“Hey now, Howard!” You might want to check again where Dave Sims got the inspiration for his signature catchphrase. While famed SiriusXM shock jock Howard Stern took an interest in the new Yankees radio broadcaster’s catchphrase during his show on Wednesday — presumably believing that it was an ode to “The King of All Media” … Read more
It was a minute that changed the course of the “Star Wars” franchise. In “The Empire Strikes Back,” the now-celebrated 1980 sequel, audiences were treated to the first on-camera sighting of Emperor Palpatine. After receiving only a glancing mention in the first movie, he could have looked and sounded like anything. A human. A Wookiee. … Read more
The legendary voice actor behind one of the “Star Wars” franchise’s most chilling villains died just weeks before his 95th birthday. Clive Revill, known for playing the voice of Emperor Palpatine in “The Empire Strikes Back,” died on Mar. 11 at a care facility in Sherman Oaks, Calif. The two-time Tony nominee’s daughter, Kate Revill, … Read more
The upcoming college football season will be Gary Danielson’s last. The longtime CBS voice of college football announced Wednesday that he’ll retire following the 2025 season, his 36th on television and 20th on the job. Danielson will continue to work alongside Brad Nessler and reporter Jenny Dell this coming season, and beginning in 2026, he’ll … Read more
There are exceptions to most every rule. As long as they’re exceptional. For all my whining about game-casters who talk too much, there are two who would only minimize their value if they chose — or were able — to speak less. One was now-retired hockey play-by-player Doc Emrick whose charm, knowledge, wordsmanship and overall … Read more
Before the answers to life’s questions fit in our pocket, you used to have to turn a dial. If you were lucky, Phil Donahue would be on, ready to guide you toward enlightenment. In a stroke of deluxe good fortune, Dr. Ruth Westheimer might have stopped by to be the enlightenment. He was the search … Read more
Kimberly Williams-Paisley opened up about a “terrifying” health crisis. The “Father of the Bride” actress, 53, revealed in a new interview with People that in the fall of 2022 her voice disappeared — and she couldn’t speak louder than a whisper for nearly two years. “I felt trapped in my own body. There was so … Read more
The Yankees and Mets are engaged in their fiercest battle since 2000 as they duke it out for Juan Soto, but there’s an entirely different off-field issue that the teams’ broadcasters are sparring over. After YES Network’s Michael Kay hit out at Mets radio voice Howie Rose over his opposing stance on MLB’s “Golden at-bat” … Read more
Pamela Hayden has her reasons for leaving “The Simpsons.” “How many actors can say they’ve worked on a show for 35 years straight?” the 70-year-old voice actress told Variety on Sunday, the day her final episode on the show aired. “That alone is amazing. But it was time for me to devote my time to other … Read more
This prediction had the whole cast saying “D’oh!” The beloved animated series “The Simpsons” is notorious for serving up hundreds of thousands of jokes while eerily predicting the future. And after voicing Lisa Simpson for 36 seasons, youngest child of Homer and Marge Simpson, Yeardley Smith was amazed that one prediction came true — twice! … Read more
What’s next for the residents of Springfield? Well for Nancy Cartwright, who has voiced Bart Simpson since the show’s premiere on Fox in 1989, she hopes to see “The Simspons” continue for another 36 seasons. “I think I would just like to actually make that target that we’ve done 40,” she exclusively told The Post … Read more
John Sterling has some words of wisdom for his successor. As The Post first reported last week, Dave Sims will be taking over for the legendary Sterling on the Yankees’ radio broadcasts on WFAN next season. Sterling joined the digital baseball show “Foul Territory” on Monday and was asked if he had any advice for … Read more
Sundance Head, the country singer who won season 11 of “The Voice,” was shot on his Texas ranch on Friday. Jason “Sundance” Head’s agent Trey Newman told The Post, “he’s stable,” adding that the gunshot wound was “to his naval area.” “It missed all vital organs. It was not self-inflicted.” “We don’t know if it … Read more
“Barney & Friends” didn’t warm everyone’s heart with the show’s catchy tunes or happy-go-lucky dinosaurs. Bob West, the original voice of Barney, appeared on the new podcast “Generation Barney” and recalled receiving death threats from people just because he voiced the purple T-Rex on the children’s TV series. “There were certain things, certain messages that … Read more
Elwood Edwards, the voice of AOL’s iconic “You’ve Got Mail” greeting, has died. Edwards passed away on Tuesday following a long illness. He was 74. His death was announced by his former employer, WKYC-TV Studios, in Cleveland, Ohio. The local news network did not provide any additional details about his illness. This is a developing … Read more
Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Drew Barrymore and Rose McGowan were all part of Wes Craven’s 1996 slasher film, “Scream” — but only one of the leading ladies forgot how to yell when filming their death scene. The Post spoke to Greg Nicotero, the special makeup effects supervisor who made Craven’s gory death scenes for the Blockbuster … Read more
ESPN should make a call to the bullpen for “Sunday Night Baseball” next season. Jon “Boog” Sciambi, who is the play-by-play broadcaster for ESPN Radio’s coverage of the World Series, should also be the voice of ESPN’s core package of MLB games on Sunday nights. It feels like a special experience when Sciambi calls a … Read more
Iron Maiden sent a screaming shout-out to original lead singer Paul Di’Anno — who died at 66 Monday of undisclosed causes — in concert Tuesday night. The tribute to Di’Anno — who fronted the metal band on its first two albums, 1980’s “Iron Maiden” and 1981’s “Killers” — came during a show at Xcel Energy Center … Read more
Dorothy Parker did not like movies. She did not like Hollywood. And she really did not like the people who ran it. The native New Yorker — whose witty, urbane writing helped define the Roaring Twenties — couldn’t even deign to utter the words Los Angeles; she called it “out there.” Yet in 1929, at … Read more
Phone scams have been around for a while, but recent advancements in artificial intelligence technology is making it easier for bad actors to convince people they have kidnapped their loved ones. Scammers are using AI to replicate the voices of people’s family members in fake kidnapping schemes that convince victims to send money to the … Read more