Shoshannah Stern and Joe Mantegna are hosting this year’s Media Access Awards! Fans can catch the event live on Facebook on November 14 at 6:30 p.m. Celebrating its 40th anniversary, the Media Access Awards is “a night of celebration honoring the best of disability representation in Hollywood.” They are also...
This Close will be returning to Sundance TV next month, and the newly released trailer gives us a glimpse of what’s in store for season two! The dramedy series picks up where it left off last season, following best friends Kate and Michael as they cope with the challenges of...
Up next in our continuing coverage from San Diego Comic-Con is our interview with Rachel Miner (Supernatural, D&D Live), Shoshannah Stern (This Close, Supernatural), and Nic Novicki (Easterseals Disability Film Challenge). Watch on as they provide insight into navigating the entertainment industry with a disability, how important it is to shed preconceived...
Last night at San Diego Comic-Con, we were able to attend the DisSDCC panel, a panel about disability representation, inclusion and accessibility. Panelists included featured guests Rachel Miner (Supernatural, D&D Live), Shoshannah Stern (This Close, Supernatural), and Nic Novicki (Easterseals Disability Film Challenge). Other panelists included: Cindy Kapp, Kai Winchester, Emy Cook, and Lynn Gagne....
Eyes On The Road, a new web-series created by John Maucere and Sean Forbes, is premiering on DPAN.tv, the Sign Language Channel. Guests will join host Maucere as passengers in a car and share stories and sign songs. Some of the guest passengers include Marlee Matlin, CJ Jones, and Shoshannah Stern....
SundanceTV announced today that the second season of its hugely popular series This Close will premiere on Thursday, September 12 at midnight EST/9 p.m. PST. This Close is written and produced by its two leading stars, Shoshannah Stern and Josh Feldman, who play best friends Kate and Michael, two 20-somethings...
Shoshannah Stern and Josh Feldman, co-creators and stars of This Close, have announced they are partnering with Easterseals to provide support to deaf writers in the television industry. Stern and Feldman are two of only three writers in the Writers Guild of America (WGA) who are deaf. (Gisselle Legere of...
The Peabody Awards announced its 60 nominees for the most compelling and empowering stories across TV, radio and digital media released in 2018. And included in the prestigious list of nominees is This Close, a compelling drama about two 20-something deaf friends trying to navigate careers and romantic relationships in...
Sundance Now has announced that star and co-creator of their highly acclaimed series This Close, Shoshannah Stern, will be taking over their Instagram account Thursday (Oct. 18) to take fans behind the scenes of the production of season two. The series, which follows best friends Kate (Stern) and Michael (co-creator and...
Sundance Now’s critically-acclaimed series This Close is coming back for season two! Entertainment Tonight dropped the news this morning that the series, written by and starring Supernatural alumna Shoshannah Stern and writer Josh Feldman, was renewed by Sundance Now for an eight-episode second season set to premiere in 2019. The series centers around long-time...
