🌟 Meghan Markle's Royal Plagiarism Scandal: Is Her Netflix Show for Kids a Copycat? Find Out the Star-Struck Story! 🌟
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In a universe where Scorpio season reigns supreme, I couldn’t help but muse whether the stars guided Meghan Markle’s latest Netflix venture or if it’s just a cosmic case of good ol’ Hollywood hustle. I mean, here we are, exploring culinary delights and lifestyle tips from someone whose biggest challenge, until recently, was probably deciding how many forks to use at a state dinner.
Now, imagine this : You’re a CEO, or let’s be real, in today’s digital world, a digital marketer or SEO wizard, and your latest project has just hit the headlines, not for its success, but for something a tad more controversial. Meghan, our Scorpio Duchess, who’s known for her tenacity (that’s a surprise, right?) has finally launched a hit show with Netflix. A show about food and lifestyle — not surprising considering her Venus is in the 5th house, always seeking to express and live beautifully.
But!, let’s not get too starry-eyed or should I say starry-frustrated? Because, my friends, Meghan and Prince Harry have been through quite the roller coaster when it comes to Netflix fame. Their initial limited series in 2021 was all well and good, but the years in-between? Let’s just say they’ve had more flops than a one-footed duck at a pond stomping competition (I would use a more colorful term, but I’m trying to keep it clean).
But when you’re dealing with entertainment and celebrity news—that magical world where the sun never sets on the drama—the universe often throws in a surprise, like a plagiarism accusation. And here comes our twist:
Enter Mel Elliott, a less known author, but a fierce Scorpio herself, who has the audacity to wave a flag of similarity between her character, Pearl Power, and Meghan’s proposed children’s show, Pearl. Dear Meghan, perhaps you should’ve checked the stars for… wait for it… Intellectual Originality?
Now, I’m not here to play the judge, jury, and executioner in the court of public opinion—especially with something as subjective as creative ideas. Similarities in these projects might just be the cosmos aligning ideas of strong women lifting other strong women, or it could be, well, you know…
And in true cosmic fashion, the show never saw the light of day, axed by the gods of budget cuts. Elliott, however, isn’t just shrugging it off. She’s vocalizing her disappointment, and the stars stand witness to her desire for acknowledgment or perhaps an invite to collaborate on the series.
Here’s where the story gets even spicier—or should I say gem-spicy since we’re throwing in some astrology? Elliott is worried that if she reprises her own creation, she might be branded with the scarlet letter of 'copycat'. In this cutthroat world of arts and media, it’s like carrying a neon sign over your head that screams, “I’m done for!”
So, the billion-dollar question (or Lebensessen, as we might call it in German, a nod to my fabulous show culture): What does the future hold for Meghan’s empire in Hollywood? Will she navigate through these choppy waters like only a true Scorpio can, or will this be a blip on the radar of her path to becoming a production powerhouse?
Let’s keep our telescopes aimed at the heavens, dear readers, and our eyes on the screen, because in Hollywood astrology, you never know what will orbit next!
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With her food and lifestyle series, Meghan Markle has finally created a hit series for Netflix.
And it couldn’t have come soon enough.
Meghan and Prince Harry had some initial success for the streaming giant when they debuted a limited series about their lives back in 2021.
But the intervening years saw lots of forgettable projects (Polo, anyone?) and a few ideas that never even reached the pilot stage.
One of those concepts that never got off the ground was a children’s show titled Pearl.
The show never saw the light of day, but it’s the subject of a new controversy, as a well-known British author claims that Meghan stole the idea without offering any sort of compensation.
Mel Elliott is the author of a series of kids’ books that feature a character named Pearl Power, and she claims that Meghan or someone on her team sought to steal the concept for their show.
“Meghan is a feminist who sticks up for other women, so I was disappointed and confused to see how similar Netflix’s proposed show ‘Pearl’ was to my own Pearl Power, who had been created seven years earlier,” Elliott told the Daily Mail this week.
“Of course, I can’t know if anyone on her team had seen it and been inspired by it, but the similarities were too great for me to ignore,” she continued.
“The world of arts and media are very competitive, and I’m afraid it’s quite common for powerful to people to rip off the work of less well-known creatives — although I’m not saying that’s what happened here.”
Lawyers for Elliott attempted to reach out to the Duchess of Sussex in an effort to make her aware of “similarities between [her] proposed animation series and [Elliott’s] work,” which they stated were “too many and too striking to be mere coincidence.”
“It also appears that there is a risk that your proposed series may infringe intellectual property rights belonging to my client and/or may give rise to a claim in passing off (or in the US, some form of unfair competition,’” they wrote in one letter.
Elliot says the alleged theft took place after she shared her ideas on a “website that enables creators to connect with film and TV producers.”
“In that listing, my client says: ‘I would love to turn Pearl Power into an animated series someday, educating children about inspirational women from modern history (as well as a few men),’” says an attorney for the author.
Elliott says her legal team sent a total of three letters to Markle and Netflix about their concerns, but they never received a response.
Netflix eventually axed the show due to “budget cuts.” Elliott says she’s happy the project never materialized, but she’s still saddened by the whole situation.
Elliorr tells the Mail that she’d “glad that Meghan’s ‘Pearl’ show was dropped” and hopes she “had something to do with it.”
“But what I really wanted was for it to have gone ahead and for me to have been acknowledged or invited to work as a collaborator on the series,” she said.
“Pearl was my dream project and now, annoyingly, if I reprise my own creation, it’s going to look like I have copied the idea from someone else.”
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