The current generation of children may be the first to grow up without playing with Barbie Dolls, and we're a little sad about that. Your great-grandmother, your grandmother and your mother probably played with the toys when they were small, and you may have done so as well, but these days kids just aren't as interested in 'hands-on' toys. Everything has gone digital, and everyone's imagination is just a little poorer because of it.
It's not that Barbie isn't available in stores anymore, of course. She's still there, but she's just not as sought after as she once was. Take the Midnight Tuxedo Barbie, for example. That's worth $1,000 on its own. Even that's a steal compared to the Blonde Barbie from 1959, which is an early example of the range and is worth closer to $25,000. The most valuable collection of Barbie dolls in the world belongs to Germany's Bettina Dorfman, who owns 17,000 of them with a combined value of $250,000!
Most of your favorite celebrities either studied acting in college or went straight from high school into a life of the arts. But, hey, not all of them. Some celebrities actually have advanced college degrees.
Turns out Mayim Bialik is just as much of a genius as the one she plays on The Big Bang Theory. She earned her Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of California, Los Angeles, focusing on obsessive compulsive disorder among people with Prader-Willi syndrome, a rare condition in which the hypothalamus malfunctions.
Little known fact: Natalie Portman skipped the premiere of Star Wars: Phantom Menace because she was studying for her high school exams. She had two papers published in scientific journals while she was still in high school, and graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in Psychology.
Before he was looking for answers on X-Files, David Duchovny was just trying to find the answers for English finals at Princeton University90. David graduated from Princeton in 1982 with a B.A in English. He continued to feed his love of literature by receiving a master’s degree in English Literature at Yale University. David was an excellent writer and poet. His work consistently received praise by his fellow classmates and teachers at Yale. His writing was even nominated for a college prize by the Academy of American Poets.
Sigourney Weaver graduated from Stanford University in 1971 with a bachelor’s in Literature. It was while studying at Stanford that Sigourney realized her true passion in life was to become an actress. Shortly after graduation, she attended Yale for their well-known drama program. She would go on to receive a master’s in Acting from Yale University and become friends with fellow famous actress Meryl Streep.
Meryl Streep is considered one of the most successful actresses of all time. She is also one of the most highly educated. Before collecting an array of Oscars, Meryl collected diplomas. She graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. in 1971. Meryl has a habit of being unsatisfied with impressive accomplishments as her acting career has shown, so she attended Yale University and earned a master’s degree in Acting.