Justo SantosJoselyn Martinez' father was murdered when she was just a kid. Fast forward 26 years, and the now grown up Martinez is getting slapped on the back by NYPD for tracking down the man suspected of shooting her dad in cold blood. And all it took was an Internet browser and $280.

It's a story that seems ripe for a TV movie, isn't it? Good thing Joselyn, named for her father Jose, is an actress.

It isn't easy to give a good graduation speech. It's hot. The kids just want to get their diplomas. And you've got to keep a huge crowd of kids, parents, and grandparents from falling asleep on you. But if you don't believe it can be done, maybe it's just because you've never heard a REALLY good speaker take to the podium at commencement. Fortunately for the Class of 2013, there have been some good ones!

From Avengers (and Buffy) director Joss Whedon telling Wesleyan grads like it is to a gay high schooler's heart-rending comments about equality, this has been the year for speeches that should be studied by future commencement speakers as a guide of what TO do in front of a class full of new grads.

Behold the best of the best (well, so far):

A 13-year-old girl in Britain has an IQ of 162, which is in close range with two of the smartest men in history: Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Anything over 140 is considered genius level. But Neha Ramu isn't letting her high IQ go to her head. (Get it?) She says that her astronomical IQ, which got her admitted into Mensa and which is the highest score that can be reached on an IQ test, doesn't mean she's more "clever" than anyone else. "If I don't put in my effort and make use of my IQ then there's no point in having it," she says. Yet it already sounds like she is going to do something amazing with it.

You may know British actor Stephen Fry from his voice (he narrated of all seven of the Harry Potter audiobooks), his role as Mycroft in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows -- or maybe from one of the other 120-plus titles he's appeared in since 1981. In addition to being an actor, he's also a screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television and radio presenter, film director, popular Twitter personality, beloved activist -- and he's been battling mental illness for years.

Fry has been public about his experience with with bipolar disorder, even exploring the topic in a 2006 documentary, Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive. But during an interview this Wednesday, Fry opened up even more about his struggles, describing his own dramatic suicide attempt that happened just last year.

Graduations by their very nature are emotional, but a high school ceremony in Detroit this week was absolutely chilling. It was just about two months ago, on April 6, when senior Balaal Hollings was shot in the head. No one thought he would be there.

According to ABC, the football star and senior class president of Northwestern High School was shot while trying to break up a fight at a birthday party for a friend. Just like that, it looked like his promising future could come to a screeching halt. No one knew if he would ever walk or talk again.

I don't know if you guys have been paying attention, but Kelly Osbourne looks phenomenal. OK, maybe better than phenomenal. Extraordinary. The 28-year-old E! Fashion Police co-host has dropped 70 pounds and never looked happier. On Good Morning America Tuesday morning, Kelly dished about her weight loss journey, saying that she's learned dieting isn't JUST about what you eat, it's about learning what you really want.

"I was sick and tired of not liking myself ... I realized I didn't wanna be the person I was anymore," Osbourne said. "The weight loss just kinda came as a plus afterwards."

Osbourne has a MAJOR point. I wouldn't be surprised if a bazillion of you can relate to that big realization, that big moment. You know, that "I'm at my wits' end with my body and this needs to change now" moment. I most certainly have.

At 21 years old, most people are still in the process of figuring out who they are -- and (sometimes more importantly) who they're not. It's an often painful process, and it must be twice as challenging for celebs -- consider the massive meltdowns suffered by so many stars who came of age in the spotlight. So it's especially cool and inspiring that 21-year-old Glee star Charice Pempengco recently came out as a lesbian on national TV. During an interview on The Buzz, Filipino talk show host Boy Abunda asked her if she's a lesbian, and Pempengco answered in Tagalog (her native tongue): "Yes ... I am a lesbian."

"But to those who can accept me, thank you very much," she continued, her eyes filling with tears. "We are all equal, whether you are gay or straight ... I just want to say to all of you that I feel very light -- that I can leave the house knowing I am not hiding anything ... I love myself, that's why I'm able to do this."

Yearbook superlatives have long been a high school tradition for seniors. Most Likely to Succeed. Most School Spirit. Best Smile. While the categories have barely changed (maybe there's a Funniest Tweets now), the honorees certainly have. Recently a gay couple was awarded Best Couple. It was the first time in their school's history that a same sex couple was even considered for it.