Deaf Actress in the New TV Series

Deaf actress Shoshannah Stern has been cast in a new CBS series called Jericho.  She will play one of the townspeople cut off from the rest of the world after a mysterious nuclear chain reaction rocks the country.  The role was not intended for a deaf actress but Stern impressed the show’s executives, with producer Jon Turteltaub calling Stern an amazing actress who not only gets better and better, but also gets prettier and prettier in every scene.

Official Site: www.cbs.com/primetime/jericho

Premiered: September 20, 2006 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Airs Next: CBS at Wednesday 8:00 PM (60 min.)

Original Network/Channel: CBS

Genre: Drama

Plot Outline: A small Kansas town struggles with life after a nuclear attack destroys America.

First Deaf Working Oversea for US Army

Marc Rubin, 28-year-old, is a UTSA (The University of Texas at San Antonio) alumnus, and he has been  declared to be the first Deaf individual to work oversea for US Army where he will be stationed in Italy as computer technician.

To read article and picture online @ UTSAToday

Marc Rubin interviewed with KENS-TV reporter Bridget Smith with the assistance of UTSA interpreter Nelda Ellerbee.

To watch video clip from KENS-TV (close-captioned)

Deaf Fighter in “The Ultimate Fighter 3”

This show sounds like interesting. The hearing people aren’t educated enough about Deaf Culture to understand what is going on and why they are not getting along.

Matt Hamill, Deaf fighter, comes to The Ultimate Fighter 3 with an incredible athletic resume. The 2004 inductee in the Division III Wrestling Hall of Fame was the first U.S. wrestler to win gold medals in freestyle and Greco-Roman competition in the 1997 World Games for the Deaf. The three-time NCAA National Champion attended the National Technical Institute for the Deaf in Rochester. Matt has been featured in Sports Illustrated’s Faces in the Crowd and was featured on the cover of NCAA News as a junior at RIT. In 1997, he was named USA Deaf Sports Federation Athlete of the Year. Born and raised in Cincinnati, Matt is a graduate of Loveland High School in Cincinnati, Ohio.

TV Channel: Spike TV

New episode every Thursday at 9:00 PM.

2005 Deaf Blog Awards

Ridor is the National Deafquirer, and his blogsite is Observe But Do Not Interfere. Ridor believes the Weblog Awards is designed for hearing people. Ridor created the 2005 Deaf Blog Awards, because he felt that the Weblog Awards is not inclusive to include Deaf bloggers in its annual awards. The numbers of Deaf bloggers are growing at an alarming rate.

I enjoy reading the Deaf blogsites. I done voting my favorite Deaf bloggers. I’m curious who will be winners for each category.

The 1st Annual Deaf Blog Awards is an online award to vote for the best weblog. It gives Deaf writers & readers opportunity to see more good deaf blog out there that they never knew.

Here are the categories of 2005 Deaf Blog Awards:

• Best Sports Blog
• Best Eavesdropping Entertainment Blog
• Best Geek Blog
• Best Politics Blog
• Best Unusual Blog
• Best Photo Blog
• Best Deaf/Blind Blog
• Best Advocacy Blog
• Best Narcissistic Blog
• Funniest Blog
• Best Deaf Blog

The voting expires on 1 PM on Tuesday, December 27, 2005.

Official Site: http://2005deafblogawards.blogspot.com