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Hathaway, Sarandon, Winslet first audiobook line releases
Mar 9th, 2012
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Anne Hathaway, Kate Winslet, Susan Sarandon and Samuel L. Jackson will be available to read you a bedtime story tonight. Hathaway, Winslet, Jackson and Sarandon are featured in the first string of releases in a new line of audio books from Audible.com, which brings celebrities and literary classics together for people who, for whatever reason, prefer others to do their reading for them. In the initial installments -- available Thursday -- Hathaway tackles L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," while Jackson gives voice to Chester Himes' "A Rage in Harlem. ... (Source: Reuters) -
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