Tuned into the new season of American Idol? Neither are we! It seems, though, we’ve been missing out on some very LOL-worthy moments, courtesy of new judge Steven Tyler. At the start of last night’s show, producers of the talent series ran an apology for Tyler’s “outrageous behavior” on a previous broadcast. The Aerosmith rocker [...]
Posts Tagged ‘apologizes’
“American Idol†Apologizes For Steven Tyler’s “Outrageous†Behavior
February 3rd, 2011 |
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Evening Crumbs: Bristol Apologizes For Willow Palin’s Homophobic Rant; “Romeo & Juliet†Headed To ABC; Ochocinco Engaged To “Basketball Wife†Evelyn Lozada?
November 18th, 2010 |
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-Hide yo’ kids. Hide yo wife: Antoine Dodson Fever is alive and well. New York University’s award-winning acapella group performed the bandanaed viral sensation’s iTunes hit “Bed Intruder” at their fall concert… -Ashton Kutcher is plotting a third television sitcom based on a popular Twitter account! -Emma Watson is single and doesn’t really “understand” men. [...]
Tadić apologizes during Vukovar visit
November 4th, 2010 |
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Serbian and Croatian presidents Boris Tadić and Ivo Josipović have placed wreaths to honor Croat victims at a memorial in OvÄara, near Vukovar.
The two leaders also visited a memorial for Serb civilians killed in the town of Paulin Dvor. Both towns saw executions of prisoners and civilians during the war in 1991.
President apologizes to Italian PM
October 14th, 2010 |
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Serbian President Boris Tadić late on Wednesday apologized to Italy’s PM Silvio Berlusconi over incidents in Genoa on Tuesday. Red Star hooligans caused clashed which eventually led to the match between Serbia and Italy to be called off.
Libya apologizes for shooting at Italian fishing boat
September 14th, 2010 |
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The head of the coast guard in Libya has formally apologized for one of his ships firing at an Italian fishing boat. No-one was injured in the shooting; the Libyans initially claimed to have fired in the air, but bullet marks could be clearly seen on gas bottles aboard the Ariete.
Intuit CEO Apologizes After Major Service Outage
June 18th, 2010 |
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Intuit’s CEO Brad Smith issued a sincere apology via the company’s blog following a service outage this week that impacted thousands of clients. Smith said he hopes to earn back the trust of the businesses that employ his company’s services. – The president and CEO of small business
finance software company Intuit, Brad Smith, apologized to Intuit’s customers
in the form of a company blog post, promising to earn back their trust
following a widespread service failure earlier in the week.
Following a routine maintenance procedure Tues…
ATandT Apologizes for iPad E-Mail Address Leak
June 14th, 2010 |
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AT&T sent an e-mail to Apple iPad 3G owners impacted by the leak of 114,000 e-mail addresses last week. In the note, the company blames the incident on "unauthorized computer hackers" and promises to cooperate with the federal investigation into the incident. – AT amp;T sent a note to customers affected by the data leak that
exposed 114,000 e-mail addresses belonging to Apple iPad 3G owners
apologizing for the incident and condemning the actions of Goatse
Security.
In the note, AT amp;T Senior Vice President for Public Policy
Dorothy Attwood blamed …
ATandT Apologizes After Customer Service Incident
June 4th, 2010 |
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AT&T’s PR machine goes into damage control mode after reports that it warned an unsatisfied customer of legal action after he e-mailed the company CEO twice. – The network carrier with exclusive access to Apples iPhone might
consider taking a page out of Apple CEO Steve Jobs playbook and
respond to customer inquiries with more poise. Technology blog Engadget
reported
now-former AT amp;T customer Giorgio Galante received a warning call
from an AT amp;T…
NATO apologizes for civilian deaths
April 22nd, 2010 |
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NATO has apologized for the deaths of four Afghans shot by international troops, VOA reports. The alliance said their report describing two of those killed as “known insurgents” was incorrect.
Pope apologizes for Irish priests’ sex abuse
March 20th, 2010 |
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Pope Benedict XVI has apologized to victims of child sex abuse by Catholic priests in Ireland.
In a pastoral letter to Irish Catholics, he acknowledged the sense of betrayal in the Church felt by victims and their families.
Minister “apologizes†to reporter
February 3rd, 2010 |
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Infrastructure Minister Milutin Mrkonjić apologized to journalist Milan LaÄ‘ević for what he called, “yesterday’s gesture of personal affectionâ€. LaÄ‘ević, a reporter with Belgrade tabloid Kurir, said on Tuesday that the minister slapped his face while he was reporting from the parliament building.
Patriarch apologizes to Muslim citizens
January 29th, 2010 |
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Serbian Patriarch Irinej apologized on Friday to the Muslim citizens for his recent statement in which he spoke of Islam in an imprudent manner. In a statement issued by his office, Patriarch Irinej pointed out that his actual position on Islam is based on the absolute appreciation of identity, dignity and integrity of Muslims as individuals, the Islamic community as a whole, and Islam as a great world religion.
Israel formally apologizes to Turkey
January 14th, 2010 |
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Israel has formally apologized after Turkey threatened to recall its ambassador over what Ankara regarded as a public dressing down earlier this week. Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon on Wednesday sent an official letter of apology to Turkish Ambassador Oguz Celikkol for giving him an angry dressing down on national television to protest against a Turkish TV drama portraying Mossad agents as baby snatchers.
Google Apologizes to Chinese Authors For Google Books Discontent
January 11th, 2010 |
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Google apologized to the Chinese Writers Association for failing to communicate properly after the authors complained Google scanned and uploaded books without authors’ permission. The writers’ association, essentially the Chinese counterpart to the U.S. Author’s Guild that along with the Association of American Publishers sued Google in 2005 for scanning copyrighted books, argued that Google should stop indexing authors’ books without permission and compensate Chinese authors whose works it included without approval. Same story, different country.
– Update: Google Jan. 9 said it was sorry to the Chinese Writers
Association for not
communicating properly with Chinese authors and vowed to quot;respect the
wishes of any Chinese author who hasn’t authorized their books to be
scanned. quot;
Bloomberg cited the apology in a letter from Asia’s G…
O2 Apologizes for Boggy iPhone Service in London
December 29th, 2009 |
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The head of U.K. carrier O2 apologized to London customers who faced service issues this year, due to whats being blamed on an abundance of bandwidth-devouring iPhone users. O2 said its working with Nokia Siemens, Apple and also RIM to find solutions.
– New York and San Francisco arent the only cities
filled with bandwidth-devouring iPhone users, according to the Financial Times.
On Dec. 29, Ronan Dunne, head of mobile carrier O2, apologized to customers
for service issues such as not being able to place calls that were caused by
enormous dem…
Italy: Berlusconi attacker apologizes
December 15th, 2009 |
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An Italian news report says the suspect who attacked Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi with a statue, breaking his nose and teeth, has apologized. The ANSA news agency says Massimo Tartaglia sent a written note to Berlusconi from a Milan jail, calling the attack “superficial, cowardly, and uncontrolled.”
Black Eyed Peas manager apologizes for hitting celeb blogger Perez Hilton
November 20th, 2009 |
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Black Eyed Peas manager Liborio Molina has expressed regret and apologized to celebrity blogger Perez Hilton for attacking him in June this year.
Molina had punched the writer after he made critical comments about the bands’ new album to members Fergie and Will.i.am.
Now, Molina’s lawyer has said sorry on his behalf, following the court’s order.
“I apologise [...]
Amazon CEO Bezos Apologizes for Orwell Deletion from Kindle
July 25th, 2009 |
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Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos issued a public apology for the deletion of two George Orwell novels, 1984 and Animal Farm, from the Kindle e-reader device. Although the novels were pulled over a copyright dispute, the specter of Big Brother-style interference was such that Bezos decided an apology was needed. Amazon is seeking to dominate the e-reader space with its Kindle, although it faces the prospect of competition from Plastic Logic and other companies.
– Amazon.com
CEO Jeff Bezos tendered an apology on his
site for last weeks deletion of two George Orwell e-books from users Kindle
devices.
Around July 16, Kindle users realized that copies of quot;Animal Farm quot;
and quot;1984 quot; had disappeared from their e-readers archived items
libra…
Amazon.com CEO apologizes for Orwell incident
July 24th, 2009 |
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amazon.com Inc. CEO Jeffrey P. Bezos has apologized to Kindle customers for deleting pirated copies of George Orwell novels “1984″ and “Animal Farm” from their e-reader devices.
Kindle users were surprised last week to find that Orwell works they had purchased were removed from their readers and their money refunded.
Amazon said last [...]
U.S. apologizes over Gaddafi comments
The US state department has apologized for comments made about Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s call for jihad against Switzerland. Department spokesman PJ Crowley, who made the dismissive comments, said they did not reflect US policy and were not intended to offend.