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DECEMBER 6, 2007 at 2:07 PM
Posted by GERI
Source: Theater Mania
The 50th annual Grammy
award nominations were announced earlier today and Jim Dale, the voice actor for the U.S. Harry Potter audiobooks, has been nominated for an award for his work on Deathly Hallows, under the category of Best Spoken Word Album For Children.
This would be the fifth Grammy nomination for Mr. Dale, who previously won the coveted award for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire back in 2000.
Others nominees in this category include Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci for The One and Only Shrek, Alan Alda for Things I Overheard While I Was Talking to Myself as well as Barack Obama, Maya Angelou, Bill Clinton, and Jimmy Carter.
The ceremony will take place on February 10th, 2008 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and be broadcast live on CBS.
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Auror
Points: 2076
Feelin' Felix Felicis says:
I hope he wins. He has a beautiful voice and reads the Potter books with such feeling.
Posted Dec 13, 2007 at 9:51 AM EST
Delusional Army Soldier
Points: 4399
ILoveHP! says:
Good luck to Jim Dale! I think he deserves the award way more than the other nominees do!
Posted Dec 15, 2007 at 1:20 AM EST
Auror
Points: 2011
brenpotterfans says:
I had no idea there was such a category. Good luck to him. I hope he wins the Best Spoken Word Album For Children Grammy.
Posted Dec 20, 2007 at 11:44 PM EST
Rickmaniac to the Core
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snaily says:
He'd won in 2000! That's amazing!! I hope he wins this time too. I've never heard him, but it's pretty obvious that he's brilliant!
Posted Dec 24, 2007 at 3:20 AM EST
Squib
Points: 149
Madam Marsh says:
To anyone who hasn't heard Jim Dale perform the hundreds of voices in the Harry Potter stories, you are missing the best possible experience of them. I've always read the books first, but then listened dozens of times to the audiobooks, mostly while cooking or doing dishes, going through the whole series to date each time. It was a great way to work on the clues and come up with theories for future books, by being exposed repeatedly to each event and character. Jim Dale is a master at bringing it all to life. When he does the voice of Hagrid or Dobby or a drunken Winky, or describes everyone snorting into their pudding at the Leaky Cauldron, or the terrible scene in the cave, you get a richer sense of all of it than just in your own silent reading. Many public libraries have these audiobooks, there are many websites which sell or rent them, or you can get them at your local bookstore.
Posted Dec 27, 2007 at 5:57 PM EST
Squib
Points: 149
Madam Marsh says:
Sorry. I wasn't done with that post! You may also be interested in Jim Dale's performance of the unabridged A Christmas Carolby Charles Dickens, my favoite story in the world. Also, I haven't been on HPANA for quite a while, so I don't know if anyone else has mentioned it, but Jim Dale is also the narrator on the truly clever and unusual and fun TV series, Pushing Daisies, which airs Wednesdays on ABC. A busy man who deserves all the awards the world offers for a great voice and a great talent.
Posted Dec 27, 2007 at 6:14 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2572
Mystique says:
Totally deserved of course... congratulations to him.
Posted Jan 3, 2008 at 3:36 PM EST
Ravenclaw Mastermind
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Isilwen Ciryatan says:
He hasn't won since GoF? That itself is a bit surprising. I'm hoping he wins this year. Not sure if they'll show that bit, but I'll be watching the Grammys anyway. Good luck to Jim Dale!
Posted Jan 7, 2008 at 3:53 PM EST
Honeydukes Eye Candy
Points: 3501
Pansyful says:
Others nominees in this category include Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci for The One and Only Shrek, Alan Alda for Things I Overheard While I Was Talking to Myself as well as Barack Obama, Maya Angelou, Bill Clinton, and Jimmy Carter.
Posted Jul 30, 2008 at 4:48 AM EST
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