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  1. hot-button issue
    In Defense of O-T Fagbenle’s Wacky Voice on Presumed InnocentIt’s like Sir Hiss from Robin Hood trying to go incognito as a Chicago lawyer. This is praise!
    By Roxana Hadadi
  2. vocab lessons
    Los Angeles Premiere Of Focus Features "The Bikeriders" - Arrivals
    Austin Butler’s New Favorite Word Seems to Be ‘Scouser’Forget Elvis, he’s all about Liverpool now.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  3. imagine there’s no accents
    Netflix's "Damsel" New York Premiere
    Millie Bobby Brown Will Speak in Whatever Accent She LikesThe Damsel star explained that she tends to mimic the accents of those around her…even Jimmy Fallon.
    By Tom Smyth
  4. celebrity
    Who Is Austin Butler’s New Voice?Timothée Chalamet says he has debuted an “inspiring” timbre.
    By Danielle Cohen
  5. from the archives
    You and Your Big Mouth: Tom Wolfe on the New York AccentHow the Honks and Wonks reveal the phonetic truth about status.
    By Tom Wolfe
  6. transatlanticism
    Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon Were Banned From Doing Boston AccentsThe director of Boston Strangler put his stars on a gag order.
    By Rebecca Alter
  7. a choice?
    What Is Going On With Austin Butler’s Voice?I fear he may be stuck talking like Elvis forever.
    By Danielle Cohen
  8. accents
    What Does Tom Hanks’s Elvis Voice Sound Like?It’s like Mike Myers’s Goldmember on a take when Jay Roach told him, “Just let loose on this one.”
    By Nate Jones
  9. thirst watch
    Oscar Isaac Came Up With His Moon Knight Accent Himself“Laters, gators.”
    By Ashley Shannon Wu
  10. advice
    How to Overcome Accent Anxiety in 4 Simple StepsFew things scare an actor more than mangling an accent — so say their dialect coaches. Here, the pros offer a few words of advice.
    By Chris Lee
  11. house of gucci
    It’s Time to Talk About the Accents in House of GucciDoes anyone in this movie actually sound Italian?
    By Claire Lampen
  12. the italian job
    Lady Gaga Thinks We’re Talking About Her House of Gucci Accent Too MuchBut that’s not stopping her from saying more about it!
    By Justin Curto
  13. post-credits scene
    What’s Going On With Harry Styles’s Accent in Eternals?It’s giving … Irish lilt? American? Full Russian mobster?
    By Rebecca Alter
  14. the italian job
    Lady Gaga ‘Lived As’ Patrizia Reggiani for Over a Year for House of Gucci“It’s not an imitation, it’s a becoming.”
    By Justin Curto
  15. trailer mix
    Benedict Cumberbatch Is Intensely Southern in The Mauritanian TrailerYou have to hear it to believe it.
    By Charu Sinha
  16. give ‘em the old razzle dazzle
    How Michelle Williams Mastered (and Lost) Gwen Verdon’s Voice for Fosse/VerdonThe Fosse/Verdon star walks us through the accent, the attitude, and pretending to act with “sliced” vocal cords.
    By Jackson McHenry
  17. screen time
    Too Much Peppa Pig Is Causing Kids to Speak in British AccentsCrikey, is your kid under the influence of the #PeppaEffect?
    By Kelly Conaboy
  18. last night on late night
    James McAvoy’s Accent Is Too Hot (and Incomprehensible) for This Pilot to HandleSNL knows Scottish is hard.
    By Devon Ivie
  19. last night on late night
    SNL Let Claire Foy Give a Master Class on Reese Witherspoon’s Accent, Y’allClose your eyes and you won’t know the difference.
    By Devon Ivie
  20. voice acting
    Tom Hardy’s Al Capone Voice Is Somehow Based on Bugs BunnyWhat’s up, Tom?
    By Hunter Harris
  21. science of us
    Linguists Explain Meghan Markle’s Apparent New British AccentAn investigation.
    By Cari Romm
  22. keeping up with the royals
    Listen to Meghan Markle’s New British AccentHow fancy.
    By Lisa Ryan
  23. last night on late night
    What Was the Most Difficult Word for Claire Foy to Perfect on The Crown?Those pesky vowels.
    By Devon Ivie
  24. How The Good Place’s Jameela Jamil Mastered Her American Accent“I had no idea what was going to come out of me, but I had to do that voice in front of everyone.”
    By Devon Ivie
  25. Behind Nicole Kidman, Sam Rockwell, and Ewan McGregor’s Award-Winning AccentsMeet the woman who’s helped Kidman, Naomi Watts, Oprah, Colin Firth, and more to convincingly mimic accents unlike their own.
    By Ashley Fetters
  26. sorryyyyyyyy
    Dick Van Dyke Wants to Apologize for His ‘Atrocious’ Mary Poppins Cockney AccentSuper‐cali‐fragil‐istic‐expi‐apology‐docious.
    By Devon Ivie
  27. what’s going on with james franco today
    James Franco Directed The Disaster Artist in the Voice of Tommy WiseauAlways one to go the extra mile, that James Franco is.
    By David Canfield
  28. accents
    What Kind of Accent Should Actors Use in Period Pieces?Should actors use their normal voices, or try an accent, no matter how cheesy?
    By Jordan Crucchiola, Nate Jones, and Kevin Lincoln
  29. doctor strange
    Benedict Cumberbatch Got His American Accent From a Surprising SourceHe also reveals the hardest word in Doctor Strange for him to say.
    By Abraham Riesman
  30. Lindsay Lohan Adopts Insane New AccentWhat does it sound like to you?
    By Allie Jones
  31. accents
    A Guide to the Many Puzzling Accents of The Girl on the TrainJust what was the deal with Rebecca Ferguson?
    By Jackson McHenry
  32. Fred Armisen Has Mastered Every Accent in the World (Except One)For the past few years, Fred Armisen has been on a mission to master every accent in the world. He can do every New York City accent, every […]
    By Megh Wright
  33. last night on late night
    Fred Armisen Says He Can Do Any Accent, Knows You Are Not a Qualified JudgeHe sure sounds confident.
    By Karen Brill
  34. vulture festival 2016
    Of Course Fred Armisen’s Various New York Accents Are FlawlessFuggedaboutit.
    By Devon Ivie
  35. Jessica Chastain’s Hunky Italian Boyfriend Has Given Her an Accent“Four years! Perché! Certo! Youuuu knoow.”
    By Jada Yuan
  36. What Accent Does Johnny Depp Have Now?I can’t tell.
    By Allie Jones
  37. Fred Armisen Shows Off His Southern Accents on ‘The Tonight Show’Over the past few years, Fred Armisen has been working hard to master every accent in America – from the accents of New York City to states […]
    By Megh Wright
  38. accentuate the positive (and the negative)
    Ranking American Accents of TV’s Foreign ActorsWe gave leading dialect coaches a list of foreign-born actors portraying Americans on TV. Here’s their breakdown of the imitation game.
    By Lisa Liebman
  39. reasons to love new york
    Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, and the Political Appeal of a New Yawk Accent“Americans have come to associate New Yorkers, and so New York accents, with saying what you mean, intense emotional talk, and not worrying too much about whom you offend.”
    By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
  40. the mind
    It Is Apparently Possible to Hallucinate People’s AccentsJudging a voice by its speaker’s appearance. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  41. Fred Armisen Takes Accent Requests on ‘The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail’Here’s a sneak peek of tomorrow’s episode of The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail featuring Fred Armisen, who gives the audience a crash course […]
    By Megh Wright
  42. accents
    Hillary Clinton Mimics Accents — But So Do You, ProbablyThe psychology behind speech imitation. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  43. lol
    New Avengers Spot Has New Footage, Awful Accent“You deedn’t see dat comink?”
    By Abraham Riesman
  44. Learn About New York City’s Many Accents with Fred ArmisenAccent master Fred Armisen performed at a charity benefit Wednesday night, and as part of his routine he devoted nearly five minutes to […]
    By Megh Wright
  45. margaret thatcher
    Margaret Thatcher Was Right About the Euro, But for the Wrong ReasonsShe thought a currency union would give way to a federal Europe.
    By Kevin Roose
  46. accents
    Is Brit Emily Blunt’s American Accent Better Than Her British Accent?We think so. Give her accents a listen.
    By Jesse David Fox
  47. that’s our joe!
    Joe Biden’s Insulting Indian Accent: Was It Actually Russian?AccentGate!
    By Dan Amira
  48. vulture lists
    Eleven Mediocre Southern Accents From Movies and How They Should Really SoundNot everyone born in the South sounds like Foghorn Leghorn.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  49. oh pawlease
    Did the Times Drop Tim Pawlenty’s G for Him?It all speaks to folksiness and phoniness.
    By Dan Amira
  50. acting
    Did Scarlett Johansson Opt Out of a Russian Accent in Iron Man 2?She actually sounds a little North Dakotan.
    By Lane Brown