How Marlee Matlin Survived Trump, William Hurt and Hollywood

The Oscar-winning actress opens up to Marlow Stern about her dazzling turn in “CODA,” Trump’s cruel mockery of her, and being trapped in an abusive relationship with William Hurt. [Manage newsletters]( [View in browser]( [Image] [Image] [How Marlee Matlin Survived Trump, William Hurt and Hollywood]( By Marlow Stern [The Oscar-winning actress opens up to Marlow Stern about her dazzling turn in “CODA,” Trump’s cruel mockery of her, and being trapped in an abusive relationship with William Hurt.]( [The Speedboat-Racing Duo Who Flooded America With Cocaine]( By Nick Schager [Billy Corben’s new Netflix docuseries “Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami” is a wild tale of sex, drugs, and murder involving two of the biggest drug traffickers in U.S. history.]( [John Oliver Furious at Biden Over Failure to Protect Afghans]( By Marlow Stern [The “Last Week Tonight” host sounded off on the Biden team’s failure to have a plan in place to rescue 53,000 Afghans from the Taliban before the U.S. pulls out of the country.]( [Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Blew Up Her Childhood]( By Hannah Jackson [In her new memoir, “If You Lived Here You’d Be Famous By Now,” 21-year-old Via Bleidner chronicles the bizarre experience of growing up amid the Kardashian-Jenners and child stars.]( Advertisement [Record-Setting Olympic Swimmer: Not Enjoyable but Worth It]( By Barbie Latza Nadeau [The stressed 24-year-old Caeleb Dressel won five gold medals, but said he is “over swimming” for now thanks to the pressure and stress.]( [He Investigated Fires. And Set Them All Over California.]( By Nick Schager [The new podcast ‘Firebug’ examines the hunt for an arsonist who set deadly fires all over California—and who confessed his crimes in a book that he shopped to literary agents.]( Fever Dreams A podcast covering twisted tales of the new American right. [Listen Now]( [Book’s Shock Claim: Aaliyah Drugged Before Fatal Plane Crash]( By Cheyenne Roundtree [A new book alleges that the late pop star Aaliyah did not want to board the aircraft and was given a pill that knocked her out before her tragic plane-crash death in August 2001.]( [How the Playboy Inventor of the DeLorean Crashed and Burned]( By Nick Schager [The new Netflix docuseries ‘Myth & Mogul: John DeLorean’ explores how the inventor of the ‘Back to the Future’-mobile lost himself in a smog of cocaine, greed, and scandal.]( Advertisement [Image] [His Clients Are MAGA Monkey Owners and Capitol Rioters]( [“He’s not a defense attorney, and therefore he’s not an especially good defense attorney,” one journalist who has covered lawyer John Pierce’s filings said.]( [Why Are Hot Shots Fighting Fires for Less Than $14 an Hour?]( [Many stay because they love the allure of the job, but the low pay is taking its toll even as climate change is making the fire season longer, hotter, and deadlier.]( [I Live in Fear as a Black Trans Dad—The Senate Can Fix That]( [Passage of the Equality Act would affirm for LGBTQ Americans, especially BIPOC people, that our right to be treated with dignity and respect is grounded in American law.]( [Image] [Traveling Again? This Suitcase Will Make it Less Stressful]( [It’s time to upgrade your suitcase, and this is the one I recommend going with.]( [Snag Our Favorite Bed Sheets for Hot Sleepers at 15% Off]( [Buffy makes some of our favorite bed sheets, and they are on sale right now.]( [This Waffle Knit T-Shirt Is Better Than Most—Here’s Why]( [Made with a waffle knit design, this t-shirt is stylish, and can spice up any wardrobe.]( [See More Stories]( Advertisement [Image] [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( © Copyright 2021 The Daily Beast Company LLC 555 W. 18th Street, New York NY 10011 Privacy Policy If you are on a mobile device or cannot view the images in this message, click here to [view this email in your browser](. To ensure delivery of these emails, please add emails@thedailybeast.com to your address book. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, or think you have received this message in error, you can [safely unsubscribe](.