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Dozens of celebrities have come together to honor the high school class of 2020. On Friday, Facebook and Instagram presented a star-studded virtual event for the millions of seniors whose graduation ceremonies were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dubbed #Graduation2020, the multi-hour event was hosted by The Office co-stars Mindy Kaling and B.J. Novak, […]
The high school graduating class of 2020, assuredly the most bizarre year in modern history, are being commemorated with a new T-shirt collab from Travis Scott and LeBron James. The Cactus Jack x Uninterrupted collab tee, which boasts a design by La Flame himself, features the handwritten sentiment “We’re all in this together.” All net […]
To mark his 60th birthday, U2 frontman Bono has shared a playlist of 60 songs that he says “saved my life.” Kanye West‘s 2013 Yeezus cut “Black Skinhead” is among the picks, with Bono penning a thoughtful mini-essay on how deeply he was affected by hearing the song for the first time on Saturday Night […]
Princeton University has announced Nicholas Johnson, a student who majored in operations research and financial engineering, as the school’s first black valedictorian in its 274-year history. Johnson is also pursuing certificates in statistics and machine learning, applied and computational mathematics, and applications of computing. Johnson, a Montreal native, will spend the summer interning at the D.E. Shaw Group […]
Pharrell Williams kept things close to home by surprising the graduates of a local Virginia HBCU. Norfolk State University was forced to give its students a virtual graduation due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, this served as the perfect opportunity for Pharrell to give back to his fellow Tidewater natives through an inspiring commencement speech. “Even if this […]
Like pretty much every other student set to graduate this summer, seniors on their way out of Ohio’s Wright State University had their in-person ceremony called off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, they had to go the virtual route, meaning things were set to be just as boring without the in-person moment of glory […]
A Texas high school student received a $20,000 scholarship from Ellen DeGeneres after he was told that he wouldn’t be able to attend his graduation unless he cut his dreadlocks. The teen, DeAndre Arnold, refused to cut his locs and was suspended from Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, some 30 miles east of […]
Nipsey Hussle’s daughter Emani honored her father during her elementary school graduation this weekend. In a short speech, the 10-year-old gave a shout-out to Nips, and her mother, Tanisha Foster. “I want to begin by sharing my thankfulness for my mom for believing in me, and my dad, for always being there for me,” Emani […]
A school principal in West Virginia allegedly plagiarized Ashton Kutcher during his graduation speech on May 23, however the move went largely unnoticed until one student published side-by-side comparisons of her principle’s performance and the actor’s 2013 Teen Choice Awards speech. Abby Smith, a graduate of Parkersburg High School, noticed that Principal Kenny DeMoss’ address sounded vaguely familiar. […]
TMZ has learned that Hope Dworaczyk Smith, wife of Morehouse College’s Class of 2019 commencement speaker Robert F. Smith who promised to pay off their student loan debt, will be working with Jadelle Beverly Hills to design a custom pair of cufflinks for the 396 graduates as a “small gesture to support [the Smith family’s] tremendous, transformative contribution.” TMZ also reports […]
