coronavirus crisis, but the stars aligned — and teamed up — to make sure the students felt inspired and appreciated nonetheless.As part of the YouTube Originals event dozens of musicians, actors, artists and public figures shared messages of hope and solidarity with all those graduating amid a global pandemic and unprecedented social activism.From a jazzy, orchestra-backed opening number from Lizzo to three separate messages from Barack and Michelle Obama, to speeches and calls to action from Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Timberlake and more, there was no shortage of love during this virtual graduation ceremony.Here's a look back at some of Sunday's most moving, life-affirming appearances from the star-studded The «Truth Hurts».

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Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez introduce sweet new puppy to the world and he’s a good boy

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez introduced their sweet new puppy to the world and we’re obsessed.They got the goldendoodle for JLo’s son Max, 12, and immediately took a family photo for everyone to see.Sharing the image on A-Rod’s Instagram, the retired baseball player asked fans to help them name their newest family member and we’re struggling to pick a name.‘We surprised Max yesterday with a new puppy, a Goldendoodle,’ the 44-year-old explained.

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Jennifer Lopez and fiancé Alex Rodriguez enjoy a romantic outing on their bikes in Bel Air

Jennifer Lopez and her fiancé Alex Rodriguez looked happy in love as they enjoyed a romantic bike ride through their sunny Bel Air neighborhood.The 50-year-old Hustlers actress sported a striped ensemble as she effortlessly kept up with the retired Major League Baseball star, who wore a black t-shirt and jeans.As they worked hard to break a sweat, the twin mom swept her long tresses in a tousled bun and closely followed her man'slead. Pedaling along: Jennifer Lopez and her fiancé Alex Rodriguez looked happy in love as they enjoyed a romantic bike ride through their sunny Bel Air neighborhoodWhile soaking up the sunshine and pedaling along, J-Lo flashed her gorgeous gams and adoringly gazed at Rodriguez.

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New Music Friday: Chloe x Halle, Maren Morris & More of the Hottest Songs and Albums of the Week

Chloe x Halle followed up their Tik Tok meme-inspiring single «Do It» with their full sophomore album, All Star Shea Couleé dropped her sultry strip tease track from the premiere, and country queen Maren Morris released not one, but two new singles.Plus, Leon Bridges shared his heartbreaking tribute to George Floyd and victims of police brutality, and G-Eazy dropped a timely track about the pervasive problem of racial injustice.Read on for some of our favorite recommendations for new songs and albums to listen to this week — plus, where you can stream them now!Chloe x HalleThe sisters pushed the original release of their sophomore album «in solidarity of all the beautiful black lives lost» — but has finally arrived, preceded by singles «Do

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Jennifer Lopez And Alex Rodriguez Want Fans To Help Name Their Adorable New Puppy

The Lopez-Rodriguez household has a furry new family member!

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Jennifer Lopez and fiancé Alex Rodriguez surprise fans with adorable new family member

© @Copyright HELLO! Hello! Magazine and her fiancé surprised fans on Thursday when they introduced an adorable new member to their family. The couple treated the singer's son Max to a gorgeous Goldendoodle puppy on Thursday – and they're asking their followers to help name him! Sharing a sweet family photo on Instagram, Alex wrote: "We surprised Max yesterday with a new puppy, a Goldendoodle.

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Roskilde Festival 2020 organisers urge fans to host their own festival at home for charity

Roskilde Festival 2020 have urged fans who were going to attend this year’s cancelled event to host their own festival at home instead, for charity.The 50th edition of the Danish festival was due to take place this summer from June 27–July 4, with the four main days of music falling between July 1 and July 4.

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'He's a complete gentleman': Katy Perry gushes over Harry Styles

Katy Perry has praised Harry Styles as a "complete gentleman" after he offered to give up his seat on a plane for her. The 'Never Worn White' hitmaker - who is expecting her first child with her fiancé Orlando Bloom - has revealed she met the One Direction star on a flight earlier this year, and heaped praise on his chivalrous actions, as she explained he immediately offered his seat to her as soon as she told him she is pregnant.

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Katy Perry gushes over Harry Styles' reaction to her pregnancy announcement

Katy Perry has recalled the moment she told pal Harry Styles that she was expecting her first child with her fiancé, Pirates of the Caribbean star Orlando Bloom. The 35-year-old hitmaker revealed to Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills that she confided in the Watermelon Sugar singer after they bumped into one another on a flight.

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Taylor Swift Urges Fans To Vote For Change Amid Racial Injustice

Taylor Swift is urging fans to fight for change.

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Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift & More Encourage Fans to Vote in Primary Elections

Selena Gomez to Ariana Grande are making sure their fans are getting their ballots in.Grande and Camila Cabello partnered with HeadCount, a non-profit, non-partisan organization that works with musicians to help register their fans to vote and participate in democracy.

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Taylor Swift Speaks Out About Racial Injustice In A Series of Tweets

Taylor Swift is using her platform to speak out about systemic racism around the world, especially in the United States.

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Katy Perry shares unlikely celebrity she told pregnancy news before anyone else

Katy Perry let slip the unlikely celebrity she first shared her pregnancy news with.

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Watch Megan Thee Stallion’s special music video medley for the graduating class of 2020

Megan Thee Stallion has filmed a nine-minute music video medley of her dancing to her own songs to celebrate with this year’s academic graduates — you can watch her special home-filmed video below.Taking part in YouTube’s ‘Dear Class of 2020’ celebration — which also welcomed the likes of Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga and Beyoncé — the Houston rapper was among the many star-studded names who featured in the platform’s “virtual commencement celebration”, which sought to “bring together inspirational leaders and artists to celebrate graduates, their families, and their communities”.While many of the other contributors to the event delivered speeches and words of inspiration to graduates, Megan filmed a special music video medley in her own home to

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Jennifer Lopez has a major update about her upcoming tour

Jennifer Lopez is ready to get loud and party it up at her upcoming tour post-coronavirus. The proud mamá of twins Emme and Max Muñiz , which she shares with Marc Anthony , took to her Instagram to announce a really big gift that she’s gonna be dishing out leading up to her tour.

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Jennifer Lopez Joins The All-In Challenge With The Chance Of Winning A Backstage Concert Tour

Jennifer Lopez wants some lucky fans to join her backstage on her first show after the pandemic.

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Jennifer Lopez offers up a meet and greet as she joins the All In Challenge

Jennifer Lopez has joined the uber popular celebrity All In Challenge.The 50-year-old took to social media on Monday to offer up an exceptional package to one lucky fan who donated to the No Kids Hungry foundation - amid the ongoing pandemic.The artist revealed she had been nominated by her best friend, Leah Remini, as well as fiance, Alex Rodriguez, who have both taken part. Joining!Jennifer Lopez offered up a meet-and-greet to one lucky fan on Monday'We all need to come together right now to spread some love,' she began the post.

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Beyoncé Inspires Class Of 2020 With Powerful Message: ‘Real Change Has Started With You’

YouTube “Dear Class of 2020” virtual graduation ceremony, the singer congratulated high school seniors, who have persevered through an unprecedented time in the country—from the pandemic to police brutality.“Thank you for using your collective voice and letting the world know that Black lives matter,” she said. “The killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and so many others have left us all broken.

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Jennifer Lopez Encourages the Class of 2020 to Grow and Change

For YouTube's Dear Class of 2020 special, Jennifer Lopez offered graduates a touching message through her remote commencement speech.The Hustlers star encouraged the grads to take life as a learning experience, as well as to be open to growing and changing.Fellow celebrities including Beyoncé, Lizzo, and Katy Perry also partook in the digital commencement ceremony.Jennifer Lopez has a message for the Class of 2020.For YouTube's Dear Class of 2020 special, J.Lo, who was introducing Malala Yousafzai as the next commencement speaker, offered a brief but heartfelt message to all the recent graduates who may be struggling with the historic and unprecedented events of today, from a raging pandemic to worldwide protests.

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Barack Obama Encourages Graduating Students: "You Can Create a New Normal"

Former President Barack Obama sent some words of encouragement to graduating students in his commencement speech that streamed Sunday as part of YouTube's Dear Class of 2020. "It's fair to say that your generation is graduating into a world that faces more profound challenges than any generation in decades," he said, referencing the coronavirus pandemic, the hundred thousand lives lost and the impact on the economy.

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‘The Simpsons’ Celebrates 2020 Grads With ‘Remote’ Commencement Speech

A chaotic year calls for a chaotic response, and who better to deliver than the Simpsons.

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Katy Perry, Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, & More Stars Celebrate The Class Of 2020 For YouTube’s Powerful Special

The graduating class of 2020 may not have been able to celebrate their achievements in person due to the coronavirus pandemic, but they did get one last send-off on Sunday by a star-studded cast!

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Dear Class of 2020 Event

Dear Class of 2020 event brought out many stars to honor all of this year's graduating students who missed out on a proper commencement due to the coronavirus pandemic. The four-hour virtual affair was held on Sunday and alternated between fun moments — like Lizzo opening the show with a trap rendition of the graduation classic, "Pomp and Circumstance," on her flute, along with musical performances from BTS, Megan Thee Stallion, and Chloe X Halle — and some more serious notes, with people like Barack and Michelle Obama, Beyoncé, and Lady Gaga giving emotionally-charged speeches to encourage young activism.

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Taylor Swift ‘relates’ to Class of 2020 graduates missing commencement ceremonies

Taylor Swift can “relate” to graduates missing out on traditional commencement ceremonies due to the coronavirus pandemic because she had to skip her own cap and gown celebration. The superstar was featured as part of YouTube’s Dear Class of 2020 digital celebration for students on Sunday, and in her pre-recorded clip, Swift sympathised with youngsters forced to forgo in-person events as a result of Covid-19 concerns but urged them to “celebrate anyway”.

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Michelle Obama Addresses Nationwide Protests and Pandemic in Graduation Commencement Speech

While delivering a commencement address for graduating students during YouTube Originals' Dear Class of 2020 virtual ceremony, former First Lady Michelle Obama addressed the ongoing nationwide protests, novel coronavirus pandemic and encouraged students that they are "not alone." "I am here today to talk to you, not as the former First Lady, but as a real life person, a mother, a mentor, a citizen concerned about your future and the future of our country. Because right now, all that superficial stuff of titles and positions, all of that has been stripped away.

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Michelle Obama's Latest Commencement Speech Is Exactly What You Need to Hear Today

Dear Class of 2020 commencement program aimed at high school and college graduates.“Over the past couple of months, our foundation has been shaken,” said. “Not just by a pandemic that stole too many of our loved ones, upended our daily lives and sent tens of millions into unemployment, but also by the rumbling of the age-old fault lines that our country was built on.

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Jennifer Lopez and Barack and Michelle Obama are merely some of the A-list appearances expected on YouTube’s Dear Class of 2020 commencement ceremony special at 3 p.m. ET on June 7. Lizzo and the New York Philharmonic are slated to open the show with a performance of Pomp and Circumstance.

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coronavirus pandemic, on-ground graduation ceremonies are giving way to virtual ones. Google's video platform YouTube organised a virtual event to give a farewell to these students.The ceremony saw participation from former US President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama, Korean pop group BTS, singers Beyoncé and Lady Gaga, former Defense Secretary Robert M Gates, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and activist Malala Yousafzai."I don't think this is the graduation ceremony any of you imagined.

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Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Schitt’s Creek cast join virtual graduation ceremony

Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift and the cast of Schitt’s Creek are among the stars who have offered messages of hope to young people graduating from schools and universities across America.

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Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez mask up as they join protesters for Black Lives Matter march in Hollywood

JENNIFER Lopez and fiancé Alex Rodriguez joined thousands of people in Hollywood yesterday for the Black Lives Matter protest. The 50-year-old was still recognizable despite being clad in an oversized black hoodie and sporting a black sequin face mask due to the coronavirus.

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Dear Class of 2020: Taylor Swift, Katy Perry and more deliver stunning performances and touching tributes

Making this year’s graduation ceremony extra special, some of the biggest celebrities in the entertainment industry joined YouTube’s virtual graduation and celebrated the Class of 2020. The long list of stars included Beyoncé, BTS, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Barack and Michelle Obama, Lizo, Jennifer Lopez, Lady Gaga, and many more.

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Beyonce delivers powerful speech for class of 2020

Beyonce has joined a host of stars in delivering a message for graduates, as part of YouTube’s Dear Class of 2020 virtual graduation series.

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Taylor Swift urges graduates to ‘celebrate anyway’ in Class of 2020 speech

supports HTML5 videoIf you’re in need of a bit of positivity at the moment, look no further than Taylor Swift. The Class of 2020 didn’t get a chance to graduate this year what with, you know, the deadly global pandemic – but Taylor still had some inspiring words for the students.

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Dear Class of 2020: Beyonce's powerful commencement speech is what the world needs right now; FULL SPEECH

After being rescheduled by a day to pay their respects to George Floyd and Black Lives Matter, Dear Class of 2020 came rushing through and helped students have an epic graduation ceremony, even though it was virtually. And, to say that it was star-studded would be a huge understatement.

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Beyonce applauds Class of 2020 for starting ‘real change’

Beyonce has commended the Class of 2020 for putting into motion the “wheels of change” in a powerful commencement speech for a YouTube special.The superstar delivered a moving address for the Dear Class of 2020 virtual celebration, which streamed online on Sunday, and applauded students for achieving academic success “in the middle of a global crisis, a racial pandemic, and worldwide expression outrage at the senseless killing of yet another unarmed black human being”, in reference to Minnesota man George Floyd. “And you still made it,” Beyonce smiled.

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Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez are marching for Black Lives Matter.

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Lady Gaga Addresses Police Brutality and Systemic Racism in Powerful Speech for 'Dear Class Of 2020'

Lady Gaga is speaking out against police brutality in a powerful message to this year's graduating class.

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Katy Perry is blooming as her pregnancy enters its final stages and she is looking all the more glamorous for it.

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Michelle Obama's Class of 2020 Commencement Speech Urges Honesty, Integrity and Action

Despite coronavirus cancelling the plans of graduates across the world, celebrities and public figures joined together on Sunday, June 7, for YouTube Original's 'Dear Class of 2020' special. The prerecorded event featured speeches by the performers like BTS, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Taylor Swift, and more.

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Lady Gaga Compares Systemic Racism To Nature In Powerful Speech On ‘Dear Class Of 2020’

Lady Gaga, 34, just slayed this commencement speech. The star appeared on the YouTube special Dear Class Of 2020 where she candidly spoke about her thoughts on the systemic racism and oppression that have plagued America for generations. “You are watching what is a pivotal moment in this country’s evolution. You’re watching society change in a deeply important way,” Gaga, in a ’50s inspired motorcycle ensemble. “This change will be slow and we will have to be patient. But change will happen and it will have to be for the better,” she continued from a podium in her home.

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Beyoncé Delivers Commencement Speech for Class of 2020: ''Keep Pushing, Forget the Fear''

Beyoncéis encouraging young high school and college graduates to continue to advocate for underrepresented communities, to continue to do the work to achieve a better tomorrow and to "keep investing and keep betting on yourself." As the Class of 2020 virtual celebrations continue due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis, the 38-year-old is stepping up and empowering the future generations through her speech during YouTube's "Dear Class of 2020" livestream on Sunday, June 7. "Thank you President [Barack Obama] and Michelle Obama] for including me in this very special day and congratulations to the class of 2020," she began her speech.

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Jennifer Lopez Salutes 2020 Graduates -- And Malala

With the coronavirus pandemic sidelining in-person graduation celebrations, YouTube's star-studded Dear Class of 2020 livestream on Sunday (June 7) helped fill in the gap for students graduating this year.

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Katy Perry displays her huge bump as she joins celebrities in congratulating class of 2020

She's one of the many celebrities that will be taking part in Sunday's virtual graduation ceremony via YouTube.And Katy Perry gave fans a preview of her Daisies performance on social media ahead of the online celebration.The 35-year-old showcased her very large bump during the clip, ahead of the birth of her first child with Orlando Bloom. Mom-to-be: Katy Perry showcased her large and growing bump on social media on Sunday ahead of the virtual YouTube 2020 graduation ceremony'#DearClassof2020, I hope in the midst of all that is happening in the world, you can take a moment to celebrate the accomplishment of graduating,' she penned.

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Beyonce joins Taylor Swift along with Katy Perry and the Obamas on YouTube for Dear Class of 2020

2020 is only half over, and major life events continue to becanceled or postponed, includinggraduation ceremonies for the class of 2020.In response, YouTube put together an all-hands-on-deck special web event called Dear Class Of 2020, which was streamed live on Sunday.Megastars such as Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and Jennifer Lopez joined Barack and Michelle Obama, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson and many others to congratulate and celebrate graduating college and high school seniors remotely, while also taking time to acknowledge the unique moment the world finds itself in.

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Beyonce delivers powerful speech for class of 2020: ‘Your blackness is beautiful’

Beyonce blessed the Class of 2020 with her words of wisdom in a powerful commencement speech making reference to the Black Lives Matter movement.The Halo singer joined the likes of Michelle Obama, Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift to deliver an address for the virtual graduation on Sunday (7 June). In the 10-minute video, Beyonce, 38, applauded the students for pushing through with their studies despite the coronavirus pandemic and current fight against racial inequality, sparked by the horrific death of African-American man George Floyd. Floyd died on 25 May after a white police officer in Minnesota pressed his knee into his neck for almost nine minutes during an arrest. Beginning her commencement speech, Beyonce said: ‘You have arrived here

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Alicia Keys Empowers "Unstoppable" Graduates in Profound YouTube 'Dear Class of 2020' Speech

Schools across the world have cancelled graduation ceremonies due to safety concerns amid the Coronavirus pandemic, but on Sunday, June 7, celebrities and public figures banded together for a YouTube Original commencement special. During the prerecorded event, 'Dear Class of 2020,' graduates could connect with up to 99 fellow classmates to experience the virtual ceremony, which featured speeches by the likes of Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, BTS, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé and more.

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BTS Reflect On Their Own Graduations With Inspiring Words On ‘Dear Class Of 2020’ Special

BTS just address this years’ graduating class, and it was everything! All seven members — including J-Hope, Suga, Jungkook, V, Jimin, Jin, and RM — appeared on YouTube’s Dear Class of 2020 stream alongside Barack and Michelle Obama, Jennifer Lopez, Camila Cabello and more. Prior to their performance, the guys each spoke in a speech where they reflected on their own graduations and what they meant to them.

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Former President Barack Obama and Former First Lady Michelle Obama are celebrating graduates.

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Michelle Obama Gets Emotional in Powerful 'Dear Class of 2020' Commencement Address

The YouTube Originals special, airing on Sunday, features both Barack andMichelle Obama as commencement speakers. The pair kicked things off with a joint message to students early on in the program.

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