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- Steve Albrezzi
Arye Gross (/ˈɑːri/; born March 17, 1960) is an American actor, who has appeared on a variety of television shows in ... See All Credits →
Commencement is a funny, romantic and thought-provoking look at three generations of a middle class family caught in the wake of the current fiscal crisis. The film stars Marin Hinkle, Alan Rachins, Rick Gonzalez, Arye Gross, Jennifer Warren and newcomer Amelia Rose Blaire.
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- Comedy, Drama, Family
- Steve Albrezzi
- 2014-04-26
- Oprah Winfrey // Stanford University
- Steve Jobs // Stanford University
- Jon Stewart // College of William & Mary
- Stephen Colbert // Wake Forest University
- Katie Couric // University of Wisconsin—Madison
- John Green // Kenyon College
- Maya Rudolph // Tulane University
- Jim Carrey // Maharishi University of Management
- Mindy Kaling // Harvard Law School
- Steve Carell // Princeton University
In 2008, Oprah Winfrey gave a 28-minute commencement speech at Stanford University. She spoke about her early career as a local news anchor in Nashville and her personal and professional journey of failure, success, and finding happiness in life. "The secret I've learned to getting ahead is being open to the lessons," Winfrey said. "It's being able...
In 2005, Steve Jobs was the commencement speaker at Stanford University. He spoke about his work, but emphasized his failures in life, including getting fired at Apple and starting NeXT Computer. Jobs believed that failing at life made you better at working and living it. “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be...
Twenty years after talk show host/comedian Jon Stewart graduated from the College of William and Mary, he returned as the commencement speaker for the graduating class of 2004. He spoke about his time at the Virginia college and offered up advice about the future. “Love what you do. Get good at it. Competence is a rare commodity in this day and age...
Stephen Colbert gave the commencement speech to the Class of 2015 at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. It was about six months after he finished his nine-year run as host of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report and the talk show host/comedian compared his transition to The Late Showon CBS to graduating from college and entering the real worl...
Katie Couric delivered the commencement speech at the University of Wisconsin—Madison in 2015, where she urged the students to “work hard, and then work even harder ... There may be days when you’ll say to yourself, ‘I can’t. I literally can’t even.’ But you can! You can even!”
In 2000, author and YouTube star (and mental_flosscontributor) John Green graduated from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. He recently returned to his alma mater to give the commencement speech for the graduating Class of 2016. During his speech, Green admitted that being an adult is terrible. “All of it, actually—from the electricity bills to the j...
In 2015, Maya Rudolph gave the commencement speech at Tulane University in New Orleans. The Saturday Night Livealum did her famous impressions of Oprah Winfrey and Beyoncé, while giving the Class of 2015 some words of wisdom about creating your own life and destiny. "During senior year, my father asked me what I planned to do after I graduated, and...
In 2014, Jim Carrey surprised the graduating class at Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa with a touching and emotional commencement speech about his father. He implored graduates to choose their own paths in life and to not settle out of practicality. Carrey also receivedan honorary doctorate for his achievements in comedy, art, ...
Comedy writer/actress Mindy Kaling gave the commencement speech to the Class of 2014 at Harvard Law School, where she joked about her “glamorous” lifestyle, and questioned why Harvard would even ask her to be the commencement speaker in the first place. Kaling also joked that celebrities are the worst people in the world to give advice to recent gr...
In 2012, Steve Carell spoke to Princeton University graduates during Class Day. His niece was in the audience as one of the Ivy League school’s graduates. He spoke about his attempt to enter law school, but ultimately not becoming a lawyer once he read the question “Why do you want to be an attorney?" on the law school application. Carell then ende...
All about Movie: directors and actors, reviews and ratings, trailers, stills, backstage. Christa Richmond graduates valedictorian from a prestigious u...
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May 2, 2020 · From Tom Hanks to Meryl Streep, here are 15 encouraging commencement addresses you can watch online for some extra inspiration.
