Dialect coach Catherine Charlton helped actors on HBO's John Adams miniseries nail down Colonial American accents.

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A traditional town crier, left, and a happy, applauding audience, right. Americans have this strange love of British accents—so ...

There are people in your life you believed completely the first time you met them. Not because they said anything particularly wise, not because they had a resume you’d vetted, but because of the way ...

An important part of many actors' work is to take on an accent that isn't their own. The American accent is one of the hardest to master, since it has so many variations depending on which part of the ...

What do you imagine when you think of a British accent? If you’re imagining the refined tones of Queen Elizabeth II, the charming patter of Hugh Grant in a rom-com or the whisperings in a ballroom ...

The first trailer for Pablo Larraín’s Spencer has just dropped, and fans can’t believe what they’re seeing. All everybody is talking about is Kristen Stewart and how it looks like her performance as ...

A convincing British accent can be surprisingly difficult for American actors, considering the vast differences between British and American English. One reason may be that British actors more often ...