750,000 television spots, 5,000 movie trailers, 1 voice, Don LaFontaine has the most recognizable voice in the game right now. Here is the legend's story told by none other than the legend himself. RIP, Don, the moviegoing world will miss you. ...full story at digg
from digg on Tue, Sep 02 2008
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Greatest Movie Trailer Voice of All Time Goes Silent » digg Don LaFontaine, the man who provided the sonorous voice for more than 5,000 movie trailers, died Monday at age 68.LaFontaine died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of complications from a collapsed lung. He had been taken to the hospital Aug.... |
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"In a World," Don LaFontaine, King of Voiceovers, Dead » digg LaFontaine's powerful tones appeared on more than 5,000 movie trailers and nearly 350,000 commercials. His website lists voiceovers for Terminator II: Judgement Day, Shrek, Minority Report and Dodgeball among his most famous work, and he had also worked... |
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Time For Voice-Mail To Throw In the Towel » slashdot theodp writes "Slate's Farhad Manjoo feels the end of voice-mail is nigh, and it won't be missed. Since March, he's been using Google Voice to transcribe his voice-mail messages into text that he gets as skimmable e-mail. No more listening to at least a... |
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Sockpuppeting civil servant Wikifiddles himself » the register (uk) Multiple personality face stealer suspended Exclusive Web 2.0, the believers say, gives a voice to everyone and their brother. But that's only part of the story. Truth be told, the net's second coming gives a voice to everyone and their brother and all... |
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Google Voice Now Works WIth Existing Mobile Numbers » slashdot IP-192.com was one of several readers to note that Google Voice users can now utilize their existing mobile phone number for collecting voice messages instead of applying for a Google Voice number. From the post at the Google Voice blog: "Up until now, if... |
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