• Grammy Award-winning singer Usher will be returning to Las Vegas in a new residency show that launches this July but at a new venue. After his record-breaking 20-show stint at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace last year, Usher is now moving to Dolby Live at Park MGM for the new show, kicking off July 15. Described as "immersive," the 23-show, four-month residency will incorporate audience interaction, as the "Let It Burn" crooner performs his previous chart-topping hits and new music at the 5,200-seat entertainment venue. Tickets go on sale Saturday, with fan presale tickets becoming available through Thursday. Bruno Mars informally announced Usher's new gig back in December, when the R&B singer joined him onstage at the newly launched Dolby Live. After they performed a few of Usher's hits together, the pop superstar told the audience, "Usher is playing here next year, so get your tickets." Mars and Anderson .Paak are scheduled to headlin
By: Adam Torkildson Lehi Free Press To stay competitive for lucrative movie-making deals, Utah and other states have increased tax incentives for film and television projects. Known for films like “Dances With Wolves” and his hit TV series “Yellowstone,” Oscar-winning actor and director Kevin Costner is urging Utah legislators to increase tax incentives for films […]
Kevin Costner wants Utah lawmakers to pass legislation that would give more tax rebates to film productions that shoot in Utah. Costner told the Deseret News this week that he hopes lawmakers pass a proposal to exempt rural productions from an existing cap on the amount of taxes productions can receive back from the state's Motion Picture Incentive Program. The program allows productions to get back 20-25% of the taxes they pay on direct production expenditures, including goods, services, wages and income, up to $8.3 million. Costner said he has several movies he would like to film in Utah, but doing so will depend on the rebates offered.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Kevin Costner, the Academy Award-winning actor-director known for films such as “Dances With Wolves,” is lobbying Utah lawmakers, urging them to expand the size of the state’s tax rebate program by exempting rural productions. “My biggest hope is that the state backs SB49 and that dream becomes a reality. I […]
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