by snarly | Mar 30, 2014 | Celebrity Apologies, Media Apologies
Despite the headline (“James Van Der Beek Apologizes to Mike Birbiglia”) this is not an apology. James Van Der Beek never actually says “I’m sorry I gave you a look of horror when you said we looked alike…and I’m ALSO sorry that I...
by snarly | Mar 17, 2014 | Artistic apologies, Celebrity Apologies, Musical Apologies
I, Snarly, was among those who cringed at Macklemore’s post-Grammies text to Kendrick Lamar. (I have not asked Sumac what she thought, in part because she was probably doing noble bird rescuing while I was watching TV like a lox.) Let’s take a look back,...
by sumac | Feb 13, 2014 | Celebrity Apologies, Media Apologies
Mamoru Samuragochi (sometimes Samuragoch) is a famous Japanese composer with a fascinating personal story – mostly lies. His fame rests partly on his music, which includes the classical compositions “Sonatina for Violin” and “Hiroshima Symphony No 1.”, and...
by snarly | Feb 11, 2014 | Celebrity Apologies
Because today is Tom Hiddleston’s birthday (I’M NOT A STALKER SHUT UP) here is a slumber party video in which he apologizes for hitting his host with a pillow after being told to hit his host with a pillow. It is a lovely apology. He is so unnecessarily...
by sumac | Jan 1, 2014 | Celebrity Apologies
It’d be nice to start the new year by exalting another good apology. Let’s see. The hiphop band The Roots went on tour in Japan. Drummer Questlove kept up an effervescent beat of reactions. After a while people started calling him racist for Instagram...
by snarly | Dec 17, 2013 | Celebrity Apologies
Actor Shia LaBeouf (whose name is pronounced “Horrible Person”) has apologized for extensively plagiarizing the work of graphic novelist Dan Clowes. LaBeouf made a short film, Howard Cantour, that utterly copies Clowes’s comic Justin M. Damiano....
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