Jodie Foster took some time off from her busy schedule of shooting whatever claustrophobic action/suspense thriller she happens to be working on at the moment to deliver the commencement address to the graduating class of University of Pennsylvania. Reviews have been good, with Foster reportedly having struck the perfect balance of irreverence and gravitas. For the requisite final note of productive optimism, however, Foster turned to the unlikely inspiration of an Eminem lyric. It was a bold move to choose the controversial rapper's song "Lose Yourself" from which to quote, though perhaps not as incendiary as it would have been had she chosen one of his less "up with people" sentiments, such as "Kill You"'s "Slut, you think I won't choke no whore/'till the vocal cords don't work in her throat no more?!"

• Foster Quotes Eminem at Penn Graduation [Yahoo/AP]

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