The MSC Magnifica. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

On board the the new dream ship MSC Magnifica (293 meters long, holding up to 3,010 passengers) 2,500 guests celebrated, and 20,000 spectators came to the piers. Actually, the shipping company had been expecting 30,000.

The new baby of the shipping company was baptised by the Italian diva Sophia Loren and superstar Eros Ramazzotti. The Italian stars were responsible for glitz and glamour in the Hamburg harbor.

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When I read the title "I love You Phillip Morris," I thought this was a movie about a smoker who loves Phillip Morris cigarettes. But no, it turns out to be a genuine gay love story about two good looking men who meet in prison. There is kissing and holding and several sex scenes in it -- but with no penetration. For me and several other males I observed in the audience, the cringe factor was there. You could hear low gasps and moans among the audience. The females in the audience were grinning.