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Culture & entertainment fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about culture & entertainment. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

3,169 published reviews in this topic

PolitiFactCulture & entertainment

The Epstein files “expose Ellen DeGeneres” as a cannibal.

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire!

PolitiFact found no evidence in the Justice Department’s Epstein Library that DeGeneres engaged in cannibalism or took part in Epstein’s criminal activities. The review traced the claim to The People’s Voice, whose supposed whistleblower audio analysts found was likely AI-generated.

Deutsche WelleCulture & entertainment

A viral image on X of Bad Bunny with more than 960.000 views shows the singer wearing a dress featuring the colors of the transgender pride flag while burning a U.S. flag with a lighter. The image was spread on other social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram as well.

Publisher’s rating: Fake

DW says the viral image is not real and identifies it as AI-generated. It cites mismatched tattoos and a SynthID watermark detected by Google’s Gemini among the indicators supporting that conclusion.

Deutsche WelleCulture & entertainment

"Wow.. Bad Bunny refused to stand for our national anthem", a user claims on X, sharing a video showing Bad Bunny sitting in a stadium while people around him allegedly sing the national anthem of the United States. The viral post, published on February 9, with more than one million views, implies that Bad Bunny refused to stand for the national anthem in the Super Bowl.

Publisher’s rating: False

The review says the video is not related to the Super Bowl and does not show Bad Bunny sitting while others sing the US national anthem. It identifies the footage as being from a New York Yankees game on October 7, where the crowd was chanting “God Bless America,” not singing “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

Deutsche WelleCulture & entertainment

"Many of you may have missed this, but the little boy who Bad Bunny handed his Grammy to at the Super Bowl was Liam Ramos! Amazing!", says an X post with over 10.3 million views. Along with the post, two images supposedly prove that the child to whom Bad Bunny symbolically gave his Grammy Award is Liam Conejo Ramos, the boy who was arrested by federal immigrations agents on January 20 in Minneapolis.

Publisher’s rating: False

The review says the boy in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was child actor Lincoln Fox, not Liam Conejo Ramos. It reports that Fox confirmed on Instagram that he performed at the Super Bowl and that Bad Bunny’s publicist also confirmed the boy was not Ramos.

Factcrescendo Sri LankaCulture & entertainment

Jenna Ortega Was Killed by Iranian Police

Publisher’s rating: False

The review says the claim is false, citing Ortega’s public activity after the death claim began circulating. It reports that she appeared at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2026, and posted Instagram Stories on January 28, 2026.