Is that Mariah Carey’s husband? Father?

I thought Mariah Carey was married to Nick Cannon. So who is the Jim Carey mentioned on the Yahoo! front page?

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Could it be Jim Carrey, who used to star in “In Living Color”? The writer who didn’t know how to spell Mr. Carrey’s name (and didn’t bother to Google it) also cannot spell fistfight (and didn’t Google that, either).

What’s in a name? Encore

What’s in a name? If it appears on Yahoo!, probably a misspelling.

From Yahoo! Shine: This is supposed to be Alli Webb:

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This is allegedly Angela Chase:

name angelia chase shine

There’s no hyphen in Anne Marie Blackman’s name, except on Shine:

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In an article about women in politics, the writer doesn’t even bother to verify the spelling of Hillary Clinton’s name:

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But actor Jim Carrey isn’t treated any better:

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From Yahoo! Movies:

This is supposed to be Barbra Streisand:

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and Ahna O’Reilly:

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There are two Rs in Forrest when you’re writing about Mr. Gump, but only one when it’s Mr. Whitaker:

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From Yahoo! omg!, whose writers may know something about celebrities, but not much about F. Scott Fitzgerald characters, we get the misspelled Daisy Buchanan:

name daisy buchannan

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:

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and Nicolas Cage:

name nicholas cage shine

and, believe it or not, Willy Wonka:

name willa wonka

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

name micky rourke shine

It’s Jon Hamm, goddam:

name john shine

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

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

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Maybe the writer confused Jim Carrey with Mariah Carey:

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and Ruth Bader Ginsburg with Allen Ginsberg:

name ruth bader ginsberg shine

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

name jeffrey sports pr

and Buddy Holly:

name buddy holley sports pr

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

name wynona ryder movies

and Jurnee Smollett-Bell:

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

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

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It’s a botched Steven Bochco here:

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and Lindsay Arnold there:

name lindsey arnold

What’s in a name?

OMG! It’s Jim Carrey

Yahoo! omg! lets us know in GREAT BIG LETTERS that it can’t quite get Jim Carrey’s name right.

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