Tag: Children of a Lesser God
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‘Coda’ Star Troy Kotsur Becomes First Deaf Male Actor to Win the Oscar
Troy Kotsur has become the first deaf male actor to win a competitive Oscar, winning the Best Supporting Actor prize for his work on “Coda.”Kotsur is preceded only by Marlee Matlin, his “Coda” co-star and on-screen wife, as the only other deaf individual to have won an Oscar. She won Best Actress for her work…
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‘Coda’s’ Troy Kotsur Wins Best Supporting Actor & Becomes Second Deaf Actor To Win An Academy Award
In one of the best stories of the entire awards season, Troy Kotsur has topped his remarkable run by winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. The “Coda” star became just the second deaf actor to win an Academy Award following his co-star Marlee Matlin who won Best Actress for “Children of a Lesser God”…
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‘It’s been a hellish long journey’: deaf actor Troy Kotsur hopes to scoop top Bafta
Troy Kotsur could make history at the awards ceremony. He explains how acclaimed film Coda could ‘help Hollywood have empathy’When Marlee Matlin won the Oscar for best actress in 1987 for her performance in Children of a Lesser God, it was a landmark moment for deaf people. But it would be another 35 years before…
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Surprise SAG Win Gives ‘Coda’ an Oscar Boost for Best Picture
The SAG Awards may have signaled a shift in the Oscar season and the switch of support for the streamers.After landing 12 Oscar nominations, Netflix’s “The Power of the Dog” looked to be the odds-on favorite to win best picture, a prize the streamer has coveted since its historic run for “Roma” (2018). However, the…
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10 Takeaways From Variety’s Power of Women Summit
From network presidents to CMOs to a WNBA star, Variety‘s Power of Women Summit Presented by Lifetime brought together more than two dozen women with remarkable achievements to talk shop, share war stories and take stock of gender dynamics in the entertainment industry.Here are 10 key takeaways from the daylong summit that coincides with the…
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Mark Medoff, ‘Children of a Lesser God’ Playwright, Dies at 79
Mark Medoff, the playwright who wrote Tony Award-winning play “Children of a Lesser God,” died Tuesday in Las Cruces, N.M. He was 79.His daughter Jessica Medoff Bunchman posted news of his death on Facebook, and the Las Cruces Sun-News attributed the cause to cancer.“Children of a Lesser God” starred John Rubinstein and Phyllis Frelich in…