BLACK ENTERPRISE released their "Top 50 Black Power Brokers in Entertainment" yesterday in their March edition of the magazine. Oprah, Time Warner CEO Dick Parsons, and Actor-Producer Will Smith dominate the list as the "Most Influential and Groundbreaking African Americans in the Entertainment Industry." They unveiled the current top dogs in film, television, and music according to their scoping and snooping around top movie and music industry leaders as well as box office and record sales. Here's a list of of the top ten. Why my name isn't above Oprah's just perplexes me ;).

1: Oprah Winfrey, founder Oxygen Media and Harpo Productions Inc., which produces The Oprah Winfrey Show, Dr. Phil, & The Rachael Ray Show.
2: Richard D. Parsons, Chairman & CEO, Time Warner Inc.
3: Will Smith, Actor-Producer
4: Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Chairman & CEO, Johnson Development Corp. and Magic Johnson Enterprises
5: Robert L. Johnson, Founder, Our Stories Films
6: Tyler Perry, President & CEO, The Tyler Perry Co.
7: Douglas V. Holloway, President, Cable Investments, NBC Universal Cable
8: Denzel Washington, Actor-Director-Producer
9: Eddie Murphy, Actor-Producer
10: Tyra Banks, Founder & CEO, Bankable Productions

Here are some of the party people getting down with Black Enterprise as they celebrated at the Beverly Hills Wilshire Four Seasons yesterday.

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