High School

DR DRE WANTS TO ERASE HIS UGLY PAST

To be honest, we have absolutely DESPISED NWA founder Dr Dre since 1991 when he viciously attacked a female journalist because he didn’t like something she wrote. The writer, Dee Barnes, had interviewed Ice Cube about his split from NWA and Dre approached her at Def Jam party in LA. He grabbed her by the hair and slammed her several times into a brick wall while his friend with a gun “watched.” When a guy tried to come to her aid, the “friend” pistol whipped him and broke his teeth. Dre continued the violent beating all the way into the women’s restroom. (He attacked a lot of women in those days, including his girlfriends.) After the beating, the hip hop world turned its back on Dee and she lost her job and career. Of course Dre went on to become a billionaire. We still don’t like him, but now he is trying to do something right. He and music mogul Jimmy Iovine are establishing a special high school in LA and remarkably, it has NOTHING to do with music. The new Leimert Park school will be aimed at black and latino students, and hopes to develop young innovators and entrepreneurs in the areas of design, business, and technology – creative enterprises of the future. Sounds incredible. Maybe the near-fatal brain aneurism he had in January inspired Dre to do something right.

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MARILYN MANSON HAD FARRAH FAWCETT HAIR IN HIGH SCHOOL

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We happened upon this photo of Marilyn Manson as a teenager (real name Brian Warner) and felt it was too fascinating NOT to share. Imagine that! Blonde, fluffy almost Farrah Fawcett hair, and a mustache! Manson admitted to Rolling Stone that he actually had some plastic surgery when he was a teen. It was his mother’s idea. She thought his earlobes were too long and she had them nipped. Presumably he was then free to sweep his hair back and create a new look for himself.

NICKI MINAJ’S HIGH SCHOOL DOESN’T WANT HER TO COME BACK

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Photo: Anaconda
What’s YOUR take on the latest Nicki Minaj dilemma? Nicki volunteered to speak at her high school to “inspire the students.” Nicki says she herself was inspired at La Guardia High School of Performing Arts and wanted to pass on her enthusiasm to the kids there today. The school Principal politely DECLINED her offer and left the Anaconda singer mystified. Granted, the students would have loved to see Nicki – so did the Principal do the right thing?

SNOOP LION LOOKED LIKE A NICE GUY IN HIGH SCHOOL – AND STILL IS

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We love this clean-cut necktie photo of Snoop Lion (or Snoop Dogg) before he developed his dreadlocked persona. This is his senior yearbook photo from David Starr Jordan High School in Long Beach, California. Snoop, now 42, surprised his British fans when he made a DJ appearance at a nightclub there and chose to stay at a low budget Holiday Inn Express with his entourage! The hotel staff loved him and he posed for photos with them. What’s more, he left his room in perfect condition. No rockstar antics there!

MARILYN MONROE WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG AND INNOCENT

This 1941 class photograph from Ralph Waldo Emerson High School in Los Angeles is going up for auction at Bonhams next month because the girl who was to become Marilyn Monroe is among the students. Fifteen year old Norma Jeane Baker signed the back of the photo for a school friend of hers named George. She wrote: “To Georgie, A super swell fellow, in fact, really keen! (I really mean it Geo!) Norma Jeane Baker.” Her choice of words is so charming. Bonham’s expects the photo to go for around $9000.

Photo Credit: Pacific Coast News

WHAT’S BETTER THAN A CELEBRITY PROM PHOTO?

Jersey Shore’s Snooki must be feeling sentimental these days because she’s been posting vintage photos of herself. The most recent is this picture of Snooki at her Junior Prom.
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“Here I am at my Junior prom! I went with one of my best guy friends! Best Prom Ever! My dress was so from JC Penny! No Shame. Such a bargain shopper.”
We like her smile BEFORE she got those new Hollywood teeth. She was undeniably cute in high school, but her compulsive tanning was already out of control.
Photo via: Hollyscoop

OWEN WILSON MADE IT BIG IN SPITE OF HIS NOSE

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The mystery of Owen Wilson’s bumpy twisted nose may never be solved. He says he broke his nose several times while growing up. But WHY did he never get it straightened out? It’s an easy fix. Owen’s high school photo on the left indicates he already had issues with his nose in those days. Maybe he wouldn’t be as funny with a normal nose…

TAYLOR SWIFT IS BUSY PROMOTING HER MUSIC WHILE CONOR KENNEDY STUDIES BIOLOGY

It takes a lot of hefty men to protect Taylor Swift,22, from her incredibly passionate fans. The fact that she and Conor Kennedy,18, are going their separate ways for now makes sense – she’s busy touring with her album and he’s in high school. Feelings are still there and we predict he might spend some of his Christmas holiday time off with Taylor- and who knows, after Conor graduates they might get back together for some summer lovin’.

CINDY CRAWFORD WAS NO GEEK IN HIGH SCHOOL

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What’s more fun than celebrity yearbook photos! Cindy Crawford can’t brag that she was “unpopular” in high school and a “geek” like many models seem to do. Yearbook pictures don’t lie. It’s quite apparent she was a teenage knockout at DeKalb High School in Illinois. To top it off she was really smart — valedictorian of her class. It’s unlikely that Cindy was ever bullied.
Photos via: Daily Mail