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  • Benicio del Toro Is Not Dead Either

    Benicio del Toro Is Not Dead Either

    2014 has been the year for death hoaxes. The ever-growing popularity of social media makes it easy to start and disseminate a hoax.

    Recently a hoax claimed that former First Lady Nancy Reagan had died. The whole thing apparently started from a Facebook page that ran with the declaration:

    “At about 11 a.m. ET on Friday (October 24, 2014), our beloved politician Nancy Reagan passed away. Nancy Reagan was born on July 6, 1921 in New York. She will be missed but not forgotten. Please show your sympathy and condolences by commenting on and liking this page.”

    The hoax finally started petering out when Reagan’s reps issued a statement, asking people to “stop believing what you see on the Internet.”

    That hoax was suspiciously identical to another the same day, wherein actress Jennifer Lawrence was declared dead, once again on Facebook, with this statement:

    “At about 11 a.m. ET on Friday (October 24, 2014), our beloved actress Jennifer Lawrence passed away. Jennifer Lawrence was born on August 15, 1990 in Louisville. She will be missed but not forgotten. Please show your sympathy and condolences by commenting on and liking this page.”

    Others who have been prematurely declared dead this year include Betty White, Bob Seger, Dwayne Johnson, and Wayne Knight.

    Now the Latin Times reports that rumors of the death of actor Benicio del Toro are also spreading, and are false. According to their report, some people are claiming to have intimate details of del Toro’s supposed drug overdose death.

    Del Toro’s latest film is Escobar: Paradise Lost, in which he portrays Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, who died in 1993 when he was cornered in a firefight with Colombian Police. Legends say that Escobar was hit in the leg and torso, but committed suicide by shooting himself in the ear.

  • John Leguizamo Drops $15,000 To Land Coveted Role

    John Leguizamo has landed the role he’s been waiting his whole life to play: that of notorious drug kingpin Pablo Escobar.

    Leguizamo actually spent thousands of dollars of his own money in order to create a screen test with makeup artists who transformed him into Escobar. The efforts paid off, because he won the role over stars like Oscar Isaac to Benecio Del Toro, and with the help of a bit of prosthetics, he became the Columbian drug lord to an unsettling degree.

    The film, titled “King Of Cocaine”, is directed by Brad Furman (“The Lincoln Lawyer”) and will begin shooting in Columbia in January.

    Image: Wikimedia Commons

  • Netflix To Debut Pablo Escobar Drama ‘Narcos’ in 2014 [REPORT]

    Netflix To Debut Pablo Escobar Drama ‘Narcos’ in 2014 [REPORT]

    Fresh off the instant success of their first big-budget series House of Cards, Netflix may already be lining up another series to expand upon their position as a true content provider and alternative to traditional cable.

    According to Deadline, Netflix is eyeing a new project called Narcos, a series centered around Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. Like House of Cards, Narcos’ first season would be 13 episodes. Apparently, Netflix is shooting for a 2014 release.

    The series would be created and helmed by Brazilian director Jose Padilha.

    Padilha, who is best known for his 2007 film Elite Squad and the 2010 film Elite Squad: The Enemy Within, will make his break into big-budget American cinema with 2014’s Robocop remake.

    Netflix would be partnering with Gaumont International Television, the American wing of the French studio Gaumont. Launched in 2001, Gaumont International Television has already worked with Netflix on Hemlock Grove, a new original series from horror master Eli Roth which is slated to drop on April 19th.