Beverly Hills, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
In the small meeting room of the board of governors, the sitting Academy chairman Tom Sherak, vice-chairman Tom Hanks, and Catherine Kennedy, along with the executive director Calbert, were holding a closed-door meeting regarding the "email gate."
Tom Sherak asked Calbert, "Has the investigation into 'Life of Pi's email lobbying been clarified?"
Calbert replied, "It's hard to trace the source of anonymous emails, there's no evidence indicating that the 'Life of Pi' crew was involved, but we can't rule it out either."
In the closed-door meeting, he spoke with less restraint, "In the Oscar PR efforts of the past few years, it's not uncommon for award-chasing crews to send anonymous lobbying emails. The only difference with the 'Life of Pi' crew is that they were called out by the straight-shooting Ralph and then crazily reported by the media."
