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Oprah, Miley Cyrus, Lil Nas X to join Facebook live-streaming graduation ceremony this FridayBy Evening Standard

College and high school seniors are missing out on graduation ceremonies in the midst of social distancing - which means no snazzy keynote speakers, no performances and no cap and gown photos.

But Facebook is still celebrating graduating seniors with a live-streaming event full of A-listers.

On May 15, seniors can celebrate from the comfort of their own home - and everyone will have the same graduate speakers and performers, so you won't have bragging rights about your own college's choices.

The virtual commencement ceremony will begin at 11am EST, streaming on both the Facebook Watch and Instagram account pages.

Miley Cyrus will perform the ultimate graduation track 'The Climb.' Hopefully, Vitamin C can stop by for a performance of her classic 'Graduation (Friends Forever)' and Green Day can bust out 'Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)' to make it exactly like a real life graduation.

There will be speeches from Jennifer Garner, Lil Nas X (hopefully, he sings a graduation themed version of 'Old Town Road') Awkwafina and Olympic gymnast Simone Biles.

More special guests will be announced later for the hours-long broadcast available on Facebook Watch. And Matthew McConaughey and Cardi B have both shared messages with the 2020 graduating class in a video that was taped for the event.

Offering her congratulations, the 27-year-old rapper also shared some advice to the graduating high school seniors about selecting classes in college, before saying, "It's more than a diploma. It's more than graduation. It's knowledge. It's knowing that you took it, that you went through those hard nights studying."

McConaughey offered his own words of wisdom in a separate video message. "Don't bother yourself too much if you're not quite sure what you wanna do in life," he said. "I'm 50. I have many days where I'm still not quite sure what I wanna be. But I work on it," the actor said.

"Take care of yourselves, take care of your loved ones. Live in a way now, where you can look back later and say, 'I think I handled that pretty well,'" he said before adding his signature phrase, "Alright, alright."

Facebook says it will be calling out specific high schools and colleges in the US as well as including photos, videos and messages from students and teachers.