Does a video show real wildfire scenes of firefighters in rugged terrain, fire raging and a suburban neighborhood in California? No, that's not true: This video on Facebook is AI generated. Lead Stories tracked the source of a clip in thi
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PolitiFact→ Social Media – The Hollywood sign wasn’t on fire as of Jan. 10. This image is fake
Image shows the Hollywood sign was on fire as of Jan. 8.
Full Fact→ Video of fire surrounding the Hollywood sign isn’t real
Full Fact traced the video back to an account which creates “original music, graphics, and video scenes”.
Full Fact→ Burning Hollywood sign photo isn’t genuine
A picture which appears to show the iconic sign in Los Angeles engulfed in flames is almost certainly AI-generated.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Historic ‘Hollywood’ Sign Was NOT On Fire During LA County Fires As Of January 9, 2025
Was the "Hollywood" sign a casualty of the fires burning in Los Angeles County as of January 9, 2025? No, that's not true: When this fact check was written, the sign was "safe and secure," according to the organization that preserves the
The Dispatch→ Images of the Hollywood Sign Engulfed in Flames Are Fake
The sign is not under threat from the ongoing Palisades and Eaton fires.
The Dispatch→ Hollywood Pete
Pete Hegseth is better qualified to work in a circus than run the Pentagon.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Earth As Globe Was NOT Concept Introduced By Hollywood — Was Documented By Ancient Greeks
Did Universal Studios first introduce the concept of the world as a globe in 1927 before NASA had photographed it from space in the 1960s? No, that's not true on several counts: It did not take NASA's space program to discover that the Ea
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Clint Eastwood Did NOT Return All 6 Oscars, Did NOT Denounce Hollywood As ‘Morally Bankrupt’
Did movie star Clint Eastwood return all six of his Oscars and denounce Hollywood as "morally bankrupt?" No, that's not true: The account that made the claim is part of a network of self-described "parody, satire and tomfoolery" websites
Truth or Fiction?→ Impact of Hollywood Brown Joining the Chiefs
The addition of Marquise 'Hollywood' Brown to the Kansas City Chiefs represents a significant shift in their offensive strategy, promising to introduce a new layer of dynamism to their gameplay. This move, characterized by Brown's imp
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Matthew Perry Vowed To Expose Hollywood Pedophile Ring Before He Was Found Dead
Did actor Matthew Perry vow to expose "child predators" before his death? No, that's not true: The social media post purportedly by Perry that makes the claim is fake -- there is no proof of its existence on his Instagram account and it d
Logically→ Nej, Mark Wahlberg har ikke sagt, at de pædofile i Hollywood er løbet tør for gemmesteder
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video doesn’t show Mel Gibson seeking protection from ‘Hollywood elite’ after ‘Sound of Freedom’
“7 MINUTES AGO: Mel Gibson Cries For PROTECTION From Hollywood Elite After Sound of Freedom.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Military In West Hollywood In 2023 — Footage Is From 2020
Does a video show military vehicles and personnel moving through West Hollywood during the summer of 2023? No, that's not true: This footage is from the summer of 2020. The video was posted on TikTok on June 2, 2020, around the time that
Logically→ No, Mark Wahlberg didn’t say, “Hollywood pedophiles have ‘nowhere left to hide’”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Mark Wahlberg Said ‘Hollywood Pedophiles’ Have ‘Nowhere Left To Hide’
Did the actor Mark Wahlberg declare war on "Hollywood pedophiles" in July 2023, announcing that they have "nowhere left to hide"? No, that's not true: The purported quote came from a source with a rich history of spreading false statement
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Mel Gibson criticized the Vatican in this 2021 video, not Hollywood
Video shows “Mel Gibson exposing Hollywood elites and the satanic child trafficking.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Space Station Footage Was Shot In ‘Hollywood Basement’
Do jumpy cuts in the asparagus-eating video recorded by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield while in the zero-gravity environment in 2013 prove it was shot in a "Hollywood basement," outer space does not exist and Earth is flat? No, that's
Logically→ Hillary Clinton and Hollywood celebrities have been executed.
Logically→ Hollywood celebrities are calling for a total strike until everyone gets vaccinated against COVID-19.
There is no substantial evidence to corroborate Hollywood celebrities are called for a total strike until everyone gets vaccinated against COVID-19.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Celebrities Did NOT Call For ‘Total Hollywood Strike’ Until Everyone Is Vaccinated
Did celebrities call for a "total Hollywood strike" until everyone is vaccinated against COVID-19? No, that's not true: The claim, posted by a prolific publisher of fake news, is based on a fake tweet purportedly from the Academy of Motio
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Tom Hanks Is Linked To Hollywood Child Trafficking Conspiracy — Clip Is From 2011 Skit
Does a video featuring actor Tom Hanks prove he is linked to a Hollywood child trafficking conspiracy? No, that's not true: The video is a clip of Hanks acting in a skit that aired on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" in 2011. The social media account
Snopes→ Did the Hollywood Sign Once Say ‘Hollywoodland’?
"Hooray for Hollywoodland" just doesn't have the same ring.
Logically→ Mel Gibson exposes Hollywood as the hub of satanic child sacrifices.
Actor Mel Gibson hasn't made any statements about Satanism in Hollywood. He has been wrongly connected to conspiracy theories after his 2016 comeback.
Full Fact→ No evidence Mel Gibson claimed Hollywood elites drink ‘baby blood’
Quotes about a conspiracy theory claiming Hollywood elites drink baby blood have been wrongly attributed to the actor.
Snopes→ Dave Chappelle Tackled During Hollywood Bowl Comedy Show
Security guards chased and overpowered the attacker, and Chappelle was able to continue his performance.
Snopes→ Mel Gibson Didn’t Say ‘Hollywood is an Institutionalized Pedophile Ring’
In 2017, a network of hoax websites published a series of false claims that still get shared today.
Snopes→ Amazon Closes $8.5B Deal to Acquire Hollywood Studio MGM
Amazon announced it has closed its acquisition of Hollywood studio MGM, two days after European regulators said the deal “would not significantly reduce competition” in European markets.
Snopes→ Hollywood Halts Releases in Russia, Including ‘The Batman’
Warner Bros., the Walt Disney Co. and Sony Pictures said that they would “pause” the release of their films in Russia.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hollywood Unlocked Scoop Reporting Queen’s Death Is NOT Verified Or Plausible
Did Queen Elizabeth pass away as reported by Hollywood Unlocked? No, that's not true: This is a baseless claim from one American entertainment blog that was published two days after Buckingham Palace announced that Queen Elizabeth II had
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Hollywood Cinematographer Shot On Set By A Prop Gun Was NOT The Wife Of A Clinton Lawyer Indicted In A Russia Probe
Is the widower of the cinematographer killed by Alec Baldwin the Hillary Clinton attorney indicted in the Russia probe? No, that's not true: The lawyer who was indicted by the FBI for lying to investigators is a different person who works
Snopes→ Hollywood’s Behind-The-Scenes Crews Vote to Authorize Strike
Film and television production in North America is in jeopardy of coming to a standstill after its behind-the-scenes workers overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike for the first time in its 128-year history.
Logically→ Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr. exposes a major Hollywood pedophile ring.
Robert Downey Jr. has never made any statement regarding a pedophile ring in Hollywood. The false claim is resurfacing on the internet.
Snopes→ Bronze Bust Unveiled at Burt Reynolds’ Hollywood Gravesite
A plaque and a palm tree weren't enough to mark the swagger and star power of Burt Reynolds.
Logically→ Jim Caviezel, a Hollywood movie star, discusses adrenochrome and child sex trafficking during a movie promotion which proves that hollywood is involved in child trafficking.
Jim Caviezel is propagating a famous conspiracy theory, which remains unsubstantiated and has been debunked previously.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Out Of Shadows’ Film Does NOT Prove Satanic Child Rapists Control Government, Hollywood, And A D.C. Pizza Parlor
Does the film "Out of Shadows" prove a child-raping satanic cult controls the U.S. government and Hollywood, and operated out of a Washington, D.C., pizza parlor? No, that's not true: The film declares that the lid came off in a leading D
Snopes→ Lady Gaga’s Dog Walker Speaks Out After Hollywood Shooting
Lady Gaga's dog walker described the violence and his recovery “from a very close call with death" in social media posts.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Hollywood Fred Meyer Threw Out All Perishables in Power Outage, Portland Police Blocked People From Accessing the Dumpsters and All the Food Went Bad’
As Americans in several states endured atypically severe winter weather, power outages, and lack of access to necessities, viral tweets claimed that Portland, Oregon law enforcement was guarding dumpsters outside a Hollywood Fred Meyer to prevent anyo
Truth or Fiction?→ Was Ashli Babbitt’s Death ‘Exposed as a Hollywood Stunt’?
A blog with a history of publishing weaponized disinformation attempted to use the death of one of the rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol in January 2021 as grist for another conspiracy theory. The “story,” posted on Before It’s N
Snopes→ Burt Reynolds’ Remains Find Home at Hollywood Cemetery
Reynolds' cremated remains were placed in a grave next to a lake nearly 2 1/2 years after his death.