Kevin Bacon is no longer "the man".

http://www.cs.virginia.edu/oracle/center.html

This project by the Computer Science Department of the University of Virginia is really neat. Using the Internet Movie Database (IMDB), they extended the idea that everyone in Hollywood is connected to Kevin Bacon by no more than 7 steps (or degrees) to other figures in Hollywood. In fact, they even found a few people who are not connected to Mr. Bacon in 7 degrees.

So who is the center of the Hollywood universe? Rod Steiger.

That makes sense since his career has lasted so long. It is a very interesting site to visit. To skip the explanation and go directly to the list of the top 1,000 stars, visit this link: http://www.cs.virginia.edu/oracle/center_list.html