Michael Moore Added to Oscar Board

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Source: New York Times

July 7, 2010, 1:54 PM

Michael Moore Added to Oscar Board
By MICHAEL CIEPLY

So now it’s Gov. Michael Moore. Mr. Moore, the intrepid documentarian behind “Capitalism: A Love Story” and other films, were among the new governors elected to the board of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the academy said on Wednesday. Mr. Moore joined the director Kathryn Bigelow and the film editor Anne Coates among those joining the board for the first time.

Others re-elected to positions on the board, whose members serve for three-year terms, were Curt Behlmer, Rosemary Brandenburg, Richard Edlund, Leonard Engelman, Charles Fox, Jim Gianopulos, Hawk Koch, Marvin Levy and Frank Pierson. John Bailey, Ed Begley Jr. and Jon Bloom were also elected to positions, after having taken a hiatus after serving earlier. About one-third of the academy’s 43 governors stand for election each year.

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1. Recommend

[Bluenorthwest]

2. Excellent batch of new Governors!

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3. knr nt

[LittleGirl]

4. I thought he was already a 'governor'

*Stands and cheers!*

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5. Kathryn Bigelow is a hack. What she did in Hurt Locker was shameful. My opinion. nt

[No Elephants]

6. Only names I recognize are Bigelow, Begley and Moore; and I don't know much about Bigelow.

So, congrats to Moore and Begley!