Comprised of more than thirty voiceover actors, the group volunteered their time and talent to produce a fantastic recording of the holiday classic, ’Twas the Night Before Christmas. All sales and donations of the track will go to the Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA.
Portal 2 Voice Actors Win Best Performance Video Game Awards
Posted by
Kristy Sproul
on December 10, 2011 at 10:01 PM
The 2011 Video Game Awards ceremony, honoring the outstanding achievements within the video game industry, was broadcast live Saturday evening from Los Angeles, California on Spike TV, MTV2, and via webcast at Spike.com. This year's two-hour event was hosted by actor Zachary Levi, an avid gamer who has provided voices in video games such as Fallout: New Vegas and Halo: Reach, as well as in Disney's 2010 animated feature, Tangled.
The two categories honoring voice-over performances in video games over the last year, Best Performance by a Human Male and Best Performance by a Human Female, were announced without much fanfare, thrown in with a laundry list of other winners during a short segment introduced by wrestler Hulk Hogan. Voice actors from the popular Portal 2 video game scored both Best Performance VGA awards.
British writer, director, and comedian Stephen Merchant won the Best Performance by a Human Male VGA award for his performance as Wheatley in Portal 2. Other nominees in the category included voice actors J.K. Simmons (Cave Johnson in Portal 2), Mark Hamill (The Joker in Batman: Arkham City), and Nolan North (Nathan Drake in Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception).
Voice actor Ellen McLain, who is also an opera singer, took home the Best Performance by a Human Female VGA award for playing GLaDOS in Portal 2. Claudia Black (Chloe Frazer in Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception), Emily Rose (Elena Fisher in Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception), and voice actor Tara Strong (Harley Quinn in Batman: Arkham City), were also nominated in the category.
During the live ceremony, voice actor and creator of Robot Chicken, Seth Green, also made an appearance. He announced The Legend of Zelda game franchise as the first inductee into the Video Game Hall of Fame.
For more information, and a full list of winners and nominees, please visit Spike.com.
Episodes of 'The Mel Blanc Show' Available on YouTube
Posted by
Kristy Sproul
on November 28, 2011 at 12:52 AM
His success in the cartoon world, as well as on The Jack Benny Program, led to voice actor Mel Blanc getting his own radio series in 1946. Thanks to user sting6ph, many episodes of the short-lived The Mel Blanc Show are now available on YouTube.
The Mel Blanc Show aired on the CBS Radio Network from September 3, 1946 to June 24, 1947, and starred Mel Blanc as himself, the addled owner of a fix-it shop, as well as Zookie, his stuttering cousin, with a voice similar to Porky Pig. A real treat for voice-over and old time radio enthusiasts, these episodes feature other prominent voice actors and radio stars such as Bea Benaderet, Mary Jane Croft, Joseph Kearns, and Earle Ross.
The first seven episodes are currently available on YouTube. We've gathered them into a convenient playlist so you may listen to them in order and uninterrupted. You may also watch them right here on Voice Chasers via the embedded player below:
Carolyn Lawrence on FreeRadioSAIC.org Wednesday
Posted by
Crystal
on November 22, 2011 at 9:25 PM
Voice actress Carolyn Lawrence will be interviewed live on Free Radio SAIC Wednesday, November 23rd at 10:00 PM EST/7:00 PM PDT.
In the animation world, Lawrence is best known as the voices of Sandy Cheeks on Spongebob Squarepants, Cindy Vortex on The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and Orel Puppington on Moral Orel. She's also been in video games, most notably Ashley Graham from Resident Evil 4. She will also be producing and providing the voice of Elsa in Monstroville.
Tune in this Wednesday at freeradiosaic.org to listen live; viewers may participate in the chat and ask questions during the show. The interview will also be archived and available on the site after the broadcast date.
3-Day VO Workshop Opportunity w/ Evanier, Dodge and Burton
Posted by
Kristy Sproul
on October 9, 2011 at 8:12 PM
The National Audio Theatre Festivals is hosting a three-day Tony Hawkins Advanced Workshop later this month on The Audio Art of Animation.
Participants will have the opportunity to work with voice actor Lucien Dodge (Pokemon) along with writer/director Mark Evanier (The Garfield Show) as their guest director. The last day of the workshop will feature a special "Q&A brunch" with legendary voice actor Corey Burton (Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Jake and the Never Land Pirates, Chip n' Dale Rescue Rangers).
The workshop will take place October 21 - 23 in North Hollywood, and is limited to just 12 participants. Cost is $400 with a shared hotel at the Colony Inn, or $219 without a hotel room, and registration may be done online.
For more information on this unique workshop opportunity, please visit natf.org.
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