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Commencement Speeches

  1. boo
    David Zaslav Draws Jeers, Boos at Boston University Graduation“Pay your writers,” the crowd chanted at the Warner Bros. Discovery chief.
    By Charu Sinha
  2. vulture guides
    The Class of 2020’s Guide to All the Virtual Celebrity Commencement SpeechesJ.Lo and A-Rod closed out graduation season with their New York Public Schools commencement speech.
    By Justin Curto
  3. commencement speeches
    Lady Gaga Has Faith New Graduates Can Tear Racism Out by the Roots“You are the seeds that will grow into a new and different forest that is far more beautiful and loving than the one we live in today.”
    By Halle Kiefer
  4. commencement speeches
    Beyoncé Thanks Protesters, Calls Out Music-Industry Sexism in Graduation Speech“Thank you for using your collective voice and letting the world know that black lives matter.”
    By Halle Kiefer
  5. commencement speeches
    Meghan Markle Addresses Black Lives Matter in High School Graduation Speech“I realized: The only wrong thing to say is to say nothing.”
    By Justin Curto
  6. commencement speeches
    Conan O’Brien Praises Harvard Grads for Being ‘Resilient in a Scary World’“Think of me as a fellow classmate — a fellow classmate who looks like shit.”
    By Megh Wright
  7. congratulations class of 2020!
    Jennifer Coolidge’s Spooky Advice for Emerson Grads Is Going to Be Tough to BeatWhich she delivers to a candlelit table of haunted dolls in formal wear.
    By Halle Kiefer
  8. graduate together
    Timothée Chalamet’s Statistics Teacher Finally Gets the Credit She DeservesHe thanked her in a virtual commencement speech.
    By Justin Curto
  9. potus
    Obama Is Sorry You’re Stuck at Home ‘Playing Board Games or Watching Tiger King’Watch his commencement speech for the class of 2020.
    By Devon Ivie
  10. congratulations class of 2020!
    Here, Pretend Tom Hanks Gave You This Inspirational Commencement Speech“You will not let us down.”
    By Halle Kiefer
  11. commencement speeches
    Jimmy Fallon Stopped by Stoneman Douglas to Give This Year’s Commencement Speech“You’re not the future. You’re the present.”
    By Halle Kiefer
  12. commencement speeches
    The Good Wife’s Matt Czuchry Ends Commencement Address With a Little HamiltonHe recalls sobbing to Dave Matthews Band, but that was pretty much everyone’s post-college experience, right? Haha, right?
    By Halle Kiefer
  13. good one podcast
    Maria Bamford Wants to Tell You How Much Money She MakesOn this week’s Good One podcast, Bamford discusses giving a commencement speech about getting paid to give it.
    By Jesse David Fox
  14. commencement speeches
    Robert De Niro: America Under Trump Is a ‘Tragic Dumbass Comedy’Also, Trump is an “idiot.”
    By Dee Lockett
  15. commencement speeches
    Maria Bamford Uses Commencement Speech to Explain How She Negotiated Her FeeThen she gives away the fee.
    By Jackson McHenry
  16. commencement speeches
    Damon Read an Review of GWH in MIT Grad SpeechDamon also explained simulation theory.
    By Jackson McHenry
  17. commencement speeches
    Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Commencement AddressRelationship advice from Alexander Hamilton himself.
    By Jackson McHenry
  18. real world advice
    De Niro to NYU Graduates: ‘You’re F*cked’“Whatever you do, don’t go to Tisch School of the Arts. Get an accounting degree instead.”
    By Greg Cwik
  19. commencement speeches
    Maya Rudolph Did Beyoncé in Commencement SpeechTulane, you are so lucky.
    By Dee Lockett
  20. commencement speeches
    Watch Shonda Rhimes’s Wonderfully Candid Dartmouth Commencement Speech“A hashtag is not a movement. A hashtag does not make you Dr. King.”
    By Lindsey Weber
  21. oh the places you’ll go
    What Happens When Charlie Day Speaks at Your CommencementYou’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You probably won’t cry.
    By Jesse David Fox
  22. commencement speeches
    See Sandra Bullock’s Moving Commencement SpeechAt a charter school in New Orleans.
    By Anna Silman
  23. commencement speeches
    Drake Delivered His High-School Graduation SpeechNot at Degrassi, sadly.
    By Eliot Glazer
  24. steve carell
    Watch Steve Carell’s Princeton Graduation SpeechMeanwhile, Brett Butler high-fived somebody at the University of Arizona commencement speech.
    By Eliot Glazer
  25. laurie anderson
    Watch Laurie Anderson Give the Commencement Speech at the School of Visual ArtsDo you guys think Lou was there?
    By Eliot Glazer
  26. andy samberg
    Watch Andy Samberg Give the Class Day Speech at Harvard“And always remember: cut a hole in a box.” (He didn’t say that.)
    By Eliot Glazer
  27. neil gaiman
    Watch Neil Gaiman Give the Commencement Speech at the University of the ArtsAnd that’s why you should’ve gone to UArts.
    By Eliot Glazer
  28. jane lynch
    Watch Jane Lynch Give the Commencement Speech at Smith CollegeAnd no tracksuit in sight!
    By Eliot Glazer
  29. recylced material
    Aaron Sorkin’s Regurgitated Syracuse Commencement AddressHow to write like Sorkin: Repurpose an old speech, throw in some West Wing quotes.
    By Andre Tartar
  30. aaron sorkin
    Watch Aaron Sorkin’s Syracuse University Commencement SpeechAnd not a single West Wing mention!
    By Eliot Glazer
  31. clickables
    Watch Conan O’Brien Deliver the Dartmouth Commencement Address“That’s right, with your college diploma you now have a crushing advantage over 8 percent of the workforce.”
    By Julie Gerstein