Will Smith

I haven't seen Will Smith's Hancock. However, according to the BBC news, it is a hit, and they say this means that Smith's last eight movies have been hits. This really ought to mean that he must be regarded as Hollywood's current biggest star: who else, except perhaps Angelina Jolie, has a record like that? And in that case, am I correct in saying that he would be the first black actor to be in such a position? This may be a bit of a mockery to disadvantaged blacks in urban slums, but, what with Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Lewis Hamilton and Tiger Woods, this definitely is the age of blacks, in sports, entertainment, and politics. And bear in mind that - whatever one may think of Oprah - each of these people got to the top not by "positive" discrimination, but by native ability.