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Bad Bunny is facing a sizable lawsuit from Carliz De La Cruz Hernández, an ex-girlfriend whose voice can be heard on a pair of the Grammy-winner’s songs. The $40 million suit claims De La Cruz Hernández’s “indistinguishable” contributions to “Pa Ti” and “Dos Mil 16”—where she memorably says “Bad Bunny, baby”—have been used without legal […]
Austin Butler can’t seem to escape the shadow of portraying Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s Oscar-nominated 2022 musical biopic. During an appearance on the Graham Norton Show, Butler—who took home the 2023 Golden Globe in the Best Actor in a Drama category—was asked for his thoughts on the discourse about his voice still sounding like Elvis. “I’m glad […]
Amazon has unveiled a controversial feature that allows Alexa to recreate anyone’s voice—even if the individual is no longer living. The tech giant confirmed it was developing the system during it re:MARS conference Wednesday in Las Vegas. Alexa’s senior vice president Rohit Prasad highlighted the feature in a demonstration video, in which a child asks the voice assistant to […]
A Russian robotics company has issued an unusual offer. The company is willing to pay someone $200,000 to use their face and voice for a human-like robot. According to a press release, Promobot has been “seeking a face for a humanoid robot-assistant which will work in hotels, shopping malls, and other crowded places. The company is ready […]
Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri, the company that’s producing the upcoming animated Super Mario Bros. film with Nintendo, defended the decision to cast Chris Pratt in the role Mario. In a conversation with TooFab, Meledandri called Pratt’s voice acting in the movie “phenomenal.” “All I can tell you is the voice that he’s doing for us and Mario is phenomenal. Yeah I can’t […]
Chrissy Teigen has dropped out of a voiceover role after model and reality star Courtney Stodden accused her of bullying them on Twitter several years ago. Teigen was set to appear in an upcoming season 2 episode of Netflix’s Never Have I Ever, providing some voiceover for the popular series. As a spokesperson for the series told Deadline […]
Deadline can confirm that Kevin Michael Richardson will be replacing Harry Shearer as the voice of Dr. Hibbert on The Simpsons. Shearer’s last turn as the character occurred this past Sunday, making way for Richardson to begin on Feb. 28. The move follows through with an announcement from the show’s producers last June stating white actors will no longer voice non-white characters. The […]
Hank Azaria will no longer voice the character of Apu Nahasapeemapetilon on The Simpsons, which puts an end to a run that started in 1990. This apparently now official development had been forecasted for awhile, with Azaria telling Stephen Colbert that he was “perfectly willing and happy to step aside or help transition [the character] […]
If your Vin Diesel impression is spot-on, Sony is looking for you. Diesel is set to star in Bloodshot, where he will play the titular comic book character. The character, brought back to life by scientists, is infused with nanotechnology and becomes a superhuman killing machine. Sony Pictures Releasing was reportedly looking for someone to […]
Robert Axelrod has passed away on Saturday. On Sunday, Axelrod’s agent released a statement via the actor’s Twitter announcing that Axelrod died at the age of 70. Axelrod is best known for his work as a voice actor. It was his work as the voices of Wizardmon for Digimon and Lord Zedd and Finster from Mighty […]
