Category: Celebrities

Springsteen on Stage

Monday, May 14th, 2012
Sign interpreters at this year's New Orleans Jazz Fest got a treat while they were translating the performance of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. The Boss decided to join them for a moment and you see the result in a video below. Holly Maniatty and Edie Jackson even got Springsteen to sign along with them.

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Perez on Sign "Amateurs"

Thursday, April 19th, 2012
Perez Hilton weighs in on the sign language flubs by Johnny Depp and Natalie Portman. Read about it here.
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My Valentine

Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
Paul McCartney's new music video features sign language from Natalie Portman and Johnny Depp. There is a version featuring Portman by herself, Depp by himself, and a third version combining both. My Valentine is from his most recent album Kisses on the Bottom. The idea for using sign in the video came from McCartney's fashion designer-daughter Stella. The combined video is posted below on DeafNewsToday.com.
 
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Rejecting Deaf Culture

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
English actress Rita Simons struggles with what to do about her daughter's loss of hearing. Simons says, "People say you must engage with the deaf community, but we haven't felt we needed to."  Read about it here.
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Getting to Know… Josephine Siao

Monday, March 19th, 2012
A teen idol during the 1960s, Josephine Siao became a household name for her work during the golden age of Hong Kong cinema despite losing hearing in her right ear at the age of two. Now retired and losing more of her hearing, Siao has become a writer and psychologist.
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Stephen Colbert’s Ear

Monday, February 6th, 2012
Comedian Stephen Colbert is deaf in one ear. A surgery when he was young left him without an ear drum in his right ear. He says, "I always wanted to be a marine biologist but then I had this ear problem. I have no ear drum. So I had this operation at the Medical University when I was a kid. Now I can't get my head wet. I mean, I can, but I can't really scuba dive or anything like that. So that killed my marine biology hopes." During a 2006 segment on his show, Colbert "played the humor card." You can watch the video below on DeafNewsToday.com.
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Switched star is a gamer

Monday, February 6th, 2012
Actress Katie Leclerc talks technology with USA Today in the video below. The star of ABC Family's Switched at Birth plays 16-year-old Daphne, who is deaf. Leclerc has a hearing disorder called Meniere's disease, which causes occasional hearing loss.
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Switched Actress Talks Deafies

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Katie Leclerc was asked about the Deaf community's reaction to the TV show Switched at Birth: "I think that they’re just thrilled that there’s a show that really represents what the deaf community is about and does it with respect intact and humor at times, too. I think if you can’t laugh at yourself you’re going to make yourself crazy. So, we try to have a little bit of everything. I’m just very proud to be a part of a show that can do something good."   Read the full interview here.
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2011 Breakout Star

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
TV Guide has tapped Switched at Birth's Katie Leclerc one if its Breakout Stars of 2011. Leclerc plays a quick-witted deaf teen on the ABC Family show which airs tonight. It's the 25-year-old's first major role. Read more here.
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