Tuesday, April 24, 2012

The Harvard Starlets Who Shook Hollywood

By Harv Damon


What exactly do Eight Presidents, 50 Nobel Prize Winners, Seventy five Nobel Laureates, Thirty six Pulitzer Prize Winners, the globe's leading business people as well as the following Hollywood actors share in common?

That's right, to the north-east of The States, beyond a watering hole where everybody knows your identify and in the cultural mecca of Boston, MA, rests Harvard University. In this campus, along the corridors and inside the dormitories innocent eyes and lithe wits have shaped the history and plan the future of our planet. Regardless of whether that be America's first african american President or the man on the pulse of social media, Mark Zuckerberg, Harvard has shaped our lives in sometimes insidious, some times remarkable ways. This post reflects on the culture makers and Hollywood's elite:

Natalie Portman

The Oscar winning star of Black Swan attended and managed to graduate Harvard University. Natalie Portman put her acting career on hold, as she put her education first. She once famously shared with the New York Post 'I'd rather be smart, than an actor'. The child star of Leon qualified with a AB degree in Psychology and went onto use her own brand of emotional intelligence to pick roles and rouse performances that would help make her amongst the leading stars the world over.

Elisabeth Shue

It is actually a little known fact that Elisabeth Shue attended Harvard University. The legendary actress who appeared in acclaimed movies through the 80's, 90's and 00's Back To The Future, Leaving Las Vegas & Hollow Man, eventually left Harvard to pursue her acting career. Nevertheless, unlike other starlets Shue later went back in 2000 to gain her degree in Government.

Matt Damon

Probably most famously of all, Matt Damon attended Harvard University and used his knowledge to craft and co-write the movie script for Good Will Hunting with friend Ben Affleck. Matt Damon left Harvard in 92, believing movie, Geronimo, would be his breakthrough film. But later accepted it wasn't. He had to wait many years before that happened.

Tommy Lee Jones

Tommy Lee Jones went to Harvard University during the 1960's. Residing in a dorm opposing Al Gore, Jones made his mark at Harvard participating in in Harvard's undefeated Football team of 1968 and besting competition Yale in "the most famous game in Ivy League history". He graduated in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts in English and went onto ply his fierce competitive spirit into the Hollywood walk of fame.

A Harvard education is reserved for those who display the very finest characteristics. Not just your GPA mind, but your extra-curriculars and references too. Good fortune to you!




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