Celebrities may get accepted, but some of them make the grade and graduate, too.
Mayim Bialik, of note, earned her Ph.D. in neuroscience.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayim_Bialik
This site (Cracked) definitely has blue language, and is a touch leftist, but has some interesting “lists”. This is one of the lists I found most interesting:
http://www.cracked.com/article_15753_8-celebrities-you-didnt-know-were-geeks.html
My son likes Offspring, and hasn’t let me forget yet their lead singer has a Masters in Molecular Biology.