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Motion Picture Academy reelects Cheryl Boone Isaacs as president

Actor Chris Pine and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announce the Oscar nominations from Beverly Hills on Thursday, January 15, 2015.

Actor Chris Pine and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announce the Oscar nominations from Beverly Hills on Thursday, January 15, 2015.

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Cheryl Boone Isaacs has been reelected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Boone Isaacs, a veteran Hollywood marketer and longtime academy insider, was reelected Tuesday evening by the group’s 51-member board of governors.

Boone Isaacs, the first African American president of the movie industry’s most prominent organization, will enter her third one-year term. She is eligible to stay in the role for a total of four years.

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In addition, Jeffrey Kurland was elected first vice president; John Bailey, Kathleen Kennedy and Bill Kroyer were elected to vice president posts; Jim Gianopulos was elected treasurer; and Phil Robinson was elected secretary.

Boone Isaacs and the academy’s board will have the task of selecting producers for the 2016 Oscar telecast and making decisions about the ambitious new Academy Museum, scheduled to open in 2017.

As head of CBI Enterprises Inc., Boone Isaacs has consulted on marketing efforts for such films as “The Artist,” “The King’s Speech” and “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire.” Starting in September, she will serve as an adjunct professor at the Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University in Orange.

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