Hollywood is no longer interested in American actors and talent any more. According to a new report, top Hollywood agencies are looking at foreign talent before U.S. born actors and actresses.

According to Variety, foreign talent in Hollywood movies and TV shows have hit a record high, which is forcing talent agencies to look outside of the United States for actors.

From Variety:

“The world of acting has gotten much smaller,” says UTA’s Theresa Peters. “When a film gets made, whatever the language, casting agents are able to cast the net wider” because of Skype and
digital auditions.

Michael Douglas recently pointed out that British and Australians are taking over Hollywood and he’s not lying. A large majority of popular feature films are being starred by foreign actors. For example, Ava DuVernay’s Best Picture nominee about the 1965 American civil-rights movement, was portrayed not by an African American actor but, by British actor, David Oyelowo. In addition, the supporting cast members were all British actors including Carmen Ejogo, Tom Wilkinson, and Tim Roth.

But, ‘Selma‘ is not the only movie to feature a large majority of British actors. ’12 Years a Slave’, a movie about 19th-century free black man tricked and trafficked into Southern slavery starred several British actors, including Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Cumberbatch, and German-born, Irish-raised Michael Fassbender. In fact, the upcoming ‘Steve Jobs‘ biopic will star Michael Fassbender as Steve Jobs.

So, it begs the question- why are so many casting directors and talent agencies choosing foreign actors over American actors? Well, the rise of video auditions have allowed for anyone in the world to audition for a role. Also, a large majority of Hollywood producers are not American.

The trend is partly due to actors and directors wanting to work as much as possible in the United States, Europe and Asia. But the economics of Hollywood studios, which are more and more driven by expensive blockbusters, also factors into the equation, having opened the door for mid-budget English-language movies — made by European producers, with a mixed cast of U.S. and European actors.

In addition, European actors are trained differently than American actors.

From EW:

For decades, there were two major schools of thought when it came to acting: the Classical, which was best epitomized by Laurence Olivier, and the Method, which revolutionized the art form in America once James Dean and Marlon Brando brought it to the big screen. Classical was more of an outside-in approach, which emphasized a more presentational style associated with the stage. Method, rooted in Constantin Stanislavski’s theories, was more naturalistic, more inside-out. “For many years, there was a schism,” says James Lipton, a pupil of Stella Adler’s teachings and the longtime host of Inside the Actors Studio. “The British stressed training in voice and posture and the physical attributes, whereas the American training is deep rooted in the actor’s emotions.”

As video auditions gain in popularity and foreign entrepreneurs become increasingly interested in the movie business, it may become harder and harder for American actors to land leading roles in feature films and TV shows. It may be an actor’s best interest to move to London for training as well as the foreign mailing address.

Netherlands is actively working on taking over the film industry.

We recently reported that the country Georgia has increased their tax incentives to 20% now, according to Variety, the Netherlands are offering a 30% grant to all TV shows and movies filming in the country.

From Variety:

Aside from inimitable locations, good infrastructure and experienced English-speaking crews, the Netherlands offers filmmakers a generous 30% grant — a production incentive launched in May 2014. The rebate aims to reinforce the competitive position of the Dutch film industry.

For productions looking outside of the United States, this is a great opportunity but, it does put pressure on Georgia’s ever growing film industry.

However, Netherland’s film grant puts a limit on their spending while Georgia does not.

Do you think Netherland’s film tax incentive will destroy Georgia’s growing film industry?

The editor for several TLC TV shows featuring children was arrested for child pornography.

TLC is facing another scandal. Earlier today, we reported that TLC canceled ‘Gypsy Sisters’ after a cast member’s boyfriend allegedly killed a puppy. Now , the network faces another pedophila scandal. According to Radar online, the editor on at least three TLC shows starring children was recently arrested for possession of child pornography. Apparently, the editor worked on ’19 Kids and Counting’, a show that literally features a child molester, ‘Jon and Kate Plus Eight, and ‘Table for 12’.

From :

According to North Carolina court documents exclusively obtained by Radar, 19 Kids editor WilliamBlankinship, 60, was arrested on October 21, 2011 on ten felony counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a child.

The Raleigh resident’s pedophilia collection of images and videos were among the most revolting possible.

One photo centered on a 1 to 3-year-old girl with “ejaculate” around her vaginal area.

In a second picture, a 2 to 4-year-old girl laid on her back, legs spread open, with an adult male’s penis touching her vagina.

A third image featured a 4 to 7-year-old female being anally penetrated by an adult male, her hands tied with duct tape.

The father and grandfather even possessed a 9-minute video of an adult male having oral and vaginal sex with two 7-11 year old girls.

Earlier this week, it was reported that the director of of child pornography in New York. According to the NYPost, TV director Jason “Jace” Alexander was arrested on child pornography charges for allegedly promoting a video showing a young girl stripping and masturbating.

This is the second report of pedophilia in the last month in the entertainment industry, which is a very scary fact.

TLC’s ‘Gypsy Sisters‘ is canceled after a cast member’s husband allegedly killed a puppy.

TLC (formerly known as The Learning Channel), has canceled ‘Gypsy Sisters’ after four seasons following allegations that one of the sisters’ husbands killed her puppy in a domestic dispute.

Earlier this month, gypsy sister Mellie Stanley was allegedly fighting with her husband, Skott Vuncannon, at their home in West Virginia. Stanley told police they had been arguing over the rent when Vuncannon picked up her pupy and “slung her across the kitchen as hard as he could.”

Cops found the dead puppy inside the house and charged Vuncannon with felony animal cruelty.

Mellie and Scott’s Facebook pages include conflicting stories about the couple’s fight, including allegations that Mellie is the abusive one in the relationship and that Skott is a drug addict that needs professional help.

“Yes Skott got angry and was going off for no damn reason because I asked him to help me pay bills and he needed to step up and be responsible and he threw my dog cause it went to bark at him and tried to bite his leg no one taking up for Skott he’s in trouble for what he done and has been charged with animal cruelty that was my innocent puppy that could have been one of my babies he’s never allowed back around me again I got a fpo and its staying that way,” Mellie reportedly wrote in one Facebook post, later deleted.

TMZ reports that the show was canceled due to poor ratings and because “TLC simply felt it was time to move on.”

They heard that the cancelation has “nothing to do with the dog killing incident.” But, this is the second incident for the network in less than six months.