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‘Star Wars’ voice actor Clive Revill dead at 94

The legendary voice actor behind one of the “Star Wars” franchise's most terrifying villains passed away a few weeks before his 95th birthday. Cliveleville, known for voice of Emperor Palpatine in “Empire Strikes Back,” passed away on March 11 at a care facility in Sherman Oaks, California. Kate Leville, the daughter of two-time Tony candidate, […]

Gary Danielson retiring as CBS’s lead college football voice

The upcoming college football season will be Gary Danielson's last. CBS's longtime Voice of College Football announced Wednesday that it will be retiring for the 2025 season, 36th on television and 20th at work. Danielson will continue to work with Bradnessler and reporter Jenny Dell this season, and will be handed over to Charles Davis […]

Voice of America employees sue Trump administration after agency effectively shut down

Voice of America (VOA) employees filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's administration and Lake Kali on Thursday after President Trump ordered the agency to be demolished earlier this month. “In many parts of the world, there is no significant source of objective news, leaving only news media sponsored by censored countries to fill the […]

Voice of America deserves criticism, but let’s fix it to tell America’s story

There's much written about the Trump administration's attack on American voices, and it's reflexively defended by supporters of the service by romanticizing its reputation from World War II and the Cold War. VOA has been sliding on its reputation for years. Few people know that it's different here, as it's not broadcast in the US. […]

Trump’s silencing of Voice of America sparks shock, outrage

President Trump's decision to sabotage the agency that oversees the US Voice (VOA) shocked staff who promoted concerns about the US retreat as a champion of press freedom around the world. The weekend president signed an executive order aimed at essentially eliminating seven federal agencies, including the US Global Media Agency (USAGM), the federal organization […]

Chinese state media welcomes Trump's cuts to Voice of America

China's state media praised President Trump's decision over the weekend and shut down government agencies that oversee the US voice. “The so-called beacon of freedom, VOA is now dumped by its own government, like a dirty rag.” I wrote it in an editorial It was released this week and calls it “a frontline propaganda tool […]

Voice of America goes silent as Trump guts network’s parent agency

Over the weekend, President Trump signed an executive order, a news outlet that would take away the federal agency overseeing the voice of America and for more than 80 years, broadcast news and information to countries where independent reporting is restricted or censored. Hours after Trump signed an executive order Friday that directed the abolition […]