The fraud scandals involving superstar athletes Lance Armstrong and Manti Te’o call to mind

The fraud scandals involving superstar athletes Lance Armstrong and Manti Te’o call to mind some great movies about deception:

v “Vertigo” (1958): One of Alfred Hitch- cock’s best. Yes, Jimmy Stewart is being duped into serving as part of a murder plot. But he’s also deceiving himself, allowing his need for love to feed his obsessive quest to recreate that sensation all over again.

v “Some Like It Hot” (1959): Named the greatest comedy of all time by the American Film Institute, the Billy Wilder classic is also predicated on one big, wacky lie. Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon pretend to be women to escape the clutches of mob thugs after they witness a massacre.

v “The Usual Suspects” (1995): The movie itself is one big lie — a seemingly simple caper mystery that grows enormously complicated with layer upon layer of twists and tricks.

v “Infernal Affairs” (2002): A loyal young member of the mob infiltrates the police force and an undercover cop works his way deep within the mafia. Years later, each man must sniff out the mole in the other’s organization — each man must find the other.

v “Compliance” (2012): A prank caller pretending to be a police officer (Pat Healy) tells the middle-age manager of a fast-food restaurant (Ann Dowd) that a young, pretty employee (Dreama Walker) has stolen money from a customer, and leads her though a series of increasingly invasive, degrading investigative steps.

“Super Bowl’s Greatest Commercials 2013” (8 p.m., CBS): This is a celebration of the goofy — and sometimes touching — ads that keep us entertained even when the big game turns into a boring blowout. Boomer Esiason and Aisha Tyler are our hosts.

“The Americans” (10 p.m., FX): Keri Russell (“Felicity”) returns to prime time in “The Americans.” It’s an intriguing, tension-filled 1980s-era drama about a pair of Soviet spies (Russell and Matthew Rhys) posing as a married couple in the Washington, D.C., suburbs.

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Workshop targets women songwriters

Boardman

Nashville-based songwriter Kristi Manna will host an all-girl songwriter and vocal performance intensive workshop from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 2 at the Think Through Center, 5234 Southern Blvd., Suite D.

Manna, a Youngstown- area native, has written several country hits.

The cost is $50. The workshop will provide information about the music business, songwriting and performing.

Space is limited.

For information or registration, call 615-323-2915 or email info@songwritergirl.com.

Cuomo leaving ABC News for CNN

NEW YORK

ABC News “20/20” anchor Chris Cuomo is leaving the network for CNN, where he is expected to host a new morning show.

It’s the second high-profile defection from ABC to CNN in a little more than a month as new CNN boss Jeff Zucker works to build a new team.

Jake Tapper left ABC at the end of December, and he’s developing his own evening show for CNN.