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

3,169 published reviews in this topic

dpaCulture & entertainment

Deze kledingstukken met mensenhuid zijn van Balenciaga.

Publisher’s rating: De kledingstukken in de foto's zijn niet van Balenciaga. Ze zijn ook niet echt van mensenhuid gemaakt. De jas waar het logo van het merk overheen is gezet, is gemaakt door een special effects-artiest. Ook andere foto's in de collage zijn haar werk. Het overgebleven deel komt van de website 'Urban Outraged'. In geen van de gevallen wordt er echt mensenhuid gebruikt.

Fact Crescendo CambodiaCulture & entertainment

អ្នក​ប្រើ​ប្រាស់​ហ្វេស​ប៊ុក​ម្នាក់​ បាន​បង្ហោះ​រូប​ថត​មួយ​សន្លឹក​ បង្ហាញ​អំពី​ទិដ្ឋភាព​ប្រាសាទ​បុរាណ​មួយ​ដែល​មាន​ទម្រង់​ និង​ភិន​ភាគ​ដូច​ទៅ​នឹង​ប្រាសាទ​អង្គរ​វត្ត​​។​ អ្នក​ប្រើ​ប្រាស់​ដដែល​នេះ​ក៏​បាន​អះ​អាង​នៅ​ក្នុង​សំណេរ​របស់​ខ្លួន​ផង​ដែរ​ថា​ នេះ​គឺ​ជាទិដ្ឋភាព​ប្រាសាទ​អង្គរ​វត្ត​កាល​ពី​ឆ្នាំ​១៩៣១។​

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

FACTLYCulture & entertainment

Clip of a 26-year-old Canadian-Chinese girl who won 1 Million Dollar prize money for her magic in America. This is the top prize for magic

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim identifies the woman in a viral magic-style clip as a 26-year-old Canadian-Chinese magician who won a million-dollar prize in America. The review describes the clip as showing a man disappear after touching another man, followed by the girl touching his bag. It reports that the same winner story circulated with other videos, but those videos showed different women from the one in the viral clip. To investigate, the article says it searched for information about the alleged Canadian-Chinese magician and found no relevant news reports. It also used reverse image searches on video keyframes, which led to social-media posts. One account posting a version of the video usually shared VFX and creative videos and credited creators, but this particular post did not include creator credits. The article therefore says the viral video could be VFX; it does not present definitive proof of who made it. The review identifies a likely source of confusion: Canadian-American magician Shin Lim was 26 when he won a $1 million prize on America’s Got Talent in 2018. That supports the existence of a real magician and prize resembling parts of the post’s story, but it does not establish that the woman in the clip was the winner. The review’s account instead distinguishes Lim from the woman and notes that versions of the story use different women’s videos.

FACTLYCulture & entertainment

Video of Paresh Rawal apologising over his comments on Bengalis

Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING

The claim concerns a video circulated as Paresh Rawal apologising for remarks about Bengalis. FACTLY’s review says the video does show Rawal apologising, but finds that the apology was for different remarks, made five years earlier. Its conclusion therefore turns on the video’s context, not on whether Rawal ever apologised about Bengalis. To check the video’s provenance, the review says it used reverse image search on keyframes from the viral clip and found the full version on YouTube, uploaded on 30 November 2017. In that full video, Rawal apologises for comments on Rajputs made in November 2017. This evidence links the circulated footage to an earlier incident rather than to the later controversy over Bengalis. The review distinguishes that footage from the 2022 events: it says Rawal made the remarks about Bengalis on 29 November 2022 and tweeted an apology on 02 December 2022. Thus, the fact that he later apologised for the Bengalis remarks does not establish that the circulated video shows that apology; the review identifies the video as five years old and about his remarks on Rajputs.

FACTLYCulture & entertainment

Video showing singer Suman Kalyanpur’s latest song performance at an event

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerns a video circulated as showing playback singer Suman Kalyanpur performing “Yaad Kiya Dilne Kaha Ho Tum” at an event. FACTLY identifies the singer as Aruna Prakash, a Juhu, Mumbai resident, and says the performance took place during the AmbaGopal Foundation’s International Elders Day 2021 celebrations. The review’s conclusion is that the video does not show Kalyanpur. The review describes tracing the footage through searches using relevant keywords. It says a video with similar visuals had been posted on Facebook on 31 December 2021, with the poster identifying the singer as Aruna Prakash and reporting that others had mistaken her for Suman Kalyanpur or Sudha Malhotra. Separately, the review found an Aharveda video in which the woman introduced herself as Aruna Prakash from Mumbai. These are the identification details the article presents; it does not describe a formal identity-verification process. For the event, FACTLY says it observed a banner in the circulated video naming the International Elders Day 2021 celebration, then found the same video on the AmbaGopal Foundation’s Facebook page, posted on 2 October 2021. The foundation’s description also identifies it as the 2021 celebration. This event-specific match supports the review’s account of where the performance came from, rather than the claim that it was a recent performance by Kalyanpur.

FACTLYCulture & entertainment

Shahrukh Khan challenged bhakts to make his upcoming film ‘Pathaan’ a box-office failure

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerned screenshots styled as breaking-news templates that alleged actor Shahrukh Khan challenged “bhakts” to make Pathaan a box-office failure. The post attributed the supposed challenge to his anger over Laal Singh Chaddha’s box-office performance. FACTLY’s investigation says it found no reliable information that Khan had made such a statement, and reports that it found no such statement on his official social-media accounts.