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Doc McGhee has responded to Jon Bon Jovi’s recent claim that the 1989 Moscow Music Peace Festival was organized as part of a plea deal to keep the manager out of jail. McGhee – who represented Bon Jovi, Motley Crue, Skid Row and Scorpions throughout the ‘80s – was busted in 1982 for his involvement with drug smugglers bringing tons of marijuana into America. The manager was facing up to 30 years in prison but was able to avoid jail time. In a recent interview with Conan O’Brien, Bon Jovi insisted the concert was part of the deal. “To keep...

LOS ANGELES — In a touching message to fans, Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne has announced he is "retiryouknow, the thing with Sabbath and the flibberyloo, an-n-n Tony andi wit the bloody timeof our lives, mate." "I luhthu fans, futhin right by th love, Sabbath badboy innit?" said Osbourne in a statement. "Heavy meh-ahl don by me knackered cheeky bodger an hodd ROCK! Ha ha ha ha ha!" The 74-year-old singer, who has been struggling with health issues for years, announced the premature end of his European tour, much to the dismay of fans. Many are still speculating as to...

Ozzy Osbourne has revealed he no longer wants to move back to the UK from America — after previously vowing to ditch the USA due to the country’s gun violence. The rock icon, 73, who hails from Birmingham, England, has lived in California for more than 25 years, and back in August revealed his intentions to move back home with wife Sharon, 70, saying: “I’m fed up with people getting killed every day.” But the Paranoid hitmaker has now declared to Consequence Magazine: “To be honest with you, if I had my way, I’d stay in America. I’m American now…...

After making Los Angeles his home for more than two decades, Ozzy Osbourne has decided it’s time to return to the U.K. The Osbournes’ home in California is already up for sale, and their residence in England is already being prepared for their early 2023 arrival. “It’s a very weird place to live right now,” Sharon Osbourne said of living in America. Over the past several years Ozzy, 73, has dealt with numerous health issues – Parkinson’s diagnosis, neck surgery, a fall in the bathroom, two staph infections, blood clots, and more – and while all are enough for anyone...

Sharon Osbourne named the “more than woke” CBS executives who ousted her from her show “The Talk” and said “they’ve destroyed” her. “They are desperate to keep their jobs, they are desperate in these times we live in to be perceived as more than woke,” the 69-year-old former talk show co-host shared Tuesday during the “The Megyn Kelly Show” podcast on Sirius XM. “You know, they wanna be seen as Mother Teresa and Jesus Christ … but they’re all hypocrites,” she added. “They’re liars and they’re hypocrites and they’ll do whatever they have to do to keep their job.” (RELATED:...

Last month, the cancel culture mob found a new target in Sharon Osbourne after she dared to defend her friend Piers Morgan from claims that he is racist simply for criticizing Meghan Markle. Now, Sharon’s daughter Kelly Osbourne is defiantly speaking out to say “f*** cancel culture.” Kelly’s comments contrast the ones made by LeVar Burton, who has become a frontrunner to be named host of “Jeopardy!”

Sharon Osborne says Whoopi Goldberg wasn't fired from The View for trivializing the Holocaust because 'nobody gives a f**k' about Jews. Osbourne, 68, implied there was a clear double standard that saw her fired from rival show The Talk in March 2021 for defending Piers Morgan during his war with Meghan Markle, while letting Goldberg retain her coveted job despite remarking in February this year that 'The Holocaust wasn't about race.' When The Times asked about the double standard, she said: 'I'll tell you why, because it's the Jews, and nobody gives a f**k. Osbourne - whose music producer father...

Sharon Osbourne has left The Talk following a dispute over her defense of Piers Morgan's criticism of Meghan Markle, CBS confirmed in a statement on Friday. Osbourne, 68, ended her more than a decade with the daytime chat show following the heated on-air debate on March 10, which sent the production into a hiatus that has lasted two weeks. The controversy began when Osbourne delivered a vociferous defense of her friend Piers Morgan, who quit Good Morning Britain after furious criticism of his staunch insistence that he did not believe Markle's explosive claims in her interview with Oprah Winfrey.

The Talk has canceled its two upcoming live shows after CBS launched a probe into Sharon Osbourne's bust up with Sheryl Underwood over Piers Morgan. It was revealed Sunday that the show will not air Monday or Tuesday. Wednesday's show is set to go ahead, Deadline reports. Journalist Elizabeth Vargas and singer Carly Pearce had both been scheduled to appear on the canceled shows. Osbourne had launched into a passionate defense of Morgan on Wednesday's The Talk, one day after she had also tweeted her support for him. Her resulting spat with co-host Underwood on the issue is now being...

LOS ANGELES — Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Ozzy Osbourne says he is sick and tired of "freggle cong mazzer lo" and plans to exchange his fast-paced L.A. lifestyle for the peaceful green pastures of "Ghrizzah Hurgle Kroocy Breedle Boop." "Lokim gondal ragional bees," said a disappointed Ozzy Osbourne as he slowly shook his head. "I'm a rendoblan chizzle mango moo." An official statement by the Osbourne family attorney has clarified that Ozzy is leaving California due to exorbitant tax rates. However, the attorney has thus far been unable to discern the family's final destination. "I looked up...

The singer, 73, who has resided in Beverly Hills for over 25 years, claimed 'everything's ridiculous' Stateside and highlighted its history of school shootings Joined by his music manager wife Sharon, 69, he is thought to be relocating to their 120-year-old Grade II listed Buckinghamshire pile Welders House Despite California's Forest Lawn cemetery being the favoured burial ground by celebrities such as Paul Walker, Brittany Murphy and Bette Davis, Ozzy made it crystal clear that he doesn't want to follow suit He said: 'I'm English. I want to be back. But, saying that, if my wife said we've got to...

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Ozzy Osbourne has tested positive for COVID-19, according to his wife, Sharon. Sharon Osbourne, who recently started filming a new TV show in the U.K., confirmed the diagnosis in an emotional interview with Talk TV. "I spoke to him, and he's OK," she said. "I am very worried about Ozzy right now. We've gone two years without him catching COVID, and it's just Ozzy's luck he would get it now." She added that she plans to fly back to Los Angeles to be with her husband and "hold him and kiss him with about three masks on." "It will take...

What in God’s good name?Ozzy Osbourne is thanking Lucifer for protecting him from coronavirus.The Grammy Award-winning heavy metal icon credited Satan for covering him during the pandemic, even as close family members contracted COVID-19.“My wife had the virus; my daughter had the virus and I never got it,” he told Metal Hammer. “Being a devil worshiper does have its good points!”In December, the Black Sabbath frontman’s longtime spouse, Sharon Osbourne, tested positive for the deadly disease, which has claimed the lives of over 700,000 U.S. citizens to date. The 69-year-old Emmy Award winner posted on Instagram that she had a...

World-renowned British rocker, Ozzy Osbourne will be coming to Israel this year to play a show to his Israeli fans. Ozzy Osbourne will be performing in Tel Aviv’s Live Park on July 8 of this year as part of his “No More Tours 2” farewell tour, along with members of Black Sabbath, the iconic band he founded and fronted 49 years ago. Ozzy has earned the informal title of “Godfather of Heavy Metal,” due to his overwhelming influence on the music genre. In a recent press conference posted to Facebook, Ozzy and his wife, Sharon Osbourne, were asked if they...

Forty-five years to the month after making its New England debut, pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath took to the stage at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield to bid the road farewell. From the perfect weather to a deep-cut-rich set list, it was a best-case concert scenario that highlighted the massive place in musical culture the band has occupied for the better part of five decades. The audience ranged in age from fired-up retirees to one particularly enthusiastic preschooler in hot-pink ear protection. Families galore sang along with every word, and more than a few friendships on display predated the...

Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne are going their separate ways. A source close to the Osbournes tells ET that the 67-year-old rock legend and the 63-year-old "The Talk" co-host are ending their marriage after more than 33 years. The estranged couple, who wed on July 4, 1982, share three children together: Aimee, 32, Kelly, 31, and Jack, 30. Sharon first met Ozzy in the 1970s when his band, Black Sabbath, was rising to fame and later became his manager. In 2013, Sharon emphatically denied divorce rumors during a taping of "The Talk," but confirmed Ozzy's sobriety struggles at the time. "He's...

ST. LOUIS, - Missouri researchers studying Ozzy Osbourne's genes said they hope his DNA profile will give clues about how the 61-year-old rocker tolerates alcohol and drugs. Cofactor Genomics in St. Louis, which has been hired to sequence Osbourne's genome for analysis by Massachusetts firm Knome, said scientists will look at unique elements of his DNA to try to determine the secret behind his ability to live a relatively healthy life despite decades of abusing alcohol and drugs, McClatchy, Tribune News, reported Friday. "They're taking someone who's healthy, who should have disease, and looking at that," said Jon Armstrong, chief...

Just when you thought a medical degree meant something, Ozzy Osbourne is now “Dr. Ozzy.” Crazy, that’s how it goes. The former pill-popping, pot-smoking, cognac-swilling ant snorter who was hit by a plane, treated for rabies, committed to a mental hospital and declared legally dead twice has a new gig - health columnist for the Times of London. What, Keith Richards wasn’t available? Writes Dr. Ozzy: “It makes perfect sense: I’ve seen literally thousands of doctors over my lifetime, and spent well over 1 million pounds on them, to the point where I sometimes think I know more about being...

Rock matriarch-turned-reality show queen SHARON OSBOURNE is urging Americans not to vote for U.S. Vice-President hopeful SARAH PALIN - because the Republican nomination of the Alaskan Governor is just a desperate ploy to win women's votes. The Brit, who fronts U.S. talent show America's Got Talent, was astonished when Palin was named as Senator John McCain's running mate and she hopes American women aren't stupid enough to vote for her. Outspoken Osbourne says, "I'm shocked and stunned about this lady... It reminds me of, like, a hokey Disney movie... where somebody from nowhere suddenly ends up ruling the world. "I...