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Actor Romaine Waite talks underlying themes of hit horror series ‘The Mist’

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Acting, for Romaine Waite, is a release. When learning about his character and their experiences, the experience is rather cathartic for the actor. He finds that his craft is the ideal form of communication. Like most art, film inspires its audience to have conversations they may not normally have, or even be exposed to something they have never seen, and Waite loves being such an artist. With an impressive resume, Waite finds himself at the forefront of Canada’s entertainment industry. Having worked on acclaimed films such as Antisocial and 52 Words for Love and hit television shows like Frankie Drake Mysteries and Star Trek: Discovery , Waite has a well-earned reputation amongst his peers. “I enjoy working with Romaine. He takes direction really well. He can deliver the script exactly as written with a solid interpretation. He's also happy trying alternatives, experimenting and improvising, so that's a lot of fun for me as a director. We can have a really flex...

The Inside Face of True Justice

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One of the least discussed attributes of a successful actor (or any creative professional for that matter) is the ability to absorb rejection without allowing it to lead to defeat. Just ask actor Babak Haleky. The Iranian born/Canadian raised actor has seen a lot of change in his life and weathered it well. He fondly recalls the day when he was walking his dogs and his agent called him with a frenetic tone. “She was screaming into the phone. She was so excited and speaking so fast that I could barely understand what she was saying. I just waited for her to run out of steam and then said, ‘What are you talking about?’ Once the adrenaline had run through her system she explained that I’d been awarded the part but I couldn’t figure out for the life of me which audition she was talking about.” recalls Haleky. A month prior to the call, Babak had auditioned for the role of the bad guy for the Steven Seagal series True Justice . He knew walking into the audition that he didn’t match the phy...

Interview with financial expert Sean Seshadri

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The successful financial expert, Sean Seshadri , began his investing career after spending his time as a student studying for a medical career. After graduating from the Weill Medical College at Cornell University, Seshadri created his medical practice while becoming increasingly interested in investing. The success achieved by Seshadri began to see him providing financial advice to friends and family. After only a short period, Sean Seshadri began providing his financial advice through his blog which saw him gradually step back from his medical career. Sean Seshadri has now become a full-time investor, educator, and public speaker. The expert in Forex and futures trading has been building his reputation as a speaker on various forms of the financial markets. Over the last few years, Seshadri has become one of the most popular speakers at universities and top brokerage companies on Wall Street for his knowledge and oratory skill. How did you get started in the financial i...

We the Coyotes

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The current Golden Age of TV is a two-way street; that is to say that the excellence of cable, streaming, and broadcast programs have created a Venn Diagram intersection of incredibly talent artists who vacillate between the two. 2018’s Festival de Cannes gave credence to this idea with films like We, the Coyotes . Cast members included Morgan Saylor (of Showtime’s five-time Golden Globe winning series Homeland , and Rob Reiner’s Being Charlie ) as Amanda, Betsy Brandt (of AMC’s Breaking Bad ) as Jeanine, and Whitney Anderson (of Showtime's two-time Golden Globe winning series Masters of Sex ) as Chelsea. American audiences may not be as aware of Canadian cast member Leonard Waldner who appears as an LA landlord in the film but the film’s producer Raphael Gindre professes, “Leonard was cast from amongst hundreds of actors to appear in We, the Coyotes . Leonard is a great actor, very methodic and outstanding. His performance and energy is nothing short of tremendous. Leonard brings...

MerSte (MissBongo) - interview with Meredith Stevens

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Miss Bongo is a premium SMS texting service that is available in France, Australia, and the UK. As the VP of Digital Design, Meredith Stevens is responsible for creating the fun and quirky graphics delivered to users with each text. The collectible graphics entice viewers to use the service multiple times. Miss Bongo Prix also includes a special customized message for each user. Customers are impressed by how much Miss Bongo Avis knows about their lives. This intriguing content comes from a proprietary database. Young users of the service love trading the notes and digital animations and showing them off to their friends. As an Australian native, Meredith Stevens spends time in Bondi Beach, Australia and Santa Monica, California. Stevens is dedicated to pursuing a healthy lifestyle. She enjoys surfing, kayaking, and yoga, as well as landscape photography. She is an accomplished amateur chef who loves to create amazing yet healthy dishes for her family and friends. Meredi...

Antoine Navarro connects cultures through the art of architecture

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French creative, Antoine Navarro, considers himself fortunate to have been able to travel the world with his parents from a very young age. Along the way, he slowly fell in love with the world’s remaining traces of ancient civilization and the mysterious buildings, sculptures, and statues they left behind. As he explored, and as he gained more exposure to the various pieces of architecture that today’s society has to offer, he experienced an overwhelming sense of fascination and he knew that it was a world he was destined to be a part of. He finds himself energized by the way each building, pillar, and column could connect him to the designers’ experiences and to the cultures that they lived in. Today, Navarro is a highly sought-after architect designer and feels a great sense of pride in knowing that he found a way to channel his deepest passions into tangible projects for the benefit of not only his clients, but of the general public, who experience his designs around them without e...

Interview with musician @shaaa_ness

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@shaaa_ness is a musician from Chicago, the producer and creative director behind Richie Red Panda .  How did you begin your music career? Well, I just started (joking). I was interested in music from an early age but later became interested in engineering and post-production. I studied that for a while, so as well as being an artist I'm also an engineer. As I progressed, I realized I still wanted to compose and write my own music. I started with dancehall and reggae. I've always drawn a lot of inspiration from the genre so it was a natural place to start. After that began experimenting more with hip-hop, trap, west coast, and drill. The beats then developed into the sound today, an amalgam of all the different music and cultures I listen to are inspired by. What inspires you to songwriting? Anything can inspire a new song. Something that happened to me or someone else, an anime or manga, a picture, or a song I heard by another artist. Sometimes, I write sol...