Hoax

As if 2016 couldn't get any worse, a high-profile cyber attacker hijacked Sony's music page and declared Britney Spears dead yesterday.

Fortunately, it was a hoax. Britney is a-o-k.

As you've likely heard by now, Blac Chyna left Rob Kardashian over the weekend and took the couple's 1-month-old daughter, Dream, with her.

Obviously, Rob is upset by the development, but he's expressing his sadness in a highly unorthodox and very 2016 fashion.

Is Jaden Smith dead? Fans across the world are freaking out over a suicide death hoax, one that has dogged the young celebrity for over a week.

Disturbing as that is, we can happily report that he is alive.

Jimmy Kimmel says he wasn't behind the viral video of Dennis Quaid's meltdown on a movie set, though he acknowledges why people might assume he was.

Mark McGrath is not dead, despite a harsh online hoax claiming he was shot and killed this week. The Sugar Ray frontman assures us he is alive and well.

Macaulay Culkin is not dead, despite another fast-spreading Internet hoax indicating the Home Alone star's demise ... for the second time this year alone.

The troubled and sometimes reclusive actor, 34, who at one point was reportedly in the throes of heroin addiction and appeared gaunt, is alive and well.

The viral story of a wedding invite a bride accidentally texted to a stranger who showed up anyway to crash the thing has been revealed as a hoax.

The wedding photo is real and the real story behind it is pretty darn good, though.

A viral Facebook hoax is saying Miley Cyrus died this weekend. Don't believe any of the hype that Miley Cyrus is dead, though, and don't click on any links.

According to the sham report, the singer passed away at her home due to an overdose, but it’s all a farce. The headline spreading virally reads:

Women across the world already prone to swooning over Ryan Gosling were given another amazing reason to do so this weekend. Too bad it wasn't real.

On Saturday, a fake Facebook page claiming to be the actor's official page posted an emotional missive accompanied by a photo of him with a baby.

Could the James Franco Instagram scandal be an elaborate marketing hoax? That theory is going around after the trailer for his new film just dropped.

In Palo Alto, James plays a teacher seducing a student. Coincidence?

James Franco tried to seduce a Scottish teenager in a series of flirty Instagram messages before learning she was only 17, a new report alleges.

According to the Mirror (UK), the blonde teenager ran into the star in New York on a birthday trip with her mother, posting a short video of their meeting.

News of an Ariana Grande nude photo leak rocked Twitter late last night and early this morning, complete with the globally trending #ArianasNudesLeaked.

If the photos were real, it would surely come as a shock, as this is one good girl who you'd never expect to go bad, even in an age of so few surprises.