Brie Larson is not Alison Brie .
And Kristen Stewart is not Kristen Johnson .
And Cait Blanchett is not Kate Winslet, but in my mind I have no idea who is who. I have to Google search them to see which one was in Titanic.
Obviously, I can tell them apart when I see them, but whenever I read one of their names, I usually think of the other. Who confuses you?
Happy_Lendervedder:
Brie Larson is not Alison Brie .
And Kristen Stewart is not Kristen Johnson .
And Cait Blanchett is not Kate Winslet, but in my mind I have no idea who is who. I have to Google search them to see which one was in Titanic.
Obviously, I can tell them apart when I see them, but whenever I read one of their names, I usually think of the other. Who confuses you?
Cats Blanchette is the beautiful one. Kate Winslet is the beautiful, HOT one.
mbh
February 9, 2016, 7:23pm
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J.K. Rowling, long-haired female British author.
J.K. Simmons, balding male American actor.
Keith David isn’t David Keith .
Rip Torn and Rip Taylor really need to switch surnames.
This one is really stupid but it messes with my head every time:
Joel Osteen (televangelist) is not Haley Joel Osmet (Sixth Sense blondie kid)
Steve McQueen, the Caucasian actor, died in 1980. Steve McQueen, the black director, is very much alive.
xizor
February 9, 2016, 7:31pm
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John Hurt is not William Hurt, who in turn is not Bill Pullman
I can’t believe that in a thread on this topic, Bill Pullman was mentioned with no corresponding mention of Bill Paxton.
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For some reason I always have trouble with three-named country musicians. Billy Ray Cyrus, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Billy Joe Shaver, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Billy Bob Thornton… wait, he’s not a country musician.
I can never picture who is being referred to when I hear the names Kate Bosworth and
Kate Beckinsale . Ditto Olivias Munn and Wild.
nearwildheaven:
Steve McQueen, the Caucasian actor, died in 1980. Steve McQueen, the black director, is very much alive.
Oh, gods…that one confused the everloving me when I first heard of the director.
DCnDC
February 9, 2016, 7:47pm
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Emile Hirsch. Is it “em-ill-ee,” or “em-eel,” or “ee-mile” or “frank”?
Holly Hunter and Helen Hunt.
As an aside: For the life of me, I can’t tell Jennifer Aniston and Helen Hunt apart.
nearwildheaven:
Steve McQueen, the Caucasian actor, died in 1980. Steve McQueen, the black director, is very much alive.
And don’t get started on Spike Jones
Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones (December 14, 1911 – May 1, 1965) was an American musician and bandleader specializing in spoof arrangements of popular songs and classical music. Ballads receiving the Jones treatment were punctuated with gunshots, whistles, cowbells, hiccups, burps, and outlandish and comedic vocals. Jones and his band recorded under the title Spike Jones and His City Slickers from the early 1940s to the mid-1950s, and toured the United States and Canada as "The Musical Deprec Li...
and Spike Jonze
Adam Spiegel (born October 22, 1969), known professionally as Spike Jonze, is an American director, producer, screenwriter and actor. His work includes commercials, film, music videos, skateboard videos and television.
Jonze began his career as a teenager photographing BMX riders and skateboarders for Freestylin' Magazine and Transworld Skateboarding, and co-founding the youth culture magazine Dirt. Moving into filmmaking, he began shooting street skateboarding films, including the influentia...
Do politicians count?
I get Rand Paul, Paul Ryan, and Ron Paul all confused.
And there’s no end of Michael Jacksons
Michael Jackson (1958–2009) was an American singer, songwriter and dancer known as the "King of Pop".
Michael Jackson, Mike Jackson, or Mick Jackson may also refer to:
There are even some not on this list that I’m aware of.
Also often confused are Dylan McDermott and Dermot Mulroney.
I’ll admit that for an embarrassingly long time I didn’t realize Leslie Bibb and Leslie Mann were two separate people. I just sort of knew there was a good looking actress named Leslie Something who had long blonde hair and did a lot of comedies.
True enough. There was even an SNL fake ‘game show’ about those two being confusable.
More confusables: I’ll nominate Amy Adams and Amy Ryan.