The Smart 50: Entertainment Weekly Declares That There Are At Least 50 Intelligent People In Hollywood [Power Lists]

We've made no secret of our love for Hollywood power lists, as hierarchical inventories of which players are currently swinging the biggest dicks (and that doesn't exclude the ladies who occasionally creep into the rankings!) in the entertainment industry briefly bring order to an otherwise confusing show-business world. In a twist that threatens to redefine everything we thought we knew about putting numbers next to famous names, the iconoclasts at EW have decided to substitute "smart" for the vanilla, outdated notion of "power," a decision that has catapulted burgeoning comedy monopolist Judd Apatow from an already-impressive #13 on Premiere's old-timey 2007 index to the top spot in Hollywood's New Smart Order. Above, we've spotlighted the entry for underappreciated Imagine superproducer Brian Grazer, who relentlessly publicizes the fact the he's a knowledge-vampire consumed by a smartlust so crippling that it can only be sated by luring unsuspecting geniuses to his office, where he quickly drains their quivering gray matter of all delicious ideas, then has his trusty cultural attaché bury their useless, thought-depleted husks in a quiet corner of Ron Howard's backyard; being pushed out of the top ten by two mere actors (Will Smith and Meryl Streep) must really be a disappointment for the town's foremost nerd-collector. [Also: Someone will be made to pay dearly for the magazine's choice to use an unauthorized cartoon image in lieu of Grazer's officially sanctioned headshot.] Below is EW's list of 50 (full profiles are here), for those who'd like to spend the day debating whether Ben Stiller is actually "smarter" than Brad Bird: 1. Judd Apatow, director/writer/producer 2. Steven Spielberg, director/producer 3. James Cameron, director/producer 4. Ari Emanuel, partner of the Endeavor Agency 5. Will Smith, actor/producer 6. Meryl Streep, actor 7. Peter Rice, president of Fox Searchlight 8. Tyler Perry, actor/director/writer/producer 9. David Heyman, producer 10. John
	Published: 2007-11-29 Provider: Defamer
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