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Shia LaBeouf Says He’s “Retiring From All Public Life,” Probably Isn’t

Daniel Jacobson

11:00 am, January 10th, 2014

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Shia LaBeouf says he is “retiring from all public life.”

Of course, the actor said it on Twitter, where he’s been plagiarizing other people’s words for weeks, ever since he was caught stealing from a comic book artist.

So it’s very hard to know what to think when LaBeouf tweets, as he did on Friday, “In light of the recent attacks against my artistic integrity, I am retiring from all public life.”

He added, “My love goes out to those who have supported me… #stopcreating.”

LaBeouf, who will soon be dangling his penis in front of movie audiences, is almost certainly not actually retiring, partly because he’s a young actor with many opportunities, and partly because nothing he says on Twitter can be taken at face value right now.

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Shia LaBeouf Posts Legal Letter From Daniel Clowes’ Lawyer – SEE HERE

Emily James

Truth rating: 10

10:08 am, January 8th, 2014

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Shia LaBeouf posted a legal letter from Daniel Clowes’ lawyer formally accusing the actor of plagiarizing the artist’s work and demanding LaBeouf take down yet another copy of Clowes’ comics.

On Tuesday night, the Transformers star shared on Twitter the cease and desist letter, which states, “Your client is seriously out of control.”

Specifically, Clowes’ legal representative says LaBeouf must remove his January 7 tweet which appropriates the artist’s story “Daniel Boring” as his own.

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The actor’s post reads, “Storyboard for my next short ‘Daniel Boring’ its like Fassbinder meets half-baked Nabokov on Gilligan’s Island,” along with a photo of Clowes’ comic (see below).

Clowes’ lawyer says his client previously described his work in an interview in this exact way, and that LaBeouf’s Twitter post is “another direct rip-off” of the artist’s work.

The “Even Stevens” alum shared the legal letter on the social media site on Tuesday night, subsequently deleted it, and then bizarrely posted the note again on Wednesday morning.

Check out the FULL LETTER and LaBeouf’s latest plagiarism below, and tell us what you think.

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Shia LaBeouf ‘Apology’ Saga Now Involves Lena Dunham, Even Stevens & Sociopaths

Daniel Jacobson

Truth rating: 10

6:59 pm, January 4th, 2014

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Lena Dunham is now ensnared in the never-ending saga of Shia LaBeouf’s plagiarism apology tour.

To recap: LaBeouf was caught ripping off comic artist Daniel Clowes with his directorial project HowardCantour.com, and has spent the ensuing weeks apologizing for his actions by deliberately plagiarizing other people’s unrelated public apologies.

The entire exercise is, apparently, some kind of meta commentary on plagiarism and apologies… or performance art… or something.

Earlier this week, LaBeouf tweeted a picture of a skywriting apology to Clowes he commissioned to be scripted high above Los Angeles (see below).

On Saturday, Dunham commented on Twitter, “I’ve always felt, utterly and unchangeably, that only sociopaths hire skywriters.”

She then added, “The worst part is I’d probably totally drop my morals, and my pants, if someone skywrote to me.”

LaBeouf saw Dunham’s jab, retweeted it, and then tweeted, “I don’t mind creating debate with thoroughly considered artistic expressions but I don’t want to offend with a tweet. Sorry world.”

Those words are actually Dunham’s — from an October 2012 apology (on Twitter) regarding a Halloween costume joke she’d made that some considered offensive.

Dunham was startled to see her own apology appropriated by LaBeouf.

“Vaguely recognized Shia Labeouf’s latest twitter apology and realized it was MINE! Touché, Louis Stevens,” tweeted Dunham, referencing LaBeouf’s character on the early 2000s Disney series “Even Stevens.”

She continued, “Projecting a lot of rage against my 7th grade boyfriend on LaBeouf. Think this is the start of something really productive #2014.”

And that’s where things stand.

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