Fantasy books and films are a massive hit with both readers and spectators. Although the tales occur in a fictional realm, the characters always speak with British accents instead of American accents.

For language geeks like me, accent reduction is a term used to describe losing a foreign or regional accent to adopt a more popular one (e.g., American). It’s an important part of a person’s identity, ...

It's a tale as old as time: British actors crossing the pond to be cast in big-time American movies and television shows. Which means speaking in an American accent for months—sometimes even years—at ...

Believe it or not, the guy playing the very American Ned Sampson on The Paper is not American at all. Actor Domhnall Gleeson portrays the Peacock series' new Editor-in-Chief, a Midwestern guy who just ...

Pierce Brosnan excelled as a suave James Bond and kept his dignity even as his ability to hold a note deserted him in Mamma Mia! But as the star of Guy Ritchie’s gangland thriller, MobLand, the actor ...

Doesn’t it just jar your preserves when Hollywood thinks we all sound like Scarlett O’Hara? I’d also like to let them know we’ve had air-conditioning for about seven decades (what was with all those ...

For her performance in "American Horror Story: Freak Show" as bearded woman Ethel Darling, Kathy Bates decided to add a unique quirk to the character beyond striking facial hair: a very thick ...