• Ozzy Osbourne struggles with broken bones and ventilator following ATV accident

  December 12, 2003
  Despite its declining ratings, MTV renewed The Osbournes for a third season, which began production last month and is scheduled to debut in January 2004. But what would The Osbournes be without Ozzy?

• 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.

• Ozzy Osbourne cancels European tour, citing tremors

  October 17, 2003
  The Boston Globe reports that Ozzy Osbourne canceled his European tour, which was to start next week, after announcing that he had spent the past three weeks in Boston seeking medical treatment for tremors.

• 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.

• Kelly Osbourne signs recording contract with UK's Sanctuary Records Group

  September 12, 2003
  Billboard reports that Kelly Osbourne from MTV's The Osbournes has signed a recording contract with the UK independent Sanctuary Records Group. Kelly, who was dropped by Sony Music earlier this year, will debut on Sanctuary with the re-issue of her Sony CD Shut Up!, augmented by five new songs, including her long-anticipated duet with her father Ozzy on the old Black Sabbath song "Changes" -- which also will become the revised title of the CD.

• 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.

• 'The Osbournes' Jack Osbourne gets his own British 'Union Jack' reality show

  September 1, 2003
  Britain's Channel 4 has announced that "The Osbournes" Jack Osbourne will give Britians a "Brit's eye view" of Los Angeles in a new television series for the British television network.

• Kelly Osbourne suffers food poisoning and gets pink diamond ring from Elton John

  August 22, 2003
  Ananova reports that Kelly Osbourne had to cancel several U.K. concerts after getting food poisoning during dinner with Elton John.

• 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.

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