Fla. TV station won’t air new Osbourne show

April 1, 2009 at 12:00a.m.

PANAMA CITY, Fla. — A television station in the Florida Panhandle is not going to air a new variety show hosted by Ozzy Osbourne and his family because it contains profanity and adult content.

The head of Panama City Fox affiliate WPGX says he watched a six-minute preview of “Osbournes: Reloaded” and found that the time slot for the show makes him uncomfortable.

The show is set to debut Tuesday at 8:20 p.m. CDT. The offbeat time is intended to keep viewers of top-rated “American Idol” watching the show.

WPGX General Manager David Cavileer says he would have aired the Osbournes show later in the evening. Instead, he’ll air “The Simpsons” during the earlier time slot.

A Fox Broadcasting Co. spokesman says any affiliate can pre-empt a program it deems inappropriate for its market.

Makeup, fashion gurus sue Queen Latifah

NEW YORK — A makeup artist and a fashion stylist claim in coordinated lawsuits that they got ugly treatment from Queen Latifah when she cheated them out of $1 million.

Celebrity cosmetology consultant Roxanna Floyd says she lost $700,000 when the rapper-actress failed to pay her for work she did between July 2005 and February 2008.

In a separate lawsuit, celebrity fashion stylist Susan Moses said she was cheated of $300,000 during the same period.

The lawsuits were filed Monday in federal court in Manhattan.

Amanda Silverman, a spokeswoman for the actress whose roles in movies include “Hairspray” and “Mad Money,” says the lawsuits have no merit, but she can’t comment more on pending litigation.

Today’s birthdays

Actress Debbie Reynolds is 77. Country singer Jim Ed Brown is 75. Actor Don Hastings (“As The World Turns”) is 75. Actress Ali MacGraw is 71. Singer Rudolph Isley (Isley Brothers) is 70. Reggae singer Jimmy Cliff is 61. Jazz keyboardist Gil Scott-Heron is 60. Keyboardist Billy Currie of Ultravox is 59. Actress Annette O’Toole (“Smallville”) is 57. Country singer Woody Lee is 41. Rapper-actor Method Man is 38. Filmmakers Albert and Allen Hughes (“Menace II Society,” “Dead Presidents”) are 37. MSNBC host Rachel Maddow is 36. Actor Sam Huntington (“Superman Returns,” “Jungle 2 Jungle”) is 27.