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Rome (CNN) -- The Italian captain of the cruise ship that ran aground -- killing three people and injuring 20 more -- was arrested late Saturday and is being investigated for abandoning ship and manslaughter, said a local prosecutor in Grosetto, Italy.
Abandoning ship is the more serious of the potential charges, authorities said.
The captain, Francesco Schettino, had been earlier interviewed by investigators in Porto Santo Stefano about what happened when the 4,200-passenger Costa Concordia struck rocks in shallow water off Italy's western coast, said officer Emilio Del Santo of the Coastal Authorities of Livorno.
Authorities were looking at why the ship didn't hail a mayday during the accident near the Italian island of Giglio on Friday night, officials said. The ship is owned by Genoa-based Costa Cruises.
"At the moment we can't exclude that the ship had some kind of technical problem, and for this reason moved towards the coast in order to save the passengers, the crew and the ship. But they didn't send a mayday. The ship got in contact with us once the evacuation procedures were already ongoing," Del Santo said prior to the announcement of the arrest.
Giuseppe Orsina, a spokesman with the local civil protection agency, said 43 to 51 people were missing, though authorities are reviewing passenger lists to confirm the exact figure.
"These people could be still on the island of Giglio, in private houses or in hospitals," Orsina said.
The coast guard said 50 to 70 people could be missing.
Authorities said earlier Saturday they believed everyone was accounted for, but that they did not have a definitive list of names.
"Fear and panic are comprehensible in a ship long over 300 meters with over 4,000 passengers," Del Santo said. "We can confirm that the ship has a breach on the hull of about 90 meters, and that the right side of it is completely under water."
Two French tourists and a crew member from Peru were killed, Port authorities in Livorno said. One of the victims was a 65-year-old woman who died of a heart attack, according to authorities.
A surviving crew member, Rosalyn Rincon, 30, of Blackpool, England, said she wanted to know why the cruise ship was sailing so close to shore. She described a harrowing grounding of the vessel, whose tilting and rising water evoked the film "Titanic," she said.
"I'm pretty much angry, and I want to know why we were so close to the coast," said Rincon, who works as a dancer on the ship and was entertaining passengers by performing a trick inside a box with a magician when the accident occurred.
Nautilus International, a maritime employees trade union, called the accident a "wake-up call" to regulators.
"Nautilus is concerned about the rapid recent increases in the size of passenger ships -- with the average tonnage doubling over the past decade," said Nautilus general secretary Mark Dickinson in a statement. "Many ships are now effectively small towns at sea, and the sheer number of people onboard raises serious questions about evacuation."
The ship was 2.5 miles off route when it struck a rocky sandbar, according to the Italian Coast Guard. Local fishermen say the island coast of Giglio is known for its rocky sea floor.
Gianni Onorato, president of Costa Cruises, expressed "deep sorrow for this terrible tragedy," but said the cruise line was unable to answer all the questions that authorities are now investigating.
"On the basis of the initial evidence — still preliminary — Costa Concordia, under the command of Master Francesco Schettino, was sailing its regularly scheduled itinerary from Civitavecchia to Savona, Italy, when the ship struck a submerged rock," Onorato said in a statement before the announcement of the captain's announcement.
"Captain Schettino, who was on the bridge at the time, immediately understood the severity of the situation and performed a maneuver intended to protect both guests and crew, and initiated security procedures to prepare for an eventual ship evacuation," he continued.
"Unfortunately, that operation was complicated by a sudden tilting of the ship that made disembarkation difficult," Onorato said.
Some passengers fell into the chilly waters during the rescue, Italy's ANSA news agency reported.
The huge ship, which was lying on its side in shallow water Saturday evening, was carrying about 3,200 passengers and 1,000 crew members when it ran aground around dinner time.
Initial reports suggested as many as six people had been killed, but it was unclear why the number dropped. About 1,500 of the people aboard the ship were on their way home Saturday, the Civil Protection Authority said.
Passengers described how the lights went out and it then became clear the ship had hit something, prompting scenes of chaos.
Laurie Willits from Ontario, who was watching a magic show with her husband at that moment, told CNN: "We heard a scraping noise to the left of the ship and then my husband said 'we're sliding off our seats.'"
The couple ran to their cabin to get coats and life jackets before making their way to a lifeboat. Emergency instructions in English were hard to hear, Willits said.
Panic spread as people scrambled to find lifeboats in the dark as the ship quickly leaned to one side. Access to some lifeboats was hampered by the ship's tilt into the water, adding to the confusion.
Willits and her husband, who managed to get into a lifeboat about an hour to 90 minutes after the alarm was raised, watched from a pier on the island as the ship slowly sank until it was at an almost 90 degree angle in the water.
"I'm exhausted, I haven't had any sleep, I'm hungry," Willits said, but added that she was relieved to have been able to call her family thanks to the help of people on the island.
The coast guard said three helicopters were used to rescue some passengers from the ship.
Adm. Ilarione Dell'Anna, head of coastal authorities for the port city of Livorno, said an investigation is under way.
"There has probably been a technical blackout," he said. "The ship was dangerously near the coast. We worked all night in a state of maximum emergency.
"Fortunately the sea conditions have helped us, otherwise -- given the high number of people to rescue, 4,231 -- we could have had a completely different scenario: a real tragedy."
Many of those rescued in the early hours were taken to small churches and other buildings around the island for shelter. Some were still wearing the pajamas and slippers they had on as the ship went down, as they waited for help Saturday morning at reception centers set up on the island.
Costa said it was focusing on the final stages of the emergency operation and helping passengers and crew return home.
"It is a tragedy that deeply affects our company. Our first thoughts go to the victims and we would like to express our condolences and our closeness to their families and friends," Costa said on its website.
The Concordia, built in 2006, was on a Mediterranean cruise from Rome with stops in Savona, Marseille, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Cagliari and Palermo, according to the cruise line. It was unclear how far into the cruise the grounding occurred.
Most of the passengers on board were Italian, as well as some French and German citizens.
CNN affiliate America Noticias, in Peru, said a group of 32 Peruvians were also onboard. Brazil's state-run Agencia Brasil said 53 Brazilians were on the cruise ship: 47 passengers and six crew members, according to the foreign ministry. An estimated 126 Americans were also on board, according to the U.S. State Department. There were no reports of injured Americans.
The United Kingdom's Foreign and Commonwealth Office was working with Italian authorities to identify British nationals on the cruise, a spokesman said.
Another Costa ship was involved in a deadly 2010 accident when the Costa Europa crashed into a pier in Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh during stormy weather, killing three crew members.
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I ran across a lawsuit against Young Money, Cash Money, LiL Wayne and Universal Music, the claims are that they hi-jacked the smash hit “Bedrock” from an artist out of Georgia named Blue Marley. I have been following the story and have looked into the evidence at hand, and it is pretty much undeniable to say the least.It appears like Done Deal Enterprises has their Bedrock assigned in Tunecore(according to the federal docs I looked at) with ISRC #'s and digital encoding ready for distribution months before Young Money can claim to have written it. So apparently it was definately jacked from Done Deal.Whats crazy is that Done Deal has all their paper work and back end buisness titened down like a major. I have never even heard of an indie doing this type of back end buisness unless some one, or everyone at DDE knows exactly what they are doing. From what my sources and I can gather, Universal and Young Money are completely down playing the whole thing, keeping the story completely out of the mainstream media.How come no one knows about this? There is no bigger story out there in Entertainment! Its a crying shame the world has come to what it is. Lets look at this circumstance and you tell me if this particular situation isnt a great template for where the world is today.So we know that in a jury trial situation, DDE is a definate winner due to the fact that the digital encoding doesnt lie. So why have they not settled with Done Deal and try to keep the integrity of every one involved? The same reason our goverment bailed out the banks,the car industry, and the oil companies. GREED!! The appitamy of greed to say the least.Remember the Casey Anthony trial? Millions of people watched her not only walk on murder charges, but get whisked away in a private jet after it was all said and done. Why? Because someone in entertainment(probably Universal) saw the numbers on that trial and realized it was worthtoo much money for her to go to prison!! They dont care about the little girl that died!! Its pathetic and a shame. Universal has more money than most gods but no one has morals or integrity anymore. They have basically acted like its not even going on trying to buy time. TYPICAL for big corporate buisness…Ill bet you if Blue Marley had an interview on Larry King next week they would jump all over settling it. Or mabey not, shit, people do not care about anything but money. Who cares that our kids worship these arrogant idiots like LiL Wayne. Its a dam joke if you ask me!! Whats even worse is the fact that the number one hip-hop artist and his label are the worst people in the business and are thieves. They have had over twelve lawsuits in the past 2 years alone and if you know their history, they came into the industry screwing people.(check out the Wendy Day story!) I would love to see Marley and Done Deal Enterprises get what they deserve and settle it, but another side of me hopes they tell them to go to hell and take them to jury trial and destroy everyone involved because that is exactly what would happen!! I am pledging to help DDE break this story because its what needs to happen for alot of reasons.Pass it along!!
The hottest new strain of weed being sold in Hollywood is named after Blue Ivy Carter.
According to TMZ "OG Blue Ivy" can be purchased at legal marijuana dispensaries throughout Hollywood. So not only is Blue Ivy the youngest person to ever chart on Billboard, she's also the youngest to have a strain of weed named after her.
I'm sure Jay-Z and Beyonce are somewhere shaking their heads in disapproval.
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Busta Rhymes made sure the crowd at Nokia Theater in L.A. left happy Friday night (January 13) following his star studded performance.
The new member of YMCMB brought out Chris Brown, Swizz Beatz and Snoop Dogg at various points throughout his time on the stage to perform "Look at Me Now," "I Wanna Rock" and "Touch It."
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A lot of people were surprised that Two Chainz picked Kreayshawn to appear on "Murder," a track off of his latest mixtape T.R.U. Realigion. The Atlanta rapper is now taking it a step further by shooting a video for the C Note produced track.
Take a look at some behind the scenes pics of the Alex Nazari directed clip courtesy of S B Dot Photography.
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The Yardfather returns with a new mixtape, WARNING SHOTS 3: One Foot In The Grave. The first single off the upcoming project is the DJ Corbett produced "I Am 4 Real."
Video directed by Elan Alexenberg and Nicolas Heller.
Chicago newcomer Doc drops a new track about real life drama going on out here in the streets.
Track produced by C-Sick
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While at CES 2012 in Las Vegas this week, 50 Cent took some time away from promoting his new SMS Audio headphone line to get at Manny Pacquiao for "running" from a fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr.
"We're trying to bring some attention to the general public about Pacquiao because he's running scared right now," 50 said while standing next to Floyd. "We're looking for him. If you see somebody that knows him say, 'why's your man scared? 50 was talking about him at the CES Convention.'"
Earlier in the week Floyd called Manny out via Twitter.
"Manny Pacquiao I'm calling you out let's fight May 5th and give the world what they want to see," Floyd wrote. "My Jail Sentence was pushed back because the date was locked in. Step up Punk."
In an interview with Fighthype.com Friday (January 13) Floyd reiterated his stance, saying he doesn't want to fight anyone except Pacquiao.
"Like I said before, Floyd Mayweather don't want to fight nobody but one person. I don't want to fight nobody else but him. Nobody! I don't want to fight (Miguel) Cotto. Not Canelo (Saul Alvarez). And I aint looking to fight (Juan Manuel) Marquez a second time. Nobody! I only want him! I only want one person, Pacquiao!" Mayweather said. "I’m not trying to fight (Robert) Guerrero. I fought a southpaw, I fought (Victor) Ortiz. Ortiz was a tune up preparing me for Pacquiao because I thought that fight was going to happen and it’s the fight I want to give the world. I’m looking to fight Manny Pacquiao, why is he duckin’ and dodgin’ me?”
Pacquiao's promoter, Bob Arum told the Manilla Bulletin today that the Mayweather/Pacquiao could still happen in late May or early June in Las Vegas. But he also added that there are alternatives for the Filipino champion if negotiations fall through.
Arum said possible alternatives for Pacquiao include a 2nd fight with Cotto, Tim Bradley, Lamont Peterson or a fourth fight with Marquez.
There is also the possiblity the Pacquiao/Mayweather fight will take place in the United Arab Emirates, where there are investors willing to pay huge sums of money to make it happen.
“Dallas would be the best place to put on that fight in the US because you could get 100,000 people in Cowboys Stadium but Dubai is the best moneywise," Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach told the Manilla Bulletin. "There were negotiations with people from Dubai. I met with a group of people who were negotiating with [Pacquiao's financial adviser] Michael Koncz."
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Besides being one of the best rappers on the planet, Eminem is also very knowledgeable about football. The Shady Records boss is a fan of his hometown Detroit Lions, who made the playoffs this year for the first time since 1999. He also follows the not as fortunate Dallas Cowboys.
GQ magazine caught up with Mr. Mathers to talk sports and get his pick to win the Super Bowl this year. They also got Super Bowl picks from Slaughterhouse members Joe Budden and Joell Ortiz.
GQ: Where were you when Tim Tebow nearly broke Twitter with that overtime pass last Sunday night?
Eminem: I was in my living room, watching, and I really wanted Pittsburgh to win. The Steelers are one of my favorite teams. It's all good, though. Tebow's doing some really incredible sh*t right now. He does certain things that other guys just can't do. The critics are always talking about his mechanics and sh*t like that, comparing it to the standard of what a quarterback should be, but he's defying them. Every week, he seems to defy them.
GQ: With Matt Stafford, Megatron, and Ndamukong Suh—there's a real-life football team in Detroit. What was having a good football team to root for like this season?
Eminem: Oh my god, it's incredible. It's so f*cking exciting. We've got pieces, man. We just need a few more things. We need to spend a few of our draft picks getting better in the secondary. [Lewis] Delmas is ill. Our defensive line is awesome. We get Mikel LeShoure and Jahvid Best back next year, too. We've got bona fide stars on our team. It feels good to finally root for a team that's headed in the right direction. F*ck, man, if you look at Stafford—this was his first full season. 5,000 yards! He did some incredible sh*t, and I can't grasp how he got left off the Pro Bowl team for Eli Manning.
GQ: You're a Cowboys fan, too. Can Dallas ever win a Super Bowl with Tony Romo as the quarterback?
Eminem: Yes, they can. I hate to sound f*cking cliché, but I truly believe that Romo gives them the best chance to win. It's very frustrating to watch them week in, and week out. They blew all those fourth quarter leads this year. Man, it's hard to be a football fan. You get invested in your teams and it literally can ruin your entire f*cking week. And just for the record—I am a Lions fan first and foremost. But growing up as a kid, the Lions were so bad for so long, that I picked up another team in the Cowboys.
GQ: Brett Favre or Aaron Rodgers?
Eminem: I'm old school, so I'll take Brett Favre. But yo, Rodgers is insane. The sh*t that he's doing this year is just stupid.
GQ: Is Cam Newton the real deal?
Eminem: Cam Newton is no f*cking joke. I know everybody, before the season, had their doubts. They didn't think he'd work in the NFL. But that kid is ill. His sh*t is crazy. He can pass and run, and do them both extremely well.
GQ: And the Saints—they just knocked your Lions out of the playoffs. Could the 49ers slow them down?
Eminem: I'm really interested in that Saints-Niners game. Drew Brees is playing like a f*cking animal right now, but the way that the 49ers have turned that team around. It's crazy, right? That's going to be a hell of a game to watch. I think the Broncos and Patriots could be crazy, too. I don't know how far Houston's going to make it, though. Baltimore's tough.
GQ: If you're building your own NFL team, in any era, and you can pick your quarterback and head coach—who are you going with?
Eminem: Wow. This is hard. I want to…Man, this is hard. Joe Montana? Or Troy Aikman? I mean, Aikman was a winner, too. But I'll go Montana. And coach? F*ck. Tom Landry. Give me Tom Landry in that hat. Yeah. Can't go wrong with Joe Montana and Tom Landry.
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Jay-Z's new song "Glory" about the birth of his daughter Blue Ivy Carter is making noise on the charts already. The song features Blue Ivy's first cries. Late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel also discovered Beyonce's previously unheard vocals.
Check them out below.
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People say it's generally bad luck to get your lover's name tattooed on your body because break ups happen frequently and you end up having to cover it up or have it removed. Iggy Azalea doesn't seem worried after getting A$AP Rocky's name tatted on her fingers.
What was supposed to be a musical collaboration between the beauty from Australia and Harlem's A$AP has ended up turning into much more for the two fast rising rap stars. Iggy recently spoke with Vibe about how the two became more than friends, her upcoming projects and what she thinks of Azealia Banks.
VIBE: Okay, so we have to talk about the A$AP tattoo. What’s the story behind that?
Iggy: Ugh, it’s hard to say without getting myself in trouble. [Laughs]
Say as much as you can.
I don’t know how to put it. It’s like… I… I don’t know… I love him and that’s all there is to it. We have our own thing going on and I’m not the only one that [got the tattoos]. I’ll tell you that. [Laughs] I’m just the only one with it on my fingers!
Now, is it that you love the movement or is there something going on between you and A$AP Rocky.
It’s not the movement. I’ll tell you that.
Okay, so saying as much as you can, if someone wanted to approach you for a date or something serious, would you be able to say “yes” or “no”?
I’d have to say that I’m taken.
Nice. Okay. When did you first meet the A$AP mob?
We have a mutual friend, Chase N. Cashe. He kinda showed me their stuff and he showed them mine. I came out to New York for the CMJ festival, and I couldn’t make their shows, but I got some of their numbers and was like, ‘When you’re out in LA and you do a show, I’ll come support.’ They ended up coming out a few weeks later, and Chase introduced us all. I was supposed to be doing a song with Rocky but… [Laughs]
I guess there was more than just a song there, huh?
[Laughs] Something was happening. There was definitely some chemistry. I mean, we would do a song, but with everything that’s kind of going on, I think it would be kinda corny right now. Like, 'Rocky and Iggy do a love duet!' [Laughs]
Aw! That’s the classic, unconventional love story.
It’s funny to me that everybody is so surprised about it. This should show you as a public how much you don’t see behind closed doors. Artists still do have personal lives. It feels like everything is so exposed and everybody knows everything, but there’s a lot of stuff that’s still private. It just came as a surprise like, 'What the f*ck,' but you guys just don’t know. [Laughs]
Yeah. I mean, people have a hard time separating real life from celebrity, so once they get a glimpse of that real life, they bug out.
And it’s scary! It’s scares me! I see how people twist regular music stuff, and I’m like, I don’t know about personal life. It’s like, you want to tell everyone about all kinds of different stuff, but I don’t want to ruin it by letting everybody in because not everybody’s happy for you.
Exactly.
I always say: Share your happiness with the world, give other people that happienes and let it come back, but some things make me question it. I don’t know if I want some people to know that I am happy. I think a lot of people want to take it away from you and that’s really scary.
Are you frightened by your growing success?
Sorta. It’s weird. It’s like you’re scared about it ‘cause you see a lot of things snowballing that you don’t have control over and youre’ like ‘Whoa.’ And then, you’ll get scared that you’ll lose it too or that it won’t keep going. What if I fail? What I go back to regular [life]? What if I fall off? It’s like I’m scared to see what’s over the mountain, but I have a wolf chasing me and I have to keep going. I have to keep going.
A double-edged sword.
Yeah, for real. When I first put my first video out, I sat down with my friend at this café, and we’re like, ‘Holy sh*t, what did we just do?’ [Laughs] You just can’t be prepated for the criticism. When you’re in the industry, you get critiqued a lot, but when you see real strangers going in on you, you’re like, I’m not prepared for it at all. It’s hard not to be affected by it. When you first get exposed, you want to look [at the comments], but you have to train yourself. You know what I mean?
Do not look at your mentions!
Yeah, even with me and Rocky. ‘Is Rocky dating Iggy?’ It’s like, I don’t even want to see the comments on that. Or I’ll see, ‘No, Iggy’s not dating him. Iggy’s dating blah, blah.’ [Laughs] It’s like, whatever! Wrong, wrong, wrong!
You know, one thing that everyone is speaking up about also is you and Azealia Banks. What’s going on there?
I have no deal with her. I don’t know her personally. I said it about Kreyshawn, too. If I don’t know you personally, how could I have a problem with you? What would I have a problem about? I don’t know that person. If somebody wants to say something about me, that’s something I can’t control. But a stranger? Whether it’s an artist or just a person writing a comment, you could never say anything that could make me mad enough to feel like I have some personal problem with you. I don’t know you. I truly don’t understand it. I just keep making my own music, and I’m deaf to that. What is there to say? Nothing.
What's coming up next?
I'm doing a song with Yelawolf. I have a song with Dev coming out, and this is all going to be promotional songs before the album. I have a song with Skeme and Kendrick [Lamar] that we're putting out, and I'm trying to get a song with just me and Kendrick, like, really freestyling and stuff.
Q and A written by Niki McGloster at VIBE. Pics from MissInfoTV.
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With the third installment of his Apply Pressure mixtape series on the way, Cassidy drops something new for the streets.
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Shanell's new single "My Button" gets official visual treatment as the YMCMB singer gears up for her debut album, which will be released later this year. The video features cameos from Lil Wayne, Mack Maine, Birdman and Lil Twist.
The track is produced by "N*ggas In Paris" beat maker Hit Boy.
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