This smiley looking lady is Dawn Hudson, who was named CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2011. This is the group responsible for choosing the winners for the Academy awards. So what does it pay to wield that much power in Hollywood?

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the nonprofit Oscars organization's annual form 990 tax filing revealed she earned $304,607 for the last seven months of 2011. Based on that figure, her salary for the other five months would be $217,576. So the total figure would be $522,183.

That's a pretty hefty figure, but still slightly lower than her predecessor Ric Robertson, who resigned in September as the Academy's COO who earned $532,726 after 30 years on the job.

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