The Hoax
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| Initial release | USA |
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| Directors | Lasse Hallström |
| Box office | 11. 77 million USD |
| Story by | Clifford Irving |
| Screenplay | Clifford Irving |
| William Wheeler | |
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| ID | 973018 |
About The Hoax
In the early 1970s, author Clifford Irving (Richard Gere), with accomplice Richard Suskind (Alfred Molina), attempts to pull off one of the greatest media scams of the century. He writes a fake biography of reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes, claiming that Hughes authorized it, and sells the book to publishing giant McGraw-Hill.
Bibby Stockholm: Hoax listing for asylum barge on travel website
... The Hoax listing on the website described the Bibby Stockholm as having a garden and offering views of Dorset s Jurassic coast...
Fan outrage at Susan Meachen, the romance novelist accused of faking her death
... After news of The Hoax went viral, someone claiming to be Ms Meachen told writer Michael Gallagher that she felt the only way to find relief from the online bullying she said she experienced, was to fake her own death...
Victor Lewis-Smith: Journalist and satirist dies aged 65
...By Jasmine AnderssonBBC NewsWriter, broadcaster and satirist Victor Lewis-Smith - known as a TV critic and for The Hoax phone calls he made to the likes of Princess Diana - has died aged 65 after a short illness...
Sherri Papini: US woman who staged her own disappearance sentenced to 18 months
... In a sentencing memo, Papini s lawyer William Portanova blamed The Hoax on her " painful early years [that] twisted and froze her in myriad ways"...
Operation Mincemeat: The Welsh drifter who helped end WW2
... With Mr Michael kept in a mortuary refrigerator, Cholmondeley and Montagu got to work on the details they were certain would make The Hoax more believable to the Germans...
Video clip of hoax call with UK minister Ben Wallace published
... Mr Wallace revealed The Hoax last week, saying he had been targeted by an " imposter" posing as the Ukrainian PM...
UK blames Russia for hoax calls to cabinet ministers
... On Monday, Boris Johnson s spokesman told reporters that " the Russian state was responsible for The Hoax telephone calls made to UK ministers last week"...
Man posing as Ukraine PM spoke to defence secretary Ben Wallace
... A Ministry of Defence source said the inquiry was looking into " how this was able to happen" but gave no details of what Mr Wallace may have told The Hoax caller, or who made the call...
Sherri Papini: US woman who staged her own disappearance sentenced to 18 months
A California woman who faked her own high-profile kidnapping has been sentenced to 18 Months in prison for making false statements to The Fbi .
Sherri Papini, 39, went missing in November 2016 after going for a run.
She appeared three weeks later on Thanksgiving claiming two Hispanic women had kidnapped her, sparking a multi-state manhunt.
The Fbi later concluded she was staying at an ex-boyfriend's house and had injured herself as part of The scheme.
In a US District Court in Sacramento on Monday, Papini apologised, saying she was guilty of lying and " dishonour".
" I Am so sorry to The many people who have suffered because of me - The People who sacrificed for The Broken Woman I was, The People who gave willingly to Help Me in a time that I so desperately needed help, " She Said , reading from a prepared statement.
" I Am choosing to humbly accept all responsibility. "
Under an April deal with prosecutors, Papini pleaded guilty to one count each of lying to a federal officer and mail fraud.
In a sentencing memo, Papini's lawyer William Portanova blamed The Hoax on her " painful early years [that] twisted and froze her in myriad ways".
Mr Portanova had asked for minimal Prison Time , telling The Court The humiliation of her actions would be its own Life Sentence .
In exchange for Papini's guilty plea, prosecutors sought a lighter Sentence - Between eight and 14 Months in Custody - Far below The 25 year maximum she could have faced.
Papini also agreed to pay $300,000 (£231,000), part of which will cover The costs of The Police investigation. She will also spend three years under supervised Custody After Her release from jail.
News of her disappearance first emerged in November 2016, when her husband reported her missing after she failed to collect their children from daycare.
Three weeks later, she was found battered and bruised on The side of The Road claiming she was abducted At Gunpoint . The Fbi concluded this March that The whole affair was staged.
In a criminal complaint, The Fbi said she had been staying voluntarily at a former boyfriend's home and had been communicating with him using prepaid " burner phones" as early as December 2015.
Her lawyer, Mr Portanova, has previously said she suffered from Mental Health issues.
In The sentencing memo, he referenced her " chameleonic personalities" which He Said pathologically " drove her to simultaneously crave family security and The freedom of youth".
Source of news: bbc.com
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