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Divergent and the Illinois Film Tax Credit
The Illinois Watchdog interviewed me earlier this week regarding what role the Illinois Tax Credit played in bringing “Divergent“, a $40-million teen action/romance sci-fi feature film, to shoot in...
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Why I Do Not Film in Michigan
In response to my recent post on how to improve the Illinois Film Tax Credit, a reader asked if I thought the industry “felt snubbed” by Michigan Governor Snyder’s recent comments about their film tax...
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Illinois Updates Film Tax Credit for Non-Resident Stars
Somebody in Springfield must follow my blog, because it appears they’re going to update the film incentive to include non-resident cast. Earlier this year, I published an article called Divergent and...
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Right to Work is Right to Picket
24 Right-to-Work states The topic of Right to Work has resurfaced with Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner proposing Right to Work zones throughout the state. As WGN described it, these would be “local...
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Section 181 is Back! Again! and Again!
SECTION 181 is back! Everybody’s favorite on-again, off-again federal film funding incentive is back. But with a twist! Not only is it retroactive for 2015 (as usual), but this new-and-improved...
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Burberry is the first brand to get an Apple Music channel
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Celebrity make-up artist Gary Cockerill shows you beauty trick
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Kristen Stewart at the Toronto Film Festival 2015
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New Samsung Speakers Play 360-Degree Audio
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Moved to Chicago
— I can see my house from here! — Happy New Year Everybody! Having successfully moved my family and business from Santa Monica to Chicago, I am now back from my self-imposed, life-cycle sabbatical....
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