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 ...

What makes an exemplary Oscar speech? That’s the million-dollar question facing each new crop of winners, who are frequently tasked with finding fresh things to say at the Academy Awards (live Sunday, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This Sunday, fans will tune in to the 98th annual Academy Awards not knowing if they will see polished or pathetic Oscar-winning ...

What makes an Oscar acceptance speech one of the best Oscar speeches? Conventional wisdom would have it that if you're lucky enough to win an Academy Award, you should keep it short, try not to ...

Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor in the ‘Doctor Who’ episode ‘The Zygon Inversion’; Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor in the ‘Doctor Who’ episode ‘The Time of the Doctor’; Tony Curran as Vincent ...

"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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many winners opt for a timely message, while others resort to rattling off a list of names. But after years of watching ...

This Sunday, fans will tune in to the 98th annual Academy Awards not knowing if they will see polished or pathetic Oscar-winning speeches. Part of the fun of the live ceremony is seeing actors and ...