YouTube has organized a graduation ceremony event, ‘Dear Class of 2020’, held on 6 June. Keeping in mind the safe social distancing norms, the virtual graduation ceremony will be streamed on the YouTube Originals website.
Celebrating all the students graduating this year, the ceremony is Google’s way of recognizing the achievement of students. The virtual event will be headlined by former United States President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama.
Featuring commencement speakers, the ‘Dear Class of 2020’ will have speeches of encouragement from the K-pop group BTS, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, American musician Lady Gaga, activist Malala Yousafzai, Sec. Robert M. Gates and Sec. Condoleezza Rice. Apart from this, one will see musical performances from Alicia Keys and Kelly Rowland, among others.
Well, we got more exciting news!
Hollywood star Tom Cruise is going to shoot a movie in space, yes you heard it right!
Along with the help of NASA and Elon Musk’s SpaceX, the actor will film at the International Space Station. Adding another history creating move in the world of cinema, Tom Cruise is known for taking on high-concept stunts and doing them himself.
From scaling the world’s tallest building Burj Khalifa for ‘Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol’ to hanging onto the side of a plane in ‘Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation’ and performing a HALO (high altitude, low opening) jump 106 times for a sequence in ‘Fallout’, the actor never fails to surprise his audience!
This thrilling piece of news was confirmed by the space agency, NASA via a tweet:
Should be a lot of fun!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 5, 2020
