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Alice Bay

Alice Bay keeps a polished eye on celebrity culture and the confirmed entertainment detail people are actually discussing. She covers acting careers and the industry's dealmaking, keeps release calendars current, and brings the same precision to craft beats from analog photography to production economics.

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Independent editorial contributor covering entertainment, celebrity culture, the screen industry and creative craft.

Articles by Alice Bay

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What a First-Look Deal Actually Is (and What It Doesn't Buy)

Alice Bay

How Packaging Fees Actually Work — and Why the WGA Killed Them

How Packaging Fees Actually Work — and Why the WGA Killed Them

Alice Bay

Record $430 Million Weekend Tests AMC's Billion-Dollar Theater Bet

Record $430 Million Weekend Tests AMC's Billion-Dollar Theater Bet

Alice Bay

The $23-an-Hour Median: How Actors and Directors Actually Get Paid

The $23-an-Hour Median: How Actors and Directors Actually Get Paid

Alice Bay

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How Residuals Actually Work — and Why the Checks Got Smaller

Alice Bay

Universal Spent $25.7 Million Selling Oppenheimer To Oscar Voters

Universal Spent $25.7 Million Selling Oppenheimer To Oscar Voters

Alice Bay

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Independent Film Versus Studio Film: Where the Money Actually Goes

Alice Bay

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Why Movies Cost $200 Million: Negative Cost Explained Line by Line

Alice Bay

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Warner Bros. Shareholders Approve Sale but Reject Executive Pay

Alice Bay

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Celebrity Licensing Name and Likeness Deals Explained: How Royalties Flow

Alice Bay

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Netflix Exits and Paramount Signs a $110.9 Billion Warner Bros. Deal

Alice Bay

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How Distribution Rights Sell Territory by Territory at the Markets

Alice Bay

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Film Tax Incentives Explained: What States Pay Studios to Shoot

Alice Bay

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Disney Names Josh D'Amaro Next CEO as Bob Iger Era Ends

Alice Bay

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How Celebrity Equity Deals Work: Why Stars Take Stock Instead of Cash

Alice Bay

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How Celebrity Production Companies Actually Work: Who Keeps the Content

Alice Bay

THE ACADEMY INVITES 398 TO MEMBERSHIP

THE ACADEMY INVITES 398 TO MEMBERSHIP

Alice Bay