CANADIAN STAR SMULDERS IN DARK ON OWN PROJECTSCanadian actress Cobie Smulders is spotlighted in two franchises with intensely passionate fan bases - the rom-sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" and superhero blockbuster "The Avengers" - but when it comes to the details of either project, she insists she's kept firmly in the dark.
http://metronews.ca/scene/849106/canadian-star-smulders-in-dark-on-own-projects/SAVE BC FILM: VANCOUVER LOBBY HELPS LOCAL BIZ
Despite the dire conditions from earlier this year, Vancouver's biz has actually picked up a bit. Current numbers show that production is largely unchanged from last year's levels, according to Richard Brownsey, CEO of Creative BC, a new agency that amalgamates the B.C. Film Commission and B.C. Film + Media. Thirty new productions are filming or about to start.
http://variety.com/2013/biz/news/save-bc-film-vancouver-lobby-helps-local-biz-1200799390/SAG-AFTRA, WGA SUPPORT APPEAL OF VERDICT IN IMDB AGE CASE
SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild of America, West are backing actor Junie Hoang's appeal of the verdict in her age discrimination lawsuit against the entertainment industry website IMDb. In April, a jury ruled in favor of IMDb and found that the company did not violate its privacy policy in connection with Hoang, who is appealing the ruling on the grounds she did not get a fair trial.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-junie-hoang-imdb-sag-aftra-wga-20131108,0,5973420.storyCASTING DIRECTOR BERNARD TELSEY ON CHANGING HIS MIND ABOUT ACTORS
"I love when I see an actor in a show, and I change my mind," he says. "Sometimes it takes a performance you saw that person do, and you think, Wow, I didn't know that actor had that in them! I have a whole office of many casting directors here, and I'm the first to say, 'You know that woman I said I didn't want to see anymore? Now I can't wait to see her!' "
http://www.backstage.com/interview/casting-director-bernard-telsey-changing-his-mind-about-actors/IT'S BEEN A BANNER YEAR FOR BLACK-THEMED FILMS, BUT IS HOLLYWOOD REALLY CHANGING?
This fall has been a banner season for films of racial struggle told without white protagonists and largely by black directors. As one of the stars of the Civil Rights history Lee Daniels' The Butler, Oprah Winfrey is a proud player in a rare moment for African-Americans at the movies. But she and many others have tired of celebrating occasional aberrations of what should be Hollywood's regular output.
http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/movie-guide/been+banner+year+black+themed+films+Hollywood/9134394/story.htmlNEW ARTS CENTRE COULD GIVE VANCOUVER THEATRE COMMUNITY A BOOST
A new theatre and performing-arts production centre, to be shared by Vancouver's two largest theatre companies, could be heading for Southeast False Creek - with a potentially dramatic impact on the local cultural landscape.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/new-arts-centre-could-give-vancouver-theatre-community-a-boost/article15198980/3 WAYS TO BECOME A BETTER ACTOROpportunities are a rare thing in this business, and they tend to show up when you least expect it. That's why you need to be prepared. You have to be the best actor you can be so you can take advantage of unexpected chances.
http://www.backstage.com/advice-for-actors/secret-agent-man/secret-agent-mans-3-ways-become-better-actor/ 
