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Ozzy Osbourne has shared his half-time performance at the NFL season opening in full.It comes following a backlash after NBC only aired a few seconds of the performance during the game between the Los Angeles Rams and Buffalo Bills, when it went out live last week.The singer performed two songs – ‘Patient Number 9’, the title track from his new album along with ‘Crazy Train’ – to mark the first game of the 2022 NFL season.But when broadcaster Maria Taylor introduced Osbourne’s performance and the screen cut to him, he was only on screen for a few seconds, before NBC cut back to pundits discussing the first half of the match.Now, the Black Sabbath frontman has shared his performance in full, which you can view below.The event was Osbourne’s first live performance in nearly four years, with his last appearance coming before the pandemic during the AMA Awards.The day after the NFL performance (September 9), Osbourne dropped his thirteenth studio record, ‘Patient Number 9’. The album features contributions from Jeff Beck, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith, Metallica’s Robert Trujillo, Zakk Wylde, and the late Taylor Hawkins from Foo Fighters.Reviewing ‘Patient Number 9’, NME wrote: “At 73 years old and battling with his health, you might not expect Osbourne to keep that bar particularly high.

If you’re tuning in for E!’s red carpet special before the 2025 Oscars, there’s one familiar face who won’t be there.

The long awards season that began way back in May when the trio of eventual Oscar Best Picture nominees Emilia Pérez, Anora and The Substance took Cannes by storm hits its high point with the 97thOscars, which take place Sunday, March 2, 2025 in Hollywood.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor Newly minted Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO Ravi Ahuja addresses his first few days on the job as studio chief — when Mother Nature threw Los Angeles a curveball with devastating wildfire storms — on the latest episode of Variety podcast “Strictly Business.” Ahuja gave his first interview since taking the reins of SPE this month at Variety’s Entertainment Summit, held as part of the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. At the same Jan.

William Earl Snap Inc. co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel and FYI CEO will.i.am are added headliners of the Variety Entertainment Summit at CES on January 8 in Las Vegas. The summit features a full day of panels and keynotes exploring how new technologies and innovations are steering the future of film, TV, digital media, music, podcasts, gaming and more.

“It’s a weird feeling when you’re in the medical tent way more than any of the athletes,” Colin Jost told NBC Olympics host Maria Taylor last week.

The 2024 Paris Olympics gets underway in earnest with the Opening Ceremony on Friday, July 26, with coverage beginning at noon p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT. It will serve as the official kickoff of the games, which runs for 16 days of competition through August 11.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor As Major League Baseball‘s post-season continues, Warner Bros. Discovery wants to talk baseball or beisbol.

K.J. Yossman Warning: there are SPOILERS for the entirety of “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” ahead “Don’t go down to the woods today,” warns a newsreader at the beginning of “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey,” a new micro-budget slasher which follows the story of A.A. Milne’s classic characters Pooh and Piglet – now out of copyright – after they’re abandoned by Christopher Robin when he goes off to college. Left to their own devices, the animals (which are supposed to be a combination of flesh and plush, director Rhys Frake-Waterfield tells Variety) starve before morphing into monstrous killers who lurk in the Hundred Acre Wood.

A stunning piano has found a new home in Gatehouse.

Rachel Nichols, a veteran sports TV host whose lengthy ESPN tenure was cut short by controversy, is finally re-emerging in a new on-air home.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Rachel Nichols basketball-journalism career has taken a new bounce. The longtime sports reporter is joining Showtime’s sports division, where she will work on the unit’s basketball content vertical as both a host and producer. “We are delighted to welcome Rachel Nichols to the Showtime Basketball family,” said Brian Dailey, senior vice president of sports programming and content for Showtime, in a prepared statement. “Rachel brings unmatched journalistic credibility, great familiarity with our roster and a work ethic that will take us to another level.”

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor The 2024 Paris Summer Olympics remain many months away, but NBC Sports has an idea it hopes will get fans thinking about the athletic extravaganza right now. A new monthly series, “Chasing Gold: Paris 2024,” will debut this Sunday, September 18 on NBC at 2:30 p.m. eastern, and NBC Sports executives hope an early look at the athletes gearing up for the Games will build new storylines and anticipation. “We think we can help grow and cultivate interest in the Olympics year-round,” says Jack Felling, the series’ coordinating producer.

Ozzy Osbourne‘s half-time performance at the NFL season opening was broadcast on television by NBC.On Thursday evening (September 8), the singer performed a multi-song medley at half-time of the game between the Los Angeles Rams and Buffalo Bills, which marked the first game of the 2022 NFL season.However, viewers on NBC were upset to find that only a few seconds of the performance were broadcast on air. During half-time, broadcaster Maria Taylor introduced Ozzy’s performance and the screen cut to him half-way through a performance of the title track from new album ‘Patient Number 9’.It was only on screen for a few seconds though, before NBC cut back to pundits discussing the first half of the match.See footage from his performance and angry reactions from fans below.OZZY doing Crazy Train #NFLKickoff2022 pic.twitter.com/2AHeH8SdyV— BlitzburghUSAVideos (@sdextrasmedia) September 9, 2022Man, running Ozzy Osbourne out there at 73 being held upright by a bracket.

NBC is getting slammed online after the broadcaster completely dismissed legendary rocker Ozzy Osbourne during his live halftime show, part of the Buffalo Bills vs. Los Angeles Rams NFL season opener on Thursday night.

Ozzy Osbourne made a triumphant appearance at Inglewood, California's SoFi Stadium Thursday as he played a pair of songs during the halftime of the NFL season opener, just months after undergoing a 'life-altering surgery' back in June.The rocker, 73, took the stage for his first U.S. performance in four years during the halftime of the game between the Los Angeles Rams and Buffalo Bills, as his wife Sharon, 69, watched on.On the broadcast of the performance, NBC broadcaster Maria Taylor intro cued Osbourne as he performed the song Patient Number 9, after which the broadcast reverted to a halftime recap.  The latest: Ozzy Osbourne, 73, made a triumphant appearance at Inglewood, California's SoFi Stadium Thursday as he played a pair of songs during the halftime of the NFL season opener, just months after undergoing a 'life-altering surgery' back in JuneThe rock legend also performed his classic track Crazy Train with Zakk Wylde.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor The new team at NBC’s “Football Night in America” has yet to work a “Sunday Night Football” game in this year’s official NFL season, but they’ve already weathered at least one storm. During NBC’s broadcast of the 2022 Hall of Fame Game last month, Jason Garrett, the former Dallas Cowboys head coach who is still relatively new to the art of TV sportscasting, got a bulletin in his ear courtesy of producer Matt Casey. “Looks like we have a rain delay,” Garrett recalls being told. “You guys are going to have to fill for half an hour.” Garrett, who has been working NBC’s USFL broadcasts to warm up for his new stint on “Football Night,” took a moment to collect himself: “Oh, this is interesting.”

Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood And Honey has been released – watch below.Director Rhys Waterfield will be turning the toys of the Hundred Acre Wood into something more murderous in the forthcoming horror film, which was announced in May.The new trailer sees Nikolai Leon’s Christopher Robin invite a friend to visit Pooh, Piglet and Eeyore in the woods before he realises that they have “been abandoned” and “have turned wild”.Watch the trailer below:Originally created by author A.A. Milne and illustrator E.H.

Bright Eyes have announced the next wave of their Companions project, which will see the band reissue their back catalogue, accompanied by new recordings.Earlier this year, the trio shared “companion” records for ‘A Collection Of Songs Written And Recorded 1995-1997’, ‘Letting Off The Happiness: A Companion’, and ‘Fevers And Mirrors: A Companion’.This new set will see 2002’s ‘Lifted or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground’, and 2005’s ‘I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning’ and ‘Digital Ash In A Digital Urn’ be giving the same treatment. Each record will be released on November 11 via Dead Oceans and will include guest performances from Gillian Welch, Dave Rawlings, Becky Stark and Maria Taylor.Across the releases, a series of covers will also be featured. They will include Bright Eyes’ take on Azure Ray’s ‘November’, Townes Van Zandt’s ‘Fare Thee Well, Miss Carousel’, and The Faint’s ‘Agenda Suicide’.Ahead of the arrival of the next three “companion” releases, Bright Eyes have shared new recordings from each record.

Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey, a horror film reimagining of the children’s teddy bear.As discovered by Dread Central, Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey is directed by Rhys Frake-Waterfield and stars Amber Doig-Thorne, Maria Taylor, Danielle Scott, Danielle Ronald, Chris Cordell and Craig David Dowsett as Winnie himself.According to the film’s IMDB page, it’s described as a “horror retelling of the famous legend of Winnie the Pooh.” It’s expected to be released later this year.As shown in the first images from Jagged Edge Productions, Pooh appears to be a slasher serial killer wielding a sledgehammer. There’s also a twisted reinterpretation of Piglet, and a shot with the words “get out” written across windows in blood.You can check out the first pictures below.Originally created by author A.A.

NBC Sports said Thursday that Maria Taylor will be the new host of Football Night in America, NBC’s weekly studio show that leads into the network’s Sunday Night Football.