Everyone knows what a bad speech sounds like. But very few know how to write good a one — and even fewer have what it takes to write a truly funny speech. Veteran comedy writer Carol Leifer happens to ...

At the 2015 White House Correspondents' Dinner, President Barack Obama delivered one of the most humorous speeches of his political career. 5 arrested in deaths of Robert De Niro's grandson and Chris ...

LOS ANGELES -- "I'm John Leguizamo and I'm one of Hollywood's DEI hires." That's how the actor introduced himself to the audience at the 2024 Emmys Sunday night. "That's right," Leguizamo continued.

Doug Hoffman, a member of the Moline-based Easy Speakers Toastmasters Club, won the Toastmaster Humorous Speech Contest in the area and division contests. Mr. Hoffman won the Toastmaster's Division B ...

Midland Toastmasters sent a winner to the District 62, E Division Humorous Speech Contest on Saturday, Oct. 25. James Graczyk won the Humorous speech contest first at his local Club, then Area, and ...

Baseball Hall of Fame inductees Billy Wagner, left, Ichiro Suzuki, second from left, and CC Sabathia, center, pose for a photo with Willa Allen, second from right, widow of Baseball Hall of Fame ...

LIVONIA -- Senior after senior got a chance to bid the Michigan football team farewell Monday night at the program's annual postseason banquet. Most of the speeches were clever, even hysterical, ...

COOPERSTOWN, NY. — The day was filled with passionate speeches, inspirational messages, and ended Sunday with a comedy show by the least suspecting Hall of Famer, with most of the audience unaware he ...