LOS ANGELES -- In 1987, Marlee Matlin made history as the first deaf actor to win an Oscar for her role in "Children of a Lesser God." At the time, it felt like a major breakthrough, but Matlin has ...

Don’t mess with Troy Kotsur. The Oscar-winning actor, 57, takes on a new persona as Joe Mancuso, an intimidating underworld figure in Netflix’s new crime drama “Black Rabbit,” which also stars Jude ...

HOLLYWOOD -- This past year at the movies, the use of sign language has stepped into the spotlight. And several of those films that help embrace inclusivity of the deaf community have also made it to ...

LOS ANGELES -- Until Sunday night's Oscars, Marlee Matlin had for over three decades been the only deaf person to receive an Academy Award. That streak broke Sunday at the 94th Academy Awards, when ...

The emotional climax of “A Strange Loop,” now playing through Aug. 10 at Atlas Performing Arts Center, unfolds in a fierce and vulnerable silence. Usher, the narrator (played by Gabriel Silva), is ...

British actor Riz Ahmed portrays a heavy metal drummer going deaf in "Sound of Metal", a role that has seen him become the first Muslim nominated for a best actor Oscar.

Of all of the Oscar nominees this year, Troy Kotsur is probably having the best time. He's won one award after another for his work in "CODA." And now, there's one more trophy he hopes to take home: ...

On Tuesday, the actor became the first deaf male performer to be nominated for the prestigious award for his role in the 2021 film "CODA." The Apple TV+ movie follows Ruby, a child whose parents and ...

LAFAYETTE, Colo. — There is a very different kind of theater production opening this weekend, featuring not one, not two, but three different ways to communicate with the audience. The classic show, ...