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Sherry Lansing, the first woman to head a major movie studio, couldn't even get a glass of water from the hotel staff.

She laughed heartily at the suggestion that a Hollywood mogul shouldn't be subjected to such lapses in service.


"I'm not a studio mogul anymore," she said over her shoulder as she left the table to find a waiter.


In March, the one-time actress-turned-movie executive left the chairmanship of Paramount Motion Picture Group after 13 years to begin writing the "third chapter" in her storied life. This one might be titled "volunteer public servant."


She has become a leader on the state's stem cell oversight board and a member of the committee advising Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on educational reforms.


She joined the board of directors for the Carter Center, a humanitarian organization founded by former President Carter.


She expanded her role as a University of California regent to become chairwoman of its health services subcommittee. And she plans to travel to Africa to witness, for the first time, the measles vaccination program run by the American Red Cross, where...