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 ...

In Siân Heder's Oscar-winning coming-of-age film "CODA," the Rossi family living room is a place the foursome gathers for big conversations -- from the difficult and awkward to the celebratory. The ...

For many, CODA — the acronym for children of deaf adults — may have been an unfamiliar term until the movie of the same name snagged the crown jewel at this year’s Oscars. The movie is a tender, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For Marlee Matlin, winning an Academy Award should’ve been one of the happiest days of her life. At just 21, Matlin took home the ...

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 ...

The new film CODA tells the story of a hearing daughter living with her deaf family. It represents a breakthrough for deaf representation on... How Troy Kotsur of 'CODA' broke barriers as a deaf actor ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Going to the movies isn't much fun for deaf people. Screenings in theaters with captions are limited and the special glasses and equipment needed to read them are often broken ...

It took CJ Jones two years to create Na’vi sign language, featured in “Avatar: The Way of Water,” which allows the Na’vi people on Pandora to communicate underwater and with mythical creatures in some ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- It was a historic win at the Oscars for "CODA," which was named best picture. The film highlights deaf culture and actors, centering around the challenges that the only hearing ...

In 2020, National Research Group (NRG) released a comprehensive look at Black representation on-screen. That study, which found that two in three Black Americans don’t see their stories represented in ...