Arizona Joins Production Tax Incentive Club With New Law

Rina Sawayama has shared the third single and title track from her highly-anticipated second album ‘Hold The Girl’.The artist has already previewed the new album – the follow-up to 2020’s ‘SAWAYAMA’, which NME awarded five stars – with the singles ‘This Hell’ and ‘Catch Me In The Air’, with the latter premiering as Zane Lowe’s New Music Daily pick on Apple Music 1.The new single is a typically ambitious, multi-faceted pop song, addressing both the trauma and catharsis of moving forward in life. “Sometimes I just wanna run away, leave behind that old me, start again/ Then I’ll remember who I’m really made of/ And she’s been hide-and-seeking, waiting all alone,” she sings on the track.Speaking about the songwriting process, Sawayama said: “‘Hold the Girl’ was the first song I wrote for the record at the end of 2020 – I had gone to therapy and had a revelation, so I decided to write this song… that was the start of it.

Bruce Springsteen joined Bleachers on stage in New York last night (July 26) to perform ‘Chinatown’ – check out the fan-shot footage below.The Boss teamed up with the Jack Antonoff-led band on the track in late 2020. That December, the two New Jersey acts recorded a stripped-back rendition of the song on the roof of Electric Lady Studios in New York City.During the latest show of their 2022 North American tour, Bleachers surprised the crowd at NYC’s Radio City Music Hall by inviting Springsteen to join them once again for ‘Chinatown’, per Spin.The live collaboration marked the first time band had played the cut in its fully-electric form with The Boss.

David Ortiz was officially inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, on July 24, 2022, in a beautiful ceremony that included heartwarming speeches and many familiar faces. In addition to the retired Boston Red Sox slugger, the museum committee honored seven other players, including Gil Hodges, Jim Kaat, Minnie Miñoso, Tony Oliva, and Buck O’Neil.After retiring in 2016, Ortiz immediately appeared on the ballot to be inducted for his outstanding performance and legacy in the game.

The XFL, the spring pro football league fronted by Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia, took a big step toward finalizing its plans Sunday with a press conference that revealed the cities, venues and head coaches for its upcoming 2023 season.

Damian Priest was running a popular New Jersey strip club.“It was a good job, paid really well, included an apartment on the boardwalk that Al Capone used to live in apparently, and a free vehicle. I was set,” said Priest, who will be performing at Monday Night Raw at Madison Square Garden.Prior to making his way onto wrestling’s biggest stage, the 39-year-old Bronx native, whose real name is Luis Martínez, ran Stiletto Gentlemen’s Club in Atlantic City.He threw in the towel in 2012 when one of the club’s owners asked him to choose between the club and his then-side gig: wrestling.

Titus Andronicus have today (July 20) unveiled details of their upcoming album previewed with new single, ‘(I’m) Screwed’ – you can check it out below.The band’s seventh album, ‘The Will To Live’, will be released on September 30 via Merge and you can pre-order it here. Their last release was sixth studio album ‘An Obelisk’, in June 2019.New song ‘(I’m) Screwed)’ comes with a video directed by Ray Cencepcion, and sees the band taking part in a July 4th parade in Glen Rock, New Jersey – hometown of frontman Patrick Stickles.Speaking about the new song, Stickles said: “In ‘(I’m) Screwed,’ we are introduced to the narrator of [upcoming album] ‘The Will to Live’ at the moment he realises the walls are closing in.“Be it real or imagined, he feels the pressure building on all sides, a feeling to which many of us can relate, I imagine.

A crew member of the US show Law & Order: Organized Crime was shot and killed while working near the set in Brooklyn, New York City, on Tuesday 19 July morning.The New York Police Department press release shared they identified the victim as 31 year old Johnny Pizarro, from Queens, who was sitting in his car in the Greenpoint neighbourhood of Brooklyn when the horrific incident occurred. An unidentified person approached the vehicle at about 5:15am and opened the door before shooting him.

Royals in the Big Apple! Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are in New York City for the U.N. General Assembly’s celebration of Nelson Mandela Day.

Just days before Rap Sh!t’s HBO Max debut, the Issa Rae produced comedy looks to be coming back for a second season and heading out to the Golden State.

Direct spending into New Mexico’s economy by the film, TV and digital media production industry reached a record $855.4 million in fiscal year 2022, a 36% increase over fiscal 2021, according to New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterArizona has adopted a new tax credit for film and TV production, as the state aims to attract productions that have gone to New Mexico and other states in recent years.Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican, allowed the legislation, HB 2156, to become law without his signature on Wednesday. Ducey’s office declined to comment on the unusual maneuver.The program will provide a refundable credit worth 15% to 20% of qualified production costs, plus additional bonuses for meeting certain criteria.

the $125 million tax credit intended to lure Hollywood film and TV productions to Arizona has become law in the state, having been passed by both houses of the state’s legislature.The bill was not signed by Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, who nevertheless did not veto it.

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Variety. “We’re tired of all of this creative talent driving through Arizona to get to New Mexico.” Representative Londgon did not immediately return TheWrap’s request for comment. The bill, which passed the Senate on a bipartisan 21-7 vote earlier this year and is expected to be officially signed into law by the House of Representatives this week, would follow in the footsteps of the Arizona Motion Picture Production and Infrastructure Credit, which provided $22.5 million across several dozen productions between 2005 and 2010.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterFor years, Arizona has watched with envy as New Mexico developed a thriving film economy thanks to a generous tax break.So now the state is getting in on the action.Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican, is expected to sign a bill this week creating a refundable tax credit equal to 15-20 percent of production expenses.

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New legislation targeting hidden fees and predatory “anti-consumer ticketing practices” in New York State’s live event industry, including theater, sports events and concerts, was signed into law Thursday by Gov. Kathy Hochul.