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Bear Grylls’ new series will feature eight famous faces including Oscar-winning actor Troy Kotsur as the adventurer’s first deaf guest. The full line-up of the 49-year-old former SAS soldier’s ‘Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge’ was confirmed on Thursday (22.06.23) and includes Bradley Cooper, 48, who will accompany Bear in the Wyoming Basin, Benedict Cumberbatch, 46, in the Isle of Skye, Cynthia Erivo, 36, on the Brecon Beacons Mountains and Troy Kotsur, 54, in the Scottish Highlands. Bear’s latest run of the show will also feature Russell Brand, 48, in the Hebrides Islands, Rita O...
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Troy Kotsur was “really scared” after losing his Oscar when his car was stolen. The 54-year-old actor made history at last year’s ceremony when he became the first deaf male star to win an Academy Award, taking home the Best Actor in a Supporting Role accolade for his work on ‘CODA’ and he had a moment of panic when he briefly lost the iconic statuette. Troy was invited to accept the key to the city in his hometown of Mesa, Arizona, and told Deadline they had asked him to “bring along the Oscar”. But growing tired of holding the 10lb gong, he put it back in his car – only for the vehicle to be...
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Carey Mulligan is said to have laughed off being wrongly named Best Supporting Actress at the BAFTAs. The 37-year-old pregnant star, who is expecting her third baby with her Mumford and Sons singer husband Marcus Mumford, 36, had been nominated for her role in #MeToo drama ‘She Said’ alongside winner Kerry Condon – but was incorrectly told she was the winner in a blunder by a sign language interpreter at Sunday’s (19.02.23) awards ceremony. It was presented by deaf ‘CODA’ actor Troy Kotsur, 54, and even though he correctly signed Kerry, 40, as the winner, his interpreter who joined him on stag...
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'CODA' was the winner of the biggest prize at Sunday's (27.03.22) Academy Awards, Best Picture. The Apple TV+ drama made history as the first streaming service movie to win the honour when Liza Minelli and Lady Gaga announced it had triumphed in the final category of the evening ahead of 'Belfast', 'Don't Look Up', 'Drive My Car', 'Dune', 'King Richard', 'Licorice Pizza', 'Nightmare Alley', 'The Power of the Dog' and 'West Side Story'. The movie won in the other two categories it was nominated in, with director Sian Heder taking home Best Adapted Screenplay and Troy Kotsur winning Best Support...
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'CODA' was named Best Picture at the Academy Awards on Sunday (27.03.22). The Apple TV+ drama - which follows the child of deaf parents - beat out competition from 'Belfast', 'Don't Look Up', 'Drive My Car', 'Dune', 'King Richard', 'Licorice Pizza', 'Nightmare Alley', 'The Power of the Dog' and 'West Side Story' to take the biggest honour at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. The cast and crew were greeted with applause and the silent jazz hands sign for applause as they took to the stage to accept the accolade. Producer Phillippe Rousselet took to the mic first and paid tribute to director Sian ...
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Troy Kotsur dedicated his Oscar win to "the deaf community, the CODA community and the disabled community". The 53-year-old star scooped the Best Supporting Actor honour at Sunday's (27.03.22) ceremony for his role in 'CODA' and paid tribute to the "deaf theatre stages" where he had honed his craft. As Troy - who is deaf - walked to the stage at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, the audience showed their appreciation for his work with silent jazz hands instead of traditional applause. He signed his speech, which was then read by a translator, and said: "This is amazing to be here on this journey...
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Troy Kotsur has been asked to audition for a James Bond film. The 53-year-old actor - whose parents discovered he couldn't hear when he was just nine months old - caused a stir when he accepted the Supporting Actor BAFTA earlier this month and asked film bosses if they would consider him as Daniel Craig's successor, and he's revealed he spoke to producer Barbara Broccoli at the afterparty and she wants him to try-out for a role in the spy franchise. Troy said: “She asked me if I would audition for her and I said, ‘Of course! Hey, maybe I can play a villain?’ " The 'CODA' star is a big fan of t...
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Marlee Matlin has praised Whoopi Goldberg for "breaking barriers." The 56-year-old actress and activist - who has been deaf since she was eighteen months old - thinks that the 'Sister Act' star, 66 has been a "great mentor" and “sets an example” to her. Speaking through an interpreter, she told PEOPLE: "I've had great mentors in my life. She's gone through a great deal of breaking barriers . And she set an example for me as well. I have good friends and most especially I have family who supports me, who have my back." The 'CODA' star - who acted alongside Whoopi in 'The Player' back in 1992 an...
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Troy Kotsur feels like all of his hard work is finally paying off. The 53-year-old star - whose parents discovered he was deaf when he was just nine months old - won the Supporting Actor gong at the BAFTAs on Sunday (13.03.22) for his performance in 'CODA', and Troy feels like it's a reward for "years" of hard work away from the spotlight. Speaking from the BAFTAs winner's room, attended by BANG Showbiz and other media, he said through a sign-language interpreter: "I am extremely thrilled. It is a payoff of all of my years of an extremely tough journey." Troy hopes that his success might encou...
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Troy Kotsur plans to sleep with his Screen Actors Guild Award. The 'CODA' actor was "overwhelmed" and "excited" to have beaten the likes of Ben Affleck ('The Tender Bar'), Bradley Cooper ('Licorice Pizza'), Jared Leto ('House of Gucci') and Kodi Smit-McPhee ('The Power of the Dog') to win the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role accolade on Sunday (27.02.22) and he admitted he didn't want to be separated from his prize. Speaking backstage, Troy - who was the first deaf actor to win an individual prize at the ceremony - told assembled media: “I didn’t realise how heavy t...
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