Posts with tag "SpikeJonze"

Spike Jonze seems to have played out the fantasy of many people post-VMAs, as the acclaimed director gives Kanye West a big old slap across the face in an outtake from the duo's 'Once Upon a Fairy Tale' video that emerged earlier this month. West's incessant texting was enough to drive Jonze to violence ... at least for video purposes. See For Yourself:

Hoaxes prove that sometimes the best stories are the ones that are made up. And who would make a better fictional story than a celebrity? Because isn't that what celebrity is all about? Image making. Story telling. Dream inpiring.

To celebrate the hoax that is the Balloon Boy, here are some celebrity hoaxes perpetrated against us, the trusting and loyal, make that gullible, public.

"Paul is Dead"
Probably the mother of all celebrity hoaxes was the rumor that Sir Paul McCartney, lead singer of The Beatles, died. "Paul is dead" is an urban legend that Paul passed away and was replaced by a look-alike/sound-alike. Weird.