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Nashville, TN 91-20-06) – Christian singer/songwriter/producer Benjy Gaither may not have the largest part in Hoodwinked, the current full-length animated re-telling of the Little Red Riding Hood saga, but he is garnering rave reviews for his voicing of Japeth, a bluegrass singing goat.

Hoodwinked: The True Story of Little Red Riding Hood, was released January 13th nationwide by the Weinstein Company, headed by the Academy Award-winning Weinstein Brothers team to almost universal critical acclaim. The film, which rivaled Glory Road for top-grossing spot on its nationwide release weekend, is the first for Kanbar Animation Studios.

Gaither, a recording artist, songwriter, producer and owner/CEO of Live Bait Entertainmentâ headquartered in Alexandria, IN, voices Japeth, the goat, who, because of a spell cast by a mountain witch, is forced to sing rather than speak. He joins artists such as Glenn Close, James Belushi, Anne Hathaway, Anthony Anderson, Andy Dick, Patrick Warburton and David Ogden Stiers in the animated film.

Variety.com says of his performance, …Benjy Gaither as a singing goat steals the show every minute he’s onscreen…, while Christianity Today Movies raves, …But the most memorable of the bunch is Japeth (Benjy Gaither, son of gospel stars Bill and Gloria)… Nancy Churnin writing for the Dallas Morning News proclaims…Among the best: …Benjy Gaither’s Goat that can’t stop singing… and Michael D. Reid of the Times Colonist summizes …Among the more amusingly inspired creations are a scene-stealing cursed billy goat (Benjy Gaither) forced to sing his line… Seattle’s 97.1 FM opines …I did love one standout character, a hillybilly mountain goat (Benjy Gaither) who may or may not be under a witches’ spell from 37 years ago that forces him to sing everything he says. What a great gimmick, and what a funny character. But perhaps the greatest praise comes from Tyler Foster of comingsoon.net, who says I must resist the urge to tell you to see Hoodwinked just on the basis of a single character…he’s one of the greatest characters ever to grace an animated movie. I can’t possibly explain to you how funny he was to me without sounding completely crazy…I must point out the genius of the goat, as Benjy Gaither’s performance in Hoodwinked is the best in the film.

Hoodwinked is directed by Cory and Todd Edwards; Cory Edwards also wrote and directed the children’s video, A Wobots Christmas, which Gaither produced and which his company animated. Gaither co-wrote the music for Wobots, and he is the creator and producer of children’s videos Lil’ Gaither and the animated Gaither’s Pond Series.

Information on both Wobots and Live Bait Entertainmentâ may be obtained from http://www.gaither.com or http://www.livebaitproductions.com

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