Musician Ozzy Osbourne and actress Julianne Moore are celebrating their birthdays today, December 3.
Ozzy Osbourne, 66
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Heavy metal vocalist, songwriter and television personality Ozzy Osbourne turns 66 today. Osbourne rose to fame in the early 1970s as the lead vocalist of the band Black Sabbath. Osbourne left Black Sabbath in 1979 to pursue a solo career. Throughout his career, Osbourne released 11 studio albums, the first seven of which were all awarded multi-platinum certifications in the U.S. Osbourne has reunited with Black Sabbath on several occasions, most recently in 2011, to record the album 13, released in 2013. Osbourne's successful career earned him the title of the "Godfather of Heavy Metal."
As a member of Black Sabbath, Osbourne was inducted into the U.S. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and into the UK Music Hall of Fame as a solo artist as well as a member of the band. Osbourne has a star on the Birmingham Walk of Stars in his hometown as well as the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1994, he was awarded a Grammy Award for the track "I Don't Want to Change the World" from Live & Loud for Best Metal Performance. At the 2004 NME Awards in London, Osbourne received the award for Godlike Genius. In 2007 Osbourne was honored at the second annual VH1 Rock Honors, along with Genesis, Heart, and ZZ Top. Osbourne published an autobiography in October 2009, titled I Am Ozzy, earning him the "Literary Achievement" honor in 2010 at the Guys Choice Awards.
In 2002, Osbourne became a TV star, appearing as himself in the MTV reality program The Osbournes, alongside his wife and manager, Sharon, and two of their three children, Kelly and Jack.
At the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards he received the Global Icon Award.
Julianne Moore, 54
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Actress and children's author Julianne Moore turns 54 today. Moore began her career in television. From 1985 to 1988, she was a regular in the soap opera As the World Turns, earning a Daytime Emmy for her performance. She made her film debut in 1990 with Tales from the Darkside: The Movie. She continued to play supporting roles throughout the early 1990s. Her breakthrough performance was in Robert Altman's Short Cuts in 1993, followed by critically acclaimed performances in Vanya on 42nd Street and Safe, as well as starring roles in the blockbusters Nine Months and The Lost World: Jurassic Park.
Moore earned Oscar nominations for her work in Boogie Nights, The End of the Affair, Far from Heaven and The Hours. Other notable film appearances include The Big Lebowski, Magnolia, Hannibal and Children of Men. Moore earned high praise for her role in the HBO television film Game Change, in which she portrayed Sarah Palin and received the Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress.
In addition to acting, Moore has written a successful series of children's books. Freckleface Strawberry was published in 2007 and aimed to teach kids that they can overcome their problems. She followed with Freckleface Strawberry and the Dodgeball Bully in 2009 and Freckleface Strawberry: Best Friends Forever in 2011. In 2013, Moore signed a deal with Random House for a five-book series continuing the Freckle Face franchise.
In 2014 Moore won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival for Maps to the Stars and acted in three additional films, Non-Stop, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay and Still Alice.
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