evidence: One such false rumor began to spread on Aug. 31. On that day, entertainment icon Oprah Winfrey and actor Dwayne Johnson, better known as The Rock, announced the creation of the People's Fund of Maui. Its purpose was to provide $1,200 per month to victims of the blaze to help them in their recovery. In a video announcement that was posted across both of the celebrities' social media accounts, Winfrey and Johnson said they collectively pledged $10 million of their own money toward the fund. Their connection to Hawaii: Winfrey owns property on Maui, while Realtor.com reports that Johnson had a vacation rental on Oahu and had spent time in Hawaii when he was a child. [...] In other words, Winfrey and Johnson were simply following a plan that was previously executed by Parton for the Smokies, with the pair even pledging more of their own money up front to the Maui fund.