The Osbournes changed reality TV forever for better or worse

Ozzy Osbourne leaves behind an iconic music career, but he also helped pioneer a particular brand of intimate celebrity TV

First and foremost, if Ozzy Osbourne is destined to be remembered for anything, it’ll be his music. Few people can genuinely claim to have invented a whole new genre of something. But Osbourne, along with the other members of Black Sabbath, did exactly that.

However, Ozzy Osbourne isn’t destined to be remembered for just one thing. Because, for three short years two decades ago, for better or worse (and this is genuinely debatable) Ozzy Osbourne also changed television forever. That’s right, it would be rude to remember Ozzy Osbourne without at least acknowledging that he is the man who gave us The Osbournes.

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I was a late-night writer. Colbert’s cancellation hurts American comedy – and sanity | Jill Twiss

If our overlords can’t handle being joked about on late-night TV, we don’t need new shows. We need new leaders

Last week – just a few days after Stephen Colbert called out his parent company for paying Donald Trump millions of dollars – CBS canceled the Late Show With Stephen Colbert.

Maybe now people will finally stop saying Trump is good for comedy.

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We’ve nothing left to prove, says Lucy Bronze as Lionesses reach third straight final

  • Defender praises England’s spirit after victory over Italy

  • ‘People on the outside think we have to win every game’

Lucy Bronze has said England have “nothing to prove” after reaching a third successive major tournament final with a dramatic extra-time win over Italy despite some unconvincing performances.

“Do we have something to prove? Not really,” the Chelsea right-back said. “That’s people from the outside thinking that teams have to win every single game. We’ve done six consecutive semi-finals, three consecutive finals, who else has done that? Nobody. [The current] Spain and Germany are fantastic teams but even they haven’t managed that feat.”

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Sali Hughes on beauty: if your teen won’t wear sunscreen, try tempting them with these products

Six in 10 teenage girls say they have been sunburnt on their face, but fewer than one in three wear sunscreen daily

Since Covid, anti-science conspiracy theories have been circulated ever more widely on social media. The most worrying to dermatologists is a growing movement against sunscreen, the best and most evidenced precaution (beyond covering up with clothing or staying indoors) that we can take against skin cancers, including melanoma.

The conspiracy theorists claim that sunscreen causes cancer, rather than preventing it. Although there is no robust evidence to support this (and there is a mountain of clinical data showing the opposite), kids are inevitably most susceptible to the propaganda.

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