Rock described him as a shameless con-man who had personally pocketed millions of dollars from his scam.

CNN: Maker of fake bomb detector gets 10 years in prison

The story was based partially on FBI documents that the Times now believes were a hoax, reportedly perpetrated by a con-man currently in prison.

NPR: Newspaper Apologizes for Shakur Story

The film stars 127 Hours actor James Franco as Diggs, a con-man who finds himself in Oz after being caught up in a Baum-esque freak tornado.

BBC: Sam Raimi re-builds Oz for a 3D audience

The new tale stars Jim Carrey as Steven Russell, who starts out as a married cop with children and finishes as a gay con man in a maximum-security prison.

NEWYORKER: I Love You Phillip Morris

Benicio Del Toro, dolorously made up with clown circles under his eyes, plays the Jesus-freak ex-con who accidentally runs down a man and his two little girls.

NEWYORKER: 21 Grams

The actor-director has been quoted as saying he was fairly nervous about how "Iron Man" would be received when its teaser trailer debuted at Comic-Con three years ago.

CNN: The long rollout: Studios build early buzz at Comic-Con

An intelligent and rather overcivilized caper movie, set in Montreal, which features three generations of great male actors: Marlon Brando (sounding like his long-ago nemesis Truman Capote) as an upper-class aesthete and fence with exquisite manners, Robert De Niro as a saturnine jazz-club owner and safecracker who never takes risks, and Edward Norton as a brilliant but willful young con man and criminal.

NEWYORKER: The Score