CANADIAN ACTOR TALKS TIFF SPOTLIGHT AND HIS VAST CAREER
It often feels like Canada is searching for a versatile actor to call our own, someone who can do it all. It turns out he's been sitting right under our noses this entire time in the form of Colm Feore.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/07/28/colm-feore-interview-tiff-2014_n_5625021.html

ARTIST SUES AFTER TV SHOW FILMS BUILDING HE HAD TAGGED WITH GRAFFITI
Mr. Veilleux, a graffiti artist known professionally as Alex Scaner, has gone to court seeking $45,000 in damages from Radio-Canada and the production company behind 30 Vies, Productions Aetios Inc., saying they used his work without permission.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/07/28/artist-sues-after-tv-show-films-montreal-building-that-he-had-tagged-with-graffiti/

LIONS GATE CEO'S COMP UP 400% TO $63 MILLION
Orange may be the new black at Lions Gate Entertainment. But the film and TV studio's CEO is seeing only green.
http://archive.pnj.com/usatoday/article/13329569

HAZY FUTURE FOR UNDERFUNDED FESTIVAL DES FILMS DU MONDE
Virtually all of the government funding has been cut for what used to be the city's leading film festival, and the event has also lost some key corporate sponsors. Worse, the president of SODEC, the Quebec cultural funding agency, has blasted FFM founder Serge Losique's festival for its lack of accountability.
http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Film+Hazy+future+underfunded/10082997/story.html

MIREILLE ENOS GRATEFUL FOR THE KILLING'S NEW LIFE
The Killing faced some serious backlash at the end of its first season when creator Veena Sud broke all sorts of mouldy TV rules by failing to resolve the central killing of teenager, Rosie Larsen. That was all wrapped up by the end of Season 2, but AMC decided to pull the plug due to low ratings.
http://www.calgaryherald.com/entertainment/television/Mireille+Enos+grateful+Killing+life/10063504/story.html

ETHNIC-MINORITY ACTORS STILL STRUGGLING IN HOLLYWOOD, SAYS OCTAVIA SPENCER
Actor who won Oscar for her role in race drama The Help says the film industry should look to TV, which is 'light years ahead'
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/aug/01/octavia-spencer-film-ethnic-minority-struggle-hollywood

QUENTIN TARANTINO, J.J. ABRAMS LOBBY TO SAVE KODAK FILM: REPORT
A team of big-name Hollywood directors - including Quentin Tarantino, Christopher Nolan, J.J. Abrams, and Judd Apatow - has reportedly succeeded in breathing new life into the faltering future of celluloid.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/quentin-tarantino-j-j-abrams-lobby-to-save-kodak-film-report-1.2722705

HOW BODY LANGUAGE AFFECTS YOUR AUDITIONS
In auditions, confidence is everything. It's your body language, your voice, how you carry yourself, the image you project, before you even open your mouth. It's those first 15 seconds of your audition as you are walking into the room. Your body language should say, "Trust me. I got this!"
http://www.backstage.com/advice-for-actors/backstage-experts/how-body-language-affects-your-auditions/

BOOKING IS A SEPARATE BEAST
In all the years that I have been working as an actor, I cannot recall ever completely duplicating my audition during a shoot. Inevitably something gets changed. So much so sometimes I think to myself, "This is so different from my audition, why did they even pick me?" The answer is simple. Booking is a separate beast!
http://www.backstage.com/advice-for-actors/backstage-experts/booking-separate-beast/

ANTHONY MEINDL'S ACTOR WORKSHOP VANCOUVER
AMAW is now open in Vancouver! With some of TV's hottest shows being shot in Vancouver you will learn how to master the demands of tv/film acting from the acting studio that is producing the next generation of Hollywood stars. The on-going Vancouver acting classes focus on our exciting non-method way of working and will get you working the muscle of the moment and help you to trust your instincts, stop over-thinking, and do naturally what you always thought acting should be: easy, fun, empowering.
Classes are Mondays at 6PM. Email assistant@anthonymeindl.com to register.
http://www.anthonymeindl.com