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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced new additions to its leadership on Tuesday in the wake of this year’s #OscarsSoWhite controversy. Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs appointed Reginald Hudlin (directors branch), Gregory Nava (writers branch), and Jennifer Yuh Nelson (short films and feature animation branch) to join the Academy’s 51-seat Board of Governors for three-year terms. The Board of Governors also selected seven members of the Academy to join six existing Board committees. Actor Gael García Bernal (“Mozart in the Jungle”) joins the awards and events committee; cinematographer Amy Vincent (“Wayward Pines”) joins the preservation and history committee; producer Effie Brown (“Dear White People”) joins the museum committee; executive Marcus Hu (“Bad Actress”) and animator Floyd Norman (“Monsters, Inc.”) join the education and outreach committee; executive of 20th Century Fox’s animation division Vanessa Morrison joins the finance committee; and producer Stephanie Allain (“Beyond the Lights...

Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: March 5, 2013

Price: DVD $24.98, Blu-ray $29.99

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Rebecca Hall (r.) and Catherine Zeta-Jones are so money in Lay the Favorite.

Bruce Willis (Looper), Catherine Zeta-Jones (Rock of Ages), Rebecca Hall (The Town) and Joshua Jackson (TV’s Dawson’s Creek) star in the little-seen 2012 comedy Lay the Favorite.

Professional odds-maker Dink (Willis) is running a small-time sports gambling enterprise when a former stripper named Beth (Hall) promises to help him score big — and turns his world upside down. With his connections and her knack for numbers, the lucrative business of sports betting will never be the same.

Directed by Stephen Frears (High Fidelity) and also featuring Laura Prepon (TV’s Are You There, Chelsea…?), Vince Vaughn (The Dilemma), Wendell Pierce (TV’s Treme) and Corbin Bernsen (Bad Actress) in the ensemble cast, Lay the Favorite is based on Beth Raymer’s 2012 memoir-styled exposé of the world...