Roxane Mesquida’s name has been misspelled on Yahoo! before. The Y! staffers seem to like to double the Ns in her first name. Well, they finally got her first name right, but now have decided to double her last name:
Those rascals on Yahoo! Movies just don’t know when to stop.
It seemed rather odd that Kirsten Dunst would be in a photo twice — but that’s the claim on Yahoo! Movies.
The writer also claims to know how to spell Garrett Hedlund’s name. And the writer would be wrong on both counts:
That’s Kirsten Dunst on the left, but it’s Kristen Stewart in the middle.
Here’s a little challenge for all you readers who think you’re better at spotting mistakes that than the writers at Yahoo! Movies. Can you correct the mistake in each of these misspelled names? If you can identify all five errors, you should win a prize. But you won’t. I don’t have the resources or even desire to award a prize because anyone with half a brain should be able to correct these mistakes. It just takes the will, the desire, and a Google search.
1. What’s wrong here?
2. What’s the correct spelling of Mr. Crawford’s first name?
3. This name is frequently misspelled by Yahoo! staffers:
4. Is his first or last name incorrect?
5. Hint: Gavin is spelled correctly.
The correct spellings are:
Did you get them all right? If so, you’re overqualified for a job at Yahoo!.
There’s just something about Vincente Minnelli’s name that is just too big a challenge for the writers at Yahoo! Movies:
I guess this isn’t much worse than the time they called him Vincente Minelli or Vincent Minnelli.
If this is the best that the writer for Yahoo! Movies can do, then he or she must have peaked early in life, because most 10-year-olds know this wrong —just by peeking at it:
It looks like there’s some serious overlap of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and this year’s festival, which starts May 16, 2012. Last year’s festival is still going on, according to Yahoo! Movies:
I’m being picky here when I note that “along with” and “also” are a bit redundant. But I’m pretty sure the whole “for is preposterous” contains some kind of error. And maybe the date is wrong, too. Or maybe Yahoo! is recycling last year’s article. Or maybe the 2011 festival is a yearlong event. Nah.
I feel so foolish. Here I am thinking that a professional writer wouldn’t just make up the spelling of a word or expression and that it would appear on one of the busiest pages on the Interwebs. Silly me. Here’s what one writer for Yahoo! Movies decided could pass for Ice Capades:
And guess what? It did! It passed by the proofreader and the editor! Unless Yahoo! doesn’t actually have proofreaders and editors. Now, that would be silly.
It’s a dark day when a professional writer who writes about the film industry for Yahoo! Movies can’t spell Michelle Pfeiffer’s name:
There seems to be some confusion over at the offices of Yahoo! Movies. It seems that the writers can figure out if the movie “The Dictator” stars Sacha Baron Cohen or Sasha Cohen:
Here’s a hint. This is Sasha Cohen:
Holy crap! This writer for Yahoo! Movies needs some help ASAP:
I have some indispensable advice for you: If you can’t spell, get some help. If you make two (count ‘em two!) mistakes in one word and misspell two (count ‘em two!) words in a row, you need a spell-checker. Or an editor. Or a proofreader. Maybe all three, because you are one really bad speller and proofreader.
