James Earl Jones gives rights to Darth Vader voice to Ukrainian AI company

Drake has confirmed that he was paid just $100 (£89) to open for Ice Cube at a gig in 2006.Taking to his Instagram Story on Tuesday (October 18), Drake re-shared a post by Flyer Vault, an archival account that documents the concert history of his Toronto hometown. The post includes an invoice for the Ice Cube-headlined concert in question, which took place at the city’s Kool Haus venue in August of 2006.While Ice Cube’s fee is redacted, the invoice shows that Drake received a hundred-dollar sum for his supporting performance.

Ian Evatt has spoken of how his friendship with Leeds United skipper Liam Cooper has helped him be aware of the up and coming youngsters at the Yorkshire side and how it could potentially help Bolton Wanderers in the future with loans.

The Kardashians are talking about their end-of-life requests.

World Series. The 2022 MLB postseason continues with Game 7 of the National League Championship Series  for Tuesday, October 25 and the Houston Astros taking ALCS Game 1 today. If you want to watch the 2022 MLB playoffs on TV, the ALCS and NLCS baseball games are airing live on FOX and TBS. The entire World Series will also air on FOX.

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John Legend holds onto wife Chrissy Teigen‘s hand while arriving for a late night photo shoot in Los Angeles earlier this week.

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The Alec Baldwin western Rust is set to scout locations in California next week, near Palm Springs and the Nevada border, though no final decision has been made where the Joel Souza directed movie will actually be shot when it resumes production in January.

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As we near the start of Hallmark Channel‘s Countdown to Christmas, we have to look back at all the actors who bring them to life.

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Khloe Kardashian took a trip down memory lane on Thursday's episode of on Hulu. Deciding she needs a mom's night out (but don't call it that!) with her older sister, Kim Kardashian, amid the ongoing drama with her ex Tristan Thompson, Khloe and Kim take Miami, Florida, for a SKIMS swimwear launch and a night of drunken fun. When they touch down in Miami — on Kim Air, obvi — Khloe immediately calls up her former partner in crime, Kourtney Kardashian, to reminisce about their days on the spinoff series,, which ran for three seasons in 2009. Kim, who is sitting in the car next to Khloe during the phone call, half-heartedly tells her sister, «I wish you would have come.»Kourtney awkwardly replies, «I never heard about it until just this very second.»«Really?» asks Kim before copping to, «I should have invited you, but I didn't think you'd even want to come.»In an aside interview, Kourt explains that Kim's not wrong, but that doesn't mean she doesn't want an invite. «Look, guys, I probably wouldn't have come but at least invite me!» she says laughing. Kourtney then ends the call, saying, «Umm, well, have the best time! Love you guys.»A post shared by Khloé Kardashian (@khloekardashian)The awkward moment doesn't stop Khloe from reflecting on the good ole days with Kourt in Miami. «I was 23, single, and it was three months of just drunkenness,» she recalls fondly.

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Movie lovers, your time has come! Own a piece of cinematic history — from such iconic films as Star Wars, Superman, The Shawshank Redemption, Friday the 13th and more — by bidding in Propstore’s upcoming auction that is selling all of your favorite memorabilia.

Naman Ramachandran Propstore has revealed details of its annual live action auction of film and TV memorabilia, with the items on offer expected to fetch in excess of $12.6 million. Over 1,500 lots will be sold during the auction. Top items to be sold at the auction – with estimated sale prices – include: • Superman’s (Christopher Reeve) complete costume from the Superman franchise (1978-1987): $287,270-574,540. • Darth Vader’s (Dave Prowse) gloves from “Star Wars: A New Hope” (1977): $172,362-287,270.

In some ways, James Earl Jones‘ baritone voice is as iconic to Darth Vader as the Sith lord’s helmet and red lightsaber. But now, after forty years, it’s time for someone else to take over the role — or at least, for someone to recreate the actor’s voice.

Star Wars character Darth Vader after 45 years in the role.As reported by Vanity Fair, the actor, 91, has signed off on archival voice recordings being used by young filmmakers, who plan to recreate Jones’ voice from his previous films for future Lucasfilm projects using artificial intelligence.“He had mentioned he was looking into winding down this particular character,” Matthew Wood, a veteran at Lucasfilm, said. “So how do we move forward?”Lucasfilm first partnered with Respeecher, a Ukrainian start-up that uses AI technology to create new dialogue from old voice recordings, on Disney+ series The Book Of Boba Fett to replicate the voice of young Luke Skywalker.Jones’ voice was artificially recreated for Darth Vader in recent series Obi Wan Kenobi, although Lucasfilm said the actor “guided” the performance.

James Earl Jones is reportedly stepping back from voicing “Star Wars” villain Darth Vader.

James Earl Jones is reportedly stepping back from voicing “Star Wars”‘ Darth Vader.

Vanity Fair reporting that the 91-year-old actor has agreed to allow a Ukrainian AI company to replicate his voice for future “Star Wars” titles. In Vanity Fair’s new report published on Friday, sound artists at Lucasfilm and the Ukrainian AI speech company Respeecher discussed how Jones’ voice was recreated digitally for the recently released Disney+ series “Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi,” which saw prequel trilogy stars Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen return as Obi-Wan and Anakin Skywalker.

BreAnna Bell James Earl Jones, who has voiced Darth Vader for nearly 40 years of “Star Wars” films, seems to be stepping away from the role. According to Vanity Fair, the 91-year-old actor has signed off on archival voice recordings being used by young filmmakers, who plan to utilize artificial intelligence synthetic speech technology to recreate Jones’ younger voice from his previous films for future Lucasfilm projects. “He had mentioned he was looking into winding down this particular character,” Matthew Wood, a Lucasfilm veteran of 32 years, told the outlet. “So how do we move forward?”

Star Wars villain since 1977 and most recently took on the role for new Disney+ series, Obi-Wan Kenobi, which also stars Ewan McGregor. But there have been reports of the actor wanting to retire, with speculation that Lucasfilm was using AI to replace Jones and use his voice for the future now confirmed. The actor himself seems to have approved the move, with the people behind the advanced technology saying he even offers them advice on it.

James Earl Jones – one of the most distinctive voices in the history of film – appears to have made steps to step back from voicing the Star Wars character, Darth Vader, after nearly 40 years in the role.

It looks like James Earl Jones will no longer be providing the voice of Darth Vader.