Truth rating: 0
1:43 pm, June 28th, 2012
(Perez Hilton
“Rupert Murdoch Might Be Played By Russell Crowe In An Upcoming Movie,” reads a headline from Perez Hilton, who knows remarkably little about celebrities.
According to the blogger — who blocks Gossip Cop on Twitter because he’s afraid of our fact-checking ways — “Russell Crowe is in talks to play Rupert Murdoch in a movie, based on the Harold Evans autobiography, “Good Times, Bad Times,” which chronicles the former Sunday Times editor’s relationship with the Australian media tycoon.
Perez then quotes a made-up source saying, “You have to be brave to play someone like Murdoch. Russell can do it.”
That’s a lovely tale, but Crowe is NOT “in talks” to play Murdoch.
In fact, the Oscar-winning actor debunked that false rumor himself days ago on Twitter, writing, “I haven’t been approached by anyone to play Rupert Murdoch.”
Of course, Perez doesn’t let the truth (or timeliness) interfere with his “reporting.”
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