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“I wanted to make a public statement, like: ‘Hey idiots, it’s a quote. From a movie.’”

Jennifer Lawrence sets the record straight about her ‘I beat Meryl!’ line at the Golden Globes.

Related: Is it okay that EW’s Tumblr is just turning into a J. Law appreciation blog?

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The lucky so-and-sos at Harvard, Yale, and Penn get to hear commencement addresses from these fine folks in May. Which got us thinking—who do you wish had spoken, or hope will speak, at your own college graduation? Personally, I can’t imagine a speaker much better than Amy Poehler, unless Bossypants Tina Fey or my number one friend crush Mindy Kaling decided to throw their hats into the commencement speech ring. And I’m certainly not still bitter that the affiliated college across the street snagged Meryl Streep for their Class Day the same year I graduated. Nope. Not bitter at all. (We got NAACP president Benjamin Jealous instead, who was pretty good… though I’m shallow and was really hoping for someone a little, well, famouser.) How about you?

The lucky so-and-sos at Harvard, Yale, and Penn get to hear commencement addresses from these fine folks in May. Which got us thinking—who do you wish had spoken, or hope will speak, at your own college graduation?

Personally, I can’t imagine a speaker much better than Amy Poehler, unless Bossypants Tina Fey or my number one friend crush Mindy Kaling decided to throw their hats into the commencement speech ring. And I’m certainly not still bitter that the affiliated college across the street snagged Meryl Streep for their Class Day the same year I graduated. Nope. Not bitter at all. (We got NAACP president Benjamin Jealous instead, who was pretty good… though I’m shallow and was really hoping for someone a little, well, famouser.)

How about you?

Meryl Streep, James Taylor, Harper Lee among recipients of National Medal of Arts

Congrats to them and everything… but To Kill a Mockingbird came out almost 51 years ago, and Harper Lee’s just getting honored now?

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