"Weird Al" Yankovic joined The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Thursday night to correct the pronunciation of his last name ...

Decades into his Academy Award-winning career, Denzel Washington is setting the record straight on how to pronounce his name. During a Sept. 2 appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," "The Equalizer" actor ...

But even still, the Bring It On star isn’t bothered when people mispronounce hers—something they’ve apparently been doing for years. “I mean, everyone messes up my name, so I give up,” Kirsten shared ...

Words with the letters 'ed' at the end are usually regular past tense verbs like 'started' or adjectives like ‘confused’. The pronunciation of 'ed' can change depending on which sound comes before it ...

What Exactly Is a Gyro? Gyros consist of a pita wrap containing meat (usually pork and beef in Greece, while lamb is more common in the U.S.) sliced off a vertical rotisserie. Typical toppings include ...

Of all the condiments you might cover your steak in, Worcestershire sauce might be the hardest one to discuss aloud. Here’s how to nail its pronunciation like a pro (plus answers to some other ...

You’ve cracked your TV show, from logline to outline to finished pilot script. And you’ve got the goods, because the powers that be want to hear a pitch. Congratulations! Now, you may not be religious ...

The actor's name — said the 'funky old English' way, as he puts it — is pronounced as 'Rafe' Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024, and ...

Have you ever heard a sound so shocking that it raises the hair on your neck and makes you whip your head around? No, it's not nails on a chalkboard or someone using a curse word in church, or a ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Aaron Baker, who’s preparing for his 13th year of teaching, takes note of the religious symbols that appear in his high school government class. The Christian crucifix, as well as a ...

For most of my life, as is true for a lot of Indians, no one in my family used my real name. Instead, I was called by a nickname too stupid to even tell white people about it. Most members of my ...