Marlee Matlin Makes Plea for Greater Accessibility as Oscar SciTech Awards Honors Captioning

Marlee Matlin Makes Plea for Greater Accessibility as Oscar SciTech Awards Honors Captioning

Marlee Matlin made an appearance at the 2025 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Scientific and Technical Awards Tuesday night to accept an Academy Award of Merit recognizing “all the individuals who have developed and supported captioning technology, whether open or closed, for film.” In receiving the Oscar statuette, which will remain at the…

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#Marlee Matlin Slams Kidz Bop at Sundance Amid Claims They Passed Over Deaf Talent Due to Interpreter Cost: “F***ing Ridiculous”

#Marlee Matlin Slams Kidz Bop at Sundance Amid Claims They Passed Over Deaf Talent Due to Interpreter Cost: “F***ing Ridiculous”

Marlee Matlin Slams Kidz Bop at Sundance Amid Claims They Passed Over Deaf Talent Due to Interpreter Cost: “F***ing Ridiculous” Marlee Matlin no doubt had a busy Friday morning here in Park City, where she’s serving on the U.S. Dramatic Competition jury for this year’s Sundance Film Festival. However, she did manage to sneak in…

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#Nazanin Boniadi Makes Plea to Creative Community to Support Iranian Activists in Fight for Freedom: “I Can’t Help But Feel the Urgency”

#Nazanin Boniadi Makes Plea to Creative Community to Support Iranian Activists in Fight for Freedom: “I Can’t Help But Feel the Urgency”

Nazanin Boniadi Makes Plea to Creative Community to Support Iranian Activists in Fight for Freedom: “I Can’t Help But Feel the Urgency” The first time Nazanin Boniadi attended a protest in her native Tehran, Iran, she wasn’t yet born. “I was in my mother’s uterus,” explained the Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power…

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#Oscar-nominated ‘CODA’ in the works as a stage musical

#Oscar-nominated ‘CODA’ in the works as a stage musical

“Oscar-nominated ‘CODA’ in the works as a stage musical” Preview in new tab “CODA,” the Oscar-nominated film about a singing teenage daughter in a deaf family, is being developed as a stage musical by the Los Angeles-based Deaf West Theatre. The project was announced Wednesday by the film’s producers, Vendôme Pictures and Pathé Films, ahead…

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#Movie about a deaf family is a heart-warmer

#Movie about a deaf family is a heart-warmer

“#Movie about a deaf family is a heart-warmer” While Netflix burns the candle at both ends trying desperately to win a Best Picture Oscar, AppleTV+ has gone for more meat-and-potatoes fare, including the feel-good TV show “Ted Lasso” and the soulful new dramedy “CODA” that they snagged for $25 million at the 2021 Sundance Film…

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