By Rand Paul
Obama acts as though we no longer have a Constitution
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.
A producing team has won the theatrical stage rights to "Rear Window," the noir tale that Alfred Hitchcock made into a classic film.

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

"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.
Alfred Hitchcock has finally usurped Orson Welles.
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.

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.

It's the week of the femme fatales. Glenn Close celebrates her 65th birthday, and it's the 20th anniversary of the film "Basic Instinct."
Kim Novak is clarifying why she used the word "rape" to describe how she felt about "The Artist."

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.

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."
"Vertigo" leading lady Kim Novak isn't keeping quiet about her disdain for "The Artist."
George Bailey can rest easy. He really did make a difference in the lives of people, including all 3.8 million in Los Angeles.

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.
A confidentiality clause also would be a must, Stewart added, noting that "the last thing this family would want" would be a scintillating interview _ akin to one given by Diana just before the divorce _ that exposes the royal family's inner workings.
Stewart said Britain's royals need to recognize that when it comes to divorce, they're just like commoners under U.K. law.