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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...

At least 16 Fox TV stations refused to air the Osbourne family's "variety" special last night after seeing the promos for the program and looking at the six-minute "sizzle reel" that the network sent their way.

A year after her older brother checked himself into rehab, 19-year-old Kelly Osbourne is seeking treatment for addiction to painkillers. Kelly's parents, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, revealed the news Friday (April 2) on CNN's "Larry King Live." Their daughter, whose hard-partying antics are a common theme on "The Osbournes," is at the Promises treatment center in Malibu, California. Sharon said that Jack Osbourne brought his sister to the rehab facility on Friday. In mid-April last year, Jack checked into Las Encinas Hospital in Pasadena, California (see "Jack Osbourne Checks Into Rehab Facility"). He later admitted to being addicted to the...

Sep 10, 4:23 PM EDT Sharon Says She Left Ozzy for Short Time NEW YORK (AP) -- Sharon Osbourne said she briefly left her husband, Ozzy, around the time their teenage son, Jack, entered rehab this spring. Sharon Osbourne, shown at the MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles, in this May 31, 2003, file photo, said she briefly left her husband, Ozzy, around the time their teenage son, Jack, entered rehab. The Osbourne matriarch told Barbara Walters in an interview for ABC's ``20/20.'' that while the family was waiting for a bed to become available for Jack at a treatment...

For "Everybody Loves Raymond" star Patricia Heaton, the last straw came when a performer at the 30th annual American Music Awards made graphic references to three-way sex. That, and, perhaps, Sharon Osbourne's joke about what she called Mariah Carey's "fake" endowments. Patricia Heaton Though the actress was at the awards show to introduce a pre-recorded retrospective of executive producer Dick Clark's annual music show, enough was enough. She walked out of the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, disgusted by what she called "an onslaught of lewd jokes and off-color remarks." A two-time Emmy winner for her portrayal of Debra Barone...

Bergen: Quayle Was Right About MurphyJul 11, 6:56 AM (ET)By The Associated Press PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Turns out actress Candice Bergen really did agree with Dan Quayle. Ten years ago, then-Vice President Quayle criticized Bergen's "Murphy Brown" TV character for "mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone and calling it just another 'lifestyle choice.'" "I never have really said much about the whole episode, which was endless," Bergen said Tuesday. "But his speech was a perfectly intelligent speech about fathers not being dispensable and nobody agreed with that more than I did." In May, Quayle touted...

Bill Cosby who's hit NBC television sitcom idealized family life throughout the 1980's has some harsh words about America's favorite openly disfunctional family, 'The Osbornes.''First of all you media need to stop with this Ozzy Osbourne.This is a sad, sad family; it is a sad case.The children are sad and the parents are sad,' Cosby tells entertainment show 'Access Hollywood on Thursday, June 20.'This is not entertainment.'While many think audiences respond to the MTV series based on the misadventures of Ozzy and crew because it shows that even the rich and famous suffer the same complicate family dynamics as the...