Celeb death hoaxes are fun... until a Kardashian gets hurt!

Last night tweeters around the world mad #Cher a trending topic, after one user tweeted a fake CNN story claiming the the 65-year-old singer passed away.

Less than an hour after the original "RIP Cher" was posted, Kim Kardashian was freaking out.

The reality star has over 12 million flowers, so when she asked:

"Did I just hear Cher has passed away? Is this real? OMG."

Over 12 million people started asking the same thing. The affect wasn't quite the same as Orson Welles' War of the Worlds radio show, HOWEVER people did lose their shit thinking Cher gone.

Kim "investigatory journalist" Kardshian did some digging and discovered elaborate joke. She told her millions:

"Can't believe people would make up a sick joke like Cher died. These people need to get a life! Thanks Twitter for clearing that up!"

There you have it!

Cher is alive, despite the fact that she hasn't posted on Twitter since last week.

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Chris Rene, the X Factor contestant who won hearts through overcoming drug addiction has COMPLETELY let us down with an accidental public drug tweet... or did he??

Reports are saying that after getting a little too excited over praise for his recent performances, he meant to direct message a friend with drug plans but accidentally tweeted it publicly instead:

@cocolito22 we got them mirrors, razors, and ties ready?? we gon smash lines and veins tonight, BUDDY!

Well guess what. We call BS!

PerezHilton.com did some extra research and if you take a look at the alleged screengrab, the line underneath the embarrassing tweet is WAY darker than the rest. A little extra shading happens when you select a tweet, but as you can see, the tweet was NOT selected. This suggests Photoshop layering.

Also, Cocolito22 doesn't exist on Twitter. Sure, they could have deleted their account, but we don't even see the user through Google's search engine. Even if you delete your account, remnants of it will remain on Google for a while.

Looks like someone's just out to get him! But we don't believe it!!!

Now see, this is what happens when producers don't do their jobs. People start blabbing the truth! Someone better find this guy's confidentiality contract and FAST!

Last month, we reported a horrifying story about former "Real Housewives of New York" star Bethenny Frankel, who was allegedly lost at sea for 21 hours after her boat ran into some technical problems and it's GPS stopped working. Bethenny was recently on Ellen DeGeneres' show to retell the dramatic story in her own words, but there is someone else who wants his side of the story heard. The man that "rescued" the reality star and her crew recalls the tale quite differently and is coming forward to share his drastically less traumatic version of the story.

According to Tim Russell, the owner of the boat tow company that came to Bethenny's rescue, he received a call from her therapist that day, who was also on board with them, asking for a tow. As they had already called the Coast Guard, who wouldn't come to their aid because they were in "no danger," he gave Tim their location's " exact coordinates, which he read off of the GPS system."

So, they had a working GPS. Okay, fine. What good is a GPS if your boat isn't working and you can't get back to shore. That's still pretty scary, right? Sure it is - except that wasn't the case for Bethenny and Co.! Tim reveals that when his crew arrived on the scene:

" ...the boat was fine. There were 9 people on the boat. Bethenny, Jason, the therapist, and a Bravo film crew of six. They did not need a tow, as the boat was fine."

In fact, they were so fine, they didn't even need a tow! They simply followed Tim and his wife back to shore with their fully-fucntional boat with an equally functional GPS.

Now, ready for the cherry on top? In her interview with Ellen, Bethenny claimed that she gave her brave rescuer a $2,800 tip for saving her, Jason and the crew. Tim says that never happened, but regaled about how Bethenny strangely kissed the dock when they got to shore - after her crew jumped out ahead of her to film it, of course!

A liar and a cheapskate? For shame!

Call the writers in, Bravo! It's time for some major damage control!!!

[Image via WENN.]

Now see, this is what happens when producers don't do their jobs. People start blabbing the truth! Someone better find this guy's confidentiality contract and FAST!

Last month, we reported a horrifying story about former "Real Housewives of New York" star Bethenny Frankel, who was allegedly lost at sea for 21 hours after her boat ran into some technical problems and it's GPS stopped working. Bethenny was recently on Ellen DeGeneres' show to retell the dramatic story in her own words, but there is someone else who wants his side of the story heard. The man that "rescued" the reality star and her crew recalls the tale quite differently and is coming forward to share his drastically less traumatic version of the story.

According to Tim Russell, the owner of the boat tow company that came to Bethenny's rescue, he received a call from her therapist that day, who was also on board with them, asking for a tow. As they had already called the Coast Guard, who wouldn't come to their aid because they were in "no danger," he gave Tim their location's " exact coordinates, which he read off of the GPS system."

So, they had a working GPS. Okay, fine. What good is a GPS if your boat isn't working and you can't get back to shore. That's still pretty scary, right? Sure it is - except that wasn't the case for Bethenny and Co.! Tim reveals that when his crew arrived on the scene:

" ...the boat was fine. There were 9 people on the boat. Bethenny, Jason, the therapist, and a Bravo film crew of six. They did not need a tow, as the boat was fine."

In fact, they were so fine, they didn't even need a tow! They simply followed Tim and his wife back to shore with their fully-fucntional boat with an equally functional GPS.

Now, ready for the cherry on top? In her interview with Ellen, Bethenny claimed that she gave her brave rescuer a $2,800 tip for saving her, Jason and the crew. Tim says that never happened, but regaled about how Bethenny strangely kissed the dock when they got to shore - after her crew jumped out ahead of her to film it, of course!

A liar and a cheapskate? For shame!

Call the writers in, Bravo! It's time for some major damage control!!!

[Image via WENN.]

This is deplorable.

Last week, we heard that Lesbian blogger Amina Araf, who writes the blog A Gay Girl in Damascus AND is a voice for anti-government opposition in Syria, was kidnapped in Damascus.

Now, we've learned that the A Gay Girl in Damascus blog is actually just a 40-year-old married man who lives in Edinburgh, and the entire kidnapping story was a hoax.

The awful man behind the blog, Tom MacMaster, is a grad student working on his master's at Edinburgh.

It gets worse, though! Apparently, Amina Arraf Tom pursued a "six-month online relationship with a woman in Canada" via email while in character. Sickening!

Here's what Tom wrote about the hoax in a final blog entry entitled "Apology to Readers":

"I never expected this level of attention. While the narrative voıce may have been fictional, the facts on this blog are true and not misleading as to the situation on the ground".

We cannot emphasize enough how disturbed we are by all of this. Yuck!

What do U think about this hoax? Deplorable? Forgivable?

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Guess it was a hoax!

Although we reported on an alleged casting call that had gone out in the Bay area Craigslist looking for possible castmembers for what was thought to be The Real Housewives of San Francisco, a representative from the Bravo network recently revealed:

"Bravo does casting for many shows around the country, but this casting call is not for our network."

Lame!

We thought that some of those crunchy-granola, hippie types would be more than a much-needed switch up for the Real Housewives franchise, but we suppose that it's for the best!

One thing's for sure, and that's that at this rate, it may not be San Fran, but there will be a new edition of that show in a new area of the country VERY soon! LOLz!

Thoughts?? Where do you want to see some Real Housewives from next??

Oh, for goodness sake! This girl is just TROUBLE.

Montana Fishburne reportedly not only duped her father, Laurence Fishburne, but also her lawyer, Shawn Chapman Holley, when she was recorded apparently drinking what was thought to be bleach, but ultimately was just a horrible hoax!

According to sources, Laurence hired a private investigator to follow his daughter around last August because he was so concerned for her well-being. However, she soon caught on to him, and drank the 'bleach' "to put on a show."

However, when lawyer Holley discovered the video, she attempted to use it in her client's ongoing criminal assault case to prove that Montana was batshit and wanted the prosecutor to convince him to get a plea deal that involved rehab instead of jail time.

However, according to legal documents, the prosecutor was less than convinced, and wrote that the video "was just a ploy by the defendant to manipulate the People to offer a more lenient sentence."

Meanwhile, it was only AFTER Holley sent in the tape that she realized it was all phoney, and even notified the prosecutor!

Geesh! So much for the rehab deal!

It's pretty bad if even your LAWYER has to own up to your nonsense!

Unfortunately, we have a feeling that things are not looking good for Miz Montana! But maybe it's for the best, and some time behind bars can help her put her life choices in perspective for her.

Thoughts??

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Awwww! This is kind of disappointing! But expected!

A little while back we posted this charming little video of a man proposing to his girlfriend (above) using a variety of synchronized iPhones and a MacBook Pro, and even then we speculated about its authenticity!

Today, however, it's been confirmed that the clip is a hoax, and was made to promote Thinkmodo, a business venture specializing in discovering the marketing potential of viral videos!

Thinkmodo founder Michael Krivicka reveals:

“Since viral videos are both art and science, we wanted to merge both elements to introduce predictability to the videos’ success. As part of our ’study’ we staged an elaborate marriage proposal in Central Park and fused tech and romance to see how well each would be received if merged. Would men be drawn by the awesome iPhone app (which unfortunately doesn’t exist) or would women cry and wonder why Frank threw the ring (which was never in the box)? Since our video was covered by outlets like Glamour as well as CNET, we learned that, contrary to conventional wisdom, content can be made to appeal to both sexes without lessening the appeal to each.”

Inneresting!

But we have to admit, we doubt that anyone really took it seriously!

A lot of factors didn't add up at the end! But at the end of the day, it was still cute and romantic!

What do U think?? Did U think it the video was legit?

This menace must be stopped! We've posted a photo (above) with the real Joaquin Phoenix on the upper left, surrounded by a few people we think are solid suspects.

A Joaquin Phoenix Impostor has been reportedly making red carpet appearances at the Toronto International Film Festival, and he's been doing it in style.

According to Phoenix's PR team, the Impostor has been arriving at venues by limo with a "massive entourage of security and scantily clad female groupies."

If this is all a hoax, it's a damn elaborate one, not to mention a damn fun one, and we are impressed!

What are your thoughts on the Joaquin Phoenix Impostor?

[Images via Johnny Louis & WENN.]

We just don't know WHAT to believe about this whole mess!

Anyone who has paid attention to Joaquin Phoenix in the past few years knows what bizarre direction his life has taken, prompting many to speculate that his shenanigans are all an elaborate publicity stunt for the 'documentary' he's the subject of, I'm Still Here, directed by Casey Affleck!

But Affleck has shot such talk down, and maintains:

"I can tell you that there is no hoax. That never even entered into my consciousness until other people began to talk about the movie."

Really, though, bb?

Maybe Joaquin just left him out of the joke, too!

Ha!

What do U think?? Is this all an elaborate hoax??

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