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'Quantico' star Priyanka welcomes Marlee on board

Priyanka Chopra is excited as her Hollywood show Quantico has tapped Academy Award-winning actress Marlee Matlin for its new season.

Priyanka, 35, shared the news with fans on Twitter and welcomed Matlin on board.


"Welcome to #quantico @MarleeMatlin we can't wait to have u on board," Priyanka wrote.

Matlin, who is best known for her performance of a young deaf woman, Sarah Norman, in Children of a Lesser God, also expressed her excitement by tweeting, "Can't wait to work with Priyanka Chopra, Johanna Braddy, Jake Mclaughlin, my old friend Blair Underwood and of course Michael Seitzman."

Matlin, 51, has joined Quantico as a series regular for the upcoming third season.

She will play Jocelyn Turner, an ex-FBI agent who was known at one time as the best undercover agent in the field until a bomb blew up near her and rendered her deaf, reported Variety.

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Michael Schumacher, author of Coppola and Clapton biographies, dies aged 75

Across genres, Schumacher became known for detailed research and a narrative style

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Michael Schumacher, author of Coppola and Clapton biographies, dies aged 75

Highlights

  • Michael Schumacher died on 29 December, aged 75
  • His daughter confirmed his death; no cause was given
  • He wrote acclaimed biographies of Francis Ford Coppola, Eric Clapton, and Allen Ginsberg
  • Schumacher also documented Great Lakes shipwrecks and maritime history

Prolific biographer across film, music, and literature

Michael Schumacher, the Wisconsin-based author whose work ranged from cultural biographies to maritime history, has died aged 75. His daughter, Emily Joy Schumacher, confirmed that he died on 29 December, though no cause of death was disclosed.

Schumacher was widely recognised for biographies including Francis Ford Coppola: A Filmmaker’s Life, Crossroads: The Life and Music of Eric Clapton, and Dharma Lion: A Biography of Allen Ginsberg, charting the life of the Beat Generation poet.

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