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News: People

Joe Cipriano To Receive Don LaFontaine Legacy Award For ‘Talent … Passion For Giving Back …’
ByVoiceOverXtra June 11, 2010

Joe Cipriano, the premier voice talent heard daily worldwide and a passionate advocate for the voice-over industry, has been chosen to receive the 2nd Annual Don LaFontaine Legacy Award, to be presented on June 24 by PromaxBDA and Brief Magazine. Created collectively by PromaxBDA, Rudy Gaskins and Anita LaFontaine to honor the name, memory and defining legacy of one of the world’s most famous voices, the Don LaFontaine Legacy Award recognizes a voice of impact as determined by a specialized industry committee …

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News: VoiceOverXtra

John Florian @ VoiceOverXtra Receives VOICE 2010 Community Award
ByVoiceOverXtra June 7, 2010

June 5, 2010, Los Angeles – Gasping for air and steadying himself by gripping the backs of chairs as he made his way to the stage, John Florian, founder and webmaster of VoiceOverXtra, received the prestigious VOICE 2010 Community Award tonight at the VOICE 2010 Celebrity Banquet, the final event of a jam-packed three-day international conference for voice actors. The award is given in recognition of outstanding service to the voice-over community …

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News: Events (Industry & Training)

VOICE 2010 Conference Ends With Rousing Celebrity Banquet
ByVoiceOverXtra June 6, 2010

It’s a wrap. The huge VOICE 2010 international voice-over conference in Los Angeles ended Saturday night with a rousing Celebrity Banquet. Some 400 voice actors headed back home to reality – but all the wiser for three jam-packed days of voice-over education, networking and fun …

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News: People

Actress Gina Marie Is First Recipient Of Chuck Riley Memorial Voiceover Scholarship
ByVoiceOverXtra June 2, 2010

Gina Marie Erickson, an exhuberant actress who advocates experiencing “life with joy” but who is now wheelchair-bound following an accident, is the first recipient of the Chuck Riley Memorial Voiceover Scholarship, established by VOCareer.com to help physically disabled or financially disadvantaged talent pursue a voice-over career.

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News: Events (Industry & Training)

VOICE 2010 – What’s Happening NOW? Round-the-Clock Coverage from VoiceOverXtra …
ByVoiceOverXtra June 2, 2010

What’s happening NOW at VOICE 2010 – the huge voice-over conference? Stay on top of events through June 5 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. Click here for VoiceOverXtra’s round-the-clock coverage … News & Photos … Blogs & Social Media Updates … Audio Interviews … Your Comments … Events Schedule …

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News: Events (Industry & Training)

VOICE 2010 Opens With Red Carpet Welcome To 3rd International Gathering Of Voice Actors, by John Florian
ByVoiceOverXtra June 2, 2010

VOICE 2010’s senior staff takes a theatrical bow to the cheers of attendees Wednesday night as the international gathering of voice actors opened with a Red Carpet Reception. (John Florian…

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News: People

‘UFOs – God’s Celestial Air Force’ … The Making Of An Audiobook, by Bob Noble
ByVoiceOverXtra May 28, 2010

Voice actor Bob Noble got a call from a Marine Corp Commandant: “Can you help out a World War II Marine veteran of Iwo Jima?” Turns out, that vet was a prolific writer and wanted to turn one of his novels into an audiobook. And thus began a three-year journey to make it happen …

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News: Industry

VoiceJockeys & VO Attorney Negotiate New Contract On Track To Finish Line, by Robert Sciglimpaglia Jr.
ByVoiceOverXtra May 27, 2010

Voice actor and attorney Robert Sciglimpaglia Jr. stirred a virtual firestorm on May 3 with his VoiceOverXtra article critical of onerous contract terms for voice talent who work with VoiceJockeys.com, an online job service. In subsequent articles, VoiceJockeys pledged a willingness to change those terms, and Sciglimpaglia offered to negotiate the new contract, pro bono, on behalf of voice actors as a group. Many new terms have been agreed on, and more is coming, as detailed in this update …

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News: Awards

The Audies: Jenna Lamia & Charlton Griffin Win For Best Female & Male Narrations; All Winners Here …
ByVoiceOverXtra May 26, 2010

Jenna Lamia received the 2010 Audie Award for best Solo Narration – Female, and Charlton Griffin won the coveted award as best Solo Narration – Male at the 15th Annual Audies Gala last night at the Museum of the City of New York. Sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association (APA), the Audies are often referred to as the “Oscars of spoken word entertainment” – the most prestigious awards program in the United States honoring audiobooks. Here’s the complete list of winners in all categories …

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News: Events (Industry & Training)

Is Your Website Really Bringing You Business? How To Check & Fix It …
ByVoiceOverXtra May 13, 2010

The voice-over field is too competitive for you to be handicapped by a website that isn’t helping you attract more auditions and assignments, says media marketing guru Dan O’Day. His new “Websites For Voice Actors” – a 2.5-hour mp3 audio recording and Study Guide – can help identify what isn’t working on your current website, and how to fix it …

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