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Why Audiobook Narration Is Physically Harder Than It Sounds

By Austen Moret. Published on: October 17, 2026.

Listening to an audiobook can make narration sound deceptively simple. A performer sits down with a book, reads the words and eventually emerges with ten or fifteen hours of finished audio. Compared with voice work built around shouting characters, rapid commercial sessions or physically animated performances, reading a novel aloud might not immediately seem particularly […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks

Female pop star holding a smartphone, illustrating Nicki Minaj's improvised voiceover after a recording mishap.

Nicki Minaj Turns Recording Mishap Into an Impromptu Voiceover

By Voice Over News Staff. Published on: October 11, 2026.

Even celebrities occasionally run into technical problems while recording videos, and Nicki Minaj recently found herself dealing with […]

Filed Under: General

Cinematic 1930s New York mystery scene illustrating Anjelica Huston's voice role in Amy Ephron's Unseasonably Cold audiobook.

Anjelica Huston Joins Amy Ephron’s Unseasonably Cold Audiobook

By Voice Over News Staff. Published on: October 10, 2026.

Academy Award-winning actress Anjelica Huston has added another voice performance to her extensive career, joining the audiobook adaptation […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks

Traditional British red postbox in a Christmas setting illustrating the Royal Mail AI voiceover controversy involving late BBC narrator Paul Vaughan.

Royal Mail Faces AI Voiceover Controversy Over Late BBC Narrator Paul Vaughan

By Voice Over News Staff. Published on: October 9, 2026.

Royal Mail has confirmed that it used an artificial intelligence-generated voiceover in its 2025 Christmas advertising campaign after […]

Filed Under: AI

What Does a Dubbing Director Actually Do?

By Tom Aglio. Published on: September 6, 2026

When audiences watch a dubbed television series or movie, the most obvious change is the voices. Actors who originally performed the characters have been replaced by performers speaking another language, with dialogue adjusted to fit scenes that were filmed or animated for an entirely different performance. Behind those actors, however, is a dubbing director responsible […]

Nolan Winking’s Cappy Voice Audition Became a Viral Meme Months Later

By Ashley Bryant. Published on: September 5, 2026

An unofficial voice audition posted months ago has unexpectedly turned actor and online creator Nolan Winking into one of the latest performers to have a character voice transformed into a social media meme. In April 2026, Winking posted his interpretation of Cappy, Mario’s hat-shaped companion from the Nintendo Switch game Super Mario Odyssey. The performance […]

Brock Baker Joins the Viral Revival of His Nine-Year-Old Voiceover

By Virginia Welch. Published on: September 3, 2026

Voice actor and impressionist Brock Baker unexpectedly found himself revisiting a performance from nearly a decade earlier in 2026, after an old Yo Mama video connected to Hello Neighbor found a new audience on social media. The original video dates back to 2017, when Baker was the voice of Brody Foxx, the animated host of […]

Tawny Platis Shows How Voice Acting Techniques Change the Way We Sound

By Tom Aglio. Published on: September 1, 2026

Voice actor Tawny Platis has built a large social media following partly by showing audiences something professional voice actors understand well: how a person says something can dramatically change how the words themselves are received. In one of her demonstrations, Platis took techniques commonly associated with voice performance and applied them to everyday conversations. Small […]

GTA 6 Extended Look Puts Jason and Lucia’s Voices in the Spotlight

By Austen Moret. Published on: August 30, 2026

Rockstar Games has finally given players an extended look at Grand Theft Auto VI, releasing a 26-minute presentation that offers the most substantial look yet at Vice City, the wider state of Leonida and the criminal partnership between Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos. Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look premiered on Netflix on August […]

Avatar Aang’s New Voice Cast Found the Adult Versions of Team Avatar

By Virginia Welch. Published on: August 27, 2026

More than two decades after audiences first met Aang, Katara, Sokka and Toph, Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender brought the original Team Avatar back to the screen as adults. The characters were familiar, but most of the voices behind them were new. Eric Nam took over as Aang, with Jessica Matten as Katara, Román Zaragoza […]

Jeff Hays Will Keep Voicing Princess Donut in the Dungeon Crawler Carl TV Series

By Austen Moret. Published on: August 23, 2026

When Dungeon Crawler Carl makes the jump from bestselling books and audiobooks to live-action television, one of its most recognizable voices will make the transition with it. Jeff Hays, the narrator responsible for bringing Matt Dinniman’s sprawling cast of characters to life across the Dungeon Crawler Carl audiobooks, will voice Princess Donut in Peacock’s upcoming […]

Disney’s New D23 Attractions Bring Character Performance Beyond the Screen

By Ashley Bryant. Published on: August 23, 2026

Disney’s biggest D23 announcements stretched well beyond movies and television this year. During the Horizons: Disney Experiences Showcase, the company revealed new details about attractions and themed lands coming to resorts around the world, including projects based on Indiana Jones, Encanto, The Lion King, Cars and Monsters, Inc. For the voiceover industry, these announcements highlight […]

Adobe Firefly Expands With New AI Voiceover and Audio Tools

By Maria Pendolino. Published on: August 21, 2026

Adobe is expanding Firefly into a more complete audio-production platform, making its AI-powered voiceover, soundtrack, and sound-effects tools generally available as part of its growing creative AI ecosystem. The expansion is particularly notable for the voiceover industry because Firefly’s Generate Speech feature places synthetic narration inside a platform already connected to the workflows of video […]

Woodo Reveals Voice Cast for Eight-Language Voiceover Release

By Kate Marcin. Published on: August 20, 2026

The upcoming cozy puzzle game Woodo is putting voice performance at the center of its international release, with developer Tiny Monks Tales and publisher Daedalic Entertainment revealing that the game will feature full voiceover in eight languages. The announcement was accompanied by a new trailer introducing the actresses behind the different localized performances. Rather than […]

Disney Reveals New Voice Casts and Animated Movies at D23 2026

By Tom Aglio. Published on: August 18, 2026

Disney used its D23 2026 Entertainment Showcase to look well beyond its next animated release, revealing new voice casting, an original feature and the early development of another Zootopia sequel. The animation portion of the showcase was led by Walt Disney Animation Studios Chief Creative Officer Jared Bush alongside Ginnifer Goodwin and Ke Huy Quan, […]

My Adventures With Superman Cast Has Grown Into Its DC Heroes

By Ashley Bryant. Published on: August 16, 2026

Three seasons into My Adventures With Superman, the actors behind Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and Kara Zor-El are no longer simply finding their versions of some of DC’s most familiar characters. Their performances have started influencing how those characters are written. Jack Quaid, Alice Lee, Ishmel Sahid and Kiana Madeira reunited at San […]