Audible Showbiz and Celebrity Breaking News

big professional embarrassment from Spotify, Meghan Markle is allegedly close to making a big deal with its competitor, Audible. “Word of mouth is spreading that it will lead to a huge payout—even bigger than the millions Spotify splashed out—and Meghan is thrilled that she’ll be in the company of Michelle and Barack Obama, who signed a multi-year contract with Audible last year,” a source told “The Mirror.”Meghan, who the source said “seems very confident at the moment” in the potential deal, “knows her new deal with Audible could be make or break for her Hollywood dream.” The Duchess of Sussex, 42, and her husband Prince Harry, 39, have been the subjects of ridicule – and mockery on “Family Guy” – for their multi million dollar deals with Netflix and Spotify, which haven’t produced much content.

Jesse Eisenberg, Finn Wolfhard, and Kaitlyn Dever are leading the voice cast of new audio drama When You Finish Saving The World, which is also heading to the big screen.The five-hour drama, written by The Social Network star Jesse, dropped on Tuesday (August 4, 2020) on Audible, Amazon’s spoken-word audio site, and was inspired by a real conversation Jesse had with a pal, who admitted he wasn’t bonding with his new baby.“He was mortified and felt terribly guilty,” the Zombieland actor tells the

Olivia Colman will narrate the audiobook of her Peep Show co-star Robert Webb’s upcoming novel Come Again.

Jude Law, Warwick Davis and Bonnie Wright are among the stars lending their voices to the new audio recording of JK Rowling’s The Tales Of Beedle The Bard.

Colin Kaepernick is publishing a memoir this year.

In today’s TV news roundup, Paramount Network revealed its new recurring cast members joining “Coyote” and Audible announced the debut of “Escape from Virtual Island”

Fledgling French podcast studio Paradiso is expanding to the U.S. and has tapped L.A.-based executive Emi Norris to develop a slate of original narrative podcasts, as well as adapt Paradiso’s hit formats for the U.S. and other English-speaking markets. Paradiso is Europe’s first podcast studio to expand to U.S. soil.