by Bobbin Beam | Mar 9, 2015 | Acting, Business, Career Advice, Film, performance skills, Professional Development, Voice Acting
Liam Neeson is an inspiration, and a very successful and versatile film actor; from the dramatic Schindler’s List to action hero in Taken as well as a gifted voice actor. He voiced Aslan in the Narnia films and the good cop and the bad cop in The Lego...
by Bobbin Beam | Nov 25, 2013 | Acting, auditions, Career Advice, Film
The Marie Claire magazine interview with Julia Roberts gave me pause. Believe me, I’m not into reading celebrity articles, or People, or whatever the latest celeb/pop culture mags dish, but I happened upon an intelligently written article in this month’s...
by Bobbin Beam | Aug 11, 2013 | Acting, Film, voice casting, Voice Over, Voice Talent
This Hollywood Reporter article is the best I have seen yet about the newly released film by Lake Bell, “In A World”. See it here. Two of my favorite voice over coaches, Cathy Kalmenson and Harvey Kalmenson of Kalmenson and Kalmenson are quoted, and there...
by Bobbin Beam | May 8, 2012 | Animation, Audio Books, Commercials, Film, Voice Acting, voice casting, Voice Over
In case you missed this in several of the Facebook discussions, here’s the link to the front page LA Times article from yesterday’s edition that discusses a perceived trend that “celebrities” are taking all the voiceover jobs away...
by Bobbin Beam | Nov 2, 2011 | Animation, Film, Video Games, Voice Acting, Voice Over, Voiceover
In various VO chat spaces, there’s been lively and animated discussion about celebrities in voiceover, more recently in animated features and video games. I don’t get excited like some of my contemporaries do. Casting is something over which I have no...
by Bobbin Beam | Oct 31, 2011 | Animation, Film, Voice Acting, Voiceover
I’ve enjoyed Antionio Banderas as Puss In Boots from the Shrek films. Now Puss has his own spin-off animated feature, Puss In Boots. Salma Hayek plays Kitty Soft Paws. I haven’t see the flick yet, but definitely intend to. Salma played the role using her...
