Jeff Goldblum Is Alive

Throughout the Michael Jackson news yesterday afternoon, people kept e-mailing me asking about Jeff Goldblum and reports that he had died in New Zealand after a 60 foot fall. The first time I saw any mention of it was from a blogger who claimed he had an exclusive about Jeff Goldblum's death. He then mass e-mailed it to his entire contact list and from there it started taking off. After it was discovered that Jeff Goldblum was alive, the blogger e-mailed everyone to say Jeff was alive and the blogger also did something kind of sneaky when he adjusted the first e-mail he had sent. Hard to understand? Let me show you.

The subject line of the e-mail from zacktaylor.ca said, "EXCLUSIVE: Jeff Goldblum DIES IN NEW ZEALAND"

He then had a photo which had the distinctive Just Jared yellow around and it the following message:

According to unconfirmed sources, while filming in New Zealand, actor, Jeff Goldblum fell more than 60 feet to his death.
Stay tuned for details...

http://www.zacktaylor.ca


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Zack Taylor
Celebrity Blogger


Your #1 Source for Breaking Celebrity Gossip & Entertainment News: http://www.zacktaylor.ca | We Get You In The News! - http://www.EuphoricPR.com
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So, several sites bit and printed the story, not even bother checking if Jeff, was, in fact in New Zealand which he wasn't.

Now here is the follow-up e-mail when the world realized Jeff was alive. Notice the slight change to his original e-mail as well.

According to unconfirmed reports, while filming in New Zealand, actor, Jeff Goldblum fell more than 60 feet to his death.

Stay tuned for details... (I hope this isn't true)!!
UPDATE: ZackTaylor.ca sources tell us that this story is 100% NOT TRUE and was started as a joke by the on-set people in New Zealand after Jeff filmed one of his scenes earlier today!!

http://www.zacktaylor.ca/blog/2009/06/rip-jeff-goldblum.html

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Zack Taylor
Celebrity Blogger


Your #1 Source for Breaking Celebrity Gossip & Entertainment News: http://www.zacktaylor.ca | We Get You In The News! - http://www.EuphoricPR.com
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Notice how he changed it so he didn't seem so callous? Also, if you will notice his sources are still wrong because, again, Jeff was not in New Zealand. Wait though. This gets better. Late last night, this blogger sent out the following e-mail through the guise of his PR company.

For Immediate Release:
In the wake of the recent incidents surrounding American gossip-blogger, Perez Hilton, people are looking to a new blogger for their daily dish just North of the border; Canadian-born, Zack Taylor is the creative mastermind behind the very successful celebrity website, http://www.ZackTaylor.ca

With millions of viewers around the country, http://www.ZackTaylor.ca is bringing forth a new movement: Gone are the days of bashing celebrities, reporting false stories, or not being sensitive; Zack's website wants to introduce the new, celebrity-friendly database that people have come to love & support.

Sticking by his Canadian roots & that "nice-guy, no bullsh*t" attitude, Zack is hoping his website will attract more attention by being honest and standing up for the truth. With the backing of many celebrities, you can look forward to exclusive news from Zack not found on other blogs!

http://www.ZackTaylor.ca

I love the part about gone are the days of reporting false stories or not being sensitive. Well, he certainly got some attention and some publicity from this hoax. The good news in all this is I found some new FFF pictures of Jeff so that's a positive.