Now that it’s May, college seniors are gearing up for graduation. But success doesn’t always need a college degree. Here are 20 celebrities that ditched collegiate life to follow their ambitions.
Ryan Seacrest
America’s favorite broadcaster started out at the University of Georgia, but dropped out to move to California.
Oprah Winfrey
Yeah, you’d better believe it. Tennessee State University drop out Oprah left before graduation to pursue broadcasting gigs already lined up.
Ellen Degeneres
Talk show sweetheart Ellen left University of New Orleans early and held a string of odd-jobs before making her comedic debut.
Tom Hanks
Hanks left Sacramento State University to intern at the Great Lakes Theater Festival in Cleveland, Ohio.
Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt went to school to be a journalist, but left University of Missouri early to head to California.
Jessica Biel
The actress left Tufts University to play the role of...
Ryan Seacrest
America’s favorite broadcaster started out at the University of Georgia, but dropped out to move to California.
Oprah Winfrey
Yeah, you’d better believe it. Tennessee State University drop out Oprah left before graduation to pursue broadcasting gigs already lined up.
Ellen Degeneres
Talk show sweetheart Ellen left University of New Orleans early and held a string of odd-jobs before making her comedic debut.
Tom Hanks
Hanks left Sacramento State University to intern at the Great Lakes Theater Festival in Cleveland, Ohio.
Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt went to school to be a journalist, but left University of Missouri early to head to California.
Jessica Biel
The actress left Tufts University to play the role of...
- 8/17/2021
- by Ashley Boucher
- The Wrap
Jimmy De Martini is a father of four!
The Zac Brown Band violinist/fiddler and singer welcomed his first daughter on Tuesday, April 4, the band shared on Instagram Wednesday.
“Big congratulations to Stacey and Jimmy De Martini who welcomed their fourth child and first daughter Jonelle on April 4, weighing in at 6 lbs 5oz,” reads the caption on the photo, featuring the couple’s three sons — with one holding their new baby sister.
“Jonelle joins big brothers James (9), Joseph (6) and Jackson (almost 2),” the text continued.
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The Zac Brown Band violinist/fiddler and singer welcomed his first daughter on Tuesday, April 4, the band shared on Instagram Wednesday.
“Big congratulations to Stacey and Jimmy De Martini who welcomed their fourth child and first daughter Jonelle on April 4, weighing in at 6 lbs 5oz,” reads the caption on the photo, featuring the couple’s three sons — with one holding their new baby sister.
“Jonelle joins big brothers James (9), Joseph (6) and Jackson (almost 2),” the text continued.
Want all the latest pregnancy and birth announcements, plus celebrity mom blogs? Click here to get...
- 4/14/2017
- by Jen Juneau
- PEOPLE.com
Looks like Clay Cook is about to be “Knee Deep” in diapers!
The Zac Brown Band member and his wife Brooke welcomed a baby boy named Charles Robert Cook, according to a photo posted to the band’s Instagram account.
Cook himself shared a sweet photo of his new son, confirming that he was born at 7:55 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 4, weighing in at 8 lbs. and 19 inches long.
“This is Charlie. In this picture are the 2 most important things to me in this world. He & Mommy are well,” the musician wrote to accompany the snap showing his son outfitted...
The Zac Brown Band member and his wife Brooke welcomed a baby boy named Charles Robert Cook, according to a photo posted to the band’s Instagram account.
Cook himself shared a sweet photo of his new son, confirming that he was born at 7:55 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 4, weighing in at 8 lbs. and 19 inches long.
“This is Charlie. In this picture are the 2 most important things to me in this world. He & Mommy are well,” the musician wrote to accompany the snap showing his son outfitted...
- 11/7/2016
- by Jen Juneau
- PEOPLE.com
Country music's merry maestro Zac Brown is known for his emotionally charged performances, but not like this: clearing his throat again and again, fighting back tears, and finally choking up as his audience sensed he was on the verge of a full-on breakdown. "It's gonna take me a minute to pull myself together," he told the crowd of family and friends gathered Tuesday night at Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. But try as he might, he couldn't, and he did what any good band leader would do. He let the other musicians take over. Just moments before,...
- 7/20/2016
- by Nancy Kruh
- PEOPLE.com
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