Los Angeles, November 6, 2019—The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures today announced the addition of seven new trustees, including Laura Dern, David Dolby, Sidonie Seydoux Dumas, Mark Johnson, Miky Lee, Katherine Oliver, and David Rubin. The governing body of the Academy Museum, the Board of Trustees oversees the organization’s strategic vision, maintains its financial health, and ensures the institution fulfills its mission to create the best possible motion picture museum for film lovers across the world.
Ron Meyer, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Academy Museum and Vice Chairman of NBCUniversal said, “It is an honor to welcome this remarkable group of leaders, who contribute so much to their own industries, to the Board of Trustees. Their expertise and commitment will help our board effectively steer the museum toward its 2020 opening.”
Bill Kramer, who will be joining the Academy Museum as Director on January 1, 2020, said, “I couldn’t be more excited to join the Museum at this moment of tremendous progress—the buildings are close to completion, our exhibitions program is moving forward beautifully, and we have recently announced important new additions to our collection. The Museum is thrilled to welcome this esteemed group of global film and business leaders, who will help us drive this momentum forward.”
The new trustees join existing board members Ron Meyer, Chair; Ted Sarandos, Vice Chair; Kimberly Steward, Secretary; Jason Blum, Treasurer; Jim Gianopulos; Tom Hanks; Dawn Hudson; Alejandro Ramírez Magaña, Dominic Ng, Emma Thomas, Diane von Furstenberg, and Kevin Yeaman.
About the New Board of Trustees
Laura Dern has touched audiences and critics alike with her moving and heartfelt performances. In addition to her two Oscar® nominations for Rambling Rose and Wild, Dern has garnered four Golden Globe Award®- wins, with seven nominations in total, as well as a Primetime Emmy Award®-win and seven nominations in total. In 2019, Dern was seen in the second season of HBO’s Big Little Lies; as well as Justin Kelly’s JT Leroy and Ed Zwick’s Trial by Fire. Dern can be seen in Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story for Netflix in November 2019, as well as Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, out in December 2019. In addition to her extensive film and television credits, Dern has been prolific in her producing career. In 2017 she established Jaywalker Pictures, a Los Angeles-based production company founded with partner Jayme Lemons. In 2016, Dern was selected to serve on The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences’ Board of Governors.
David Dolby operates Dolby Family Ventures, a San Francisco family office focused on investments in technology, neuroscience, media, and real estate. He advises a number of companies and organizations on product development and strategy, and serves on the board of directors of Dolby Laboratories, Cogstate Limited, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, and Tipping Point Community. David and his wife Natasha have invested in over 40 films focused on social change and documentary storytelling. The family’s philanthropic foundation has also supported independent films and filmmakers to preserve and advance the cinematic experience. David loves the technology aspects of filmmaking and film exhibition, and supports cinema innovation at Dolby Laboratories. David is also focused on preserving and communicating Ray Dolby’s legacy as an inventor, business leader, civic leader, and philanthropist.
Sidonie Seydoux Dumas is Vice Chairwoman and CEO of Gaumont. Succeeding her father at the helm of the world’s oldest film studio in 2004, she has expanded its footprint in the U.S. with the launch of a thriving Los Angeles-based TV outfit. The U.S. TV banner has produced such hit dramas as Narcos and Hannibal. In France, Gaumont has delivered several box office hits, particularly The Intouchables, which grossed more than $426 million worldwide and was nominated for a Golden Globe. Recent successes include Guillaume Galliene’s Me, Myself and Mom, which won five Cesar awards, and Franck Dubosc’s Rolling to You, one of France’s highest-grossing local films in 2018. The company is now developing English-language projects, including the U.S. remake of zombie thriller Train to Busan.
Mark Johnson is an American film and television producer. He has produced such films as Donnie Brasco, The Notebook, Galaxy Quest, Logan Lucky, and Downsizing. In 1992, he was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar® for Bugsy, and in 1988, received a Best Picture Oscar for Rain Man. Johnson was also an executive producer on AMC’s Emmy Award-winning series Breaking Bad. He currently serves as the Treasurer of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Miky Lee (Mie Kyung Lee) is the vice chairwoman of CJ Group. She is mainly responsible for the overall strategic direction and management of CJ Group’s entertainment and media division. Alongside her brother, the chairman of CJ Corporation Mr. Jay Lee, she founded the entertainment and media division of CJ in 1994 after leading CJ to become one of the founding investors in DreamWorks SKG. Since then, CJ has built many influential companies in Korea’s entertainment and media industry—CJ CGV, CJ Media, and Mnet Media. Each marks the title as the leader in their specialized industry. Prior to joining CJ, Lee served as the director of Samsung America, spearheading its cultural and educational projects. She established the Parsons School of Design in Seoul and oversaw the formation of a branch of Pasadena’s Arts Center College of Design for Samsung.
Katherine Oliver is a media and entertainment executive based in New York City. Oliver is currently a Principal at Bloomberg Associates, an international philanthropic consultancy firm founded by former New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. In her position overseeing the media and digital strategies portfolio, Katherine helps cities harness the power of media and technology to improve government services and advises them how to attract and promote businesses to support economic growth in these sectors. Oliver also oversees Bloomberg Philanthropies’ film, TV, and digital projects and served as an Executive Producer on From the Ashes and Paris to Pittsburgh, two documentary films tackling climate change and action released in partnership with National Geographic. Prior to joining Bloomberg Associates, she served as Commissioner of NYC’s Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment from 2002–2013 building NYC into an $8 billion production capital, increasing local employment levels by 50% and implementing the Made in NY marketing and branding program.
David Rubin is a casting director, elected in August 2019 as President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. With more than 100 film and television credits, he has cast such features as The English Patient, Men in Black, Hairspray, Lars and the Real Girl, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Get Shorty, My Best Friend’s Wedding, William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet, and Fried Green Tomatoes. He received the honorary Career Achievement Award from the Casting Society of America in 2002 and won Emmys for HBO’s Game Change in 2012 and Big Little Lies in 2017.
9月11日华盛顿讯,特朗普政府承诺向30个州的近100万名《平价医疗法案》(ACA)参保者发放500美元的款项;这是白宫在11月中期选举前为应对民众对生活成本担忧而采取的最新举措。 白宫在关于该计划的情况说明书中表示,这笔款项是对《平价医疗法案》保险交易平台“用户费”的退还;白宫称,拜登政府曾以提高保费的形式将这些费用转嫁给了消费者。 白宫表示,发放这些款项是该政府降低美国人医疗保健成本目标的一部分。这笔款项定于10月开始发放。 白宫9月10日表示:“特朗普总统正在兑现降低美国患者医疗成本的承诺,他将患者利益放在首位,并向大型健康保险公司、制药商及其他企业巨头发起挑战,这些企业利用华盛顿的现状推高了美国人的医疗保健成本。” 白宫此次宣布该消息时,距离中期选举已不足两个月;在美国选民投票之际,涉及个人经济状况的议题预计将成为关键焦点。根据哥伦比亚广播公司新闻部(CBS News)7月进行的一项民意调查,在近2200名受访者中,有四分之三的人表示其收入增长赶不上通货膨胀的速度。 此外,特朗普总统本周另外还承诺,如果共和党在中期选举后继续控制国会,将向每一位美国成年人发放5000美元的红利。 在美国国会去年允许《平价医疗法案》,即“奥巴马医改”相关的保险补贴到期失效后,该法案旗下健康保险计划的月度保费大幅飙升。面对保费激增,一些美国参保者转而选择了保障力度较低的计划,另一些人则干脆放弃了医保。 凯撒家庭基金会(KFF)在2月至3月间进行的一项民调显示,80%的续保参保者表示,他们的保费、免赔额、共同保险(coinsurance)或共付额(copay)均高于去年。 该基金会负责卫生政策的执行副总裁拉里·莱维特(Larry Levitt)今天发表声明称,特朗普政府发放的这笔款项将主要流向“中等收入群体”,这些人因美国国会未延长优惠税收抵免政策而失去了补贴,如今往往需要多支付数千美元的费用。 这笔款项将惠及约5%的美国参保人群;目前,美国共有1900万人通过《平价医疗法案》的保险交易平台获得医疗保险。
9月11日华盛顿讯,据2名知情人士向哥伦比亚广播公司新闻部(CBS News)透露,随着胡塞武装在也门红海沿岸迅速推进,沙特王储穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼(Mohammed bin Salman)已亲自敦促特朗普总统对这支受伊朗支持的武装力量采取军事行动;这些人士还补充说,特朗普总统与王储近几天曾多次就局势升级进行交谈。 据报道,这些因讨论敏感会谈内容而要求匿名的消息人士称,尽管本·萨勒曼极力敦促,但特朗普总统迄今仍拒绝让美军直接介入,转而提议提供情报和目标锁定方面的支持。 其中一名消息人士透露,美国中央司令部(CENTCOM)司令布拉德利·库珀(Bradley Cooper)上将今天在沙特阿拉伯进行协调会谈。中央司令部发言人拒绝就其行踪发表评论。 其中一位知情人士表示,沙特此举旨在组建一个针对胡塞武装的联盟,并保护沙特免受伊朗潜在的报复;该人士指出,人们担心一旦胡塞武装遭到攻击,伊朗可能会对沙特实施报复。 据报道,其中一人声称:“伊朗正面临来自这些附属组织的巨大压力,因为外界认为它已放弃了黎巴嫩真主党和哈马斯。如果胡塞武装遇袭,伊朗会作何反应?他们会打击沙特吗?正因如此,他们才组建这个联盟,以便在伊朗发动攻击时能提供保护,而且,如果沙特采取行动,美国会跟进吗?这正是他们所期望的。” 消息人士还称,美国与沙特之间的谈判局势尚不明朗。 Axios网站率先报道了沙特王储与特朗普总统的通话的消息,以及沙特方面推动美国采取军事行动的举动。 与此同时,伊朗支持的胡塞武装近日夺取了战略重镇摩卡港(Mokha),从而巩固了其在战略要道曼德海峡(Bab al-Mandeb Strait)周边的态势。 也门政府今天表示,胡塞武装还控制了该海峡内此前尚未被其掌控的最后2座岛屿,这进一步增强了他们对该咽喉要道的控制力。过去一周,油价徘徊在每桶100美元左右,创下自7月以来的最高水平;一些分析师警告称,如果波斯湾和红海地区的冲突持续,油价甚至可能升至每桶120美元。…
9月11日华盛顿讯,美国劳工部今天公布的数据显示,美国汽油价格居高不下是推动消费者价格指数(CPI)月度涨幅的主要因素,其贡献率超过三分之一。尽管美国8月份汽油价格环比仅上涨了3.9%,但与去年同期相比,涨幅已高达27.4%。 数据显示,美国8月份通胀保持平稳,消费者价格指数(CPI)同比上涨3.4%;该涨幅与7月份持平,但略高于经济学家的预期,主要原因是美国汽油价格居高不下推高了整体物价水平。 数据显示,在剔除波动较大的能源和食品价格后,核心消费者价格指数年率为2.4%,该数据符合经济学家的预期,且低于7月份的2.5%。 然而,核心消费者价格指数环比上涨0.3%,高于经济学家的预期,且涨幅较7月份的0.2%有所加快。 美联储主席凯文·沃什(Kevin Warsh)8月28日在美国怀俄明州杰克逊霍尔(Jackson Hole)召开的全球央行年会上发表讲话时指出,遏制物价仍是美联储的首要任务,如果通胀未能消退,美联储将“仍有工作要做”。 最新的消费者价格指数的数据可能会巩固美联储定于9月16日做出的利率决定。分析师今天表示,这份超出预期的报告增加了美联储在下周实施3年多来首次加息的可能性。FactSet调查的经济学家此前曾预计,美国8月份通胀率将达到3.3%。 消费者价格指数涵盖了消费者通常购买的一篮子商品和服务,用于追踪价格随时间推移而发生的变化。 尽管通胀率自5月份触及三年高点以来已有所回落,但受伊朗冲突引发的能源价格持续高企影响,通胀水平仍远高于美联储2%的目标。 根据芝加哥商品交易所(CME)基于30天期联邦基金利率期货价格进行预测的“美联储观察”(FedWatch)工具的数据,在今天通胀数据公布后,下周加息的可能性从前一天的70%跃升至90%。 随着伊朗战争局势升级,近几周美国能源价格持续上涨;9月10日,美国柴油价格触及每加仑6美元史无前例的新高。由于柴油是美国境内货物运输,包括卡车和铁路运输的主要动力来源,这种价格飙升可能会波及整个美国经济,促使企业提高价格以抵消不断上涨的能源成本。 根据美国汽车协会(AAA)的数据,周五全国柴油平均价格升至每加仑6.06美元的历史高位,较一年前的3.71美元上涨了60%以上。 美国汽车协会报告称,美国汽油价格也延续了近期的快速上涨势头,今天全美平均价格达到每加仑4.30美元。专家今天指出,8月份的数据并未反映出近期美国汽油和柴油价格的飙升情况。
9月10日洛杉矶讯,美国联邦调查局(FBI)洛杉机外勤办公室今天通报称,一名加州圣贝纳迪诺县男子今天因联邦大陪审团起诉书被捕,该起诉书指控他和另外两名被告向洛杉矶市中心贫民窟地区的人们支付报酬,让他们使用被盗注册选民身份签署请愿书,以使加州选举中的倡议措施获得选票资格。 来自维克托维尔,又名“勋爵”(Lord)的47岁男子詹姆斯·布拉斯(James Brass)于今晨被捕,预计将于今日下午在加州河滨市的美国地区法院首次出庭。 在2项指控的起诉书中,还指控了为布拉斯工作的2名请愿书分发者:49岁来自佛罗里达州杰克逊维尔的考特尼·普赖斯(Courtney Price),以及33岁来自加州博伦的贾泰莎·赫伦(Jateisha Herron)。 3名被告均被指控一项阴谋犯下州重罪的身份欺诈罪。布拉斯和普赖斯还被额外指控一项州重罪的身份欺诈罪。 联邦调查局洛杉矶外勤办公室负责人助理局长帕特里克·格兰迪(Patrick Grandy)表示:“美国人有信心相信我们的投票系统和选举基础设施至关重要。今天起诉书中概述的这一阴谋试图破坏我们民主的基本支柱,并给纳税人造成不必要的负担。我们将保持警惕,侦查那些试图削弱我们政治进程的人,并积极调查任何选民欺诈或其他选举犯罪的指控。”
9月10日德州奥斯汀讯,美国亿万富豪埃隆·马斯克(Elon Musk)不仅忙于推动太空探索技术公司(SpaceX)进行史上规模最大的首次公开募股(IPO),还要在德克萨斯州奥斯汀部署无人驾驶的特斯拉出租车赛博(Cybercab)车队,与此同时,他还在致力于隧道挖掘业务。他的隧道挖掘公司“无聊公司”(The Boring Co.)9月9日晚间宣布,该公司估值现已达到 230 亿美元。 “无聊公司”最初于 2017 年在太空探索技术公司(SpaceX)内部创立,并于一年后分拆独立运营。该公司表示,其目标是通过建造设有乘客上下车站点的地下交通环线系统,来“彻底变革交通运输方式”。 尽管“无聊公司”已经宣布了十几个城市项目,但目前唯一投入公众使用的地下交通环线位于美国赌城拉斯维加斯;乘客可以乘坐特斯拉赛博出租汽车,通过“拉斯维加斯会展中心环线”(LVCC Loop)往返于该市中心会展中心与各大赌场度假村之间。 去年 7 月,该公司还达成了一项协议,将在田纳西州纳什维尔(Nashville)建造全长 20…
9月10日华盛顿讯,美国劳工部今天指出,8月份生产者商品价格的上涨中,超过三分之一归因于柴油成本的增加,上个月柴油价格上涨了24.1%。美国柴油价格今天有史以来首次突破每加仑6美元。 柴油价格上涨的影响已在批发层面显现。专家指出,随着美国企业将上涨的能源成本转嫁给美国消费者,这种价格飙升可能会产生连锁反应。 根据美国汽车协会(AAA)的数据,全美柴油平均价格今天升至每加仑6.05美元的历史新高,较一年前的3.71美元上涨了60%以上。柴油广泛用于卡车运输和铁路运输,影响全美货物运输成本,以及建筑和农业领域。 实时追踪燃油价格变动的GasBuddy也显示,柴油价格已突破6美元大关。美国汽车协会报告称,全美汽油价格近期也持续快速上涨,今天全美平均价格达到每加仑4.29美元。 经济学家表示,企业在很大程度上尚未将柴油价格上涨的成本转嫁给消费者。但凯投宏观(Capital Economics)北美高级经济学家托马斯·瑞安(Thomas Ryan)指出,如果柴油成本持续居高不下,这种情况在未来几个月内可能会发生改变。 瑞安表示,美国柴油价格上涨是“家庭至少在今年余下时间里必须承受的局面”。 GasBuddy 石油专家帕特里克·德·哈恩(Patrick De Haan)表示,柴油价格上涨源于持续不断的伊朗战争,这抑制了全球石油供应。 哈恩表示,乌克兰对俄罗斯能源基础设施发动的无人机袭击大幅削弱了俄罗斯的炼油能力,也加剧了价格上涨的压力。 哈恩还表示:“目前俄罗斯的柴油供应量不足以支撑出口,而不幸的是,对于几乎所有重型机械都依赖柴油的全球经济而言,这是一个重大问题。” 随着美国与伊朗之间冲突的升级,作为国际基准的布伦特原油价格今天飙升至每桶108美元。专家还指出,中东和俄罗斯炼油产能的全球性紧缩导致了柴油价格的飙升。…