Rewind: Celebrities – Over the years, Classroom Close-up has interviewed dozens of celebrities – ranging from actors, astronauts and musicians to politicians and athletes. They all have something in common – education. Many of them attended school in New Jersey, and for those who didn’t, they have direct ties to education in the Garden State. The list includes President Clinton, environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., former Congressman Barney Frank, actor John Amos, CNN’s Soledad O’Brien, Academy-award winner Christopher McQuarrie, actor Cynthia Nixon, astronauts Garrett Reisman, Leland Melvin, Mark Polansky and Greg Linteris, Olympians Carl Lewis and Andrew Valmon, and former Philly Pops music director Peter Nero.