• British 'The X Factor' judges Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh must audition for American version

  December 10, 2004
  Britain's judges on "The X Factor," Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh, will have to audition if they want to host the U.S. version of the TV show.

• Simon Cowell says Sharon Osbourne fancies him

  December 2, 2004
  Pop mogul Simon Cowell says he thinks Sharon Osbourne gives him a hard time on the British TV talent show, "X Factor," because she fancies him.
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  'Idol' creator sues Simon Cowell and Fremantle Media over new UK 'The X-Factor' reality show

  September 14, 2004
  The growth of reality TV programming might have been bad news for television actors and writers, but there's one group that certainly seems to be benefiting -- lawyers.

• Ozzy and Kelly Osbourne film music video in bid to relaunch Kelly's "Changes" CD

  October 20, 2003
  Launch Radio Networks reports that the father/daughter team of Ozzy and Kelly Osbourne from MTV's The Osbournes has recorded a music video for their duet on the old Black Sabbath tune "Changes." The video is part of an effort to relaunch Kelly's debut CD, which was originally called Shut Up! but has been re-issued with five additional tracks as Changes.

• Sharon Osbourne talk show gets off to poor start with viewers and critics

  September 19, 2003
  Is America looking to hear more from The Osbournes matriarch Sharon Osbourne? Judging by the first few days of ratings, the answer is no.

• Sharon Osbourne claims to have left husband Ozzy over his substance abuse

  September 11, 2003
  Forgive our cynicism, but we have noticed that every time Sharon Osbourne needs publicity, she finds a way to exploit some dubious story from her own life. In the latest example, the Associated Press reports that Sharon, the matriarch of MTV's The Osbournes, claims to have left her husband, burned-out rock godfather Ozzy Osbourne, this spring -- at the time that their son Jack checked into a rehab clinic.

• Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne 'perform' at Chicago Cubs baseball game

  August 18, 2003
  Perhaps we've been focusing too much on the bad publicity about the Osbournes. Yesterday, papa Ozzy and mama Sharon, stars of MTV's The Osbournes, appeared at the Chicago Cubs-Los Angeles Dodgers baseball game in Chicago's Wrigley Field and drew little but crowd and media adulation, typified by this column in the Chicago Daily Herald.

• Sharon Osbourne's new TV talk show suffers start-up problems

  August 8, 2003
  Sharon Osbourne, matriarch of MTV's The Osbournes, once again is wallowing in negative publicity. This time, it relates to her long-awaited TV talk show, which is finally getting ready to start production. Launch Radio Networks reports that the show has had something other than a smooth start.

• Ozzy Osbourne tour manager dies during 'Ozzfest' tour

  July 25, 2003
  Sharon Osbourne's brainchild, the 2003 Ozzfest tour, continues to attract attention to her husband Ozzy Osbourne for all the wrong reasons. First, Ozzy, perhaps overjoyed that MTV renewed his family's reality show The Osbournes for another season, missed concerts, claiming to be suffering from laryngitis. Then, when he returned to the tour, his performances were slammed by reviewers, such as this critic from the Akron Beacon-Journal who referred to him as "winded" and "uneven" and noted that his "age and years of abuse showed." Now comes news from the Detroit Free Press that the 54-year-old Ozzy's longtime tour manager, Bobby Thomson, died in his hotel room in suburban Detroit on Thursday night.

• 'The Osbournes' Sharon Osbourne blames self for son Jack's substance abuse

  June 26, 2003
  In the world of MTV's The Osbournes, the only bad publicity is no publicity. The Associated Press reports that, in the current issue of US Magazine, Osbournes matriarch Sharon Osbourne takes full responsibility for the alcohol and drug abuse problems experienced by her son Jack, who has also been featured on the show. In particular, she notes her failure to recognize what was going on with Jack, even though she was, in her own mind, a "cutting-edge mom."

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