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BREAKING NEWS

EXTENDED -- Weather Authority Alert Day issued for July 9th and Thursday, July 10th

TROY KOTSUR


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Marlee Matlin, a trailblazer for deaf actors, opens up in a new documentary

Read full article: Marlee Matlin, a trailblazer for deaf actors, opens up in a new documentary

Marlee Matlin gives an unflinchingly honest account of her experiences as a deaf actor in the funny and revelatory documentary “Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore.”.

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Reba McEntire, Post Malone and Andra Day to sing during Super Bowl pregame

Read full article: Reba McEntire, Post Malone and Andra Day to sing during Super Bowl pregame

Country music star Reba McEntire will grace next month’s Super Bowl stage to sing the national anthem while Post Malone will perform “America the Beautiful.”.

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Bear Grylls goes into the wild with a new batch of celebrities, from Bradley Cooper to Rita Ora

Read full article: Bear Grylls goes into the wild with a new batch of celebrities, from Bradley Cooper to Rita Ora

For his latest role, Bradley Cooper leapt onto a hovering helicopter, rappelled down a 400-foot cliff and pulled himself across a 100-foot ravine in one of the harshest climates in North America.

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Chris Stapleton, Babyface to sing at Super Bowl pregame

Read full article: Chris Stapleton, Babyface to sing at Super Bowl pregame

Country music star Chris Stapleton will hit next month’s Super Bowl stage to sing the national anthem, while R&B legend Babyface will perform “America the Beautiful.”.

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'Everything Everywhere All at Once' wins at Gotham Awards

Read full article: 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' wins at Gotham Awards

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” has won best feature at the 32nd Gotham Awards.

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Oscar winner Troy Kotsur awarded key to Arizona hometown

Read full article: Oscar winner Troy Kotsur awarded key to Arizona hometown

Troy Kotsur, who made history as the first deaf man to win an Academy Award, has been honored with a key to his Arizona hometown.

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DeBose, Kotsur, Eilish among 397 invited to film Academy

Read full article: DeBose, Kotsur, Eilish among 397 invited to film Academy

Recent Oscar winners Ariana DeBose, Troy Kotsur and Billie Eilish are among the 397 individuals who have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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Chris Rock takes to comedy mic, still processing Oscars slap

Read full article: Chris Rock takes to comedy mic, still processing Oscars slap

Chris Rock received several standing ovations before he told one joke at his first comedy show since Will Smith slapped him in the face onstage at the Oscars.

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Oscar wins for 'CODA' bring tears, elation to Deaf community

Read full article: Oscar wins for 'CODA' bring tears, elation to Deaf community

The three Oscar wins for the film “CODA” have provided an unprecedented feeling of affirmation to people in the Deaf community.

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Will Smith dances with family after Oscar win, shocking slap

Read full article: Will Smith dances with family after Oscar win, shocking slap

Will Smith danced with glee at the Vanity Fair Oscar party, waving his best actor Oscar in the air and rapping along to his own songs with wife Jada Pinkett Smith at his side.

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Oscar Moments: The night emotion won, for better and worse

Read full article: Oscar Moments: The night emotion won, for better and worse

Every Oscar show has its big moments, but Will Smith’s slap heard ’round the world overshadowed them all this year.

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Deaf actor Kotsur wins Oscar for supporting role in 'CODA'

Read full article: Deaf actor Kotsur wins Oscar for supporting role in 'CODA'

Troy Kotsur, the first deaf male actor nominated for an Oscar, won best supporting honors for his role in “CODA” at the Academy Awards.

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At a pugnacious Oscars, Apple's feel-good 'CODA' triumphs

Read full article: At a pugnacious Oscars, Apple's feel-good 'CODA' triumphs

After a movie year often light on crowds, the Academy Awards named an unabashed crowd-pleaser, the deaf family drama “CODA,” best picture Sunday, handing Hollywood’s top award to a streaming service for the first time.

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Troy Kotsur's road to making history at the Oscars

Read full article: Troy Kotsur's road to making history at the Oscars

Troy Kotsur is just the second actor who’s deaf to be nominated for an Academy Award.

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'CODA' to be adapted to the stage by Deaf West Theatre

Read full article: 'CODA' to be adapted to the stage by Deaf West Theatre

“CODA,” the Oscar-nominated film about a singing teenage daughter in a deaf family, is being developed as a stage musical by the Los Angeles-based Deaf West Theatre.

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Oscar Preview: Five big questions ahead of Sunday's awards

Read full article: Oscar Preview: Five big questions ahead of Sunday's awards

The Academy Awards have always loved a comeback story.

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'CODA' gains Oscar momentum with top prize at PGA Awards

Read full article: 'CODA' gains Oscar momentum with top prize at PGA Awards

“CODA” has won the top prize at the Producers Guild Awards, giving momentum to the possibility that the small film could have a big night at next week’s Oscars.

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Oscar predictions: Will 'Power of the Dog' reign supreme?

Read full article: Oscar predictions: Will 'Power of the Dog' reign supreme?

What's going to win best picture at the 94th Academy Awards.

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'The Power of the Dog' wins best picture at UK's BAFTAs

Read full article: 'The Power of the Dog' wins best picture at UK's BAFTAs

Sci-fi epic “Dune” has won five prizes and dark Western “The Power of the Dog” has been named best film at the British Academy Film Awards.

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‘Lost Daughter’ wins top prizes at Independent Spirit Awards

Read full article: ‘Lost Daughter’ wins top prizes at Independent Spirit Awards

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Lost Daughter,” “Drive My Car” and “Summer of Soul” were among the big winners at the 37th Film Independent Spirit Awards Sunday.

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Deaf musicians part of Super Bowl halftime show for 1st time

Read full article: Deaf musicians part of Super Bowl halftime show for 1st time

The Super Bowl will include a spectacular halftime show, as usual.

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Couples, deaf actors, and an unlikely singer mark Oscar noms

Read full article: Couples, deaf actors, and an unlikely singer mark Oscar noms

This year's Oscar nominations brought double acknowledgment for two sets of couples.

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Dunst, Miranda, Cumberbatch, Questlove react to Oscar nods

Read full article: Dunst, Miranda, Cumberbatch, Questlove react to Oscar nods

Kirsten Dunst says earning an Oscar nomination along with her fiancé Jesse Plemons is like a “fairy tale.”.

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Santa Barbara Film Festival to honor Haim, DeBose, 6 others

Read full article: Santa Barbara Film Festival to honor Haim, DeBose, 6 others

“West Side Story’s” Ariana DeBose, “Licorice Pizza’s” Alana Haim and “Belfast’s” Caitriona Balfe are among the actors who will receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Virtuosos Award this year.

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