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New York – Mark your %&.! calendars – the Ozzy Osbourne clan will be back Jan. 17 with the final season of their reality show, MTV announced Thursday. “The Osbournes” chronicles the lives of goth-rock star Ozzy, his wife, Sharon, and two of their children – daughter Kelly and son Jack. They first allowed MTV cameras into their Beverly Hills, Calif., home in 2002. The hit TV series showcases the offbeat antics of the family as Ozzy and Sharon deal with the complexities of running a household – usually with a slew of obscenities. “After three years, the MTV cameras… Read more »

Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne are launching a new MTV reality series/contest in which a band will win a slot on the Ozzfest 2005 tour. “Battle for Ozzfest,” which premieres Oct. 25 at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT, will feature eight bands competing for the Ozzfest prize in addition to touring money, equipment and a possible record deal. The Osbournes will serve as judges and decide which bands are eliminated from the competition. Ozzfest, which will celebrate its 10th anniversary next year, grossed more than $19 million from 24 shows reported to Billboard Boxscore.

Headbangers of the world will unite once again this summer at Ozzfest, the annual road show of hard rock bands organized by America’s first couple of reality TV, the Osbournes. Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne and son Jack opened their Beverly Hills house to journalists on Tuesday to announce the lineup for the eighth annual outing of Ozzfest. Dressed in his best pair of tracksuit pants and a black T-shirt, a typically befuddled Ozzy slurred his way through the news conference while a svelte Sharon, as usual, took charge of proceedings, firing off insults at her guests and husband. Ozzy Osbourne,… Read more »

Sharon, Ozzy, and Jack Osbourne are set to open their house in Los Angeles to journalists for the announcement of OzzFest 2003 on Tuesday (February 18). Media will check in at a Los Angeles-area hotel and be bussed to the house. At 12:30 p.m. there will be lunch followed by a 1:15 press conference. Members of confirmed bands from the tour will also be on hand. Unconfirmed reports have Korn, Disturbed, Chevelle, and Stereomud on the bill.

Sheryl Crow, an activist for recording artists’ rights, brought her own message against a possible war with Iraq to Monday night’s American Music Awards. Crow accepted her award for pop-rock female artist wearing a white T-shirt emblazoned with the message “war is not the answer” in black sequins. She had the V-neck shirt specially made. “I just think there’s a really vital, sweeping peace movement out there that’s not getting covered in the press, so I just kind of try to do my part,” she said backstage. “I think war is based in greed and there are huge karmic retributions… Read more »

Should old acquaintances be forgot and never brought to mind? Not if you’re the Osbournes. Sharon and Ozzy aren’t about to forgive and forget a woman who allegedly crashed their New Year’s Eve party and walked out with a $15,000 diamond necklace she obtained by winning a raffle illegally. The Osbourne camp issued a statement to the press Friday evening to draw attention to the incident, and to talent agency ICM, where the presumed perpetrator is employed. The party, which doubled as a ceremony to renew their 20-year-old marriage vows, was held at the Beverly Hills Hotel. The necklace was… Read more »

“The Osbournes,” the reality series about rocker Ozzy Osbourne’s unorthodox family and home life, drew 6.6 million viewers in its second-season premiere, MTV said Wednesday. Tuesday’s ratings were up 84 percent compared to the first season’s premiere, and viewership rivaled that of the highest-rated episode last season, the music channel said. “‘The Osbournes’ juggernaut shows little signs of slowing down,” MTV programming president Brian Graden said in a statement. Last year, the show became an unexpected hit and the highest-rated show in MTV’s 21-year history. This season’s content is decidedly different, as the family copes with its newfound celebrity and… Read more »

With the Osbournes hosting the next American Music Awards, the telecast could prove more edgy than in the past. But show producer Dick Clark is not concerned about his decision to enlist the services of the often-foul-mouthed Ozzy Osbourne and his now-famous family. Clark said, “Well, there’s a lot of talk about the Osbournes, everybody’s stirring up this worry, worry, worry! The only person that’s worried is the ABC censor lady. She’s a tad concerned but, you know, I said to her, ‘They’re professionals. It’s gonna be fine…I hope.’” The 30th annual American Music Awards take place January 13 at… Read more »

The censors may have to stay on their toes when Ozzy Osbourne and his family host the 30th annual American Music Awards. The three-hour special is scheduled to air live on ABC, starting at 8 p.m. EST Jan. 13. “I can’t wait to see what Ozzy and the rest of the family have in store for us, and I know the ABC-TV censor is already having dreams, or should I say nightmares, about their live ad-libs,” executive producer Dick Clark said Monday. The heavy-metal icon, his wife, Sharon, and two of their three children are notorious for their profanity-laced misadventures… Read more »

Sharon and O zzy Osbourne are informally adding another to their brood. Robert Marcato, a long-time friend of the Osbourne’s daughters Kelly and Aimee, recently lost his mother to colon cancer, a disease that Sharon Osbourne is also battling. Because Marcato has no one else to turn to, and because they have done well financially, the Osbournes are taking Marcato under their wings, they told the New York Post. The family will not only provide for Marcato, but will also feature the aspiring actor as a regular character on their hit reality series, The Osbournes. “He wants to go to… Read more »