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Admit it. You loved the hell out of “The Osbournes” when it first came on. Sure, it’s worn out it’s welcome mat over the years, but Monday marks the final, final, final episode. We called Sharon Osbourne to chat about the end of an era and why the heck Dr. Phil makes a cameo appearance on the finale. Here’s what the tart had to say: Ohmygosh. I can’t believe it’s really going to be over. (Laughs.) Can you believe it? No, can you? Yes, it’s time, you know? Why? You have to end on top. You can’t milk it. The… Read more »

Los Angeles – Early purchasers of Ozzy Osbourne’s March 22 boxed set, “Prince of Darkness,” will get a little bonus. The initial pressing of the set will include a buy-one-get-one-free coupon for this summer’s Ozzfest, valued at $40. To redeem, customers go to the ozzfest.com Web site and punch in the code on the coupon. The Epic four-disc set covers Osbourne’s solo years. It includes a disc of new recordings by Osbourne of his favorite tunes by other artists, including the Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil” and Eric Burdon ‘s “Good Times.” The set’s suggested list price is $49.98,… Read more »

Thieves can’t seem to get enough of the Osbourne family’s jewels. Just a few months after pop Ozzy struggled with robbers who stole $2 million worth of jewelry from the Osbournes’ English estate, Jack Osbourne was the victim of a bling sting. According to a Reuters report, more than $380,000 worth of jewelry was stolen from one of Jack’s suitcases on a flight from Los Angeles to London. Among the items taken were two watches that were gifts, which Jack is said to be very upset over losing.

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 »

London – Rocker Ozzy Osbourne skipped an appointment with Prince Charles to keep an appointment with his doctor. Osbourne had been scheduled to perform at the Royal Variety Performance Tuesday, with Prince Charles topping the guest list, but pulled out because he had an operation to adjust a metal plate in his shoulder, his wife, Sharon Osbourne, said. He injured the shoulder when he crashed a quad bike last year, and then damaged the plate when he tried to tackle a burglar at his home last month. “After his quad bike accident Ozzy had a plate put in his neck… Read more »

Los Angeles – Kelly Osbourne has one word for you and, no, it’s not an obscenity. “‘One Word’ is a song about how one thing can change your whole perspective on life,” Osbourne explained of her new single. “And it has a little to do with Nostradamus and how he predicted all the things that were gonna happen and that did end up happening.” Kelly expects the song to surface in January, followed by her as-yet-untitled next album in March. Linda Perry, the former 4 Non Blondes singer who has reinvented herself as a producer for Christina Aguilera and Gwen… Read more »

The English countryside ain’t as quaint as it used to be-just ask the Osbournes. Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne had quite the scare about 4 a.m. Monday as a jewel heist unfolded at their Buckinghamshire mansion. According to police reports, burglars got away with a “large amount of jewelry” (estimated at 1 million pounds-or more than $1.9 million) and remain at large. The hard-rocking couple were home sleeping at the time of the break-in, but were not hurt-despite Ozzy’s best efforts. “The disturbance woke the residents, and a man grabbed one of the burglars,” the Thames Valley Police said in a… 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.

Kelly Osbourne, the 19-year-old daughter of heavy metal star Ozzy Osbourne, has checked into a drug rehabilitation center for an addiction to painkillers, her parents said. Ozzy, 55, and Sharon Osbourne, 51, talked about their daughter’s drug problem Friday night on CNN’s “Larry King Live.” Sharon Osbourne said that an English tabloid notified them Friday that they had a photograph of Kelly in an apparent drug deal. Kelly Osbourne was confronted and eventually acknowledged a drug problem “after a lot of twisting,” Sharon Osbourne said. Osbourne’s younger brother, Jack, 18, checked himself into a drug and alcohol rehabilitation clinic last… Read more »

Ozzy Osbourne may be famous for biting a head off a bat, but he’ll never bite the hand that feeds him-that is, his fans. Chomping at the bit to get back onstage again since his near-fatal ATV crash late last year, the Prince of F-king Darkness has confirmed plans to headline this summer’s Ozzfest, the monstrously successful heavy metal touring festival he founded in 1996, Billboard.com reports. Details are still sketchy but the bill is also said to include such other headbangers as Slayer, shock-rockers Slipknot and enduring British metal mavens Judas Priest, who recently reunited with vocalist Rob Halford… Read more »