Commencement speeches aren't always just platitudes and cliches. Every once in a while, a graduating class will luck out with a seriously entertaining celebrity speaker. Here are the top five speeches we wish we had had at our graduations:
Ellen DeGeneres
School: Tulane University Class of 2009
Best Line: "I realize most of you are hungover and have splitting headaches and haven't slept since Fat Tuesday, but you can't graduate until I finish so listen up."
Watch this speech and more after the jump!
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Shrieks and slime filled UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion as Jack Black, Miley Cyrus, Shia LeBoeuf, Jessica Alba and many, many more took center stage at the annual Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards. The first victim claimed by the green goo was Indiana Jones himself, Harrison Ford, but before the night was over Mummy star Brendan Fraser and heartthrob Orlando Bloom would also be covered in gooey goodness. The orange carpet, with its usual displays of playful fashion and eardrum-busting noise, was a chance for celebrity parents to share the spotlight with their kids. Brad Garrett ('Til Death)and Jodie Foster had both claimed tickets after taking part in kid-friendly movies. For Garrett the question wasn’t whether playing Underdog gave him more clout with his kids, or whether it was getting tickets to the show. “Being the animated dog helped get tickets for this show," he says. "I’m a big kid, too, so I love it!” Foster, who has only made one movie her kids are allo...
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Over the weekend, feel-good vigilante flick The Brave One displaced 3:10 to Yuma as the top movie in America with an opening take of $14 million. Russell and Christian's 3:10 clocked in with a haul of $9.2 mil, good for a second-place finish. Rounding out the top five were Mr. Woodcock (debuting with $9.1 mil), Dragon Wars ($5.4 mil in its first weekend) and Superbad, adding $5.2 mil to its ongoing haul.
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DVD Tuesday Taxi Driver Robert De Niro Martin Scorsese and New York Citys Heart of DarknessDid the world really need a new collectors edition of Taxi Driver 1976 Probably not but its a great excuse as though one were needed to recommend a great film And on top of Taxi Drivers intrinsic merits watching it again was a fascinating reminder of how much New York City has changed since the mid-1970s Check out Columbus Circle sans the massive glass slabs of the Time Warner Center visit the now-vanished Bellmore Cafeteria and witness the grunginess of Central Parks unrefurbished Maine Monument and the sheer sleazy glory of Times Square before Disney scrubbed the life out of it Theres a shocker in every scene and thats before Travis Bickle Robert De Niro starts his personal cleanup campaign I remember that New York vividly and seeing Taxi Driver brings it all backFor anyone who doesnt know the plot it chronicles the mental disintegration of insomniac
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Twentieth Century Fox's Fox Walden banner has set four films' release dates:• The Dark Is Rising (Oct. 5), about a young man who learns he is the last in a line of mythical warriors. Stars Ian McShane, Frances Conroy, Christopher Eccleston and Jonathan Jackson.• Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (Nov. 16), a family fantasy starring Dustin Hoffman, Natalie Portman and Jason Bateman.• Nim's Island (April 25, 2008), featuring Jodie Foster and Abigail Breslin.• City of Ember (Columbus Day '08), a sci-fi adventure helmed by Monster House's Gil Kenan.
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