I have a neighbor whose son is graduating high school this year, so it was sad to hear him talk about how his kid couldn’t go to prom.
Hopefully, this cheers up some of the high school seniors.
The one-hour special will air across broadcast networks and social media platforms, featuring stars including the Jonas Brothers, Yara Shahidi, Ben Platt and Pharrell Williams.
With the Class of 2020 unable to throw their caps in the air this year due to coronavirus, LeBron James is putting on a special graduation celebration.The NBA superstar is partnering with Laurene Powell Jobs’ XQ Institute and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) to host a virtual graduation ceremony for the more than 3 million high school seniors in the U.S. Together, they’ve enlisted a collection of actors, musicians, athletes and activists to participate in the festivities, including the Jonas Brothers, Yara Shahidi, Ben Platt, Lena Waithe, Megan Rapinoe, Pharrell Williams, Bad Bunny, Malala Yousafzai, Chika, YBN Cordae, Loren Gray, H.E.R., Brandan Bmike Odums, and TikTok-ers Charli and Dixie D’Amelio.
In a rather unprecedented move, the one-hour special, which is called Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020, will air simultaneously across all broadcast platforms — ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC — and on a host of leading entertainment, social media and streaming platforms — including YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, TikTok, PeopleTV and Complex Networks — on Saturday, May 16 at 8 p.m. The show is being produced by Done + Dusted and James’ SpringHill Entertainment.
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