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  • The Osbournes hang up their Reality TV boots

    The Osbournes hang up their Reality TV boots

    MUMBAI: The reality show The Osbournes may have been a big hit on MTV across the globe but former rock star Ozzy Osbourne has decided that he has had enough of it.

    At the recent MTV Europe Music Awards Osbourne said that after the current third season is completed he and his family will not be returning.

    Reports indicate that the show made the family over $80 million. It also resurrected CD sales of the former Black Sabbath frontman. Unfortunately his children had difficulty coping with the sudden thrust into the spotlight. Two of them fought the menace of drug addiction and alcoholism. Another daughter Amy refused to be part of the show.

    Ozzy was quoted in a BBC News report saying, “At the end of it I didn’t like having cameras around the house all the time. When you watch a 25-minute episode, you don’t realise that I’ve been filming all day. I suppose Americans get a kick out of watching a crazy Brit family like us make complete fools of ourselves every week.”

  • MTV gets on US parents body watchlist

    MTV gets on US parents body watchlist

    MTV’s cool right? The US-based Parents Television Council thinks not. It has launched a new report The Ten Best and Worst Shows on Cable Television of the 2001/2002 Season. And it has keelhauled the music broadcaster as a propogator of raunchy programming.

    Among the MTV shows that have been listed in the worst list include: The Real World, Undressed, Celebrity Deathmatch The Andy Dick Show and The Osbournes, which has recently launched in India.

    Turner Network Television’s Witchblade were among the other shows to be fingered. The PTC believes that because parents don’t watch MTV they have no idea of the titillation that the network resorts to keep its teen viewers glued to the screen. Hence, it is going raise a ruckus against the music network.

  • ‘The Osbournes’ runs into hot water with producer; Miramax acquires worldwide video, DVD distribution rights

    ‘The Osbournes’ runs into hot water with producer; Miramax acquires worldwide video, DVD distribution rights

    MUMBAI: Even as MTV India has commenced telecasting the hit reality series The Osbournes on the life of rock star Ozzy Osbourne, the serial is causing headlines for all the wrong reasons abroad.

    Associated Press reports that producer Gary Binkow has sued the star and his wife over allegations that the couple stole the idea for their MTV reality series from him. In a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court last week, the producer said that he held discussions with the couple and Miramax TV between 1999 and 2000 for ‘a real-life docu-sitcom’ about their family.

    The court papers include what Binkow said was a copy of his original treatment of the proposed series from January 2000, registered with the Writers Guild of America, The Hollywood Reporter reported on Friday. A spokeswoman for the family, Lisa Vega said previously published reports have made it clear that Binkow was not the show’s creator. MTV has not been named in the lawsuit. 

    The Osbournes which recently commenced airing in India follows the family over several months – at home and on the road, documenting the ups, downs, highs, lows, and the bizarre for viewers.

    According to the report, a second season of the popular show is set to begin shooting in a few weeks with Sharon Osbourne beginning chemotherapy for cancer that she recently learned had spread beyond her colon.

    In another development, Harvey Weinstein’s Miramax Films announced the acquisition of the worldwide DVD and video rights to the first and second season of the series. Weinstein has been quoted as saying, “The Osbournes have the perfect mix of family, music and drama we’ve always appreciated here at MMX. The show’s incredible following, never-before-seen footage and other DVD extras will make The Osbournes a key addition to Miramax’s family of DVD and video hits.” The DVD of the first season is expected to be released later in the year.