Ugh, Shia LaBeouf. I wanted to reuse my favorite photo of him from a few years ago because I’m so tired of seeing him run errands in combat fatigues and a Bud Light shirt. Yes, I have a favorite photo of Shia — as weird as that sounds. This picture is GOLD. 
 
 I hope you enjoyed that banana, for we must rejoin the topic of Shia’s habitual plagiarism. To briefly recap, it’s been almost a year since Shia ripped off Esquire’s “How to be a Man” essay during an apology to Alec Baldwin. Then Shia made a short film that plagiarized cartoonist Daniel Clowes (of Ghost World fame). He proceeded to apologize to Clowes with a plagiarized apology straight off Yahoo! answers. 
 
 Here’s where things get murky. People were calling Shia out like crazy, and then he went and plagiarized a bunch of other people’s apologizes. CB did a very patient and through job of recapping all of the new instances of Shia shamelessly cribbing other people’s words. What a convoluted mess he’s woven! CB asked whether or not Shia was trolling or serious, and I think the answer is “both.” I believe Shia was serious when he first started plagiarizing apologies. Then he saw that everyone figured out his little secret, so he decided to be really outrageous. Now he thinks he can call all of us out for “falling for it.” Really. Check this crap out — he is still plagiarizing everything: 
 
 You have my apologies for offending you for thinking I was being serious instead of accurately realizing I was mocking you. — Shia LaBeouf (@thecampaignbook) December 31, 2013 
 
 [From Erick Erickson - Redstate.com] 
 
 I lifted the text, probably in one of my drunken stupors, probably approximately about a year ago. — Shia LaBeouf (@thecampaignbook) December 21, 2013 
 
 [From Toronto Mayor Rob Ford] 
 
 2014 Resolution – I need to work on being a less controversial tweeter. — Shia LaBeouf (@thecampaignbook) December 31, 2013 
 
 [From Blake Shelton] 
 
 I am sorry for all the plagiarized tweets, they all were unintelligent, ambiguous and needlessly hurtful. — Shia LaBeouf (@thecampaignbook) December 31, 2013 
 
 [From Lars Von Trier] 
 
 Shia stole words from Lars Von Trier, and he’s appearing soon in Von Trier’s N*mphomaniac. Get it? Now comes the latest instance of Shia’s douchebaggery. He apologized once again to Daniel Clowes by buying a 5-mile long message with the WorldWideSkyAds company (who confirms on their Twitter account that Shia placed the ad). Here’s a picture of the ad, but it probably isn’t a sincere apology. As FilmDrunk points out, Daniel Clowes lives in Oakland. Shia ran the ad over Hollywood instead, so everyone else could see what a great guy he is. I don’t think he stole these words from anyone else, but I could be wrong. ||||| The actor's gesture follows his plagiarism of the graphic novelist, and his lifted apologies on Twitter from Alec Baldwin, Russell Crowe and others' infamous controversies. 
 
 Shia LaBeouf is looking up to ensure he follows through on his New Year's resolution. 
 
 ANALYSIS: In Defense of Shia LaBeouf 
 
 The Charlie Countryman and Nymphomaniac actor -- who found himself in the middle of a plagiarism controversy when graphic novelist Daniel Clowes accused LaBeouf of borrowing shamelessly from his 2007 comic, Justin M. Damiano, for the short film Howard Cantour -- commissioned an apology to the artist written in the sky on New Year's Day. 
 
 He had the words "I am sorry Daniel Clowes" displayed over the Los Angeles area Jan. 1, and tweeted a photo: 
 
 CLOUD: - vapor floating in the atmosphere - remote servers used to SHARE DATA - to make LESS CLEAR or TRANSPARENT pic.twitter.com/jw9JlEi791 -- Shia LaBeouf (@thecampaignbook) January 1, 2014 
 
 The apologetic gesture seems to be original, as the actor has been ceaselessly tweeting remorseful reflections ever since the controversy first unfolded in mid-December. 
 
 However, he began pasting excerpts of other famous apologies from the likes of former New York governor Eliot Spitzer, artist Shepard Fairey and Tiger Woods, to name a few, and was criticized for copying once again. 
 
 From Mark Zuckerberg's open letter in 2006: 
 
 I want to thank all of you who have written in and created groups and protested. Even though I wish I hadn't made so many of you angry. -- Shia LaBeouf (@thecampaignbook) December 19, 2013 
 
 From Russell Crowe's apology after tweeting comments on circumcision in 2011: 
 
 Personal beliefs aside I realize, some will interpret this as me mocking the rituals and traditions of others, not the case, I am very sorry -- Shia LaBeouf (@thecampaignbook) December 26, 2013 
 
 From Alec Baldwin's statement on his homophobic comments in November: 
 
 I did not intend to hurt or offend anyone with my choice of words, but clearly I have - and for that I am deeply sorry. Words are important. -- Shia LaBeouf (@thecampaignbook) December 20, 2013 
 
 On New Year's Eve, LeBeouf apologized for the lifted apologies, also saying that his 2014 resolution is to "work on being a less controversial tweeter." 
 
 I am sorry for all the plagiarized tweets, they all were unintelligent, ambiguous and needlessly hurtful. -- Shia LaBeouf (@thecampaignbook) December 31, 2013 
 
 2014 Resolution - I need to work on being a less controversial tweeter. -- Shia LaBeouf (@thecampaignbook) December 31, 2013 
 
 You have my apologies for offending you for thinking I was being serious instead of accurately realizing I was mocking you. -- Shia LaBeouf (@thecampaignbook) December 31, 2013 
 
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– Shia LaBeouf's apology tour has taken to the skies. Yesterday, the actor commissioned a skywriter to write "I am sorry Daniel Clowes" in the skies over Los Angeles, according to the Hollywood Reporter, which has a photo. Clowes is the graphic novelist whose comic LaBeouf is accused of plagiarizing. Most of LaBeouf's previous apologies to Clowes were also plagiarized, but this one appears to use LaBeouf's own words, the Reporter notes. On New Year's Eve, LaBeouf addressed the plagiarized apologies on Twitter, starting off by tweeting, "2014 Resolution - I need to work on being a less controversial tweeter." He then wrote: "I am sorry for all the plagiarized tweets, they all were unintelligent, ambiguous and needlessly hurtful. ... You have my apologies for offending you for thinking I was being serious instead of accurately realizing I was mocking you." But, uh, all three of those New Year's Eve tweets were also lifted from others' words, Celebitchy notes. Then, in case we weren't all confused enough, LaBeouf tweeted today: "I am not a biter. I'm a writer for myself and others. I steal some plot points & dialogue. I'm only big'n up my brother."