Is the photo of the Oscar, which burned out in Los Angeles, truthfully?

In January 2025, network users distributed a picture that captures the prestigious award of the American Film Academy, who allegedly injured during fires in California. We checked the authenticity of this photo.

In Runet, the image of a charred figurine lying among a pile of coals and ash was encouraged on January 13. Telegram channel "Heaven is"(117,000 views at the time of writing this analysis) specified that the photograph was published by the Italian actress Isabella Rossellini. Later journalist Alexei Venediktov* (92,000 views) in his channel He wrotethat this is precisely her picture. Similar posts are found on Facebook ** (one of them Sicked 3600 likes) and Instagram ** (for example, on the magazine page Hello). Talked about the photo and some media, among which Eadaily. The publication clarified that the Italian movie star published a picture on her Instagram page. At the same time, according to the actress, this photo was sent by her brother. “Where this picture was taken and who belongs to a charred figurine is not specified,” the article says.

Since January 7, 2025, fires have been raging in Southern California, because of which thousands of buildings have already suffered and Died at least 25 people, about 200,000 residents were forced evacuate. In particular, the fire affected the agglomeration of Los Angeles, where Hollywood is located. Natural disaster Accompanied numerous fakes. For example, earlier the network was filled with photos and videos of the supposedly burning Hollywood sign - it turned outthat these images were generated by neural networks.

It is known that many Hollywood stars, including several Oscar laureates, due to disaster Lost their houses. In connection with the ongoing fires, the American film academia is already twice T transfer the date of ads of the nominees of 2025, as well as put down or canceled Some other events. Against this background, Russian media, among which "Arguments and facts" And URA.RU, citing an anonymous source of the British tabloid The Sun It was reported that due to fires, the ceremony of presenting figurines this year can be completely canceled (for the first time in history). Authoritative publication about The Hollywood Reporter film industry, in turn Name This news is a baseless lie. Journalists said that they were talked with senior faces of the film Academy - they noted that the abolition of the event was not considered.

As for the viral photo, Rossellini really Layd Its on his Instagram page on the night of January 13 to Moscow time. The very 72-year-old Italian actress of the main film award of the world so far No, although for the role in the film "Conclave" it was already nominated for "this year"Golden Globe" And Prize of the British Film Academy (BAFTA). Her father Roberto Rossellini It was only nomination on Oscar, but her mother, Ingrid Bergman, received as many as three figurines. Nevertheless, based on the signature to the post of Rossellini, the viral picture is not connected with her family.

“In its previous one postwhere I have listed all my nominations for the film "Conclave", I could not find any suitable words. Of course, I am very grateful and proud, but everything that is connected with Hollywood and Los Angeles causes only tears in my eyes when I think about all friends and colleagues who experience tragic fires. I talked about this with my brother Roberto, and he sent me this heartbreaking photograph, which he found," The actress wrote.

In many English -speaking publications ApprovedAs, in fact, the photo captures the Oscar in the burned house of an American actor and director Robert Redford. Such posts They are also found in Russian. The picture was allegedly shared by the 88-year-old artist himself, who Received The award twice: in 1981, for the film "Ordinary People" and in 2002, when he was awarded an honorary figurine for outstanding merits in the cinema. However, “verified” could not find Redford's verified accounts in social networks, where he could publish a picture of a burned award. Back in 2016 in one of interview artist assertedthat he does not like social networks and that he prefers to live far from the eyes of the public. In addition, in December 2024 Redford Sold his house in California, which was in the north of the state, far from the regions covered by fires now, so that he and his wife are more time Spended In the city of Santa Fa (New Mexico). Entertainment Weekly asked the corresponding question The representative of the actor, who stated that the viral photo is unreasonable to connect with Redford. “This is a fake. He lives in Santa Fa. This is not his Oscar, ”the interlocutor of journalists added.

According to the publication Gold Derby, illuminating film awards and teleconditions, a “well -informed” source from the film Academy could not confirm the authenticity of the photograph. Moreover, the representative of the organization declaredthat in the event that the awards of the nominees living in Los Angeles suffer from the fire, they will be replaced: "Any laureate of Oscars, whose figurine was destroyed during a fire, can contact us, and we will be happy to replace it."

Part of users and publications They saythat the viral photo deformed gilded figurines (in different historical periods it Produced From various materials) was generated by artificial intelligence (AI). “Verified” analyzed a picture with the help of six detectors by the definition of AI images. In half the cases, the services reported that the picture was most likely created using neural networks, in half - that AI was most likely not used to create a photo. Such conclusions do not surprise: in 2023 in article The New York Times compared the work of several such services, and it turned out that they do not always give the right results. Similar study A group of scientists from Chicago University also spent: in its article, published in 2024, they came to the conclusion that a combination of human and automated analysis gives the more accuracy of determining the AI-imitation than the use of only service detectors.

If you draw a reverse search by the image using the Google Lens service and go to the “On this Image” section, then the Made with Google Ai warning will be found under the picture (“Created using Google AI). At the end of 2024 reportedthat the American corporation produces update, which will simplify the detection of images created or edited using AI. Google began add Special “wrappers” in the photo, video, audio and texts created or edited using the II tools developed by the company.

With the help of a reverse search for the image in the same service, it was “verified” that the earliest appearance of a viral photo (among those publications that we were able to track) took place On Facebook January 12 at 12:29 pm Moscow time on the page Bob Redford. Apparently, the author of this profile pretends to be an eminent actor, so many subscribers decided that Redford himself shared the picture. Moreover, on this page, unlike all the posts mentioned above, the image is posted entirely, so in its lower part you can notice the letter combination of TiJS, resembling the author’s signature. In other publications, it is completely or partially circumcised. “Verified” could not find out what this letter combination means.

Thus, all the arguments presented above indicate that the viral picture was fabricated. Neither the “tested” nor the American media were able to establish whether this photo uploaded this from Oscar winners or, for example, firefighters who are now working in Los Angeles and the surroundings. The authenticity of the image was at least not confirmed, but as a maximum was refuted by representatives of the film academy and actor Robert Redford, in whose house this figurine allegedly photographed. At the same time, numerous AI detectors indicate that the image was created using neural networks.

*The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation He thinks Alexei Venediktov "Ino -agent".

** Russian authorities They think Meta Platforms Inc., which owns the social network Facebook and Instagram, an extremist organization, its activities and symbolism in Russia are prohibited.

Photo on the cover: social networks

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