Robin Williams HBO Special Airs in December
From The Hollywood Reporter: Robin Williams is returning to HBO with “Weapons
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Trend Changing in Celebrity Voice Casting?
According to The San Francisco Chronicle, this summer’s movies banking on celebrity
Backstage.com Interviews Voice-over Agents
Backstage.com reporter Heidi Schooler takes on on the common complaint that “celebrities
Digital Spy on Celebs and Video Games
Digital Spy’s Liam Martin offers an overview of celebrity involvement in video
Hollywood's "Most Valuable" Comedians
Following Forbes’ list on Animation’s A-List Actors, they have now ranked Hollywood’s
Celebrity Voice Acting Round-Up (yee-hah.)
Forgive me for lumping all these celebrity voice acting news bits together.
Seth Rogen is a Monster
Australia’s Herald Sun has interviewed Seth Rogen on his role as the
Forbes Ranks 'Animation's A-List Actors'
Must have been a slow news day for Forbes to cause reporter
Blogger Theories on Celebrity Voice Acting
Celebrities as voice actors in animation is a topic fans and professionals have been debating probably since Transformers: The Movie was released in 1986. It was genuinely the first animated feature film to cast several celebrities (Orson Welles, Leonard Nimoy, Judd Nelson, Eric Idle, Robert Stack, and even John Moschitta Jr. who had become a celeb at the time due to his fast-talking talent) who got top billing as a marketing tool, while veteran cartoon voice actors such as Peter Cullen and Frank Welker received only standard voice credit.