Sure, this year's Academy Awards were smaller, more intimate, and recession-friendly. But they lacked one vital component: an awesome, epic, YouTubeable podium meltdown. We wanted tears! We wanted ...

The Academy Awards are known for having speeches so long that the orchestra has to intervene to get them off the stage -- but what are the shortest speeches?

Sure, the Oscars are about gold statues and designer gowns. But sometimes—just sometimes—someone steps on that stage and says something real. Something raw. Something that cuts through the pageantry ...

"My humanity is defined by yours.” Elie Wiesel, Dartmouth Commencement, 2006 In 1990, as I sat at my college graduation in my pale blue cap and gown, not listening to the commencement speaker, I never ...

Over the years, we have seen various royals deliver speeches that have left their mark on the world. These speeches were not only important at the time they were delivered, but have also had a lasting ...

In early June 2005, Steve Jobs emailed his friend Michael Hawley a draft of a speech he had agreed to deliver to Stanford University’s graduating class in a few days. “It’s embarrassing,” he wrote. “I ...

Nov 6, 2012 -- intro: Mitt Romney conceded the presidential race tonight in the ballroom of the Boston Convention Center with a speech citing familiar themes of family, religion, job creators and ...

Mario Cuomo, the former three-term New York governor who died Thursday night, rose to national prominence in part because of his electrifying oratory skills. His compelling speeches evoked staunchly ...