Osbournes sell TV home to Aguilera

As Ozzy Osbourne prepares to kick off Ozzfest next month, he'll do so with some extra spending money in his well-lined pockets, as the metal legend and his wife, Sharon, have sold the home they lived in during their popular The Osbournes show to Christina Aguilera. The couple trimmed the asking price on the Beverly Hills home to $10.9 million in late 2005, although the price Aguilera paid was not disclosed.

"I don't want to stay in that house anymore," Ozzy told the UK-based Sun. "When we finished the program, they pulled the plug on security, and we were left with a huge bill to pay for the armed guard. People turn up day and night and a tour bus stops outside the house every day--it drives me mad. The house holds bad memories for me because it reminds me of the terrible time Sharon got cancer and of times when me and the kids were doped out of our minds. So we've sold it off to Christina, and we're moving to a new place in a gated community."

Jackson settles lawsuit with financier

Another day, another lawsuit to deal with for Michael Jackson. Attorneys for the pop star said this week that they have settled a lawsuit brought by a finance company that claimed Jackson cheated it out of $48 million. The lawsuit by Prescient Acquisition, of Hackensack, N.J., was settled Monday just as jury selection was to begin in US District Court in Manhattan. Terms of the settlement were not released.

Steven Altman, a lawyer for Prescient owner Darien Dash, said the businessman was owed the money for helping Jackson refinance a $272 million bank loan and secure $573 million in financing to buy Sony's half of the Beatles' song catalog that Sony co-owned with Jackson. Jackson claimed her had never heard of Dash. "The most important thing is that Michael Jackson's publishing catalog remains safe and sound," said Jackson's lawyer, L. Londell McMillan, told the Associated Press.

Smashing Pumpkins to play Letterman

Letterman The Smashing Pumpkins--or at least what's left of them--will make their first TV appearance in seven years next month when they perform new material on two nights of the The Late Show with David Letterman. The Pumpkins, whose reincarnation includes frontman Billy Corgan, drummer Jimmy Chamberlain, and replacements for former members D'Arcy Wretzky and James Iha, will play the show twice in one week, first on July 9 and then on Jul 13, to herald the release of Zeitgeist, which hits stores July 10.

The band has lengthy runs at The Fillmore in San Francisco and the Orange Peel in Asheville, N.C., lined up for later next month, as well as a slot at the Virgin Festival in Baltimore in early August. They will also be performing at the US leg of the Live Earth event on July 7 at Giants Stadium in New Jersey.

Motley Crue sues Lee's manager

Claiming that the reality shows Tommy Lee Goes to College and Rock Star: Supernova took Tommy Lee away from Motley Crue and its touring schedule, the members of Motley Crue have sued one of their managers for more than $20 million. The lawsuit charges Carl Stubner and Sanctuary Group with fraud and breach of fiduciary duties for leading Lee into several "bad career moves," particularly College, which portrayed Lee as "incoherent, lazy, and incompetent," disruptive in classes and unable to keep a beat in a school marching band, according to the suit.

The suit contended that the TV shows were part of a "self-serving scheme" to promote Lee's personal work at the expense of the group because Stubner got a higher commission for solo projects. Stubner didn't make Lee available for a 2006 European tour, forcing Motley Crue to cancel 40 concerts at an estimated $8 million loss in ticket and merchandising sales, the suit said. The suit also contends that Stubner also demanded 100 free tickets for Motley Crue shows that he resold at "scalper" prices, according to the suit.

Clinton nods to Sopranos in picking Dion

The scene that drew the ire of thousands of Sopranos fans has become political fodder for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. In announcing the winner of her campaign song contest--Celine Dion's "You and I"--Clinton's team created a video that mimics the final scene of the Sopranos, with Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" and all.

The video, shot at the Mount Kisco diner near where the Clintons live in Westchester, N.Y., features Bill and Hillary Clinton at a table, with Hillary going through an old-fashioned jukebox featuring the finalists KT Tunstall's "Suddenly I See" and Smash Mouth's "I'm a Believer." Bill says he thinks Smash Mouth will win. "We'll see," Hillary says. Then the camera fades to black.

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