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Ooops-- Free-Song-Friday has ended!! Catch it next month (June 7) when we giveaway another song for FREE!

We might be crazy to keep giving songs away for free, but we want the whole world to know how amazing Kirby's music is. Like we always say: Give Kirby's music a listen. If you aren't a fan yet, you soon will be!

Kirby has been nominated for an Audi Award in TWO categories! History and Literary Fiction. The Audies are the Oscars of Audiobooks. Just like the Oscars, there are multiple categories and 3-5 books in each category. Yay Kirby!

Almost Perfect was named a YALSA Amazing Audiobook for Young Adults. "...Heyborne brings to the surface the tension and angst of both teens’ outbursts as Sage reveals that she is transgender." (ALA Midwinter Committee)

AMONG THIEVES: A Tale of the Kin
Written by: Douglas Hulick • Read by: Kirby Heyborne
Drothe is a "nose," an information gatherer, for the criminal masterminds who run the city. He earns extra money on the side, running small con jobs for himself. When he acquires a rare, magical book in one of his cons, all manner of very bad people come after the book, and after Drothe. Kirby Heyborne seems to have taken his inspiration from 1930s gangster movies. His thieves speak with steely resolve, and his crime lords may have some Edward G. Robinson in their DNA. His performance improves upon an already good book a caper about a smart thief is read by a true professional. Listeners will root for this thief--as long as he's portrayed by Heyborne. G.D.
Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine
Tantor Media • Fantasy • 15.5 hrs. • Unabridged • ©2011

The New York Daily Times
By Alexander Nazaryan
"Gone Girl," Gillian Flynn: The year's best thriller is capably narrated in tag-team fashion by Julia Whelan and Kirby Heyborne.

Kirby helps Gretchen make Black Eyed Peas.

KTVX ABC 4 Salt Lake City -- Actor Kirby Heyborne joined us on The Dish to talk about his year in entertainment.

Target Holiday Commercials 2012: "Duets"

This Wednesday, Target is debuting its new cast of holiday characters in ads, commercials and online to get people excited for the upcoming shopping (er, we mean holiday) season.

Watch the second in the Target "Duets&qu Campaign: Gifts for You, Gifts for Me - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAiE4KvioEs&feature=share&list=ULEAiE4KvioEs

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Q&A with USA Today about 'Gone Girl', an Audiobook narrated by Kirby Heyborne and Julia Whelan
by Zack Smith, guest blogger for Pop Candy.

Q:   Gone Girl the book is a huge hit, and the audiobook has been a big seller on Audible. What was it like to work on this project? What was your initial reaction to reading the book?
A:   Kirby: I was drawn in immediately to this story. On the first page, Nick fantasizes about opening Amy's skull so he can sift through her thoughts. The question, "What are you thinking Amy?" set up Nick perfectly. I knew then where Nick was coming from and I tapped into the part of me that marvels at the wonders of women. They are a delicate, important, and confusing species. Case in point – how does Gillian Flynn know so intimately the thoughts, feelings, and insecurities of men like Nick and me? Read on...

I loved narrating this book. Here's a clip! - You'd better watch out, you'd better not cry, you'd better not pout, I'm telling you why - Krampus is coming to town. http://soundcloud.com/harperaudio_us/krampus-by-brom

Kirby Heyborne has already established himself as an actor, with star turns in movies like "The R.M." and "Saints and Soldiers." His is a voice that's familiar to many through his work narrating more than 150 books on tape, and from the five albums he has released as a musician.

But he's taken on the biggest challenge of his career since joining three others in the musical improvisational group The Society Improv Show. They are performing as part of the Davis Arts Council Summer Night With the Stars season on Saturday, July 21.

"It is one of the greatest aspects of acting, making stuff up..."
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LDS actor-musician-comedian Kirby Heyborne recently sat down with Mormon Times to talk about his upbringing, his career, his faith and his family.

To see Kirby Heyborne’s eyes light up, just ask him about his calling as Cubmaster in his Latter-day Saint ward.

“I’m going on four years now and we’ve got a pack meeting tonight,” the 34-year-old said with animation. “Some people dread it, but I love it. I love the kids. Every pack meeting, it’s just me up in front, being myself, having a fun time. We do the cheers and everything. I like the improv aspect of it.”

"A Conversation with Kirby Heyborne" continued...

(Posted in Salt Lake City Weekly // 2012-07-09)
Utah-native actor Kirby Heyborne has started to make it in show biz. But his latest honor has a funky literary angle.
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Odyssey Award Rocks the House at ALA 2012!
Posted by: Mary Burkey
Kirby Heyborne’s ode to librarians closed the amazing Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production celebration at the American Library Association’s Annual Conference in Anaheim.... Read more, CLICK HERE.

Kirby is invited to attend and participate in the American Library Association (ALA) 2012 Annual Conference.

May 18, 2012 - Kirby chats with Kat on BTR about his voice work on audiobooks. You can listen to the podcast here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/katholmes1212/2012/05/18/two-voices-one-pen

April 12, 2012 - Salt Lake -- Kirby Heyborne is living the dream — even if that dream means fighting Los Angeles traffic.
"I’m just so happy that I get to do this," said Heyborne, on the phone while driving on the freeways of Los Angeles. "I find joy in the 405 traffic, thinking, ‘I’m in traffic in Los Angeles because I was just working.’ "

This Friday, the biggest role of Heyborne’s career will hit the nation’s movie screens, in the Farrelly Brothers comedy "The Three Stooges: The Movie."

It’s a career break that the 34-year-old Heyborne — whose shaggy blond looks suggest a younger, goofier Owen Wilson — owes to a beer commercial. (Don’t tell his bishop.) Heyborne worked with Peter Farrelly (who with his brother Bobby directed "There’s Something About Mary") on a Miller Lite ad.

"We fell in love with each other," Heyborne said. "Well, I mostly fell in love with him." Read more...

See entire article with photos on SL Tribune: http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/lifestyle/53887897-80/actor-angeles-com-dream.html.csp?page=1

THE BEGINNER'S GOODBYE - Author: Anne Tyler
A new novel by Anne Tyler is always a reason to celebrate. As always, her exploration of everyday tragedy and the way people learn to cope with loss is, at times, comic, wise, and heartbreaking. Narrator Kirby Heyborne inhabits the forlorn Aaron and his dead wife, Dorothy, with a searing depiction of middle-class America and the drama of how a single random act can change everything. Read more...

Kirby Heyborne attends "The Three Stooges" premiere in Los Angeles Actor Kirby Heyborne, a cast member in the motion picture comedy "The Three Stooges", attends the premiere of the film at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on April 7, 2012. (UPI/Jim Ruymen) Click to see photo.

On Air with Tony Sweet on GVB Radio-- Had a blast hanging with Tony Sweet and guest host Eddie Conner. Listen to the interview available on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/on-air-tony-sweet-kirby-heyborne/id441029016?i=112824531
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Interview with Lisa Steinberg for Starry Constellation Magazine about the upcoming movie "The Three Stooges". Read more, click here. Read interview on Starry Mag site here: http://starrymag.com/content.asp?ID=6620&CATEGORY=INTERVIEWS

Fun interview with Joe Crawford for Remic Television about the upcoming Three Stooges Movie. (http://www.remictv.com/entertainment/kirby-heyborne-in-three-stooges-new-movie)
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Kirby just shot an episode of The Client List with Jennifer Love Hewitt. Look for it soon on Lifetime!

Kirby Heyborne profile in Audiofile Magazine April/May Issue:

Check out the marvelous stuff on Kirby Heyborne’s Web site (www.kirbyheyborne.com). Scroll down, and you’ll find his surprising offer—you can get a T-shirt, an autographed CD, a private concert, a delicious Crock-Pot dinner, he’ll clean your toilets, and more for only $10,000. And he’s the kind of person who’d enjoy it all. But not as much as narrating audiobooks! (Read more...)

Shooting a Honda Commercial with none other than MARIO ANDRETTI! Here we are on location. See more fun photos from our 2 day shoot, click here!

The 2012 Odyssey Award for the best audiobook for children and/or young adults is won by ROTTERS by Daniel Kraus, read by Kirby Heyborne, directed by Jessica Kaye, and produced by Kelly Gildea, published last April by Audio’s Listening Library imprint. The prize is given jointly by ALA’s Association for Library Service to Children and the Young Adult Library Services Association. "Kraus's excellent text is complemented by Kirby Heyborne's expert narration that takes this terrific tale to a whole new level." (Phyllis Levy Mandell -School Libary Journal, January 23, 2012)

- Official Movie Trailer for The Three Stooges Movie!