So this post is rather O_Eish of me. I feel like I should intro by talking about what I'm eating for dinner or something. Anyhow.

2010 has proven that, even in the absence of a Will Smith blockbuster film, the Smith Family owns America.

This summer, we saw multiple big movie stars have their films flop. The safest bet in the world when it comes to movie stars? A Will Smith film won't flop. I don't care if he makes a sequel to Seven Pounds-- Eight Pounds. I don't care if he does Bagger Vance With A Vengeance. Folks will go see it.

Jada Pinkett Smith? HawthoRNe, although I'm not a fan, actually built its fanbase on TNT for its second season, and it was instantly renewed for a third.

Jaden Smith? Starred in one of the biggest surprise hits and one of the best films of the year, the remake of the Karate Kid. It was so good that folks were hating on his Letterman appearance. Dude is TWELVE, and his haters outnumber the number of people I will meet in my life. If that's not power, I don't know what is. (Really interesting article on the subject from EW: http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/celebrity.news.gossip/06/21/jaden.smith.hatred/index.html)

And now, as if the declaration of Jaden as a movie star wasn't a loud enough statement of dominance by the Smith Family, we have Willow Smith, whose song "Whip My Hair" might be one of the hottest singles I've heard all year. Watch that music video and tell me that song won't be a hit.

Even Jay Pharaoh, who did the best Will Smith impression on Youtube, got a job on Saturday Night Live largely because he was so damn good at doing Will Smith! What was his first appearance on SNL? His Will Smith impression.

Of course this post should come as a revelation to absolutely no one. But I for one find it unreal that we get these constant reminders that Will Smith is the #1 movie star... in a year when he DIDN'T EVEN MAKE A FUCKING MOVIE. When in memory was there ever a reign this dominant in the entertainment industry by a single family?

I guarantee Shiloh doesn't have a hit single. Just saying.












Small postscript: Remember that post a few months back where a poster insisted that Robert Downey Jr. was a bigger movie star than Will Smith? That was awesome. (c) Chris Farley

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