We're not sure whether 'Alex From Target' counts so much as a meme, or just an outrageously over-the-top expression of lust from the girl who first discovered him when she was doing her shopping. Alex - full name Alex Christopher LaBeouf - was innocently going about his job when a girl in the queue decided he looked like Justin Bieber, and put a picture of him on Twitter. Apparently, the rest of the internet agreed, and he soon went viral as an everyday heartthrob.
LeBeouf seemed to take the picture another way; he took one look at his own pose, and decided that he wasn't looking buff enough. Perhaps taking inspiration from his own surname - which loosely translates as 'the beef,' he became a regular visitor to the gym. His thousands of Instagram followers can watch him bulk up in real time, and he's managed to convert his moment in the spotlight into a little acting work. He has a credit for appearing in 'Coming Home,' which was released in 2016.
Most of your favorite celebrities either studied acting in college or went straight from high school into a life of the arts. But, hey, not all of them. Some celebrities actually have advanced college degrees.
Turns out Mayim Bialik is just as much of a genius as the one she plays on The Big Bang Theory. She earned her Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of California, Los Angeles, focusing on obsessive compulsive disorder among people with Prader-Willi syndrome, a rare condition in which the hypothalamus malfunctions.
Little known fact: Natalie Portman skipped the premiere of Star Wars: Phantom Menace because she was studying for her high school exams. She had two papers published in scientific journals while she was still in high school, and graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in Psychology.
Before he was looking for answers on X-Files, David Duchovny was just trying to find the answers for English finals at Princeton University90. David graduated from Princeton in 1982 with a B.A in English. He continued to feed his love of literature by receiving a master’s degree in English Literature at Yale University. David was an excellent writer and poet. His work consistently received praise by his fellow classmates and teachers at Yale. His writing was even nominated for a college prize by the Academy of American Poets.
Sigourney Weaver graduated from Stanford University in 1971 with a bachelor’s in Literature. It was while studying at Stanford that Sigourney realized her true passion in life was to become an actress. Shortly after graduation, she attended Yale for their well-known drama program. She would go on to receive a master’s in Acting from Yale University and become friends with fellow famous actress Meryl Streep.
Meryl Streep is considered one of the most successful actresses of all time. She is also one of the most highly educated. Before collecting an array of Oscars, Meryl collected diplomas. She graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. in 1971. Meryl has a habit of being unsatisfied with impressive accomplishments as her acting career has shown, so she attended Yale University and earned a master’s degree in Acting.