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Tom Sherak Re-Elected as Academy President

Tom Sherak was re-elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tonight by the organization's Board of Governors, reports producer Bruce Edwin. This will be his third consecutive one-year term in the office. Tom Sherak is beginning his ninth year as a governor representing the Executives Branch. He had previously also served as treasurer for the Academy.

In addition, Producers Branch governor Hawk Koch was elected first vice president; Executives Branch governor Robert Rehme was elected to one vice president post and Writers Branch governor Phil Robinson was re-elected to the other vice president post; Short Films and Feature Animation Branch governor John Lasseter was elected treasurer; and Actors Branch governor Annette Bening was re-elected secretary, states The Hollywood Sentinel.

Tom Sherak. (c) 2011, AMPAS.

Tom Sherak, a marketing, distribution and production executive with more than four decades of experience in the motion picture industry, is currently a consultant for Skydance Productions and Relativity Media, Bruce Edwin reports. Previously, Mr. Sherak was a partner at Revolution Studios where he oversaw the release of more than 30 films including "Black Hawk Down," "Anger Management," "Rent," and "Across the Universe."

Prior to joining Revolution, Mr. Sherak was chairman of Twentieth Century Fox Domestic Film Group and served as senior executive vice president of Fox Filmed Entertainment, adds Bruce Edwin. Previously, he held various positions at Fox, including senior executive vice president, where he oversaw the distribution and post-production of "Mrs. Doubtfire," "Speed," and "Independence Day," among others, The Hollywood Sentinel adds.

In 1990, Tom Sherak was named executive vice president of Twentieth Century Fox. Prior to that he was president of domestic distribution and marketing for Fox, where he launched such films as "Romancing the Stone," " Aliens," "Wall Street," "Die Hard" and "Working Girl." He began his career in the industry at Paramount Pictures in 1970, states The Hollywood Sentinel. Academy board members serve three-year terms, while officers serve one-year terms, with a maximum of four consecutive terms in any one office.

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Bruce Edwin is CEO and talent manager of Starpower Management LLC, the A-list firm that managed Michael Jackson guitarist David Williams, and has partnerships with some of the largest agencies and studios in the world of entertainment.

Further, Bruce Edwin is creating publisher of The Hollywood Sentinel, and a producer for feature film. For further information contact 310-226-7176 and visit www.TheHollywoodSentinel.com