ELECTION UPSET HAS BC FILM INDUSTRY REELING OVER LOST TAX BREAKSWhen you were watching the election results roll in on Tuesday night, you were not alone. Hollywood was watching too. The studios were watching for one reason: the NDP had promised to increase tax credits for film and TV production to 40 per cent.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/election-upset-has-bc-film-industry-reeling-over-lost-tax-breaks/article12011314/VIFF BOOKINGS CANCELLED AT CENTRE IN VANCOUVER FOR PERFORMING ARTS
The Vancouver International Film Festival's fall booking of the Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts has been cancelled, the group's executive director says. Jacqueline Dupuis said the festival recently received a letter from Four Brothers Entertainment-the company that purchased the centre in 2001-announcing the move.
http://www.straight.com/news/381546/viff-bookings-cancelled-centre-vancouver-performing-arts2013 LEO AWARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCEDCongratulations to all the nominees for the 2013 Leo Awards. Ceremony to take place on June 7 & 8, 2013.
http://leoawards.com/2013/nominees_2013.htmlWEEKEND EXTRA: VANCOUVER'S GRACE PARK ARRESTING IN HAWAII FIVE-O
As Hawaii Five-O prepares to wrap its third hit season, Vancouver's Grace Park is almost as famous a fixture in Honolulu as the landmarks that flash on the screen in the show's opening credits in sync with the best TV theme music of all time.
http://www.vancouversun.com/Weekend+Extra+Vancouver+Grace+Park+arresting+Hawaii+Five/8401927/story.htmlVANCOUVER'S TWISTED TWINS TAPPED FOR THE ABCS OF DEATH 2Magnet Releasing revealed the line-up for its The ABCs of Death sequel at Cannes today, and Vancouver's Jen and Sylvia Soska-currently riding a big wave with American Mary-are among those who have signed on to direct a segment in the newest anthology.
http://www.straight.com/blogra/382826/vancouvers-twisted-twins-tapped-abcs-death-2BC SUPREME COURT 'ADJOURNS' APPLICATION FOR INJUNCTION AGAINST CAP U BOARDThe university has been rocked this past month by the release of a proposed budget that would cover a $1.3 million shortfall through ending or "suspending" several programs and departments -- among them Studio Arts, Textiles, Interactive Design, Kinesiology, and the Adult Basic Education program on the Squamish campus.
http://thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/2013/05/14/Supreme_Court_adjourns/SIX DEGREES OF IMDB FOUNDER COL NEEDHAM
This man has seen 8,524 movies. How does he know? Because he invented the Internet Movie Database - the indispensable cinema encyclopaedia - and put Bristol on Hollywood's map
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/may/12/six-degrees-col-needham-imdbHOW TO CONQUER THE STRESS OF THE AUDITION ROOMA lot of our emotional breakthroughs occur when we learn how to become more mindful about the breath and let it work for us even more powerfully than it already does. (I mean, it keeps us alive and that's pretty powerful).
http://www.backstage.com/advice-for-actors/backstage-experts/how-conquer-stress-audition-room/
STAR TREK: VANCOUVER-RAISED ACTOR RELISHES ROLE AS MENTOR TO CAPT. KIRKBefore the sci-fi sequel Star Trek Into Darkness gets to the big scenes of interplanetary destruction, the story pulls at the heartstrings in a few quiet scenes between the headstrong Capt. Kirk (Chris Pine) and his fatherly mentor Admiral Pike (Bruce Greenwood). "It's a great setup," said Greenwood, the Vancouver-raised actor who played a similarly brief but pivotal role in director J.J. Abrams' first Star Trek.
http://www.theprovince.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Star+Trek+Vancouver+raised+actor+relishes+role/8395616/story.htmlTHE FUTURE OF TELEVISION: HOW LONG WILL YOUR TV SET STILL BE RELEVANT?
Watching shows on your tablet while your TV set is collecting dust? Producing short videos yourself? You're not alone. Entertainment is changing so rapidly that TV may soon be passé.
http://metronews.ca/scene/670777/the-future-of-television-how-long-will-your-tv-set-still-be-relevant/ 
