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MEGHAN MARKLE BREAKS SILENCE ON GEORGE FLOYD: Meghan Markle spoke out on the murder of George Floyd during a virtual commencement speech Wednesday night. Speaking to her former high school in L.A., Immaculate Heart, she said: “Because George Floyd‘s life mattered, and Breonna Taylor‘s life mattered, and Philando Castile‘s life mattered, and Tamir Rice‘s life mattered, and so did so many other people whose names we know and whose names we don’t know. Stephon Clark. His life mattered.” She spoke about her own experience during the 1992 race riots in L.A. and said she was “sorry” that the world hasn’t really changed much since she was a child. (Essence)

BRAD PITT, ZOE KRAVITZ, LILI REINHART, MORE JOIN PROTESTS: Brad Pitt and his friend Alia Shawkat were spotted in protests in L.A. Wednesday, while Zoe Kravitz marched in London. Lili Reinhart was seen at a protest in West Hollywood, and Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas stepped out as well. Meanwhile, dozens of other celebrities are speaking out on social media and also contributing to Black Lives Matter causes. (ET)

AMANDA SEALES IS OUT: Amanda Seales has quit The Real. She shared on IG Live: “My contract is up … and I didn’t renew it, because it doesn’t feel good to my soul to be at a place where I cannot speak to my people the way they need to be spoken to. And where the people that are speaking to me in disparaging ways are not being handled. The people at the top are not respecting the necessity for black voices to be at the top too.” (Page Six)

ICE-T PRAISES DICK WOLF: Law & Order: SVU star Ice-T praised executive producer Dick Wolf for firing a staffer who threatened looters. T wrote on social media: “The Big Boss is cleaning house …. RESPECT.” (Page Six)