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Police investigating reports that a man was verbally abused in the borough were in for a surprise when they got to the bottom of the matter.

After the incident, which was reported in November 2011, police started an investigation which was concluded when they discovered that the abuser was, in fact, a voice-over actor rehearsing.

The actor was practicing a range of characters with a selection of accents and, police report, some of those characters were quite abusive.

Officers advised the actor not to practice too close to his window in future.

Freeman explained, “It’s nothing like making a film or being in a play, it’s actually, on the face of it, it’s everything I don’t want acting to be. I don’t want to be alone, the thing I love about acting is the other people you’re doing it with. The process of it is definitely not what I got into acting for to be fair.

He added, “I got into it for good stories, which is great, but also hopefully the process is a bit more community based. For the most part you’re alone recording this. There were times when I was with other actors, but not many times. It’s a very prolonged process as well.”

Martin continued, “As an actor you don’t ever really get to do this, you don’t normally get to do 25 different readings of Captain! without punching the director. But with this you were really happy to be there, you’re in the zone.”

The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists also stars Hugh Grant, Salma Hayek and Jeremy Piven and is set to be released in the UK on March 28 and in the US on April 27.

In its new television ad campaign, launched this week for the spring selling season, Coldwell Banker Real Estate is focusing on the deepest, most personal meanings of homeownership.

The new ads feature the voice of “Magnum P.I.” television star Tom Selleck, whose father had served as an executive with Coldwell Banker for 38 years. When Selleck found out he was selected for the ad campaign, he reportedly told his mother that he “was at last in the family business.”

The actor plays the lead protagonist Ted and admits putting his voice down for the part was not what he had expected, reported contactmusic.com.

“It was kind of weird. It was not what I expected. Luckily, I found out we got to record before it was animated, so we didn’t have to fit our lips into their mouths, which I always wondered if people had to do or not.

From the recording studio to the stage, it’s certainly clear that Taylor Swift has a knack for expressing her emotions and skills. While the singer/songwriter has graced the silver screen only once, she’s taken her talents to the sound booth for her portrayal of Audrey, a tree-loving daydreamer in the upcoming film “Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax.”

MTV News sat down with Swift recently as she prepared for Friday’s release of the famous Dr. Seuss tale, which follows the journey of a young boy who must save endangered trees in hopes of winning a girl’s heart. While making music and characterizing an animated girl are two quite-different tasks, if anyone can do it, and do it well, there’s no doubt it is Taylor Swift.

“It’s a completely different space that you go to in your head,” Swift explained about voice-over work. “It’s very different from when you’re singing songs that you wrote. …With this, you’re sitting there in a booth by yourself having conversations with no one.”

Having scripted conversations by yourself and answering questions to a voice you can’t even see might seem like a lonely gig, but, as with any of her work, the Grammy-winner found meaning and excitement in her role. Even though Audrey and Swift might not exactly resemble one another physically (Audrey has red hair), the blonde singer/songwriter connected with the character on a deeper level.

“She’s heavenly. She’s such a day dreamer, and she cares so much about the past,” Taylor said. “To some degree, you have to have a priority based on the past and the future as well as the present.”

As seen in the trailer, the character of Audrey is fun, bubbly, curious and a big fan of trees. Swift certainly fits all of these traits, and we’re looking forward to seeing what she does with the character when “The Lorax” is released Friday.

Oh, and does Taylor dig trees as much as her animated counterpart? “I grew up on a Christmas tree farm, and she’s obsessed with trees,” she shared.

Abigail Breslin reportedly made $65,000 for just four hours’ voiceover work on the new animated feature Zambezia.

The 15-year-old, who previously leant her vocal talents to Rango, charged $16,250 per hour for the recording session, reports TMZ.

Breslin voiced a cartoon bird character named Zoe in the film, which also includes voiceover roles from Samuel L Jackson, Leonard Nimoy and Jeff Goldblum.

The website also claims that Breslin made $275,000 for her role in Garry Marshall’s New Year’s Eve, which took only one week to film.

Breslin recently confessed that she cried upon meeting Zac Efron while working on New Year’s Eve, as she has always been a big fan of his.

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JOE CIPRIANO produced the project and JOHN MASECAR was the sound designer of the classic holiday poem. STEVE BRAVIN and his team at Killer Tracks, courtesy of UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP, donated the music free of licensing fees to the cause. The track can be purchased on CDBABY.COM, AMAZON and iTUNES. Donations can be made through Fundly.

“With so many stations presenting 24-hour-a-day CHRISTMAS programming for the season,” CIPRIANO said. “We felt there was an opportunity to offer up new and unique holiday content for radio programmers and music directors to freshen up their playlists of holiday classics and do some good for children.”

The cast includes well-known movie trailer voices such as ASHTON SMITH, BEN PATRICK JOHNSON and SCOTT RUMMELL, TV network voices CIPRIANO (CBS), RINO ROMANO (NBC) RANDY THOMAS (ET) and GEORGE DELHOYO (Fox) and animation voice actors BOB BERGEN (PORKY PIG) and PAT FRALEY (GHOSTBUSTERS) join the cast of 31 voice actors.

The group has made the track available for radio stations to download, and all are encouraged to include a donation link on their website so that listeners can make a donation to PRIME TIME VOICES FOR CHILDREN to benefit MATTEL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL UCLA. The group requests that radio stations mention the donation button on-air before and after playing the recording.

To purchase a download of “THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS”, make additional donations and get exclusive information about the cast and the project, visit Facebook.com/PrimeTimeVoicesForChildren.