Marlee Matlin has a word tattooed on each of her wrists. On the left is “perseverance,” on the right is “warrior.” “After 37 years, I’m still hustling,” she says by way of explanation in “Marlee ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Deaf actor Marlee Matlin calls out Trump administration as it’s sued over sign language access
US president Donald Trump has been sued by the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) for a second time, after his administration decided once again to do away with American Sign Language (ASL) ...
ANAMOSA, Iowa (KCRG) - A new play in Anamosa is the first play of its kind being performed in Eastern Iowa. “Bury Me” is being performed by deaf actors, entirely in American Sign Language. Director ...
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