Topic: accents

Video: Rebel Wilson Learned To Talk American From Here Comes Honey Boo Boo

Attention, everyone scared that Here Comes Honey Boo Boo is going to define America in the eyes of the world: you’re correct. More »

Emma Watson Is Now An Expert In Sexy Dancing And American Accents Thanks To Her Two New Movies

Emma Watson confesses she was nervous to dance in a corset and talk like an American for her new coming-of-age drama. But she’s done roughly the same thing in The Bling Ring. More »

Julia Roberts’ Bad Mirror Mirror Accent Doesn’t Detract From The Movie

Julia Roberts can’t do a convincing non-American accent to save her life. In the case of Mirror Mirror, her uneven Evil Queen accent — narrating as a medieval Brit, then offering snarky asides as, well, Julia Roberts — actually fits with the movie’s anachronistic tone. More »

Whose Italian Accent Is Worse, Guy Fieri’s or Giada De Laurentiis’?

Food Network Humor points out that Guy Fieri has a bit of trouble when it comes to pronouncing his own surname. Although we’ve heard him introduced as “Fierrri”, he’s been caught saying it “Fietti” — even though he was born Guy Ferry. And don’t get us started on Giada De Laurentiis‘ habit of giving every ingredient in her arsenal the full Italian treatment. Videos (and poll) inside! More »