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Photo: MARTIN SYLVEST/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP (Getty Images)The Roots Picnic, which was supposed to be held in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park on June 3, was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the 13th annual celebration is going to be livestreamed via YouTube on June 27, and it will be co-hosted by none…

Hip-hop stars The Roots are taking their annual music festival, Roots Picnic, online and turning it into a voter registration drive with the help of former U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama.Frontman Questlove, otherwise known as Ahmir Khalib Thompson, and his bandmates had to postpone the summer event in their hometown…

Given that — as you may have heard — people are currently not really leaving the house, it feels like an optimal time to check out recent fashion shows we might have missed, or throw it back to early collections of interest from some of today’s big names. I’d also…

(CNN)The Roots Picnic is going virtual with a special co-chair.Former first lady Michelle Obama has joined forces with the hip hop band for their annual get down, which will also serve as a voter registration drive this year.Obama tweeted Tuesday about her nonpartisan organization, When We All Vote, partnering with…

The 2020 edition of Philadelphia's Roots Picnic was originally scheduled to happen at Fairmount Park on May 30. It was later rescheduled to August 1 because of COVID-19, but now the festival has announced it's going virtual this year. Joining forces with Michelle Obama's When We All Vote nonprofit, the…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Former first ladies: Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton Becoming, the Netflix documentary about Michelle Obama, was one of the streaming site's Top 10 films when it was released a few weeks ago. Now another American First Lady, Hillary Clinton, has her own docuseries -…

Tim Warner/Getty ImagesYouTube's "Dear Class of 2020" live-stream event lasted over four hours Sunday afternoon and featured brief cameos from sports biggest stars.Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady, Houston Rockets All-Star point guard Russell Westbrook, Hall of Fame New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan, Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson…

Lady Gaga painted a picture of racism in America as a malignant forest that needs to be uprooted in her graduation speech for YouTube’s “Dear Class of 2020” event. The Grammy-winning singer said she had to rewrite her speech after the death of George Floyd and the nationwide protests against…

"Sunday Morning" salutes the Class of 2020 Barack and Michelle Obama addressed the Class of 2020 on Sunday in a star-studded YouTube livestream that included a joint message of congratulations to students across the world who had their academic lives upended by the coronavirus pandemic. Michelle then took the "virtual…

Former President Barack Obama and Former First Lady Michelle Obama are celebrating graduates. The former First Family sat down and spoke to 2020 graduates during YouTube’s Dear Class of 2020 virtual commencement ceremony on Sunday (June 7). PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Barack Obama “While you might not…