A few weeks ago, Entertainment Weekly compiled a list of the “50 Smartest People in Hollywood.” Checking in at number five was Will Smith, the star of the current hit “I Am Legend.” Smith was the highest ranked performer on the list, edging out the sixth ranked Meryl Streep. After Streep, you had to go all the way down to thirteen to find another purported Hollywood brainiac who does their work in front of the cameras. (That would be Northern Kentucky University dropout George Clooney, in case you were wondering.) Smith must feel some pressure now that Entertainment Weekly has crowned him the smartest actor in Hollywood. Thus, he has taken to giving pronouncements on historical matters while he expands on his philosophy of seeing the good in everyone.
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