A big honor! Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood‘s duet “If I Didn’t Love You” took home the top prize fro Video of the Year during the 2022 CMT Music Awards on Monday, April 11.
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NEW YORK -- In his Oscar-nominated performance in “CODA,” Troy Kotsur has one spoken line, but it’s a good one. Urging his daughter, played by Emilia Jones, to pursue her dreams of singing and attending college, he says aloud: “Go!”For Kotsur, that one line meant lots of rehearsal plus the courage to, on a film set, speak dialogue he couldn’t himself hear. But Kotsur had also done it before.
Years before, as Stanley Kowalski in a Deaf West Theatre production of “A Streetcar Named Desire,” he exclaimed “Stella!” night after night.“Sometimes I’ll ask hearing audience members what my voice sounds like,” signs Kotsur. “One person described it as feeling like being cozy and tucked in bed.”Kotsur, who does indeed radiate a rumpled warmth, is just the second actor who is deaf to be nominated for an Academy Award. And like that “Go!” the 53-year-old Kotsur hopes his achievement resonates with inspiration.“I hope that young people who happen to be deaf or hard of hearing can get an increased confidence and be inspired that they can pursue their dreams,” Kotsur says.
“I want those kids to not feel limited.”The Apple TV+ release “CODA,” Sian Heder’s best-picture nominee, has elevated Kotsur to Hollywood’s biggest stages while making history for the Deaf community. He’s the first deaf actor ever nominated individually for a Screen Actors Guild award. The rush of accolades has been discombobulating.
When he was nominated for a BAFTA, he celebrated so much he fell out of his chair. Accepting the Gotham award for best supporting performance, he told the crowd that he wasn’t speechless but “absolutely handless right now.”“It’s just overwhelming,” Kotsur says of the acclaim. “It’s awesome.
A big honor! Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood‘s duet “If I Didn’t Love You” took home the top prize fro Video of the Year during the 2022 CMT Music Awards on Monday, April 11.
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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Thursday, cementing her place in history as the first Black woman to serve on the nation's highest court.Jackson's confirmation as the 116th justice in U.S. history received bipartisan backing, with a final vote of 53 to 47 in the upper chamber. Three Republicans, Sens.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeWhen “The Simpsons” creative team decided to use American Sign Language in this Sunday’s episode, there was one hitch: The show’s animated characters have only four fingers.“That was a little tricky, especially because the one thing we’re translating is Shakespeare,” says writer Loni Steele Sosthand. “But I think we pulled it off.”Sosthand, who joined “The Simpsons” in 2020, is the writer behind the show’s April 10 installment, “The Sound of Bleeding Gums.” The episode is not only notable for featuring the first-ever use of ASL on “The Simpsons,” but it also includes the show’s first-ever deaf voice actors. The story centers on Lisa Simpson, who discovers that her favorite musician and mentor, the late saxophonist Bleeding Gums Murphy, had a son who was born deaf.
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Sign up to our new free Indy100 weekly newsletterHe said: “I was planning on teaching them some dirty sign language but Marlee Matlin told me to behave myself, so don’t worry Marlee I won’t drop any f-bombs in my speech today. ”He also praised the “wonderful deaf theatre stages, where I was given the opportunity to develop my craft as an actor. ”Addressing his director Sian Heder, he said: “You are our bridge and your name will forever be on that bridge Sian Heder bridge in Hollywood.
Ariana DeBose becomes an Oscar winner! The singer and actor won in the category of Best Supporting Actress for her role as Anita in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story.After winning, the Puerto Rican descent actress makes history as the first Afro-Latina with an Academy Award and the second Latina to ever receive the Oscar statuette.Ariana’s triumph comes 60 years after fellow Puerto Rican actress the legendary Rita Moreno also won the award in the same category for the same movie and same role. In 1962 Rita became the first Hispanic woman ever to receive the recognition.“You know what? Now you see why Anita says ‘I want to be in America,’ because even in this weird world that we live in, dream do come true and that’s really a heartening thing right now,” said DeBose while accepting her Academy Award. “If I took the time to say thank you to every single beautiful person who has lifted me up on this stage, we would be sitting here until the next Oscars,” she jokes.“So I’m not going to do that.
The 2022 Oscars witnessed many history making moments despite the physical altercation between Will Smith and host Chris Rock fast becoming the most talked about scene from the ceremony. Will, 53, lashed out at Chris after he teased Jada, 50, saying that he could not wait to see her in the next 'G.I. Jane' movie which appeared to be a reference to her shaved head, despite the actress opening up about having alopecia and struggling with hair loss.
Good Morning Britain viewers think they've spotted 'friction' between the show's hosts this morning as they brought all the latest on the fallout from the Oscars.
CODA has made history at the 2022 Oscars!
CODA capped off the wild last hour of tonight’s Oscars with a history-making win for Best Picture, making Apple the first streaming winner in the top category.
A streamer has won the Oscar for Best Picture, but, surprisingly, it isn’t the industry’s leader, Netflix. Instead, Apple TV+ has made history, taking the Academy Award’s top honor for “CODA.” It’s a win that is historic on a number of levels.
Troy Kotsur’s exciting journey on the awards circuit culminated into a history-making moment at the 94th annual Oscar Awards. On Sunday, the CODA actor took home the best supporting actor prize and became the first male actor to win for a performance in American Sign Language.
That ‘70s Show and now share two children together, walked the Oscars red carpet together on March 27. could hardly take his eyes off , who was decked out in a pink silk gown by Zuhair Murad. To be fair, the actor looked just as enthralled with her husband in his black tuxedo. Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis attend the 94th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on March 27, 2022.Look at them taking a selfie together!These two!The 2022 Academy Awards has been a big night for Hollywood's It-couples—especially the ones who, like Kunis and Kutcher, tend to keep things low-key.
Troy Kotsur has made Oscars history.
Ariana DeBose just won Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the 2022 Academy Awards on Sunday (March 27) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.