BT’s Speaking Clock To Feature Celebrity Voices
February 9, 2009
Celebrities give the time of day to Comic Relief
BT announced that the Speaking Clock will help fundraise for Comic Relief by using different celebrity voices between February 3 to March 23, 2009. Five of the Red Nose Day celebrities that are climbing Mount Kilimanjaro will share the time-keeping duties over the next two months.
The fun started at 08.00 on Tuesday 3 February. When callers dial 123 they will be given an accurate time check by celebrities, including: Girls Aloud’s Cheryl Cole and Kimberley Walsh, fellow popstar, Gary Barlow and presenters, Chris Moyles and Fearne Cotton.
Each celebrity will replace the ‘pips’ with their own special Comic Relief sound, ranging from kisses, raspberries and piano chords in a bid to Do Something Funny for Money. And as if that wasn’t enough, there’ll be a special guest voice featuring in the run up to Red Nose Day on Friday 13 March but you’ll have to dial 123 to find out who it is.
Don LaFontaine to be Posthumously Honored with an AMEE Award
January 30, 2009
The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), the people who entertain and inform America, announced today that the AFTRA Foundation will honor recording artist Smokey Robinson, broadcaster Vin Scully, actress Jeanne Cooper, and voiceover artist Don LaFontaine at the AFTRA Media and Entertainment Excellence Awards (The AMEES), at a dinner gala event at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles on March 9, 2009.
AFTRA Approves Terms for a New Digital Audiobook Agreement with Audible.com
January 15, 2009
The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) announced on January 14th, 2009 an agreement covering performers working on audiobooks produced by Audible.com.
Tavia Gilbert, Narrator of The Middle Place, Honored
January 9, 2009
Tavia Gilbert, narrator of the audio version of the best-selling book “The Middle Place”, has received an honor of late with her work recognized as one of Library Journal’s 10 Best Nonfiction Audiobooks of 2008.
Library Journal noted, “Tavia Gilbert impressively voices the male and female characters of Corrigan’s “heart-wrenching and humorous” breast cancer memoir.”
Hillary Huber Announces People’s Choice Awards
January 7, 2009
On the evening of January 7, 2009, Hillary Huber will be making history, announcing the names of individuals who have been chosen for the people, by the people.
While waiting in her trailer in the parking lot of the Shrine Auditorium mid rehearsal on January 6th, Hillary had a few moments to spare to answer some of Stephanie Ciccarelli from Voices.com’s questions about her involvement in The People’s Choice Awards.
Unofficial Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Announcer Auditions
January 6, 2009
Do you have what it takes to unofficially announce for Jimmy Fallon on NBC?
There’s still time to enter the contest, but you must do so by January 9th, 2009 at 5 p.m. EST.
Marc Cashman Named as One of AudioFile’s Best Voices of 2008
December 30, 2008
AUDIOFILE’S BEST VOICES OF 2008
NONFICTION & CULTURE
Marc Cashman has caught our ear, skillfully interpreting nonfiction for audio on diverse topics ranging from evolution (YOUR INNER FISH) to our modern affliction, traffic (he narrates the unabridged version of TRAFFIC). We’ll be listening for more!
Howard Reig, Original Voice Of NBC Nightly News, Dies at 87
November 14, 2008
Photo of Howard Reig via NBC
Howard Reig was not a household name, but his voice was familiar in homes nationwide as the opening announcer of the “NBC Nightly News” for more than two decades.
Reig, whose authoritative baritone delivered “From NBC News world headquarters in New York, this is the ‘NBC Nightly News’” as recently as 11 months ago, died Monday in Venice at 87.
He worked with evening news anchormen John Chancellor, Tom Brokaw and Brian Williams from 1983 until he retired in 2005.
The network continued to use his recorded introduction until last December, when it tapped actor Michael Douglas to start the newscast.
“By my tally, he has introduced nearly 7,000 ‘Nightly’ broadcasts,” Brett Holey, director of the “NBC Nightly News,” said after Reig’s last broadcast.
Williams delivered an on-air tribute to Reig on Wednesday.
Sandman Live: 20th Anniversary Reading Hosted By Neil Gaiman
November 6, 2008
Veteran voice actor Tom Wayland and others will read from some of the most politically charged excerpts of THE SANDMAN written by *New York Times* best-selling author Neil Gaiman, in honor of the 20th Anniversary of THE SANDMAN.
Hosted by the CBLDF and Vertigo, the dramatic reading will be will be held it the Helen Mills Theater in New York City on Saturday, November 8 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are available for a $50 donation to the CBLDF. Only 100 tickets are available to this special reading event.
New Peanuts Voices
November 3, 2008
Barack Obama, John McCain … or Linus?
In a batch of 20 new webisodes, Charlie Brown and the gang have been brought back to animated life, much in the style of their classic holiday TV specials. But Lucy, Snoopy and others have been remade for the Web in 3- to 4-minute videos taken directly from classic 1964 comic strips.
In one of them, Linus runs for class president, only to be bedeviled by a controversial skeleton from his past: his strident belief in his Halloween hero, the Great Pumpkin.
Linus pleads: “In my administration, children will be children and adults will be adults!”
