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Buzz Feed
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
19 Celebrities With Unexpected College Degrees
Sometimes, celebrities have hidden depths that have nothing to do with their public image or main career. Here are some famous people who have actual, proper degrees you might be surprised by... Former child actor-turned-Riverdale star Cole Sprouse has an archaelogy-related degree, majoring in geographical information systems and satellite imaging. White Lotus and Friday Night Lights star Connie Britton has a degree in Asian studies from Dartmouth. The Waking Dead and Black Panther star Danai Gurira has a psychology degree in addition to an MFA in acting. Black Mirror and Parks and Recreation star Rashida Jones has a degree in comparative study of religion and philosophy from Harvard. Chris Martin met his fellow Coldplay bandmates at university, and graduated with a degree in Greek and Latin. America Ferrera put her studies on hold when she got the lead role in Ugly Betty, but eventually graduated with a degree in international relations. Eva Longoria achieved a master's degree in Chicano studies while working on Desperate Housewives. The Offspring's Dexter Holland has a PhD in molecular biology — he did his thesis on HIV research. Meanwhile, Bad Religion frontman Greg Graffin is an evolutionary biologist with a master's degree in geology and a PhD in biology. Jamie Foxx has an honorary degree in classical music and composition. Marvel and Crazy Rich Asians star Gemma Chan has a law degree from Oxford University. And comedic Australian actor Rebel Wilson has a double degree in arts/law. Shaquille O'Neal has a PhD in education. The Big Sick and Eternals star Kumail Nanjiani got his start in comedy while at university, where he earned degrees in computer science and philosophy. Rowan Atkinson of Mr. Bean fame has a master's degree in electrical engineering. Lionel Richie has an economics degree. The Hills alumnus Whitney Port has gender studies degree. Although Dakota Fanning has been acting since she was a child, she found time to complete her education, including a degree in women's studies. Comedy legend Will Ferrell has a degree in sports information. Scandal lead Kerry Washington graduated college with a double major in anthropology and sociology. And finally, Friends icon Lisa Kudrow has a degree in biology. Which celebrity college major surprised you the most? Share your thoughts in the comments!
Forbes
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Amazon Prime Video' Best New Show Lands A Perfect 100% Critic Score
Overcompensating Amazon While there are a number of solid shows on right now, probably an infinite amount you'll never get to, there's at least one new series on Amazon Prime Video that seems to be worth checking out, which just released today. That show is Overcompensating, and now with at least some critic reviews in, it has a perfect 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes. The series focuses on teens in a less-dark-than-Euphoria way and more like R-rated comedies of old. Here's the synopsis of the new series: Interestingly, the show was created by its star, Benito Skinner, something you don't see every day. He's 31 and apparently playing much younger in this. This cast is…something else. Very impressive. While I don't recognize any of the leads, two of its recurring characters are Connie Britton of Friday Night Lights and Kyle MacLachlan of Twin Peaks. I also see Kaia Gerber, daughter of Cindy Crawford and star of Bottoms. Also Maddie Phillips from Gen V and the sadly cancelled teenage bounty hunters. Overcompensating Amazon But what really catches my eye is the apparent list of guest stars for the show, which is only eight episodes, but it is allegedly going to fit in Charli XCX, Megan Fox, Lukas Gage, Bowen Yang and James Van Der Beek. What is this show? I'm certainly going to be checking it out. That's for sure. Here's what some of the critics are saying about it: In all these summaries the worst criticism I can find is that it's sometimes 'over-the-top,' but there are certainly worse things you could say about a series. Amazon is releasing this as a rare binge drop, and since it came out today, it's too early to place on the Amazon Top 10 shows list, currently dominated by the months-old Reacher in a flex of that series' power, no pun intended. But I'm certainly going to be watching Overcompensating this weekend. Follow me on Twitter, YouTube, Bluesky and Instagram. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.
Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Connie Britton created the TV show she needed as a single mom who felt all alone
For Connie Britton, mum's frequently not the word; it's the role. Supportive Tami Taylor on NBC's 'Friday Night Lights,' singing Rayna Jaymes on ABC's 'Nashville,' tech CFO Nicole Mossbacher on HBO's 'The White Lotus,' and more recently, mom from beyond Elizabeth in Netflix film 'The Life List.' Up next, she'll appear in the Amazon Prime comedy 'Overcompensating,' debuting May 15, as the mom of a closeted college student (Benito Skinner). 'I just kind of realized recently, I'm like, 'Oh gosh, I've played a lot of moms. What's that about?' Britton says with a laugh. The Emmy-nominated actress, 58, says she received an offer for her first mom role in her early 30s. She remembers being "so horrified at the idea, like, 'How could I possibly be old enough to be playing a mom?' Now, I love playing moms because every single mom I play, I try to understand each one as the unique human being that they are.' In real life, Britton is a mother to her teenage son Yoby, whom she adopted from Ethiopia in 2011. The following year, she moved to Nashville (where she didn't know anyone) for the ABC drama and worked 16- to 18-hour days. Her experience as a single parent inspired Britton to create 'The Motherhood,' a Hallmark Channel reality series enlisting the help of experts to make life easier for single moms, debuting May 5 (Mondays, 8 ET/PT). Britton describes 'The Motherhood' in the show's premiere as 'a community of single moms created to provide support to one another when you need it the most.' Britton helped when a friend who worked in costumes on 'Nashville,' a single mom to four kids, forgot to give her son lunch money. The actress dropped off money at his school. 'And it was in that moment that I thought, 'Gosh, it would be so great to create some kind of resource and community for single moms, where people could volunteer and just one day a week go grocery shopping for them or take care of the kids, or just do something that would give that mom a little bit of support and a little bit of help,'' she says. Over six hourlong episodes, Destini Ann Davis offers women parenting advice, Taryn Hicks elevates their style and Angela Rose makes their homes more beautiful and functional. (If the premise seems a little familiar, the show is produced by Scout Productions, also behind Netflix's 'Queer Eye.') 'The thing is – and this is the point of my show – you can't just do it on your own,' Britton says. Single moms need community, she says, a support system. 'I adopted my son and I've always been kind of an independent gal. So I sort of thought, 'I got this,' and I feel like I have a lot of maternal instincts, all the things. But when I suddenly was really the mother of an infant child and I was all by myself, it was quite an eye-opening experience. 'The feeling of being alone in it was really profound,' she says. 'And let me be clear, this is with me having the resources to be able to afford help. That, to me, is just an enormous privilege and blessing, and also, it doesn't necessarily fill all the void. There's still a lot of feeling of, 'What am I supposed to do?' and 'I don't know how to do this,' which I think, by the way, that resonates for all parents.' The series premiere introduces viewers to Tasha, a professor with a 5-year-old daughter, Busy. Tasha's living room is overrun with her daughter's toys, and Tasha admits she 'realized I don't see myself in this house anymore.' She needs to create a space for herself in her home and reconnect to her identity outside of being a mom. An 'overwhelmed and overextended' Rochelle is the focus of Episode 2. She has two young sons, Jacob and Owen, and works several jobs to support her family. Rochelle manages a foundation and is a parent aide for foster care. She has also started a T-shirt design company and balloon decorating business to save money for her sons' college. Rochelle tells Connie, 'I want my boys to see how resilient mommies can be.' Britton says she observed that each of the single moms featured 'had real tangible change in their lives, from the things that they learned about themselves and the support that they were able to put in and the idea that they could actually ask for help.' One participant got a job after her episode, Britton says, and another went on a date. 'All of these things where it's like, they allowed themselves to be courageous enough to open up to the community that we were trying to provide and create,' she says. 'And they have now run with that.' This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Connie Britton's 'The Motherhood' created for her fellow single moms
USA Today
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Connie Britton created the TV show she needed as a single mom who felt all alone
Connie Britton created the TV show she needed as a single mom who felt all alone Show Caption Hide Caption Mother's Day: Easy ways to make your mom feel special Here are some easy ways to celebrate your mom this Mother's Day. Problem Solved For Connie Britton, mum's frequently not the word; it's the role. Supportive Tami Taylor on NBC's 'Friday Night Lights,' singing Rayna Jaymes on ABC's 'Nashville,' tech CFO Nicole Mossbacher on HBO's 'The White Lotus' and more recently mom from beyond Elizabeth in Netflix film 'The Life List.' Up next, she'll appear in the Amazon Prime comedy 'Overcompensating,' debuting May 15, as the mom of a closeted college student (Benito Skinner). 'I just kind of realized recently, I'm like, 'Oh gosh, I've played a lot of moms. What's that about?' Britton says with a laugh. The Emmy-nominated actress, 58, says she received an offer for her first mom role in her early 30s. She remembers being "so horrified at the idea, like, 'How could I possibly be old enough to be playing a mom?' Now, I love playing moms because every single mom I play, I try to understand each one as the unique human being that they are.' In real life, Britton is a mother to her teenage son Yoby, whom she adopted from Ethiopia in 2011. The following year she moved to Nashville (where she didn't know anyone) for the ABC drama and worked 16- to-18-hour days. Her experience as a single parent inspired Britton to create 'The Motherhood,' a Hallmark Channel reality series enlisting the help of experts to make life easier for single moms, debuting May 5 (Mondays, 8 ET/PT). Britton describes 'The Motherhood' in the show's premiere as 'a community of single moms created to provide support to one another when you need it the most.' Britton helped out when a friend who worked in costumes on 'Nashville,' a single mom to four kids, forgot to give her son lunch money. The actress dropped off money at his school. 'And it was in that moment that I thought, 'Gosh, it would be so great to create some kind of resource and community for single moms, where people could volunteer and just one day a week go grocery shopping for them or take care of the kids, or just do something that would give that mom a little bit of support and a little bit of help,'' she says. Over six hourlong episodes, Destini Ann Davis offers women parenting advice, Taryn Hicks elevates their style and Angela Rose makes their homes more beautiful and functional. (If the premise seems a little familiar, the show is produced by Scout Productions, also behind Netflix's 'Queer Eye.') 'The thing is – and this is the point of my show – you can't just do it on your own,' Britton says. Single moms need community, she says, a support system. 'I adopted my son and I've always been kind of an independent gal. So I sort of thought, 'I got this,' and I feel like I have a lot of maternal instincts, all the things. But when I suddenly was really the mother of an infant child and I was all by myself, it was quite an eye-opening experience. 'The feeling of being alone in it was really profound,' she says. 'And let me be clear, this is with me having the resources to be able to afford help. That, to me, is just an enormous, privilege and blessing, and also it doesn't necessarily fill all the void. There's still a lot of feeling of, 'What am I supposed to do?' and 'I don't know how to do this,' which I think, by the way, that resonates for all parents.' The series premiere introduces viewers to Tasha, a professor with a 5-year-old daughter, Busy. Tasha's living room is overrun with her daughter's toys, and Tasha admits she 'realized I don't see myself in this house anymore.' She needs to create a space for herself in her home and reconnect to her identity outside of being a mom. An 'overwhelmed and overextended' Rochelle is the focus of Episode 2. She has two young sons, Jacob and Owen, and works several jobs to support her family. Rochelle manages a foundation and is a parent aide for foster care. She has also started a T-shirt design company and balloon decorating business to save money for her sons' college. Rochelle tells Connie, 'I want my boys to see how resilient mommies can be.' Britton says she observed that each of the single moms featured 'had real tangible change in their lives, from the things that they learned about themselves and the support that they were able to put in and the idea that they could actually ask for help.' One participant got a job after her episode, Britton says, another went on a date. 'All of these things where it's like, they allowed themselves to be courageous enough to open up to the community that we were trying to provide and create,' she says. 'And they have now run with that.'
Daily Mail
03-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Susan Sarandon's nepo baby daughter gives update after plastic surgery
Eva Amurri is very happy with the results of her breast reduction. Last month, Susan Sarandon 's daughter underwent the surgery and she is ecstatic over the results. 'Oh my God, I'm so happy,' she told Page Six at an event for Connie Britton 's new show, The Motherhood on Thursday. 'I feel like they've never looked this good in my entire life — even when I was 18.' 'It's so freeing and amazing to feel so comfortable in my own skin, to really look at myself and see myself proportional for the first time,' Eva, 40, added. Amurri revealed that she was going under the knife in early April and marked the occasion with a 'bye bye boobies' cake. She shared that she wanted the surgery for '20 years,' but she hadn't done it before now 'because I was scared of judgement. I gaslit myself into thinking I didn't have to feel totally comfortable in my body.' Trolls went after her when she posted photos from her wedding to chef Ian Hock last year. Eva wore a strapless dress that showed off her bust line beautifully but internet trolls wouldn't leave her alone. She clapped back, noting that her 'size 32F' boobs [had been] minding their business.' Last month, Eva announced on social media that she would be undergoing the breast reduction procedure and further opened up about the decision on her blog called Happily Eva After. She expressed that it was her 'first surgery' and also the first time she has ever been put to sleep under anesthesia. The media personality shared that she had 32F breasts prior to the procedure and said that there were both pros and cons to having larger breasts. The star typed that, 'having extremely large breasts can not only affect you physically but also mentally. It can make you extremely self-conscious and insecure. 'Oh my God, I'm so happy,' she told Page Six at an event for Connie Britton 's new show, The Motherhood on Thursday 'They hurt your back, they're hard to clothe, and most importantly: you can't take them off and take a break. 'That's been the hardest part. Having huge boobs has been a blast at times!' When she became a mother, Eva expressed that her breast size fluctuated and also 'contributed to drooping and sagging.' After turning 40 earlier this year, she 'realized that I can absolutely do scary things, and most importantly that living how I want to live in my own body is WORTH IT.' The surgery also comes less than a year after Eva hit back at critics who had been 'scandalized' by the plunging wedding gown that she wore at her nuptials in July 2024. She said 'I do' to chef Ian Hock after the pair became engaged in 2023. The actress was previously married to Kyle Martino from 2011 until their divorce was finalized in 2020 - and the former couple share three children. During the romantic ceremony, Eva wore a Kim Kassas wedding gown as well as a long, sheer veil. After garnering comments that told her that her breasts should have been 'put away' - she jumped to Instagram to offer her own response. After garnering comments that told her that her breasts should have been 'put away' - she jumped to Instagram to offer her own response Alongside a photo of herself posing with Ian on their wedding day, she typed out: 'And to anyone scandalized by my breasts not being "put away"....' Eva then posted the same image to zoom in closer to her chest and added, 'Feel free to screenshot this for later,' along with a kissing face emoji.
