Nancy Pelosi Gives Record-Setting 8-Hour Speech on DACA
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi gave the longest continuous speech in House history on Wednesday—clocking in at…
Jeff Flake Says All the Right Things in Speech Comparing Trump to Joseph Stalin
Outgoing Republican Senator Jeff Flake gave another speech on the Senate floor today denouncing his party’s president,…
Trump's Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Make It Way, Way Worse
Welcome to another episode of “Donald, Jared, and Donald’s Company Lawyer Bring Peace to the Middle East With No…
Iranian Director Asghar Farhadi Skips Accepting His Second Oscar to Protest Trump's Travel Ban
As he announced he would be doing in January, Iranian director Asghar Farhadi skipped this year’s Academy Awards…
A Former Obama Speechwriter Annotates Donald Trump's Inauguration Speech
Laura Dean worked as a speechwriter for President Barack Obama from 2011 to 2014. We asked her to annotate Donald…
Tracee Ellis Ross Just Won Her First Golden Globe For Black-ish
Just three months after receiving her first Emmy for her work on ABC’s Black-ish, Tracee Ellis Ross has received her…
Michelle Obama Tells Crowd in Philadelphia, 'This Election Is On Us'
Tonight, at Hillary Clinton’s rally in Philadelphia, Michelle Obama brought down the house as she called for Americans…
Sean Hayes Feels Very Bad For Not Coming Out Sooner
While accepting a Trailblazer honor at Outfest’s Legacy Awards on Sunday in Los Angeles, Sean Hayes, best known for his…
Joe Biden Gave a Very Long, Somewhat Self-Congratulatory Speech on Sexual Violence
On Tuesday morning, Vice President Joe Biden gave a long—very long— speech about sexual violence at the United State of…
Hillary Clinton Calls Trump 'Dangerously Incoherent’ in Rousing Foreign Policy Speech
In what might have been her strongest speech of the campaign, Hillary Clinton made a compelling case against…
Bernie Sanders' Candidacy Is a Long Con to Make an Hourlong Speech About Democratic Socialism
This is just a theory, but it’s also absolutely correct and pretty much inarguable: Bernie Sanders ran for president so…
Donald Trump Loses Teleprompter, His Shit
Donald Trump gave a speech in Dallas Monday night, and he was very, very proud not to be using a teleprompter. And he…
Mindy Kaling at Harvard Class Day: 'You Will Defend BP from Birds"
Yesterday, actress, writer and showrunner Mindy Kaling gave a speech to Harvard Law School graduates at Harvard Class…
Sunday Sign Off: Philip Seymour Hoffman's Oscar Speech Was Perfect
Philip Seymour Hoffman thanking his mom at the 78th Academy Awards was incredibly endearing. You'll notice that this…
Cate Blanchett Wasn’t Thrilled About Being Played Off at SAG Awards
Cate Blanchett won a SAG award last night (hooray!) for her performance as Blanche DuBois in Woody Allen Movie No. 463.…
Oscar Winners Thank Meryl Streep More Than They Thank God
Okay, I want everyone to shout out the most exciting part of the Academy Awards on the count of three. 1...2...3...THE…
Jodie Foster Comes Out in Most Epic Awards Speech of Our Time
OK, we need to walk through what just happened. I think it was Jodie Foster refusing to come out as she came out, and…
High School Commencement Speech Reminds Students That They Are Not Special, Still Manages to Be Inspiring
Here's a commencement speech by David McCullough Jr., an English teacher at a Massachusetts high school, who took the…
President Obama Encourages Female College Grads to be 'Stylish and Powerful'
Your gay BFF President Barack Obama delivered the commencement address at the all-women's Barnard College today. During…
How to Speak in Public Without Fear
Even if you're not, say, the President of the United States, you may well be called upon at some point to give a speech…