Rocker Ozzy Osbourne ‘on Road to Recovery’ after Surgery

62nd Grammy Awards - Arrivals - Los Angeles, California, US, January 26, 2020 - Ozzy Osbourne. (Reuters)
62nd Grammy Awards - Arrivals - Los Angeles, California, US, January 26, 2020 - Ozzy Osbourne. (Reuters)
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Rocker Ozzy Osbourne ‘on Road to Recovery’ after Surgery

62nd Grammy Awards - Arrivals - Los Angeles, California, US, January 26, 2020 - Ozzy Osbourne. (Reuters)
62nd Grammy Awards - Arrivals - Los Angeles, California, US, January 26, 2020 - Ozzy Osbourne. (Reuters)

British rocker Ozzy Osbourne is "doing well and on the road to recovery" after undergoing surgery earlier this week, his wife said.

Sharon Osbourne in a message on Instagram thanked fans for their support, after saying last week that the frontman for the former group Black Sabbath was going to have "a very major operation" on Monday. She did not give details about the surgery.

"Our family would like to express so much gratitude for the overwhelming amount of love and support leading up to Ozzy’s surgery," Sharon Osbourne wrote on Tuesday. "Ozzy is doing well and on the road to recovery! Your love means the world to him.”

The music manager and television personality on Friday told her co-panellists on her UK chat show "The Talk" that she would be traveling to Los Angeles at the weekend to be with her husband, describing the surgery as one that was "really going to determine the rest of his life".

In an interview with Classic Rock magazine last month, Ozzy Osbourne, 73, said he was still struggling with injuries sustained from a 2003 quad bike accident. A 2019 fall at his home exacerbated the injuries and he required surgery.

"I’m just waiting on some more surgery on my neck. I can’t walk properly these days. I have physical therapy every morning," he told the magazine. "I am somewhat better, but nowhere near as much as I want to be to go back on the road."



'Fantastic Four' Wins Battle of Heroes at N. America Box Office

Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby star in 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps'. Rhianna Chadwick / AFP/File
Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby star in 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps'. Rhianna Chadwick / AFP/File
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'Fantastic Four' Wins Battle of Heroes at N. America Box Office

Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby star in 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps'. Rhianna Chadwick / AFP/File
Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby star in 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps'. Rhianna Chadwick / AFP/File

"The Fantastic Four: First Steps," Disney's hotly anticipated reboot of the Marvel Comics superhero franchise, conquered the North American weekend box office, earning $118 million and sidelining "Superman," industry estimates showed Sunday.

"Fantastic Four" -- starring actor-of-the-moment Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Emmy winner Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Joseph Quinn ("Stranger Things') -- tells the story of a team of heroes trying to save a retro-futuristic world from the evil Galactus.

"This is an outstanding opening," said David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research. "'Fantastic Four' was a modest and struggling superhero series; it just caught up with the biggest and the best."

"Superman," the latest big-budget action film featuring the iconic superhero from Warner Bros. and DC Studios, slipped to second place at $24.9 million, Exhibitor Relations said.

That puts the global take of the film, starring David Corenswet as the Man of Steel, over the $500 million mark, AFP said.

"Jurassic World: Rebirth" -- the latest installment in the blockbuster dinosaur saga -- finished in third place at $13 million. Its worldwide total stands at $672.5 million.

The Universal film, starring Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey and Mahershala Ali, takes viewers to an abandoned island research facility, where secrets -- and genetically mutated dinosaurs -- are lurking.

"F1: The Movie," the Apple and Warner Bros. flick starring Brad Pitt as a washed-up Formula One driver who gets one last shot at redemption, moved up to fourth place at $6.2 million.

"Smurfs," the latest film featuring the adorable blue creatures and starring Rihanna as Smurfette, slipped to fifth place in only its second week in theaters with $5.4 million in North American ticket sales.

"The box office is on an excellent run that started two weeks ago," Gross said.

"These are not the good old days, but 'Fantastic Four' and 'Superman' are performing extremely well. Superheroes are showing some swagger, and it's good news for the industry."