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On 28 February 2016, the entertainment web site HeavierMetal.net published a fake news article claiming that musician Rob Zombie had been kicked out of the 88th Academy Awards ceremony: This story is a work of fiction. While we could not find a specific disclaimer on the page identifying HeavierMetal.net as an entertainment web site, no other media outlets have reported on Rob Zombie's alleged altercation with Oscar security. As the Oscars were aired (or streamed) live and heavily covered by local, national, and international media, an event as spectacular as a full-body tackle on the red carpet, Rob Zombie or no, would have received immediate and widespread attention. Also, the photo included with the article is a composite of two different images. The original photo featured Jennifer Lawrence on the red carpet at the Oscars in 2013: The photo of Rob Zombie was taken at Wacken 2015 in Germany. On 1 March 2016, the author of the piece posted the following on his personal Facebook page, confirming that HeavierMetal.net is, indeed, a satire site: This isn't the first time a Rob Zombie mistaken for homeless man type story has been mistaken for actual news. In October 2015, the page RockFeed.net published a similar piece, but in that version the rock star was supposedly arrested at his own music show.
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