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PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (AP) — Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil suffered broken ribs after falling off the stage at a concert Friday in Tennessee, his guitarist told the crowd in a video circulated widely on social media.

In video footage from the performance, Neil can be seen clapping at the edge of the stage with his guitar strapped around him before his fall.

The guitarist later told the crowd at the Monsters on the Mountain music festival in Pigeon Forge about Neil’s injury.

Neil was one of the headliner acts for the three-day music festival. He was playing with his band, not Mötley Crüe.

“The truth is, Vince fell and broke ribs when he fell,” the guitarist told the crowd. “Now that sucks for us and him. He was so excited to be here. He lives in Tennessee.”

Eddie Trunk, a host of the music festival, tweeted Friday Neil was taken to the hospital.

Further updates on his condition were not immediately available Saturday. The agency representing Neil did not immediately return a phone message and email seeking an update.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Netflix said Friday it had fired an employee for disclosing confidential financial information about what it paid for Dave Chappelle’s comedy special “The Closer,” which some condemned as being transphobic.

The employee, who wasn’t named, shared “confidential, commercially sensitive information outside the company,” a Netflix statement said.

“We understand this employee may have been motivated by disappointment and hurt with Netflix, but maintaining a culture of trust and transparency is core to our company,” the statement said.

The statement said the information was referenced in a Bloomberg news article, which reported Netflix spent $24.1 million on “The Closer,” which first aired last week. The article also mentioned the lower budgets for a 2019 Chapelle special, a Bo Burnham special and the nine-episode hit “Squid Game.”

Netflix said a review of its internal access logs pinpointed the information to a single person, who “admitted that they downloaded and shared sensitive company information externally.”

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Today’s Birthdays: Actor Angela Lansbury is 96. Actor Peter Bowles (“Victoria,” “Rumpole of the Bailey”) is 85. Actor Barry Corbin (“One Tree Hill,” “Northern Exposure”) is 81. Bassist C.F. Turner, of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, is 78. Actor Suzanne Somers is 75. Guitarist Bob Weir, of the Grateful Dead, is 74. Producer-director David Zucker is 74. Actor Martha Smith (“Animal House,” “Scarecrow and Mrs. King”) is 69. Actor Andy Kindler (“Everybody Loves Raymond”) is 65. Actor-director Tim Robbins is 63. Guitarist Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet) is 62. Singer Bob Mould (Husker Du) is 61. Actor Randy Vasquez (“JAG”) is 60. Bassist Flea, of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, is 59.