The star of Disney’s Wizards of Waverly Place announced that she’s working on a new project: a college degree. Selena Gomez, age 16, will be taking time off from her acting career to focus on getting into her “dream” school, Northwestern University. “I think this’ll be the last series that I do,” she said.

Gomez is studying for the SATs, and is currently home-schooled. She hopes to study acting and journalism. “I would love to do [news reporting], go overseas or something.”

Gomez doesn’t want to quit her acting career altogether in college. “I’m going to try to pull a Natalie Portman,” she explained. “Natalie went to Harvard while shooting Star Wars. I don’t know how she did it. I want to have lunch with her and ask her — that seems like a bunch of stress right there.” Read the rest of this entry »

Julia Roberts was born on October 28, 1967 in Atlanta, Georgia. When Julia was four-years old, her parents divorced. The family moved to Smyrna, Georgia, where Julia attended elementary school, middle school, and high school.

Julia was a member of the band during her high school years at Campbell High School and played the clarinet. She dreamed of being a veterinarian, a degree she pursued at Georgia State University. However, she did not graduate. Instead, when her older brother and sister moved to New York City, Julia decided to join them and pursue a career in acting.

Julia’s first movie roll was in “Blood Red,” but she only said two words during the film. Her first claim to fame came in 1988 when she played one of the main characters in “Mystic Pizza.” She became even more popular when the movie “Steel Magnolias” came out in 1989. Read the rest of this entry »

James Franco is an American actor who was born on April 19, 1978. James first reached international fame in 2002 when he portrayed Harry Osborn in the Spider-Man films. In his newest movie “Eat Pray Love,” James will be co-starring with Julia Roberts. We’ve taken a look back at James’ educational background and his movie career up to this point.

James was born in Palo Alto, California. He attended Palo Alto High School and graduated in 1996. His senior class voted him as the “Best Smile,” something that came in handy when he started his acting career a few years later. After college, James enrolled at UCLA. He planned to study English. However, after his freshman year, James decided to terminate his educational pursuits in favor of pursuing a professional career as an actor.

James’ first acting experience was in “Freaks and Geeks,” a short-lived television show about high school life that premiered in 1999. In 2001, James starred in the TV biopic “James Dean;” this performance earned him a Golden Globe Award and nominations for an Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Read the rest of this entry »

I happily admit that I am seriously looking forward to seeing “Charlie St. Cloud” for one main reason: Zac Efron. I don’t care what anyone else says, Zac is sexy, talented, adorable, and a thousand other wonderful adjectives. I can go on and on about how hot I think he is; trust me my friends, it is at least a 30-minute spiel.

But who would have thought he was also very intelligent?

Evidently, anyone who went to high school with him. Zac graduated from Arroyo Grande High School in Arroyo Grande, California in 2006. A serious student, Zac cared a lot about his grades and claims he would “flip out” if he got anything less than an A in his classes. As a result, he graduated with a 4.3 overall GPA.

However, don’t get tricked into thinking that Zac was only a bookworm. He was also the self-proclaimed class clown. Read the rest of this entry »

Facebook, Google, FedEx, Dell, and Microsoft are all companies conceived of by college students. Frederick Smith got the idea for FedEx while researching an economics paper whiles getting his bachelor’s of economic at Yale. Michael Dell began upgrading computers from his dorm room while studying pre-med at the University of Texas at Austin. Investopedia shares the key ingredients behind these success stories for the entrepreneurial-minded college student.

1. Fill a Need

What could you create that would make people’s lives simpler, easier or more enjoyable? This is a simple, but fundamental business premise. Mark Zuckerberg, perhaps the richest 26-year-old in the world, began with the simple desire to provide his fellow classmates at Harvard with a student directory that included photos, something that many colleges provide. He began by hacking into Harvard’s server to retrieve the images necessary, but soon got shut down by the administration. His next strategy evolved into the Facebook we know today, with user-submitted content.
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The R&B singer Mary J. Blige might be making a guest appearance at Howard University, but not to perform for a homecoming concert, but to actually attend classes.

Blige made the announcement on ABC’s Good Morning America on June 30, 2010 that she is planning to enroll in Howard’s class of 2014, to receive a bachelor’s degree.

Reports have been released that the university has accepted her admissions application. Read the rest of this entry »

Twilight is one of the biggest pop culture phenomena of our generation. The books have sold more than 100 million copies around the world and have been translated into 37 different languages. And if you thought the books were a big deal, you should have been at the midnight premiere of Eclipse on June 30. The theater was filled with many screaming, sighing fans. I hate to admit that I was there, but I was, just because I wanted to see Taylor Lautner shirtless once again.

Luckily for me, Lautner plans on baring his abs in many more movies in the future. Unfortunately though, he plans on temporarily postponing his college education in order to do so. Recently, Lautner did say that school is important to him. Read the rest of this entry »

Since their father’s death, a little over a year ago, Prince, 13, Paris, 12, and Blanket, 8, have said goodbye to their masks and veils and hello to more public appearances. In addition to Michael Jackson’s memorial service, the children braved the crowd at the Grammys and, come this fall, they will attend a private school.

The children were homeschooled by private tutors in a classroom inside the family’s Encino estate ever since Jackson’s passing. Katherine Jackson, Michael’s mother and legal guardian of the children, has not identified the private school, but that she is ready for the children to branch out. Read the rest of this entry »

Lance Edward Armstrong was born September 18, 1971 in Plano, Texas. He is a professional American road-racing cyclist who has won the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times and also a notable survivor of testicular cancer, which motivated him to found the Lance Armstrong Foundation for cancer research and support. Currently riding for the UCI Pro Tour team on Team Radio Shack he began his sport’s career the age of 12, when he was a swimmer at the City of Plano Swim Club.

Armstrong attended Plano East Senior High in his hometown, but during his senior year the U.S. Olympic development team invited him to cycle in Colorado Springs, Colorado. After leaving high school early he attended private make-up classes in order to graduate from high school on time in 1989. Read the rest of this entry »

Dakota Fanning: Photo via celebuzz.com

While many high school students are balancing after school jobs, clubs, athletics and school work, 16-year-old Dakota Fanning somehow manages to be one of the most popular young actresses in Hollywood while still finding time for her homework.

In the Twilight Saga: Eclipse, premiering later at the end of June, Fanning reprises her role as Volturi Jane and told People Magazine that star Kristen Stewart is one of her best friends.

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