Jezebel: Titanic

Cruise Recreating The Titanic's Disastrous Voyage Is A Terrible Idea

Erin Gloria Ryan — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:00:00 EST

Today in extreme and questionable geekery: a British company has almost sold out the 2,000 available tickets for two cruises that promise to recreate the Titanic's ill-fated maiden voyage on the 100th anniversary of the disaster next year. Floating piece of door and Leonardo DiCapriosicle not included. More »

Titanic Star Gloria Stuart Dies At 100

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:36:00 EDT

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Gloria Stuart, who played Rose in Titanic has died at the age of 100. More »

Women And Children First? Sure, If You Give Me Time To Think About It

Sadie Stein — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:40:00 EST

New studies find that, when it comes to quick-sinking ships, chivalry is dead: or at least, all the women who couldn't make it onto the lifeboat were: More »

“You Write Dialogue For A Guy And Then Change The Name.”

Sadie Stein — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:00:00 EDT

The lengthy profile of James Cameron in the latest New Yorker confirms a long-held and heretofore unjustified suspicion that James Cameron is, in fact, a complete and total ass. More »

Last Titanic Survivor Dies

Anna North — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:00:00 EDT

The last Titanic survivor, Elizabeth Gladys "Millvina" Dean, has died at the age of 97. Her relationship with the disaster was a complex one, as she refrained from talking about it until well into her seventies. More »

Women, Children, American Louts First!

Sadie Stein — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:15:00 EST

A (shockingly) British study has found that Englishmen were 10% less likely to survive the sinking of the Titanic than their ungentlemanly American counterparts. "Good manners" in all things lifeboat were their downfall. [Breitbart] More »

Debra Messing Drops Baby Weight; Clooney & Jackman Fake Fight

Jessica G. — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:00:00 EST

In order to quench readers' insatiable thirst for gossip, we've decided to try an evening edition of the much-beloved Dirt Bag. Now you won't have to wait for morning to find out the latest celebrity news. Welcome to the swirling, sleazy disco ball of "Dirt Bag After Dark". 18 to enter and 21 to drink, ladies!

The last survivor of the Titanic is selling...

Margaret Hartmann — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:40:00 EDT

The last survivor of the Titanic is selling off mementos of the disaster to pay nursing home fees. Millvina Dean, 96, was 2 months old when she arrived in New York with her mother and brother after surviving the sinking of the ship. Dean sold a wicker suitcase full of donated clothes the family was given when they arrived in the city, as well as rare prints of the Titanic and letters from the Titanic Relief Fund, raising $53,906. Dean has lived in a nursing home in Southampton, England since she broke her hip two years ago. She was one of 706 people rescued by the steamship Carpathia on the night of April 14, 1912. Her father was among the 1,500 who died when the Titanic hit an iceberg. [Tucson Citizen] More »

Heart Of The Ocean

Sadie Stein — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:20:00 EDT

Okay, maybe saying her story "inspired" Titanic is a bit of an exaggeration, but Roberta Maioni's history is amazing on its own terms. A maid traveling first class on the Titanic with her countess employer, young Roberta fell in love with a ship's steward. On the night of the sinking, her sweetheart gave Roberta his life jacket and helped her into a lifeboat, before going down with the ship. The White Star Line badge he pressed into her hand, along with an account of the sinking, sold for 10,000 pounds when they went up for auction in 1999. Her granddaughter now says vaguely that Roberta's love story was the "inspiration" for Kate and Leo's, then makes things more suspicious still by claiming that, "Also there was a locket, which was gold, with blue enamel and a pearl and it belonged to Roberta... If I knew who bought it I would want to buy it back. It's priceless to me because of its sentimental value." [The Mirror] More »