AC/DC's Malcolm Young is ill and will take a break from performing, the band announced Wednesday. "After 40 years of life dedicated to AC/DC, guitarist and founding member Malcolm Young is taking a break from the band due to ill health," AC/DC wrote on its website. "Malcolm would like to thank the group's diehard legions of fans worldwide for their never-ending love and support." Young, 61, started AC/DC in 1973 and has played with the rock group ever since - besides a brief break in 1988, when he missed the Blow Up Your Video World Tour to recover from alcoholism.
- 4/16/2014
- by Michele Corriston
- PEOPLE.com
NBC bosses have emerged victorious in a lawsuit launched by a writer claiming to have created the concept of My Name Is Earl. Mark Gable sued the network back in 2008 after alleging that the now-cancelled sitcom ripped off a script of his entitled Karma, which he shopped around to TV bosses in 1995. The legal challenge detailed a number of similarities between Karma and the pilot episode of My Name Is Earl, both of which feature a main character who attempts to correct his wrongdoings after becoming cursed by a lottery win. Gable also claimed during (more)...
- 6/19/2011
- by By Daniel Sperling
- Digital Spy
The bosses behind hit TV series My Name Is Earl have triumphed in court after a judge dismissed a lawsuit from a writer who accused them of stealing his idea.
Mark Gable sued execs at the NBC Universal network in 2008 alleging they plagiarised parts of his screenplay Karma, which he shopped around to channels in 1995.
He claimed the pilot episode of My Name Is Earl featured many similarities to his screenplay and alleged his script had been sent to an agency representing the show's co-producer Brad Copeland.
However, a judge at a Los Angeles district court dismissed the case in February, ruling there was not enough "substantially similar" in the two scripts, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Mark Gable sued execs at the NBC Universal network in 2008 alleging they plagiarised parts of his screenplay Karma, which he shopped around to channels in 1995.
He claimed the pilot episode of My Name Is Earl featured many similarities to his screenplay and alleged his script had been sent to an agency representing the show's co-producer Brad Copeland.
However, a judge at a Los Angeles district court dismissed the case in February, ruling there was not enough "substantially similar" in the two scripts, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
- 6/18/2011
- WENN
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