Watch the the best speeches of all time and get tips on what makes them great. Feb. 27, 2014 — -- With the 86th Academy Awards only days away, nominees are starting to think about whose name will ...

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?

LOS ANGELES -- Joaquin Phoenix has won the Academy Award for best actor for his role in "Joker." Phoenix's win Sunday marked the first time the actor took home an Oscar. He's been nominated several ...

When Patty Duke won the best supporting actress Oscar for 1963's "The Miracle Worker," she walked to the microphone, clutched her golden statue and spoke just two words. "Thank you." That was the last ...

There were plenty of golden moments at the 2015 Oscars. Feb. 22, 2015— -- There were plenty of golden moments at the 2015 Oscars, from the speeches to the performances to host Neil Patrick Harris ...

When Patricia Arquette accepted her best supporting actress award for Boyhood at 2015's Oscars, she unfolded a piece of paper at the microphone and thanked the Academy, her film distributor, the ...