{"id":102129,"date":"2017-05-12T07:46:16","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T11:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=102129"},"modified":"2017-05-12T07:46:16","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T11:46:16","slug":"stay-classy-usc-will-ferrell-delivers-commencement-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/05\/12\/stay-classy-usc-will-ferrell-delivers-commencement-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay classy, USC, Will Ferrell delivers commencement talk"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_102130\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102130\" style=\"width: 718px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/16143076_1295240737233143_1046139413894607863_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102130\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/16143076_1295240737233143_1046139413894607863_n.jpg\" alt=\"One of the University of Southern California's most distinguished alums \u2014 funnyman Will Ferrell \u2014 is returning to his alma mater to give the keynote address at this year's 134th commencement. (Photo: Step Brother\/Facebook)\" width=\"718\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/16143076_1295240737233143_1046139413894607863_n.jpg 718w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/16143076_1295240737233143_1046139413894607863_n-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the University of Southern California&#8217;s most distinguished alums \u2014 funnyman Will Ferrell \u2014 is returning to his alma mater to give the keynote address at this year&#8217;s 134th commencement. (Photo: Step Brother<a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/855470107876877\/photos\/p.1295240737233143\/1295240737233143\/?type=1&amp;opaqueCursor=AbphZ5BUrqPOtdfaBmtJ4YXJ0dGOiFCLbjXrpzyu31A8diVTOCJuuEZi0mtac3WYmbA1t7eZwz30Kp4dgwAgu3rronvRhzpAIfOV_Am8_KPsl9BUXEEJZMzCRlvTo9igPqat40s3L0_XHzYNl1IH2KT3tovUcY1Q9TA8MA_DnmKOLCbvTNFW05-h8YRpUO3EBbbBHGwdkrK25ZPjY7EKstL4Df000ZJA_A8kHNH_zck89IpRVAVuNV7UKpeghzgqMOOYLYO6JvKyueOdN1Nf6ysTEiLr89eZSC8UqmOfIF_TqhOYWaQkGcZg0inMs1Pd7v8ZgY-lmXC3m4EiW664EhLN7pdAsuBhZOAgTFXgzyvPgm0erBtSY6T7FfiwULZsF1zGZQ5az603bB_8yGcEm0r4&amp;theater\">\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LOS ANGELES \u2014 One of the University of Southern California&#8217;s most distinguished alums \u2014 funnyman Will Ferrell \u2014 is returning to his alma mater to give the keynote address at this year&#8217;s 134th commencement.<\/p>\n<p>The question remains: Will the member of the Class of 1990 bring arguably his most famous comic persona with him to Friday&#8217;s ceremony \u2014 faux TV anchorman Ron Burgundy?<\/p>\n<p>Or will the former \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d star delve into one of his many other characters.<\/p>\n<p>Ferrell, who earned a journalism degree from USC, has starred in films such as \u201cAnchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy,\u201d \u201cElf\u201d and \u201cTalladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The longtime supporter of campus causes also received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>More than 15,000 USC students are receiving degrees Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES \u2014 One of the University of Southern California&#8217;s most distinguished alums \u2014 funnyman Will Ferrell \u2014 is returning &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":102130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,106],"tags":[19007],"class_list":["post-102129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-hollywood","tag-will-ferrell","mauthors-john-rogers","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}