Tag: blind

02 MAR

Shameless' Perry Mattfield Cast as Blind Girl in The CW's In the Dark Pilot

Shameless actress Perry Mattfield has landed the lead role in In the Dark, The CW’s drama pilot about a blind woman who witnesses a murder. RELATEDPilot Season ’18: Scoop on This Fall’s (Possible) New Shows, Who’s In Them Written by Corinne Kingsbury (Back in the Game, The Newsroom) and directed by Michael Showalter (The Big […]

01 MAR

Google turned a blind eye to toxic “bro-culture,” lawsuit says

Enlarge (credit: Robbie Shade / Flickr) A Google engineer says she was a frequent target of regular sexual harassment during her seven years at the company. In a lawsuit filed earlier this month, Loretta Lee (no relation) accused the Mountain View company of having a “bro-culture” that was hostile to women—and of doing too little […]

28 FEB

The Voice Recap: 'Hi' Notes All Around on Night 2 of the Blind Auditions

Monday’s Night 1 of The Voice’s Season 14 Blind Auditions suggested to me three things: 1. Kelly Clarkson is gonna be a hoot and a half on the coaching panel. She’s the perfect “kid sister” to Adam Levine and Blake Shelton. 2. For us, the Block is mainly just inspired silliness, especially considering all the […]

21 FEB

Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on Walking Dead, iZombie, Roseanne, Criminal Minds, Chicago Fire — Plus, New Blind Item(s)

Got a scoop request? An anonymous tip you’re dying to share? Send any/all of the above to askausiello@tvline.com Question: Have you heard anything yet about how Abby is leaving NCIS? —JaneAusiello: Only that leading up to the end of her 15-season run, Pauley Perrette has aimed to scatter Easter eggs for longtime fans to find. “Her […]

03 FEB

3 GDPR blind spots to avoid

GUEST: The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into enforcement in four short months, and many are talking about the regulation as if it were a natural disaster: “Are you ready for GDPR?” While there’s no need for panic — especially if you’re already working towards compliance — there are a few elements […]

05 JAN

Blind war veteran goes viral with tutorial to aid Twitter’s visually impaired

Published time: 5 Jan, 2018 15:31 Edited time: 5 Jan, 2018 15:32 A blind war veteran has blown the collective minds of the Twitterati after revealing a range of accessibility options that can improve the experience of visually-impaired users on the social media site. Rob Long, who describes himself as a London-based military veteran injured […]

07 DEC

LA City Council pres. warns of legal weed regulation blind spots

On the verge of becoming the largest US city to regulate recreational marijuana, Los Angeles city council president and two members are already bracing for potential problems in the bureaucratic system’s structure. On Wednesday, the city council voted 12-0 in favor of the marijuana-related regulations which legalized the licensed sale and cultivation of marijuana in […]

21 NOV

Hulu lawsuit centers on lack of audio options for blind users

While captions help deaf and limited hearing viewers enjoy video content, a separate audio track describing actions helps blind watchers understand what’s going on. But not all content platforms have the latter feature. A group of blind and visually-impaired clients has sued Hulu for failing to both provide audio-description support for any streaming video in […]