Tom Sherak Articles
Academy Issues Terse Statement, Unclear If Brett Ratner to Be Replaced
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has issued a terse statement regarding the official resignation of Oscar telecast co-producer and Rush Hour director Brett Ratner. See below: This morning, Brett Ratner submitted his resignation as a producer of the 84th annual Academy Awards to Academy President Tom Sherak. Ratner then issued an open letter to the entertainment industry in which he explained his [...]
Oscar Producer Brett Ratner, Lindsay Lohan, STDs
Brett Ratner — filmmaker (X-Men: The Last Stand, Rush Hour) and 2012 Oscar telecast producer (with Don Mischer) — appeared on the Howard Stern radio show today. In addition to telling Stern and his listeners that he had never actually "banged" Olivia Munn (who had claimed in a book that she had seen him masturbating with shrimp-greasy hands), Ratner bragged that he made Lindsay Lohan [...]
Brett Ratner to Remain as Oscar Ceremony Producer Despite Gay Slur
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hasn’t released an official statement about the Brett Ratner/gay slur fiasco. Yet, according to Deadline.com, Ratner will keep his job as Oscar telecast co-producer. Academy president Tom Sherak has told Deadline the following [read full text at Deadline]: The bottom line is, this won’t and can’t happen again. … I’ve known this man for a very long [...]
Oprah Winfrey Jean Hersholt Award Controversy Has Precedents
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ decision to hand Oprah Winfrey a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the November 12 Governors Ball ceremony, has been widely criticized. Some have remarked that Winfrey, rumored as a possible host for the 2012 Oscarcast, is a television — not a film — personality. Others have complained that Winfrey doesn’t deserve the Humanitarian Award, period. Academy president [...]