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Robin Williams can't cover his expenses?

Is this some sort of hoax? We got an email alert that supposedly linked to the following item on contactmusic.com:

WILLIAMS’ RETURNS TO STAND-UP
Contactmusic Wed, 20 Oct 2004 6:18 AM PDT
FLUBBER star ROBIN WILLIAMS’ movie career has deteriorated so much, he’s returning to stand-up performances to earn some money. The actor complains he hasn’t been offered film roles for so long, he’s been forced to return to his comic roots to cover his expenses.

But, when we clicked on it, it took us to a story about how eight people died in a private plane crash in Missouri. Hmmm… We jumped to the contactmusic site, did a search using “robin williams” and found five or six items about how he’s asked the Queer Eye guys how to remove his body hair, how he’s grieving for Christopher Reeve, how last June he found a corpse in his car, how he has his own wine made from his own grapes, blah, blah, blah. Nothing about a return to standup. (We will say this: For someone who can turn publicity on and off like a faucet, it’s hard to believe that he’s gotta go out and hump this comedy thing to make his nut. And, one more thing: FLUBBER star?!?!)