Jimmy Kimmel tricks people into falling for completely made up Best Picture scenarios

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In a special Oscars edition of "Lie Witness News," Jimmy Kimmel sent a crew to Hollywood Boulevard to ask pedestrians what they thought of totally fabricated Best Picture nominees. None of the plots sounded even remotely believable, but that certainly didn't stop these people from pretending to enjoy watching Helen Mirren as Cate Blanchett as Judy Dench as Larry Bird in Birdman. Watch the video below. —Catherine Garcia

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US
Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.