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    When scandalous tales of fraud involving superstar athletes Lance Armstrong and Manti Te'o were exposed in the last week, connections to films were immediate and obvious. The story of Notre Dame Football hero Te'o falling for a fake dead girlfriend on the Internet called to mind the documentary "Catfish." And disgraced cyclist Armstrong, who has finally admitted to doping in winning the Tour de France a record seven times, is already the subject of a biopic that's in the works.

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    A producing team has won the theatrical stage rights to "Rear Window," the noir tale that Alfred Hitchcock made into a classic film.

  • San Francisco’s movie landmarks

    The spot where Jimmy Stewart saved Kim Novak in "Vertigo" is at Fort Point, just under the base of the Golden Gate Bridge.

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    The spot where Jimmy Stewart saved Kim Novak in "Vertigo" is at Fort Point, just under the base of the Golden Gate Bridge.

  • The List: Top 15 Civil War movies

    "The Outlaw Josey Wales," "Gods and Generals" and "Birth of a Nation" are just some of the films highlighting the conflict between the Union and Confederacy.

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    Tony Martin, the romantic singer who appeared in movie musicals from the 1930s to the 1950s and sustained a career in records, television and nightclubs from the Depression era into the 21st century, has died. He was 98.

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    U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine kept things clean in discussing Social Security and Medicare, as well as a range of other issues, last week at a forum at the Greenspring retirement community in Springfield.

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  • Novak explains feelings behind 'Artist' protest

    Kim Novak is clarifying why she used the word "rape" to describe how she felt about "The Artist."

  • In this film publicity image released by Disney, Jason Segel is shown with muppet characters Kermit the Frog, left, and Miss Piggy, in a scene from "The Muppets." (AP Photo/Disney Enterprises, Andrew Macpherson)

    List: 5 Oscar 'improvements'

    Every year, cinephiles of all stripes gather in person and online to partake in a sacred movie lover's tradition: complaining about the Oscars, as the ceremony plods toward its inevitably tardy conclusion with an anticlimactic best picture award conferred on a gaggle of anonymous and untelegenic producers.

  • BOOK REVIEW: 'The Meaning of Marriage

    In Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 single-set thriller, "Rear Window," Stella (played by Thelma Ritter) gives wheelchair-bound L.B. Jeffries (Jimmy Stewart) a terse marital message along with his massage. "When two people love each other," she says, "they come together - wham! - like two taxis on Broadway."

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    "Vertigo" leading lady Kim Novak isn't keeping quiet about her disdain for "The Artist."

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    George Bailey can rest easy. He really did make a difference in the lives of people, including all 3.8 million in Los Angeles.

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    Dyan Cannon's memoir "Dear Cary," a nostalgic account of her five-year relationship with the legendary Cary Grant is part fairy tale, part nightmare. The first half is like sitting down with a lovely glass of vintage champagne - bubbly, frothy, sparkly, just like one of the debonair actor's delicious comedies.

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