We're not going to get into the debate about whether or not Cristiano Ronaldo is better than Lionel Messi - that's for someone else to decide - but we can say that he's probably one of the two very best footballers who ever played the game. He's also a narcissist, and a whiner. Ronaldo's play acting and diving has led to opposition players being sent off on multiple occasions; most notably his former team mate Wayne Rooney at the 2006 World Cup. When things don't go Ronaldo's way, he throws temper tantrums on the pitch, and has frequently threatened to leave clubs because he wasn't getting what he wanted. He's also been prosecuted for trying to avoid tax.
He is as generous as he is vain, though. When he was awarded $600,000 in bonuses after Real Madrid won the Champions' League in 2016, he gave the whole amount to charity. He also personally donated $5m to a disaster relief fund in Haiti, and has been repeatedly known to pay for medical treatment for sick children.
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.