Hollywood is a small town, and sometimes it seems like all famous people know one another.
They usually meet through work or at fancy industry events, but some celebs actually
go way back, like all the way back to their high school days.
Whether these stars ended up going their separate ways or still remain friends, it's pretty
fun to imagine them cutting class and hitting up school dances back in the day.
Let's take a look at the celebs you didn't know went to high school together.
Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts
Best buds Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts both attended the North Shore Sydney Girls High
School in Australia, but they weren't super tight right away.
Apparently, it wasn't until the two actresses starred in the 1991 movie Flirting that they
became close.
Watts explained on The Jess Cagle Interview,
"We already knew each other but that's when our friendship forged."
According to Watts, it's their teenage years that led them to have one of the strongest
friendship in Hollywood.
She added,
"That history binds you.
We have a strong respect and love for one another."
"Great friends.
Known each other for three decades now.
You go through a lot together."
Busta Rhymes and Jay-Z
Two of the most prolific rappers to come out of New York, Busta Rhymes and Jay-Z, were
classmates at Brooklyn's George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School
in the '90s.
The school cafeteria is where they honed their rapping skills back in the day.
"Me and Busta Rhymes actually had a rap battle in the lunchroom."
"In the lunchroom?
Who won that rap battle?"
"Losing that battle to Jay in speed rapping at that time is what made me one of the most
dangerous speed rappers today."
Lauryn Hill and Zach Braff
Singer Lauryn Hill and actor Zach Braff were once friends during their days at Columbia
High School in Maplewood, New Jersey.
Braff told radio host Howard Stern that he and Hill would travel to acting auditions
together and that they took all the same classes.
However, after gushing about Hill's likable high school personality, Braff also shared
that the Fugees star ignored him after graduation.
Recalling a charity event years after high school, he admitted,
"She really acted like she had never known me."
Ouch.
At least Braff can make light of the situation.
Playing off of Hill's famous album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Braff joked to a fan on Twitter,
"I'm the reason she was 'miseducated.'"
Cameron Diaz and Snoop Dogg
Once upon a time, actress Cameron Diaz and rapper Snoop Dogg attended Long Beach Polytechnic
High School in California, and apparently bumped into each other more than a few times.
Diaz revealed in a January 2011 interview on Lopez Tonight that Snoop was a year ahead
of her in high school.
"But I remember him, he was very tall and skinny.
He wore lots of ponytails in his head."]
She admitted that they also shared a few, well, business interactions.
"Pretty sure I bought weed from him."
"Yeah!"
As for Snoop, he had nothing but nice things to say about Diaz.
"She ran with my homegirls, all my little cheerleading homegirls.
She was in their little group."
"She was cool, she was fly, and she was hip.
I never got at her like that because she was younger than me."
Liv Tyler and Kate Hudson
Cool girls Liv Tyler and Kate Hudson both attended the Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences
in Santa Monica in the '90s.
According to Us Weekly, the two became close friends at school, and later starred in Dr.
T & the Women together.
Hudson has also developed a bond with Liv's famous dad, Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler.
Shortly after Hudson announced her third pregnancy, she shared a snap of Steven cradling her bump,
with the caption:
"Baby girl got some good hugs from Papa Tyler this weekend."
It looks like all these years later, Liv and Hudson still make it a point to hang out when
they can.
In June 2016, Hudson shared a sweet Instagram pic, writing,
"Got to catch up with this beauty in the city."
Jessie J and Adele
Powerhouse singers Adele and Jessie J both attended The BRIT School for Performing Arts
and Technology in London, England, and this cool connection runs deeper than just passing
each other in the hallways.
"We use to sing a lunchtime together, which is really surreal thinking about it now."
According to People magazine, Jessie J shared,
"We were in the same year!
[...] Obviously at that time we didn't realize that we'd both [eventually] have music out.
But she's amazing.
She was always that really bright energy at school."
From the school cafeteria to the Grammy's, both ladies went on to become bright shining
stars in the music biz.
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