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Newsweek
18-07-2025
- Newsweek
Mystery Illness Strikes 140 on Luxury Cruise After Departing US
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. More than 140 passengers and crew members mysteriously fell ill during a luxury Royal Caribbean cruise that recently departed Los Angeles for Mexico. Newsweek has contacted Royal Caribbean for more information on its latest cruises via email. Why It Matters The Navigator of the Seas is a 2003 Voyager-class cruise ship operated by Royal Caribbean, with a capacity of almost 4,000 passengers. This means that around 4 percent of the total cruise was ill during the journey, which began earlier this month. What To Know The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that the cruise, aboard the Navigator of the Seas, concluded July 11 with at least 134 of 3,914 guests and seven crew experiencing vomiting, stomach cramps, and diarrhea. The source of the outbreak remains unknown. This incident is one of 18 gastrointestinal outbreaks on cruise ships in 2025 that met the CDC's threshold for public notification, with norovirus often the culprit. According to the CDC, norovirus is the leading cause of vomiting and diarrhea, and foodborne illness in the U.S. However, the CDC stated that identifying the causative agent can take time, and cruise ship outbreaks represent only 1 percent of all reported cases. Issues of hygiene aboard large cruise ships have been put under new scrutiny by the public after the release of Poop Cruise, a documentary about a 2013 cruise aboard the Carnival Triumph that left over 4,000 passengers stranded with a backed-up sewage system. This month also marks the beginning of new tourism taxes on cruises headed to Mexico, like the one carried out by the Navigator of the Seas. Starting from July 1, international travelers stopping in any Mexican ports have been required to pay a tourism tax upon disembarking. Mexico is among some of the most-visited cruise destinations in the world and attracts millions of cruise passengers across its different ports. According to the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA), this year could see around 3,300 cruise ships arriving in Mexican ports, bringing 10 million passengers to the country. The Navigator of the Seas cruise ship while docked at the CocoCay port where people can enjoy the private beach, food, drinks, and activities, Bahamas, October 12, 2019. The Navigator of the Seas cruise ship while docked at the CocoCay port where people can enjoy the private beach, food, drinks, and activities, Bahamas, October 12, 2019. Getty Images What People Are Saying A spokesperson for Royal Caribbean Group said in a statement responding to the illness, per USA Today: "The health and safety of our guests, crew and the communities we visit are our top priority. To maintain an environment that supports the highest levels of health and safety onboard our ships, we implement rigorous cleaning procedures, many of which far exceed public health guidelines." What Happens Next? The CDC continues to investigate the outbreak.
ITV News
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- ITV News
Director of Poop cruise reveals what really went down at sea
Not every cruise is plain sailing, but one in particular must be as bad as it gets. We're meeting a Poop Cruise passenger and the director of the Cruise that's at the centre of a hit new Netflix documentary for the inside scoop on what really happened at sea, and if they'll ever recover from their s*%!ty ordeal.
Metro
13-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Hit Netflix adventure viewed 37.5 million times to top global film chart
Sophie-May Williams Published July 10, 2025 12:16pm Link is copied Comments Unsure of what movie to watch over the weekend? We've got you covered. Netflix has just released its latest roundup of the top 10 most-watched films over the last week, and there are some quality titles ready and waiting to be binged. From a classic noughties comedy to a tense action thriller, there's also a heartwarming original documentary filmed in the stunning oceans of Hawaii. Ready to shut the world away for a while? Here are the top 10 Netflix movies right now (Picture: Netflix) Raid 2 is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller. It's a sequel to 2018's Raid. In 1989 in Rajasthan, India, IPS officer Patnaik plans to raid a palace, but it goes miserably wrong. He requests a bribe and is transferred to Bhoj, where he must investigate a respected local figure called Dada Bhai. He soon uncovers some hidden truths… (Picture: Netflix) Another sequel on this week's list is Grown Ups 2, but the premise is very different. For one, it's a comedy movie and follows the escapades of childhood friends Lenny, Eric, Marcus, and Kurt once again. It's set three years after the events of the first film, and sees Lenny and his family move back to his hometown. As soon as he arrives back, Lenny faces many hilarious situations, from waking up to a deer in his bedroom to being confronted by an obnoxious fraternity kid (Picture: Tracy Bennett) Gerard Butler plays Brodie Torrance, a commercial pilot and former RAF officer. When a lightning strike destroys part of the plane, Brodie is forced to perform an emergency landing on a rebel-controlled island in the Philippines. For the next 24 hours, Brodie - and homicide suspect Louis Gaspare - must fend off the attackers and rescue the 14 plane passengers who have been held hostage (Picture: AP) This wholesome documentary stars marine conservationist and social media activist Ocean Ramsey as she swims with sharks in Oahu, Hawaii. The film showcases Ocean's interactions with the feared fish and takes a (quite literal) deep dive into her mission to protect them (Picture: Netflix) Netflix's Trainwreck anthology documents various types of real-life events, from disastrous festivals, political scandals, and media hoaxes, to name a few. In the case of the aptly named Poop Cruise, it centres around a luxury cruise ship holding 4,000 passengers that experiences an engine fire. Stranded in the middle of the ocean, passengers and crew must deal with food shortages and (as you'd have guessed by the name), sewage leaks. Nice (Picture: Netflix) With 700,000 more views than 'Poop Cruise' is another Trainwreck offering: The Cult of American Apparel. This documentary explores the rise of American Apparel as one of the biggest fashion brands in the 2000s. However, thanks to tell-all interviews with insiders and former staff, it also uncovers financial troubles, harassment claims, and a toxic working environment (Picture: Netflix/Everett/REX/Shutterstock) The Old Guard is a 2020 superhero film based on Greg Rucka's comic book series. It follows a group of mercenaries who are centuries-old immortals with the ability to heal themselves. When they discover that someone is onto their secret and wants to kill them, they must fight to protect their freedom (Picture: AP) In this science fiction thriller, Mark Wahlberg stars as Evan, a reincarnated human who can remember everything from his past life. Evan knows the location of a device that can destroy the world, and is pursued by two groups trying to claim it for themselves: the Believers, who want to make the world a better place, and the Nihilists, who want to destroy the world (Picture: AP) This animated musical fantasy film follows a world-renowned K-pop girl band. While living their best lives in the spotlight and making music for their millions of adoring fans, they also have secret identities as demon hunters (Picture: Netflix) Finally, The Old Guard 2 (The Old Guard's sequel) is at number one. In this movie, Andy, one of the mercenaries, leads her fellow immortal warriors against a powerful enemy that threatens to destroy their group. When a long-lost immortal resurfaces, it complicates the group's mission to save humanity (Picture: AP)
CNET
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CNET
This Fact About Netflix's Poop Cruise Still Haunts Me
It's not often a popular film on a streaming platform is heavily peppered with the phrase "it was raining sewage," but that's one of the joys-slash-horrors of Netflix's Trainwreck: Poop Cruise documentary. The movie is part of the platform's Trainwreck franchise, which focuses on real-life media sensations, news stories and controversial public figures, and for two weeks running, the flick has been in Netflix's Top 10, debuting at No. 2 (yes, No. 2) in its first week before sliding down to No. 6 where it still hovers, just a little ways from the throne. Poop Cruise chronicles an ill-fated 2013 journey of the Carnival Triumph cruise ship, which, on a four-day pleasure cruise between Texas and Mexico, endured an engine fire that cut all power to the ship. Because the ship's toilets ran on electricity and therefore couldn't flush, its 4,000 passengers were initially instructed to pee down the drain of their showers on-board (and given biohazard bags to poop in). As even the crew who are interviewed will admit, the plan was flawed and, yes, absolutely gross. But these were desperate times. Everyone assumed the stalled ship would be at sea for only one or two days under these conditions, but the rescue was delayed, and passengers were trapped aboard for four excruciating days. Shower drains started to overflow with urine. Travelers stopped using the red biohazard bags. And with no air conditioning on board, passengers were forced to sleep on the decks to avoid the heat and stench below deck. Netflix And the "it was raining feces" part? That would come when tugboats finally arrived to tow the ship to port. After they attached themselves to the ship, the force of their pull caused the ship to list so much from side to side that all the waste that had accumulated in the ship's drains started to pour down the walls, through the hallways, down elevator shafts and over every carpet. "You know what you're standing in," one passenger explained. "We were in excrement." Floors, walls and ceilings, all covered in raw sewage, and there was nowhere for the passengers to go. There have been other documentaries about cruise ships that've turned me off of cruising forever: The 2021 HBO film The Last Cruise, about a COVID outbreak on a cruise ship, was certainly one of them. But Poop Cruise was on another level for me. The footage depicting just how pervasive the damage to the ship was, just how much of it was coated in a veneer of human waste, was beyond what even the news had depicted. Passenger and crew footage shows ankle-deep rivers of waste cascading down stairwells. One can only imagine how these passengers, unable to shower or clean themselves, felt after wading through it. I realize that a cruise ship is a vessel that costs hundreds of millions of dollars, and you can't just, you know, sink one willy-nilly offshore somewhere. Still, I waited patiently for an epilogue stating that the Carnival Triumph had been decommissioned and never sailed again, not after that. I've stepped in dog poop, I know how hard it is to get that smell out of something. Considering that a fire in the engine room did destroy a lot of the ship's necessary mechanics, that coupled with the turd wallpaper seemed as good a reason as any to, you know, light the whole thing on fire and give it a proper burial at sea. But no. The epilogue says, "Carnival spent $115 million cleaning, repairing and refitting the Triumph. Today she still sails, under her new name, Carnival Sunrise." Listen, I'm sure there are health and safety measures that need to be met for the Sunrise to set sail, but just knowing what it went through, seeing what I've seen in this film, I'm haunted by the fact that she got a new name and we're just expected to move on. Is it too much to ask that your vacation accommodations come without a history of biological contamination? We can laugh at Poop Cruise now, because even gross tragedy plus time equals comedy. But there is no amount of disinfectant in the world that would be enough for me to step foot on the Sunrise. Not after the horrors shown in this documentary.
Metro
06-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
The shocking scandal of American Apparel 'cult' unraveled in new Netflix doc
American Apparel is under the microscope after Netflix dropped a new documentary delving into the scandal behind the scenes at the popular clothing brand. Last week, the streaming giant left viewers in a state of astonishment by their programme Poop Cruise, which told the horrifying real-life story of passengers who were stuck on a cruise without working toilets for days. Now, the platform has released the next instalment in its Trainwreck documentary series – The Cult of American Apparel. Directed by Sally Rose Griffiths, the new one-hour documentary looks to 'reveal the sinister side of the brand', diving into the rise and fall of the once-popular clothing retailer. Behind the all-American noughties image, the programme paints a picture of a breakneck and sometimes toxic workplace culture, under the leadership of CEO Dov Charney. Wake up to find news on your TV shows in your inbox every morning with Metro's TV Newsletter. Sign up to our newsletter and then select your show in the link we'll send you so we can get TV news tailored to you. As one interviewee says in the documentary: 'It was a fashion cult and Dov was the leader.' After founding American Apparel in 1989 while still a student at Tufts University, Charney dropped out to pursue a career in fashion full-time. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video The now 56-year-old's time at the company came to an acrimonious end when he was sacked in 2014 amid allegations of sexual harassment and abuse. He has denied all wrongdoing. Described as a 'flamboyant, Canadian-born, LA clothing entrepreneur', the initial impression of Charney is as a man determined to combat the rise of the sweatshop with ethically made clothing. The Netflix documentary features footage, research and firsthand accounts from former employees. Audio snippets feature Charney calling employees 'fool of the week' and other verbal attacks. In addition to accusations of a hostile workplace, Charney has faced multiple accusations of sexual harassment from former female employees. Charney has repeatedly denied all allegations. In the documentary footage, he's seen speaking about sexual experiences with employees at the time. It also shows a video of Charney walking naked in front of two female employees. 'It was definitely an open secret that Dov was sleeping with the employees,' Carson, a former American Apparel worker, tells the Netflix cameras. The Netflix documentary claims that these cases were dismissed in court due to confidentiality agreements that employees had signed. The American Apparel board eventually launched an investigation into Charney's behaviour and first suspended him for 'alleged misconduct and violations of company policy', before subsequently firing him in 2014. In a statement to Entertainment Weekly regarding the documentary, a spokesperson for Charney said that in spite of the Netflix programme's narrative, 'Charney has never been found liable for any misconduct — sexual harassment or otherwise — by any judge, jury, arbitrator, or independent investigation. Dov Charney still works in fashion, having founded the clothing manufacturer Los Angeles Apparel in 2016. Charney has said that a Los Angeles Apparel store will be opening in New York later this year. He has also worked alongside Kanye West and his Yeezy brand. Rolling Stone reported that Charney printed West's controversial White Lives Matter t-shirt. Celebrity Net Worth reports that Charney is worth $500,000 (£366,000) – although that is not a verified number and there are no public records of his exact personal finances. The statement continued: 'Unfortunately, the Netflix documentary grossly misrepresents the story of American Apparel and Charney, relying on paid actors to emotionally restate long-disproven allegations. 'No credible insiders — including Charney himself — participated in the production. One can only hope the full, unvarnished story of American Apparel and the forces behind its downfall will one day be told.' American Apparel became known for its cheeky ad campaigns, which often included young women in provocative poses. An interviewee in the documentary described the ads as 'basically softcore porn'. The brand championed wardrobe basics and embraced the indie sleeve aesthetic, while also promoting itself as a sustainable option, with the tagline 'Ethically Made — Sweatshop Free'. However, as times and fashions have changed, American Apparel fell out of favour. The company filed for bankruptcy in 2015 and 2016. It was bought in 2017 by Canadian sportswear manufacturer Gildan Activewear. The new owners closed all 281 stores and relaunched American Apparel as an online-only brand. The website claims American Apparel is 'committed to leading ethical and sustainable practices'. Given that the documentary currently sits at the second spot on the top film ranking on Netflix, it's clear that subscribers are tuning in. They're also been sharing their reactions on X, with many saying it brought them back to being regulars at the stores in their heyday. @itsMarciaAgain wrote: 'Watching this American Apparel documentary I vividly remember shopping there esp when I visited Miami. What a time!' @tiffnotjustany added: 'Omggg the American Apparel era… You just had to be there!' More Trending Meanwhile, @justfaith___ and others agreed the documentary was a crazy watch, writing: 'American Apparel being a cult is news to meeee.' @ndulceee added: 'That American Apparel documentary was crazy!' @MsJah_ echoed: 'The cult of American Apparel on Netflix. Crazy.' Metro contacted Dov Charney for further comment. View More » Trainwreck: The Cult of American Apparel is available to stream on Netflix. Rape Crisis England & Wales is a feminist charity working to end rape, sexual assault, sexual harassment, child sexual abuse – and all other forms of sexual violence. Whether it happened recently, or a long time ago; whether you know without a doubt that you experienced sexual violence, or aren't quite sure; whether it happened to you, or someone you know; Rape Crisis England & Wales will always believe you and listen to you, and they can offer you information and support. 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