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Multiple award-winning audiobook narrator Scott Brick shared with Voice Actors in the News that he is currently recording narration for an audiobook production of “some fabulous, old-school pulp science fiction” — Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Princess of Mars, the novel which served as the basis for Disney’s big budget live-action/CGI hybrid epic John Carter (coming [...]

For Immediate Release THAT’S VOICEOVER – NATION’S TOP VOICEOVER ACTORS REVEAL CAREER SECRETS FOR CHARITY In New York, NY on September 22, 2010, an expert panel of top voice-over actors, talent agents and ad executives will provide a crash course for those seeking careers in the exciting world of voiceover acting. And one lucky audience [...]

Guardian.co.uk has a feature article with photos highlighting BBC VO narrators Tom Baker, Dave Lamb, Marcus Bentley, and Michael Buerk. Here’s an excerpt: There is no silencing the cacophony of show-stealing narrators on television at the moment. They didn’t use to draw attention to themselves – traditionally, narrators were sombre, quintessentially BBC voices that wouldn’t [...]

PBS.org reports: On February 11 at 8 p.m. ET, PBS stations nationwide will broadcast “In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement,” a concert that takes place in the White House East Room. President and Mrs. Obama will host the event in honor of Black History Month. Artists [...]

For immediate release: Voice Acting Community Helps Haiti Victims Two of the country’s leading Voice Acting educators, Voice Coaches and Edge Studio, are teaming up to offer some assistance after the unimaginable events in Haiti. Schenectady, NY, February 05, 2010 –(PR.com)– The Voice Acting community will come together for a large-scale group tele-conference focusing on [...]

More than a dozen journalists for The Onion’s AV Club contributed to this article on the effectiveness of the voiceover narration for selected films. I must confess — even as a film buff — I’ve seen less than 10 of the films listed. Time to load up the Netflix queue. Related post: 7.23.2009 — IFC [...]

LibraryJournal.com has released their selections for the Best Audiobooks of 2009, as nominated by a “distinguished roster” of 65 individuals. In the Non-Fiction category is the audio presentation of Street Gang, an in-depth look into the history of Sesame Street by Michael Davis and narrated by Muppeteer Caroll Spinney (Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch [...]

Reuters reports: Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet will provide the English narration on “The Sunshine Boy,” a documentary exploring autism by Icelandic director Fridrik Thor Fridriksson. The film follows the attempt by film producer Margret Dagmar Ericsdottir to understand her severely autistic son, Keli, a journey that eventually leads her halfway across the world to Austin, [...]

Never believe the myth that voice work is “easy.” Some days, a VO recording session can indeed make you feel like you just took a beating from a prize fighter, as this short film starring John Oliver deftly illustrates: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRUkiAOu_sE&hl=en&fs=1&] [Thanks to Steven for posting this to the Voice-Overs.com Forum.] Related post: 4.13.2009 — When [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Pre-Order Your Peek Into the World of Voice-Over with New Book VO Pros Write Comprehensive Book about How to Get into Voice-Over LOS ANGELES, July 21, 2009 — Have you ever watched a cartoon, played a video game or heard a movie trailer and wondered just who are those folks behind the [...]