‘CODA’s Sian Heder, Marlee Matlin & Emilia Jones On Exploring Deaf Culture And “Displaying Emotions In So Many New Ways” – Contenders L.A.

For her film CODA, filmmaker Siân Heder found that delving deep into the cultural differences between the deaf and hearing communities to be wildly informative in creating a fresh cinematic experience.

Spencer director Pablo Larraín said Saturday that while he and screenwriter Steven Knight took different immersive paths when developing the film’s screenplay, the result was unlike any other he’d worked on: the finished script matched the final edit scene for scene.

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The 2014 French drama La Famille Bélier centered on a young woman growing up in a family with deaf parents, but for the most part the filmmakers cast hearing actors to play the deaf roles. Writer-director Siân Heder was determined not to take that same approach when she set about making CODA, her award-winning adaptation of the French film, and thus began her collaboration with actress Marlee Matlin.

Emilia Jones has a big career ahead of her!

The Gotham Awards kick off Monday night in lower Manhattan honoring the best independent films of 2021 with a vaccinated, Covid-tested, in-person ceremony at its longtime Cipriani Wall Street home. It’s a big deal as the first, and the first live, major awards event at a time when the industry has struggled to gather together. It may also be a pivotal time as interesting films for grownups are finally seeing some traction at the box office after a dismal year.

Catherine Zeta-Jones, 51, was glowing on Thanksgiving. The Welsh-born star posted a short video of her family dinner with husband Michael Douglas, 77, along with their children, daughter Carys, 18, and son Dylan, 20, on Thursday, Nov. 25. “Happy Thanksgiving to all. So much to be thankful for,” she captioned the short clip.

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Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas, who are celebrating their 21st wedding anniversary. The couple - now parents to two children together - tied the knot at the Plaza Hotel in New York on 18 November 2000.MORE: Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas look so in love as they celebrate wonderful news togetherAnd to mark their special day, Michael shared a beautiful montage clip, including unseen family photos from their time together and sweet wedding photos.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentAt the Media Access Awards on Wednesday, honoree Marlee Matlin summed up the mood by saying that when she came to Los Angeles in 1985, “words like equality and access were so far outside the mainstream of Hollywood, I had to make noise.” Receiving the MAA’s lifetime achievement award “pushes me to be even louder.”The annual awards have long honored film and TV shows that offer positive portrayals of disabled people.

Tim Gray Senior Vice President“CODA” may be the most radical Oscar contender this year.Writer-director Sian Heder tells Variety, “We told a simple story about family dynamics. I was trying to portray a complicated family that felt real.”She’s right: The structure is straightforward and the story is indeed simple, about a hearing daughter from a deaf family who wants to pursue her own career.But the film is revolutionary because it centers on a deaf family.

Dylan McDermott) in the debut season of, Det. Elliot Stabler (Chris Meloni) has gone undercover in season 2 to infiltrate a notorious crime family led by Jon Kosta (Michael Raymond-James) that has aims of taking over New York City’s cocaine trade.

Teresa Giudice's secret is out. While speaking at the New Jersey Ultimate Women's Expo at the NJ Convention & Expo Center over the weekend, the "Real Housewives of New Jersey" star acknowledged that she got a nose job."I don't know if anybody knows, but I did get the tip of my nose done and I was so nervous about getting it," she said, according to The Sun.The reality TV star said she was always self-conscious about her nose, calling it a "tomato nose."While contemplating the surgery, Teresa

Leonardo DiCaprio has made a career out of being one hell of a charming guy. And it appears that charm is going to come in handy as he is set to portray famous cult leader, Jim Jones, in a new feature film.

Leonardo DiCaprio is setting up his next starring role as Jim Jones in a new MGM movie.