This doesn't balance all the bad news in the previous post, but this is an impressive bit of trivia about Oscar nominees.
James Franco, nominee for best actor for 127 Hours, and Natalie Portman, winner of best actress for Black Swan, also have a bit of impressive turns in academia to their credit.
James Franco received his MFA in film making at NYU and has been accepted in the PhD program at Yale's English Department.
As a high school student, Natalie Portman was a semifinalist in the Intel Science Talent Search, a highly competitive search based on extensive, original science projects. Previous winners include seven Nobel laureates in physics and chemistry, as well as a long string of MacArthur 'genius grant' winners. Ms. Portman went on to study science at Harvard before turning to a serious career in acting.
Ralph
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