people management, this book will help you anticipate the psychological stumbling blocks you and your team will encounter, and give you scientific strategies for overcoming them.

Find it here >>

Trust is like oxygen in the workplace: we need it to survive, says Lynn Taylor, a national workplace expert and the author of "Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant: How to Manage Childish Boss Behavior and Thrive in Your Job." 

"Without it, you can cripple or destroy your career," she adds.

When your boss and team members trust you, they believe you have integrity and character — and as a result, your career growth has the best chance for success, Taylor explains.

"Whether you're managing others or being managed, engendering trust will bode well for your work life and advancement: you'll be given more responsibility; be a better motivator; attract and retain better employees and clients; and will be a more credible leader."

Here are some of the biggest signs your boss or coworkers secretly don't trust you:

SEE ALSO: 20 things you should say at work if you want people to trust you

Your colleagues withhold information

"If you are always the last to know something, then that's a pretty big red flag that people don't feel as though they can trust you with information," says Michael Kerr, an international business speaker and author of "The Humor Advantage."

You've got a (bad) gut feeling

If you feel like your boss and colleagues don't trust you, it could just be in your head. But it can also be true.

Trust your gut and continue looking for other signs if you have a strong feeling about this.

You get little team support

People don't want to spend their time and energy supporting an employee they don't trust. "So when their help, like their communications, is minimal and delayed, that's a strong sign there is a lack of trust," Taylor says.

Just a few short years ago, actress Emilia Clarke had just two filming credits on her résumé: walk-on roles in a soap opera and a made-for-TV movie.

Now the Mother of Dragons earns a reported $300,000 per episode in "Game of Thrones," the most-watched show in HBO history.

As Daenerys Targaryen finds herself leading the entire Dothraki clan, we're taking a look back at how Clarke rose to fame.

Born in the fall of 1986, Emilia Clarke grew up in the picturesque county of Buckinghamshire, in the south of England.

Source: Marie Claire

A girlie-girl, she developed an early obsession with Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady." She would often say, "I swear on Chanel," when she wanted to be taken seriously.

Source: Harpers Bazaar

Clarke attended the famed Drama Centre London, which counts Colin Firth, Michael Fassbender, and Tom Hardy among its alumni.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Last weekend, many of the tech industry's big shots gathered in the Santa Cruz Mountains to talk startups.

Venture-capital firm Sequoia invited more than 100 startup founders, CEOs, and alumni for what it called "Base Camp."

During the two-day event, founders and CEOs talked business and spent their nights sleeping in tents.

Here's what it was like inside the elite camp for startup founders:

SEE ALSO: These billion-dollar startups didn't exist 5 years ago

More than 100 startup founders and business executives came to the Santa Cruz Mountains for Base Camp.

Some founders and VCs even mountain-biked to Base Camp for the weekend's festivities.

Flags flew over the camp representing what Sequoia looks for in founders: "The creative spirits. The underdogs. The resolute. The determined. The outsiders. The defiant. The independent thinkers. The fighters and the true believers." For the two-day weekend, founders were split into groups based on each ethos.

Royal Caribbean took delivery of its newest ship on Sunday. Harmony of the Seas is the third ship in the company's Oasis class — Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas entered service in 2009 and 2010, respectively. At 1,188 feet long and with a gross tonnage of 226,963, the billion-dollar Harmony of the Seas is the largest cruise ship ever built.

Harmony took the title of world's largest cruise ship from its sister vessel, Allure of the Seas. Thousands gathered to watch Harmony of the Seas sail out of STX Europe's shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France, for the first time on its way to Southampton, England.

SEE ALSO: This stunning car should make Audi and Porsche worry

At 1,188 feet long, Harmony of the Seas is roughly the same length as five Boeing 747s placed end to end.

It's powered by three 25,000-horsepower and three 18,600-hp Wärtsilä diesel generators. They drive three electric Azipod thrusters.

Source: Ship-Technology.com

Here are two of the Azipods.

San Francisco's housing market is, in a word, insane. 

Thanks to a perfect storm of interrelated factors — from a tangled web of city policies that prevent development to an influx of young tech workers who want to live in trendy areas — San Francisco doesn't have enough housing for everybody.

In fact, despite a dip in prices, the average price of a home in San Francisco in April 2016 was still $1.2 million dollars, says homebuying brokerage Redfin.

But there's a wide variety of neighborhoods in San Francisco, and some are pricier than others. And so, there are neighborhoods where even $1.2 million won't get you much. 

Here are the 23 San Francisco neighborhoods, out of 50 total, where the median home price is $1 million or more, with data taken from Redfin's April 2016 report. Just keep in mind that those averages take homes and condos alike into account, so prices may seem a little lower in areas with lots of little apartments. 

Spoiler alert: The most expensive neighborhood in San Francisco had a median home price of $2,137,500.

SEE ALSO: Here's what it's like to buy a first home in San Francisco, one of the world's most competitive real-estate markets

San Francisco ain't huge — the whole city fits into 49 square miles. But if you squint at this map, you can see that there are lots of little neighborhoods within neighborhoods, all over the city.

San Francisco's Outer Richmond district covers most of the northwest corner of the city, out to the Pacific Ocean. Homes here averaged a cool $1 million.

On the other side of Golden Gate park from the Outer Richmond district is the Outer Sunset, which is similarly quiet, with great access to the rest of the city via streetcar. Homes here had a median price of $1,035,000.

Like many of you, I spend most of my days reading and responding to emails.

Much of the time I’ll do this on my phone. And over the last eight years or so, that’s meant using Apple’s built-in Mail app for the iPhone. It’s not the best, but it’s awfully convenient.

Over the years I’ve tried countless alternatives in an attempt to dethrone Apple’s default email app. Some of them were excellent — Acompli, which Microsoft boughtand turned into Outlook, was one standout — but I always ended up returning to Apple's default for one reason or another.

But now I think I’ve finally found the right email app for me. For the last two weeks, I've been using an app called EasilyDo Email. It has everything I want in an email app, plus some cool features I wouldn't have even thought I wanted. More importantly, I’ve found this iPhone app to be simpler, faster, and better at email management than Apple’s Mail app. Check it out.

This is EasilyDo Email. It's a free app you can download right here.

The first thing you should know about Email from EasilyDo is that it's incredibly fast. For some reason Apple's Mail app always takes a long time to load, but everything loads instantly in this app.

EasilyDo's email app is also smart and proactive. It automatically scans your emails for purchases, receipts, attachments, calendar dates and more, and it'll automatically put those emails into separate, appropriately-labeled folders.

Titans of industry launch their careers at Stanford University, which is consistently ranked one of the best universities in the US.

On a recent visit to campus, we stopped 10 students on the street and asked them to tell us something they've learned or experienced in the last year that completely blew their minds.

Here's what they said.

"There's a friend of mine who's starting his own company. What he built is so revolutionary."

Name: Ben Limonchik

Major: Computer science, 2017

Limonchik has been blown away by his friend's software company, Simple Emotion, which uses speech analysis algorithms to detect over three dozen emotions in human-to-machine communication. He thinks it could revolutionize how call centers and digital personal assistants operate.

"Only 4.8% of Fortune 500 CEOs are women."

Name: Kerry Wang

Major: Human biology, 2017

The number of Fortune 500 companies led by women set a record in 2015 — at a disappointing 5%.

This year, Wang studied abroad in Cape Town, South Africa, where she worked for two nonprofits aimed at creating women leaders in unlikely places. She helped teach new skills, like coding and communication, to women so they can find success in South Africa's tech scene.

"They won't feel like the underdog. They will become part of a society where they're not the 4.8%," Wang says. "They're just the 50%."

"The proportion of Neanderthal DNA in the human population" is shocking.

Name: Karl Fencl

Major: Chemical engineering, 2019

History class taught Fencl that humans carry between one and four percent Neanderthal DNA in their genes.

According to National Geographic, when our ancestors left Africa about 60,000 years ago, they encountered and bred with their hominid cousins, Neanderthals and Denisovans, on the Eurasia landmass. People indigenous to sub-Saharan Africa do not carry Neanderthal DNA because they never came up through Eurasia.

"That amount of DNA (one to four percent) would technically indicate different species on some level," Fencl says.

Have you heard? Nintendo is getting back into the movie-making business!

President of Nintendo Tatsumi Kimishima announced Monday that Nintendo is looking to partner with production companies to create films out of some of its most popular franchises.

The announcement got us thinking: which Nintendo franchises are best suited for an adaptation on the big screen? What would they look like? 

SEE ALSO: Nintendo's next-generation game console is officially arriving next year — and it promises a 'brand new concept'

"The Legend of Zelda"

"The Legend of Zelda" is one of the most famous Nintendo franchises, which makes it the most obvious candidate for a movie adaptation, but it's also probably one of the most difficult to get right.

That's because Link, the main character, never speaks. He's not really a person so much as an idea.

While the new game coming out in 2017 looks great, my personal pick for a movie adaptation would be the GameCube game "The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker." This sea-faring adventure seamlessly blends fantasy, magic, and pirates — and the art direction is absolutely gorgeous.

"Metroid"

A movie adaptation of "Metroid," the long-running sci-fi action series starring heroine Samus Aran, could go a bit darker and more violent in its tone than other Nintendo properties. It's one of the best fits for a more adult-oriented film.

For some ideas about what a "Metroid" movie could look like, think "Alien" mixed with "Edge of Tomorrow."

"Splatoon"

Picture this: a big and beautiful kids' action movie that's one part "Powerpuff Girls," one part "Big Hero 6," and one part "Dope."

What sets "Splatoon" apart from other Nintendo series is that it has a quirky, spunky sensibility to it that would allow for a perfect combination of action and comedy. There's no defined plot to the game, per se, and that leaves it open to creative experimentation without alienating existing fans.

And there's no denying those giant paint splatters would be gorgeous on a big 3D movie screen.

The latest generation of business jets are quick.

Quick enough to shave valuable hours from airline routes while providing extraordinary levels of comfort and customization to the lucky few who can afford them.

Each aircraft has its own "mission profile," meaning that customers can choose the best options from a wide variety of aircraft and then make them their own.

Today's business aircraft are flirting with the sound barrier, and it seems only a matter of time before technology allows the world's executives and jet-set elite to follow Chuck Yeager into new realms of speed.

But until that happens, and if going quick is the main goal, then these are the five fastest business jets money can buy right now:

SEE ALSO: Ferrari has done something no one thought was possible with the new 488 GTB supercar

5. Gulfstream G550

The Mach 0.885 (679 mph), $53.5 million G550 can bring the whole boardroom along in sumptuous comfort, with sleeping accommodations for eight or room for a maximum of 19 passengers.

It also has a globe-trekking range of 6,750 nautical miles and, like many of the aircraft on this list, it will fly well above most airliners at altitudes over 42,000 feet.

4. Bombardier Global 6000

Global 6000 — as in 6,000 nautical miles of range.

Los Angeles to Moscow, if you please.

At the fastest cruise setting, the "Global Express" will do Mach 0.89, or 683 mph.

It also boasts an exceptionally long cabin, a "superior stateroom experience"according to the manufacturer, and the option of a full bathroom, including a stand-up shower.

An industry standard, the Global 6000 goes for $45 million.

3. Dassault Falcon 7X 

One of only two "trijets" currently in production, the $52.5 million Falcon 7X was, when launched in 2005, the first fully fly-by-wire business jet.

In 2014, a 7X made a record trip from New York to London in under six hours, an entire hour faster than the average commercial flight.

Top speed: Mach 0.90, or 691 mph.