Royal couple arrive in Sydney for Down Under tour

 

The Duke And Duchess Of Cambridge Tour Australia And New Zealand - Day 10

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 16: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge visit the Sydney Opera House on April 16, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are on a three-week tour of Australia and New Zealand, the first official trip overseas with their son, Prince George of Cambridge. (Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage)

Apr. 16, 2014 3:08 AM EDT SYDNEY (AP) - Britain's Prince William, his wife, Kate, and their baby son, George, arrived in sunny Sydney on Wednesday to the cheers of thousands of fans as they kicked off their tour of Australia.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge landed in Sydney after wrapping up a 10-day trip around New Zealand. They were greeted by various dignitaries, including Prime Minister Tony Abbott, before being whisked off to the city's famed Opera House.
Crowds of screaming fans, some waving Australian flags, lined the pathway around the Opera House to catch a glimpse of the couple as they walked up the iconic building's steps. The pair paused briefly to take in the views of the sun-dappled harbor and Harbour Bridge before heading inside for a welcome reception.
The royal family is on a three-week tour of New Zealand and Australia.
While in Australia, they will visit the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, meet some local wildlife at the city's harborside zoo, and travel to Uluru, the iconic Outback sandstone monolith that's also known as Ayers Rock.

292 missing, 4 dead in South Korea ferry disaster

Ferry sinking in South Korea

South Korean rescue helicopters fly over a South Korean passenger ship, trying to rescue passengers from the ship in water off the southern coast in South Korea, Wednesday, April 16, 2014.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A ferry carrying 459 people, mostly high school students on an overnight trip to a tourist island, sank off South Korea's southern coast on Wednesday, leaving nearly 300 people missing despite a frantic, hours-long rescue by dozens of ships and helicopters. At least four people were confirmed dead and 55 injured. The high number of people unaccounted for - likely trapped in the ship or floating in the ocean - raised fears that the death toll could rise drastically, making it one of South Korea's biggest ferry disasters since 1993, when 292 people died.
One student, Lim Hyung-min, told broadcaster YTN after being rescued that he and other students jumped into the ocean wearing life jackets and then swam to a nearby rescue boat.
"As the ferry was shaking and tilting, we all tripped and bumped into each another," Lim said, adding that some people were bleeding. Once he jumped, the ocean "was so cold. ... I was hurrying, thinking that I wanted to live."
Local television stations broadcast live pictures of the ship, Sewol, listing to its side and slowly sinking as passengers jumped out or were winched up by helicopters. At least 87 vessels and 18 aircraft swarmed around the stricken ship. Rescuers clambered over its sides, pulling out passengers wearing orange life jackets. But the ship overturned completely and continued to sink slowly. Within a few hours only its blue-and-white bow stuck out of the water. Very soon, that too disappeared.
Some 160 coast guard and navy divers searched for survivors inside the ship's wreckage a few kilometers (miles) from Byeongpung Island, which is not far from the mainland. The area is about 470 kilometers (290 miles) from Seoul.

Pharrell Williams Cries On 'Oprah Prime' Watching People Around The World Dance To 'Happy'

Before Pharrell Williams' song "Happy" was nominated for an Academy Award, before it reached the top of the Billboard charts, before it garnered 182 million views on YouTube and before it sold more than a million copies, it was just another song that wasn't even getting played on the radio. Then, on Nov. 21, 2013, Pharrell released "Happy" with a music video and everything changed.
"Zero airplay, nothing. And the next thing you know, we put out the video on November 21 -- all of a sudden, boom," Pharrell says. "When I say, 'Boom,' I mean boom."
People around the world responded to "Happy" by uploading videos of themselves dancing to the catchy song, from Malawi to Iceland to Washington, D.C. During Pharrell's interview for "Oprah Prime," Oprah plays a montage of these videos. As Pharrell watches, he becomes overwhelmed and begins to cry.
"Makes me cry too!" Oprah says, grabbing Pharrell's arm. "I know. It's beautiful."
"Why am I crying on Oprah?" Pharrell asks.
Oprah laughs, then offers an explanation for why Pharrell's reaction is so emotional. "You know, it's being used for something greater than yourself," she says. "I get that."
"It's overwhelming because it's like, I love what I do and I just appreciate the fact that people have believed in me for so long, that I could make it to this point, to feel that," Pharrell says through tears.
"I get it," Oprah says. "I so now get why it's so infectious, because it came from such a clear space that the energy was absolutely uninterrupted by anything other than allowing it to flow from heart to heart. And that's what happens when you see it."
"Oprah Prime" airs on OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network.

Jermaine Jackson shuts down 'Wife Swap' after hoarding intervention

ABC's "Celebrity Wife Swap" - Season Three

CELEBRITY WIFE SWAP - 'Jermaine Jackson/Daniel Baldwin' - 'Celebrity Wife Swap' will make its season three debut on TUESDAY, APRIL 15 at 10:00 p.m. ET, on the ABC Television Network. In the premiere episode, two Hollywood dynasties come together for the first time when the partners of actor Daniel Baldwin and music legend Jermaine Jackson swap lives for one week. (Photo by Rick Rowell/ABC via Getty Images)

While Daniel and Jermaine's wife, Halima, seemed to get along, it was a different story for Jermaine and Daniel Baldwin's ex, Isabella. Why? Jermaine's OCD tendencies and his obvious hoarding problem, at least with fashion items like clothing, shoes, and cologne. Isabella did everything she could to get Jermaine to let go of some of his clothing, but he wasn't having it.

ISABELLA: "You're a shopaholic and it's crowding everyone out. There's no other way right now."
JERMAINE: "It ain't gonna happen."
ISABELLA: "It's gotta happen."
JERMAINE: "It ain't gonna happen."
ISABELLA: "It's my rules."
JERMAINE: "Nobody is gonna touch my clothes."

After the argument, he locked himself in his room and refused to continue with the production of the show.

With some major persuasion, producers were able to get Jermaine to participate in the round table discussion. But when the time came to give an update on how the Jackson family was doing after filming, it was revealed that the Jacksons cut off all communication with production, and refused to provide an update to viewers. Though, Jermaine did say that he wouldn't do "Celebrity Wife Swap" again. His exact words were, "... never in a billion years."

Fans on Facebook were pretty disgusted with how spoiled Jermaine was -- calling him a baby and a diva.

Fans on Twitter agreed, saying that not only was he spoiled, but he was in denial of his hoarding problem, and not open to change.

Laila Ali, Larry Birkhead and Eric Roberts will likely bring even more drama to the show when their episodes air in the coming weeks.