The deaf family drama CODA won Best Picture at the 94th Annual Academy Awards on March 27, 2022. This is the first time that the honor has been awarded to a streaming service, Apple TV+, less than ...

Troy Kotsur made history at the Oscars on Sunday. The 53-year-old star is the first deaf male actor to win an Oscar and second deaf performer overall. It was a standout moment of the show when Kotsur, ...

The presence of the best picture winner's cast and team changed what all guests experienced inside the Dolby Theatre and what viewers saw on TV during the Academy Awards on Sunday night. By Abbey ...

Troy Kotsur was stunned by what he saw when he went up on stage to accept the Oscar for best supporting actor earlier this spring. The audience was a sea of waving hands. "They were doing the Deaf ...

EAST PEORIA — The awards ceremony ended with applause, signaled by the crowd in the raising of arms and wiggling of hands. The silent applause was for all of the contestants Saturday of Deaf Idol, the ...

Keith Wann barely uttered a word during his 90-minute stand-up comedy routine in Streamwood this month, and afterward, there was only a smattering of applause. But the audience loved him. Wann is one ...

Everyone knows the ending to “Cinderella.” The poor-servant girl finds her prince and marries him, living happily ever after. The curtain falls, the actors bow and the room is filled with applause.

When she finished, in place of applause, audience members raised their hands in the air and waved them enthusiastically. What looked a little like a game of charades to the casual observer was ...