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Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, Dan Glickman, has confirmed that he will be leaving his position when his contract expires next September.

Glickman joined the MPAA in 2004, following an illustrious political career. Prior to his position with the MPAA, Glickman served as Director of the Institute of Politics located at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He was also the secretary of agriculture during Bill Clinton’s term, as well as a congressman in Kansas.

Glickman has served as head of the MPAA during a less than smooth-sailing period. He was brought in at a time when more and more studios are under the direction of conglomerates, which results in conflicting agendas being a commonality.

This year, Glickman has had to deal with more discontent within the film industry, as the year’s stimulus bill didn’t give tax breaks to Hollywood producers.

Additionally, Glickman has worked hard to increase federal antipiracy resources, as well as offering states greater incentives for filmmaking.

There’s currently no word as to who will follow Glickman as the next MPAA Chairman, but speculation ranges from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to Disney’s lobbyist to current MPAA executive vice president.

Beyond the curiosity surrounding who will take over Glickman’s position, there is also curiosity as to how the MPAA’s role may change after Glickman leaves. Studios have already cut the MPAA’s budget by 15-20%, and could be cut down even further as more studios begin relying largely on their in-house lobbyists.

Bruno is NC-17

Everyone’s man-thong wearing giant, Sacha Baron Cohen, just got a rude awakening for the comedian’s latest film, Bruno. Apparently the MPAA did not find the laughs too appropriate for audiences when they slapped the dreaded NC-17 rating. Racy scenes were reported to seal the deal for the rating, including of one which supposedly shows the actor taking part in anal sex with another male.

Despite the black mark on the film, the twenty minutes of footage shown at the South By Southwest festival had everyone begging for more. With the quickly spreading word of mouth, and with the great legion of fans that fell for Cohen’s antics in his previous film Borat, Universal will be scrambling about to make sure that they can crank down the rating to R.

The upcoming Cohen film follows the journey of a homosexual Austrian man going after his boyfriend who broke up with him after the short adoption of obtaining a third world baby. The film is scheduled for release on July 10th of this year.