Let’s not focus on the negative

Instead of focusing on the names the writer for Yahoo! Movies got wrong (like Taissa Farmiga and Sofia Coppola) or the arbitrary word that got capitalized, let’s focus on the words that are correct:

That was easy.

It’s Tobey Maguire and Quai Laubeuf

At least it should be Tobey Maguire and Quai Laubeuf in this photo caption from Yahoo! Movies:

Apparently the ability to spell — or even do a Google search — is not a requirement at Yahoo!. 

Wrong, but consistent

If you can’t be right, at least be consistent. That seems to be the philosophy over at Yahoo! Movies, where the “experts” in cinema can’t spell “Inside Llewyn Davis” in a caption here:

Or in the headline for a related article:

The writers and editors may be wrong, but at least they’re consistent.

Here comes more of the same

I wasn’t going to mention this mistake on the home page Yahoo! Movies — it’s likely just a typo, right?

And then I saw this on Yahoo! Movies and figured maybe the Einsteins who write these captions really are grammatically challenged:

All I needed was one more example of a subject and verb mismatch to convince I was right:

“Men in Black 4″ is the title of a movie. It is singular and takes a singular verb like, oh, say, maybe comes.

I got rhythym

I got rhythm, I got rhythm, I got rhythm. Who could ask for anything more? Me! I could ask for more from Yahoo! Movies. Like a bit of proofreading or at least a little spell-checking:

What’s in a name? Again

If that name is on Yahoo!, then it’s sure to include a mistake.  Spelling a name correctly is about the easiest thing you can do as a writer and the easiest think you can verify as an editor or proofreader. So why does Yahoo! continue to make so many mistakes? Do you consider Yahoo! a credible source of information?

Yahoo! News misspelled Audrie Pott‘s name:

and Heather Gonglik‘s:

From Yahoo! Movies we get a sad attempt at Seth Rogen and Chris Evans:

as well as Lana Del Rey:

and Glen Mazzara:

The writer for Yahoo! TV’s “Daytime in No Time”  mangles Courteney Cox:

From Yahoo! Shine, there’s a lame stab at Christina Aguilera:

and Frida Kahlo:

and Laetitia Casta:

and Simon Monjack:

and Eric Ducharme:

and Attila:

and Malala Yousafzai:

and Susan A. Patton:

and again with the misspelled Patton:

and Rick Salomon and Nicole Richie:

and once more:

There’s no hyphen in Ray J:

and no T in Nicole Richie. Again:

(It’s Guy Ritchie, the director and former husband of Madonna’s, who spells his name with a T.)

Yahoo! omg! gives us an incorrect Nicolas Cage:

and a rather lackluster attempt to spell Chaz Hammelsmith, widow of Roger Ebert:

Yahoo! Music’s attempt at Phillip Sweet is not so sweet:

And when telling us Pitbull’s alleged real name (it’s Armando Christian Perez), the writer tells us the wrong name:

Yodel Anecdotal, Yahoo’s corporate blog — the blog that represents the company — can’t even get Lena Headey‘s name right:

What does that tell us about this company and its commitment to quality content? Everything.

Sororities, Sulley sullied

It’s only one sentence, but it manages to carry two misspellings on the home page of Yahoo! Movies:

The screwed-up sororities may be a typo (or not), but Sulley is definitely misspelled.

Is it arrogance?

One misspelling, like this on Yahoo! Movies, might be the result of a slip of a finger:

Embarrassing as that is — it’s in a headline for Petie’s sake — making the same mistake again is humiliating:

But what do you call the third misspelling of Steve Carell’s name?

Arrogance.

Don’t be fooled: That is not a man

Don’t be fooled by the masculine-looking characters in this photo from the movie “The Iron Lady.” According to Yahoo! Movies, no men are seen in the photo of Parliament:

Those characters in suits and ties must be very young, but old-looking, boys. Or women who’ve forgotten to shave that morning.

What’s in a name?

If the name is on Yahoo!, most likely, a misspelling.

Those wacky folks at Yahoo! Shine give us a misspelling of Shirley Eaton:

and Nicolas Cage:

and, believe it or not, Willy Wonka:

Anyone who’s ever heard of Mickey Mouse, would be suspicious of this spelling of Mickey Rourke:

It’s Jon Hamm, goddam:

And it should be Marge Champion (whose name is Marjorie, not Margaret):

This isn’t just a single typo of Hans Conried; it’s two misspellings:

Maybe the writer confused Jim Carrey with Mariah Carey:

and Ruth Bader Ginsburg with Allen Ginsberg:

From Yahoo! Sports, this is supposed to be Jeffery McWhorter:

and Buddy Holly:

From Yahoo! Movies, the cinema experts mangle Winona Ryder:

and Jurnee Smollett-Bell:

From Yahoo! News, we get a weird Justin Bieber:

From Yahoo! TV, Kristin Chenoweth gets no respect — not once, but twice:

It’s a botched Steven Bochco here:

and Lindsay Arnold there:

What’s in a name?