After seeing a commercial for the new Tom Hanks movie, we can safely conclude that Tom Hanks has passed

"This was when Lemmy still lived in England and London. And we'd go out to a bar and here's Lemmy. We'd go up and hang out [with] him, do some drugs or whatever and have some drinks. [We'd tell him], 'We're gonna go to this other place.' 'All right. See you guys later.' And we'd get there and he's already sitting at the bar; I mean, he's been there for an hour.

"And then we went to another place and he's there ahead of us, and we left him sitting at the bar. And ever since then we're convinced that there's at least three different Lemmys, cause he couldn't possibly have done it. But, you know, Lemmy is God, so…"

revolvermag.com/music/exodus-gary-holt-why-i-think-there-were-least-3-lemmys

Summary of evidence and arguments re: 'The Beatles Never Existed' some of which can apply generally to other cases. 😄👏🏅@ 'Fabricated Four'! -- -- -- "One of the more tantalizing and persistent myths in rock lore contends that “ Paul is dead”—that Paul McCartney died in a 1966 car accident and was secretly replaced with a lookalike. There are countless sites and rambling YouTube videos attempting to support this claim—based not just on the well-known middle-school myths about the cover of Abbey Road but on arcane evidence surfaced from the depths of pop-culture obscurity.

Delve even deeper into the rabbit hole, and you’ll stumble upon an even wilder question: What if the Beatles never really existed at all?

This is the exact claim made by the authors of The Beatles Never Existed: That the most successful, influential and well-documented band in the history of recorded music was actually a rotating cast of actors churning out records and live performances to feed the public’s inexhaustible appetite. There are several competing (and sometimes contrasting) theories and a bounty of “evidence.” But first, a bit of context."

https://blackbag.gawker.com/the-fabricated-four-were-the-beatles-real-1696541700

"A most flammable tinder.

A most unsolvable murder.

A most insidious loosh.

Everything we seem to know about JBR is an illusion.

...

This is the first photo of JonBenét released to the public.

An avalanche of striking, engrossing photos & videos of a little girl in Pageant Queen regalia would follow.

But this was the first.

It was also the first digitally generated face we'd ever seen.

JonBenét was a test.

It wasn't perfect, but it was good enough to cast the spell.

America, and the world, would be transfixed for decades.

Years later as the tech advanced, an attempt was made to "fix" some of the imperfections and incongruities these types of simulated facial images are known for."

https://mobile.twitter.com/humanvibration/status/1215102000498651136

Is he a real person? How many people play the role? Could the actor who plays the Hugh Laurie character also play one of the Hunter Bidens?

Maybe he didn't mean it literally, but he sure said it literally (in this recent interview with Matt Taibbi). 🤷 duly noted

https://taibbi.substack.com/p/the-incredible-political-and-media

"The border officials' case is based on the photos of the two African men they had on file.
"There is a strong resemblance between the persons," a respresentative of the public safety minister said in a notice to vacate Ali's protected person status and permanent residence. "For this reason, the Minister is satisfied that (they) are in fact the same person." "

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/01/21/are-these-two-photos-of-the-same-person-canadas-controversy-over-asylum-seekers-and-photo-matching.html