Colleges across the country featured high-profile figures ranging from Hollywood actors to musical artists, including Oprah Winfrey and Mindy Kaling.<\/b>
\n\u201cWhatever you choose for a career path remember the struggles along the way are only meant to shape you for your purpose,\u201d Chadwick Boseman told the graduates of his alma mater, Howard University, at its commencement festivities last month in Washington, D. C.
The \u201cBlack Panther\u201d star was just one of Hollywood\u2019s finest who returned to campuses nationwide to offer advice to the Class of 2018.
Other A-listers delivering commencement speeches included \u201cOcean\u2019s 8\u201d star Mindy Kaling, \u201cThis Is Us\u201d actor Sterling K. Brown and former Batman Michael Keaton.
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Some referenced the current political and social climate, advocating for just and fair storytelling.
\u201cYou will become the new editorial gatekeepers, an ambitious army of truth-seekers, who will arm yourselves with the intelligence, with the insight and the facts necessary to strike down deceit,\u201d Oprah Winfrey said in her speech at the University of Southern California\u2019s Annenberg School.
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Ronan Farrow, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on Harvey Weinstein, reminded Loyola Marymount University graduates of the world they are inheriting.
\u201cRight now we are surrounded by a culture that tries to take the easy way out, that tries to tip the scales in favor of getting paid rather than protesting, that tells us to kill the story instead of poking the bear,\u201d he said.
Watch the super-cut of this year\u2019s A-list advice to graduates.<\/p>\n

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