If Michael Stipe was born within your state, then you're never going to have any realistic chance of being a bigger musical legend than he is. Stipe and his quirky band R.E.M. should, by rights, never have been a commercial success. Their subject matter was odd, their sound was unusual, and their image was unusual, to say the least. Stipe overcame all of that to connect with his audience on a deep emotional level. 'Everybody Hurts' and 'Losing My Religion' are songs that everyone can relate to, and very few dislike.
It wasn't just Stipe representing Georgia within the band; he met all three of his future bandmates when they were studying together at the University of Georgia. This is one college band that stayed together for the long term! Stipe - along with the rest of REM - retired from music in 2011. More recently though, he appears to have got the itch to make music back. He released his first-ever solo single in 2018, and hasn't ruled out making more.
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.