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Ozzy's teen son enters detox

Jack Osbourne, the 17-year-old son of heavy metal star Ozzy Osbourne, checked into a drug and alcohol rehabilitation clinic on Friday. "I got caught up in my new lifestyle and got carried away with drugs and alcohol," Osbourne told People magazine. "Once I realized this, I voluntarily checked myself into a detox facility for my own health and well-being." Kelly Osbourne, Jack's 18-year-old sister, told Us Weekly magazine that her brother asked family matriarch Sharon Osbourne for help recovering from alcohol and marijuana abuse. "He's doing very well and we're all very proud of him. He's in really good spirits," she said. Jack Osbourne is the youngest of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne's three children, and a part-time talent scout for Epic records. He and 18-year-old Kelly became international stars with the success of MTV's reality show The Osbournes. Their father has been candid, both on and off the show, about his decades of battles with substance abuse.

Getting along without "Joe'

Sarah Kozer, the also-ran bachelorette from Joe Millionaire, is Playboy magazine's June cover girl. Kozer, 29, who turned the magazine down the first two times it approached her, said she only agreed to pose if the photos entailed no full-frontal nudity. "I was a women's studies major," she said Monday night at a party celebrating her appearance. She's no stranger to adult media. As the Fox romance series was airing, it was revealed that she'd appeared in bondage and fetish films to help pay the bills during law school.

Since the show ended in February with Evan Marriott choosing Zora Andrich over Kozer (the couple has since split up) Kozer has been finishing a novel and a cookbook - and coping with the chaos of her newfound fame. "If this is the worst that life has to dish out for me," she said Monday as she sipped champagne, "I can't really see any reason to complain."

Luke Perry, who starred in the '90s teen drama Beverly Hills, 90210, and his wife, Minnie, are separating, his publicist said. The couple, married nine years, plan to share custody of their children, Jack, 5, and Sophie, 2. Beverly Hills, 90210: 10-Year High School Reunion is scheduled to air May 11 on the Fox network. Perry, 36, and former co-stars Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth and Gabrielle Carteris will discuss their memories of the show.

Today is Willie Nelson's 70th birthday, and he'll celebrate by playing the Horseshoe Casino in Bossier City, La., one of more than 200 dates this year. "We've been doing it so long it's like a regular routine. It's good for us just to keep hitting it every day," Nelson said in a recent phone interview before a show in Boca Raton. Nelson, who won his sixth Grammy in February and is planning a Farm Aid concert for the San Francisco area this fall, joked that he'd hoped his birthday might pass without notice. But he said he doesn't mind the extra attention. "There's a lot of people who'd like to be 70 and having as much fun as I'm having," he said. Sheryl Crow, Eric Clapton, Norah Jones and Ray Charles were among artists who recently joined Nelson at the Beacon Theatre in New York City to tape a two-hour birthday special that will air Memorial Day on USA Network.

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