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13 Nov, 2015

Sulkowicz praises LeBeouf

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Sulkowicz praises LeBeouf’s #ALLMYMOVIES performance work.

[It’s] a participatory art piece, a relational aesthetics art piece. It’s not just a stunt. I think there are things to think about in the piece…It’s the most egotistical thing on Earth. Yet, at the same time, because of the endurance quality of it where he has to sit there and suffer through himself, suffer through watching himself, it’s humble and inclusive. Like, ‘I will suffer through this with you guys, if you want.’

12 Nov, 2015

Falls asleep during screening

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Seven films into his own film festival, Labeouf lays down in the middle of an aisle and takes a two-hour nap during Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

11 Nov, 2015

Invites public to watch him watching his films

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LaBeouf invites the public to watch him as he watches all of his movies in reverse chronological order (link). The event, a piece of performance art by LeBoeuf, Rokko and Turner, takes place over three days, will be continuously live-streamed for those who cannot attend. Admission is free.

8 Oct, 2015

Public intoxication arrest

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Shia LeBeouf mugshot AustinLaBeouf is arrested in Austin for misdemeanor public intoxication. Witnesses say LeBeouf and a woman are denied entry to a bar because they are too intoxicated. LeBoeuf becomes verbally abusive and tries to force himself into the bar, but is stopped. He then runs down the street and jaywalks in front of police. They warn him to stop, but he continues to act bizarrely and is arrested. He is taken to the Travis County Jail.

22 Oct, 2014

Shia LaBeouf interview

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Interview Magazine interviews LaBeouf about how his role as a Christian man in the film Fury actually converted him to Christianity.

I found God doing Fury. I became a Christian man, and not in a f-cking bullshit way—in a very real way. I could have just said the prayers that were on the page. But it was a real thing that really saved me. And you can’t identify unless you’re really going through it. It’s a full-blown exchange of heart, a surrender of control. And while there’s beauty to that, acting is all about control. So that was a wild thing to navigate. I had good people around me who helped me. Brad [Pitt] was really instrumental in guiding my head through this. Brad comes from a hyper-religious, very deeply Christian, Bible Belt life, and he rejected it and moved toward an unnamed spirituality. He looked at religion like the people’s opium, almost like a Marxist view on religion. Whereas [Fury writer-director] David [Ayers] is a full subscriber to Christianity. But these two diametrically opposed positions both lead to the same spot, and I really looked up to both men. It was nice to have conversations with Brad about the family he came from and what he was using to get through the day. People don’t know this about Brad: He’s a very thoughtful actor. That’s not a motherf-cker who just shows up and does the job. He puts a lot in, so you get a lot out. He’s hard on himself, very hard. I think every great artist is bipolar to some degree. To be great you have to have self-criticism, which, in that moment, becomes some sort of bipolar thing. You go from “That was f-cking great” to “I’m f-cking shit.” And Brad has a bipolar element to the way he deals with his work. We have a lot of similarities that way.

20 Oct, 2014

Interview magazine cover

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shiaLaBeouf appears on the November cover of Interview magazine. LaBeouf discusses his relationship with his father and his recent behavior.

I’m not a very intelligent person, and you’ve got to be a f–king genius to learn from other people’s mistakes, because you’ve got to be a very smart man to learn from your own. You’re only as good as your last thing, and I’m only thinking about the next thing. I’ve been a runner my whole life, running from myself. Whether to movies or drinking and drugging or f–king calamity or whatever it is, I’ve always been running. I’m a dude who loves delusion. It’s why I love being an actor—I never have to actually look at myself or be faced with my s–t or take responsibility. So it’s been an eye-opening thing to have to look at myself, at my life, and have these reflective moments.

13 Oct, 2014

Shia LaBeouf interview

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LaBeouf appears as a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live to promote his latest film, Fury. He also tells an elaborate story of how he chased a homeless man, got drunk on whiskey, and got arrested at a cabaret in New York City.

So I land in New York coming back from Ireland, where I’m visiting my girl. In Ireland you drink whiskey, so I’d been drinking a lot of whiskey.

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10 Sep, 2014

Pleads guilty to disorderly conduct

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shia1LaBeouf pleads guilty to bizarre behavior and disorderly conduct. The guilty plea involves no jail time or probation. If LaBeouf remains in alcohol treatment for at least three months and out of trouble for six, he will be allowed to withdraw the guilty plea and the case will be dismissed. Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Diana Boyar:

Are you pleading guilty because you are guilty?

Yes, your honor.

23 Aug, 2014

Stalker in house, calls 911

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LaBeouf calls 911 for help after coming face-to-face with an intruder in his L.A. home.  Officers are dispatched to arrest 31-year-old Graciela Nahle, who has been to actor’s home twice.  Nahle pleads no contest to trespassing after this latest incident and is sentenced to 45 days in jail where she only served out four of them.

I have a person in my house who has been stalking me for three weeks now. I have no idea [who she is] but she’s been turning up at my house randomly, she’s basically on my property.

1 Jul, 2014

Rep: not in rehab

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LaBeouf’s representatives announce that actor is voluntarily receiving treatment for alcohol addiction, making it clear that he is not checked into a rehab facility contrary to previous reports.

He understands that these recent actions are a symptom of a larger health problem and he has taken the first of many necessary steps towards recovery.

TMZ believes that LaBeouf has selected a 12-step program, even obtaining photos of the actor carrying an Alcohol Anonymous book.

30 Jun, 2014

Reportedly checks into rehab

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LaBeouf is seen checking into a private treatment facility in Hollywood according to an X17 exclusive. The photo agency followed the actor from his home to the facility where he was greeted by a nurse and security guard.

Shia was nervous; he didn’t look good all morning. He was looking down and wasn’t even talking to his driver. It looked like he didn’t want to do it, but he knew he had to.

26 Jun, 2014

‘Cabaret’ arrest

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During a performance of Cabaret at a New York City theater, the actor is arrested for criminal trespass and misconduct.  LeBeouf was smoking in the theater and slapping strangers on the rear end in addition to yelling loudly at the actors on stage during Act 1.  According to the complaint, he was asked to leave and refused, yelling obscenities at the security guard.  He was removed from the theater in handcuffs and charged with five counts of disorderly conduct, criminal trespass, and harassment.

23 Feb, 2014

Baldwin: LaBeouf was fired

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In a statement to Joe Hagan, Baldwin reveals the reason behind LaBeouf’s hasty exit from Orphans.  The actor corroborates that the two had “creative differences,” but goes on to say that the younger actor was ultimately fired.  Baldwin says he knew one of them had to go and even volunteered to leave the play rather than LaBeouf.

I said, ‘I’ll tell you what, I’ll go.’ I said don’t fire the kid, I’ll quit. They said no, no, no, no, and they fired him. And I think he was shocked.

19 Feb, 2014

Franco defends LaBeouf

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Franco writes an article for the New York Times titled Why Actors Act Out, in which he takes an empathetic view on LaBeouf’s recent behavior.  In the article, Franco compares LaBeouf to other actors (including himself) who feel the need to distance themselves from the persona they have created. He goes on to say that an actor’s rebellion against this persona sets in motion a feedback loop where the actor acts out, receives negative publicity, acts out in response to the publicity, and so on.

Mr. LaBeouf has been acting since he was a child, and often an actor’s need to tear down the public creation that constrains him occurs during the transition from young man to adult.  I think Mr. LaBeouf’s project, if it is a project, is a worthy one. I just hope that he is careful not to use up all the good will he has gained as an actor in order to show us that he is an artist.

9 Feb, 2014

Wears paper bag at premiere

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LaBeouf walks the red carpet of the Berlin premiere of Nymphomaniac while wearing a brown paper bag over his head reading, “I am not famous anymore.”  According to sources, the actor appeared thinner and a missing bottom tooth which he had shaved down for his role in Fury.

Feb 2014

Claims art installation rape

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LaBeouf claims a woman raped him during his performance art installation at a gallery in Beverly Hills, where he sat with a bag over his head while member of the public were allowed to visit him one-on-one.

One woman who came with her boyfriend, who was outside the door when this happened, whipped my legs for 10 minutes and then stripped my clothing and proceeded to rape me.

10 Jan, 2014

Retires from public life

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The actor announces his retirement from public life in a post on Twitter.  No further comment is made as to what this retirement will entail.

16 Dec, 2013

Plagiarism apology

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LaBeouf issues a string of apologies to Clowes for the admitted plagiarism. The apologetic tweets begin sincere with:

Im embarrassed that I failed to credit @danielclowes for his original graphic novella Justin M. Damiano, which served as my inspiration. I was truly moved by his piece of work & I knew that it would make a poignant & relevant short. I apologize to all who assumed I wrote it.

As the online accusations continue, LaBeouf’s tweets begin to show signs of frustration and sarcasm, many of which contain plagiarized content themselves.  The most recent tweet contains a photo of an airborne apology, written in the sky by an airplane that was hired by the actor to say “I am sorry Daniel Clowes.”