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Charles Durning, who overcame poverty, battlefield trauma and nagging self-doubt to become an acclaimed character actor, whether on stage as Big Daddy in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” or in film as the lonely widower smitten with a cross-dressing Dustin Hoffman in “Tootsie,” died Monday in New York. He was 89. He died of natural causes, The Associated Press reported, citing Judith Moss, his agent and friend

By Mark Maurer/The Jersey JournalMay 14, 2010, 9:00PMStar-Ledger file photoFilmmaker, founder of Hoboken International Film Festival and North Arlington Municipal Judge Kenneth Del Vecchio resigned his judgeship so he could promote his controversial satire about President Barack Obama.Filmmaker, founder of Hoboken International Film Festival and North Arlington Municipal Court Judge Kenneth Del Vecchio has decided to resign his judgeship in order to promote his controversial movie, the Washington Times reports. The decision arose shortly after the N.J. Supreme Court’s Advisory Committee on Extrajudicial Affairs recently advised that he “not be interviewed, promote and participate in the press and publicity” of...

Finally! Dark Night of the Scarecrow DVD! Now here's some truly great news. Deadpit.com's "Creepy Kentuckian" is reporting that the classic (and largely unseen by today's audiences) 1981 made-for-TV fright flick Dark Night of the Scarecrow is at long last getting the DVD and Blu-Ray treatment. About damn time! Dark Night of the Scarecrow is a genuinely creepy horror movie about a mentally handicapped young man (Larry Drake, Dr. Giggles) wrongfully accused of assaulting a young girl in a rural farm community who is then hunted down by a lynch mob led by legendary character actor Charles Durning. The frightened...