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Kate Gosselin Cruise Canceled: 'We Didn't Get The Turnout We Desired,' Says Organizer


Posted on May 11, 2012 @ 02:34PM - 94 comments

By Amber Goodhand - Radar News Editor

Kate Gosselin's event on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship has been canceled because of poor turnout and low ticket sales, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.

The mother of eight was supposed to set sail from August 12 to August 19 at a rate of $1,900-$3,175 per ticket, but it's no longer happening and all cruise-goers have been fully refunded.

"Yes, that event has been canceled. We just didn't get the turnout that we desired and mutually we agreed that if we didn't get it, we would cancel," President of Luxury Cruises, who merged with the company originally organizing the event, Alice Travel, exclusively told RadarOnline.com.

Kate Gosselin's event on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship has been canceled because of poor turnout and low ticket sales, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.

The mother of eight was supposed to set sail from August 12 to August 19 at a rate of $1,900-$3,175 per ticket, but it's no longer happening and all cruise-goers have been fully refunded.

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Third Man Comes Forward To Accuse John Travolta Of Sexual Harassment


Posted on May 11, 2012 @ 03:00AM - 44 comments

By Jen Heger - Radar Assistant Managing Editor

A third man has come forward with allegations that John Travolta sexually harassed him, RadarOnline.com is reporting.

Chilean-born Fabian Zanzi alleges Travolta accosted him while he was working on the Royal Caribbean cruise ship in 2009, and the actor was a guest on the boat. Zanzi, a former employee of the cruise line, was in charge of VIP guests when the alleged incident took place. Zanzi told South American news website ABC.es that Travolta said, "He had something on his neck. I thought it was a fuzz. As I approached, he took off his white coat and was naked. He hugged me and asked me to do a massage." Zanzi alleges that Travolta offered $12,000 to have sex with him, but he says he refused.

According to media reports, Zanzi has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Travolta, but RadarOnline.com has been unable to confirm if he has done so.

A third man has come forward with allegations that John Travolta sexually harassed him, RadarOnline.com is reporting.

Chilean-born Fabian Zanzi alleges Travolta accosted him while he was working on the Royal Caribbean cruise ship in 2009, and the actor was a guest on the boat.  Zanzi, a former employee of the cruise line, was in charge of VIP guests when the alleged incident took place. Zanzi told South American news website ABC.es that Travolta said,"He had something on his neck. I thought it was a fuzz. As I approached, he took off his white coat and was naked. He hugged me and asked me to do a massage." Zanzi alleges that Travolta offered $12,000 to have sex with him, but he says he refused.

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Bodies Of American Couple Found On Stricken Cruise Costa Concordia Finally Identified


Posted on Apr 17, 2012 @ 04:30PM - 2 comments

By Debbie Emery - Radar Reporter

More than three months after the cruise ship Costa Concordia sank off the coast of Italy, the two missing American passengers have been confirmed dead after their bodies were identified several weeks after they were found.

Barbara and Gerald Heil of White Bear Lake, Minnesota, were the only two U.S. victims to die in the accident that occurred on January 13, and on Tuesday their family confirmed their passing in an online statement, reported local paper the Hastings Star Gazette.

More than three months after the cruise ship Costa Concordia sank off the coast of Italy, the two missing American passengers have been confirmed dead after their bodies were identified several weeks after they were found.

Barbara and Gerald Heil of White Bear Lake, Minnesota, were the only two U.S. victims to die in the accident that occurred on January 13, and on Tuesday their family confirmed their passing in an online statement, reported local paper the Hastings Star Gazette.

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Spectacular Never Before Seen Titanic Images Give Insight Into The 'Unsinkable Ship'


Posted on Mar 22, 2012 @ 06:00PM - 4 comments

By Debbie Emery - Radar Reporter

Next month will mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, and RadarOnline.com has spectacular new images of the legendary “unsinkable” cruise ship that descended to a watery grave on its maiden voyage.

The wreck of the mammoth hull is a puzzle of corroded steel strewn across a thousand acres of the North Atlantic seabed, according to NationalGeographic.com, where it was discovered in 1985 by explorer Robert Ballard and Jean-Louis Michel.

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Cruise Ship Victims File Lawsuit Demanding $460 Million Amid Outrage At $14,500 Compensation Offer


Posted on Jan 28, 2012 @ 05:37PM - 9 comments

By Radar Staff

A multimillion dollar lawsuit has been filed by victims of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship amid anger at the compensation being offered by the ship's owner.

In what is believed to be the first of many anticipated civil filings by passengers against Carnival Corp., the Miami-based company that owns the Italian cruise operator, attorneys for six passengers filed legal paperwork in Miami’s federal court on Friday requesting $450 million in punitive damages and $10 million in compensatory damages.

The complaint said the plaintiffs were “in terror of catastrophic injury, death, drowning, having been placed in a situation where common sense said the vessel was sinking but the orders from the crew were to return to their cabins.”

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On Thursday, a Peruvian crew member filed suit in Chicago looking for $100 million in damages but also seeking class-action status to cover all crew and passengers.

The lawsuits came amid outrage at Costa Crociere SpA offering just $14,500 in damages to the 3,206 passengers who were not physically injured plus the cost of the cruise, travel and medical expenses.

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Attorney Marc J. Bern told AP that Costa’s offer was woefully inadequate. “There is not one uninjured person on that ship, whether or not they have a physical scratch,” he said. “The anxiety, the stress for many of these people will never leave them.”

The vacation cruise liner capsized off the coast of  Italy on January 13. The death toll for the tragedy reached 17 on Saturday after a body of a woman, believed to be a crew member, was pulled from the wreckage.

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There are 15 more people still missing including those of retired Minnesota couple Gerald and Barbara Heil.

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Cruise Ship Disaster: Rich Russians Allegedly 'Bought A Life Boat' To Escape


Posted on Jan 25, 2012 @ 04:30PM - 5 comments

By Debbie Emery - Radar Reporter

As passengers desperately struggled to escape the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship, a group of rich Russians reportedly bribed crewmembers to get coveted spots on the life boats.

Italian officials are reportedly investigating whether expensively dressed Eastern Europeans stuffed handfuls of cash into the pockets of cruise line staff after the massive vessel hit a reef on January 13, reported the Sun.co.uk.

A resident who lives on the island of Giglio near where the ship capsized four miles off course has revealed that instead of seeing women, children and wounded when the first life boats reached dry land, she was shocked to come face-to-face with, "healthy men and elegant women in evening gowns who were speaking Russian," Franca Anichini told German media.

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Costa Concordia Cruise Disaster: 30 Percent Discount Offered To Survivors; 13 Dead, 19 Missing


Posted on Jan 23, 2012 @ 05:00AM - 14 comments

By Radar Staff

Carnival Corp. -- the parent company of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that capsized off the Tuscany coast-- has offered survivors of the January 13 disaster 30 percent discounts to stay loyal to their brand.

“The company is not only going to refund everybody, but they will offer a 30 percent discount on future cruises if they want to stay loyal to the company,” a company spokesman said, noting they've been contacting the survivors via phone.

Carnival Corp. -- the parent company of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that capsized off the Tuscany coast-- has offered survivors of the January 13 disaster 30 percent discounts to stay loyal to their brand.

“The company is not only going to refund everybody, but they will offer a 30 percent discount on future cruises if they want to stay loyal to the company,” a company spokesman said, noting they've been contacting the survivors via phone.

The cruise ship's captain Francesco Schettino was released from jail last week and is currently under home arrest near Naples. He was arrested the day after the crash in connection and is charged with manslaughter and abandoning ship. 

Of the 4,200 on board, 120 were Americans.

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Cruise Ship Disaster: Survivors Reveal Chaos, 'It Was Every Man For Himself'


Posted on Jan 20, 2012 @ 10:00AM - 1 comment

By Debbie Emery - Radar Reporter

It has been a week since the mighty Costa Concordia cruise ship crashed into a reef off the coast of Italy, sending 4,200 passengers plunging into the sea.

Now two of the American survivors of the disaster are speaking out about their near-death experience and the dream honeymoon that turned into a nightmare.

Newlyweds Benji Smith and Emily Lau, of Boston, Massachusetts, are now considering taking legal action against the cruise ship company, who they think should take some of the blame for the accident along with Captain Francesco Schettino.

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Captain To Port: 'It's Just A Blackout,' After Cruise Ship Crashed Into Reef


Posted on Jan 19, 2012 @ 01:00PM - 3 comments

By Debbie Emery - Radar Reporter

Disturbing new audio has emerged from Italy revealing that the captain of the doomed cruise ship radioed the port insisting the Costa Concordia had simply had a blackout, a full 30 minutes after the vessel had crashed into a rocky reef.

Disturbing new audio has emerged from Italy revealing that the captain of the doomed cruise ship radioed the port insisting the Costa Concordia had simply had a blackout, a full 30 minutes after the vessel had crashed into a rocky reef.

An unidentified crew member -- who the AP has named as captain, Francesco Schettino -- can be heard radioing to Livorno port officials at 10:12 p.m. on Friday night, telling staff that he was checking out reasons for the blackout.

What he doesn't reveal is that the massive vessel -- which was carrying 4,200 passengers, including 120 Americans -- had already capsized on its side, reported the Washington Times.

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Officials Forced To Suspend Search For Victims In Ship Disaster; 11 Dead, 22 Missing


Posted on Jan 18, 2012 @ 06:00AM - 1 comment

By Radar Staff

Five days after a Costa Concordia cruise ship capsized off the Tuscany coast, officials in Italy Wednesday suspended ongoing rescue operations as the ship continues to shift, endangering the divers and firefighters searching for the 22 people still missing.

"As a precautionary measure, we stopped the operations this morning, in order to verify the data we retrieved from our detectors, and understand if there actually was a movement, and if there has been one, how big this was," Coast Guard Cmdr. Filippo Marini told the AP.

Once the ship is settled, the search mission will resume, authorities added.

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