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.

The American accents in Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey have a lot to tell us about power.

Hear the fascinating rhythms that distinguish American, British and Australian accents – rhythms that are misrepresented by the major dictionaries, and that can trip up American actors when they aim ...

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 ...

A linguistic expert weighs in on why Robert Pattinson and others are causing a stir.

Discover What’s Streaming On: Internet sleuths have a new case to take up this morning: Millie Bobby Brown was present The Tonight Show, but her British accent was nowhere to be found. The actress ...