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6 October 2017 The New York Times published a wide-ranging expose revealing decades of alleged sexual harassment against women by Weinstein
14 September 2017 Vincent - who also had roles in Raging Bull, Goodfellas and Casino - died peacefully, according to his family.
Updated Rumors that the new Star Wars movies will be filmed in various small cities in the United States came from a set of cloned hoax sites.
19 May 2017 A joke on Twitter has been fleshed out into a full-fledged hoax by two satirical web sites.
Updated The "horse's head" scene in epic film "The Godfather" is one of Hollywood's most memorable, but was the item merely a prop or the real thing?
Updated Rumor holds that a stuntman was killed during the filming of the chariot race scene in the 1959 version of 'Ben-Hur,' and that his death was left in the movie's final cut.
Updated Film icons Robert Redford and Meryl Streep aren't married, engaged, or even dating, despite what a skin care product pitch might claim.
Updated The question of what's in the 'Pulp Fiction' briefcase is one of filmdom's most enduring mysteries.
Updated The 1989 film 'Back to the Future II' did not correctly predict Chicago would be the winner of a 2015 Cubs-Marlins World Series match-up.
20 September 2016 A viral video of a spider breaking out of a banana skin is an animation created by a talented CGI artist.
Updated A Disney cartoon purportedly showing Mickey Mouse using an unusual method to make Swiss cheese is a digital manipulation.
Updated The Baltimore Orioles did not deliberately create a lighting malfunction before a 1997 game to keep Cal Ripken's consecutive game streak intact.
29 July 2016 Online reports that actor Tom Hanks said in a television interview that he backs Donald Trump for president are false.
Updated A profanity-laced letter film director Stanley Kubrick supposedly wrote to MGM studio executive James Aubrey is a work of satire.
21 June 2016 While "Finding Dory" voice star Ellen DeGeneres joked about the movie's featuring a transgender character, there is no "StingRhonda" character in the film.
18 February 2016 A Facebook meme falsely claimed that the actor Ato Essandoh was really killed by dogs for authenticity's sake.
28 October 2015 The mass-murdering Michael Myers character in the 'Halloween' series of films sports what was originally a Captain Kirk mask.
22 October 2015
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