Acceptance speeches are a big part ... nerve-racking for winners. Even a famous tough guy such as Eastwood fretted: “I’m leaving out a whole mess of people I’m gonna regret when I sit ...

Shortest and longest Oscar acceptance ... two-word speeches, some have taken many minutes to thoroughly thank all those who they deemed responsible for their success. The most famous and, almost ...

Oscars are, arguably, the most famous awards on the planet ... Did anyone wear anything daft? Were there any funny incidents? Did the presenters’ gags bomb? Were there any weird acceptance speeches…?

The shining exception remains Adlai Stevenson’s superb acceptance speech, now universally known for its peroration “Let’s Talk Sense to the American People,” delivered in Chicago on the ...