Rock star Ozzy Osbourne, who just released a 52-song package of hits and demos called "Prince of Darkness," and his wife, Sharon, have listed their Beverly Hills home of nearly six years at $11.9 million.
The pair, featured on MTV during a three-year run of their reality series filmed mostly in the house, are in escrow to buy a Beverly Hills-area home with a guesthouse and more land. They are moving because their children are now on their own and the couple say they need more land for their animals.
The house they are selling was built in 1988, but the Osbournes gutted it and had it remodeled over the course of a couple of years. The gated Mediterranean has six bedrooms and seven bathrooms in about 12,000 square feet. The house is on two-thirds of an acre.
Among its features are a grand entry with a sweeping staircase, a master-bedroom suite with a fireplace, an eat-in kitchen, two maid's rooms, a guesthouse, a grotto pool and a spa.
The rock star, 56, is set to embark on a 15-date European tour as part of Black Sabbath in early summer. The group will headline Ozzfest 2005 from July 15 through Sept. 4. Ozzy has an album of cover songs scheduled to be released on Sony BMG in September.
Sharon Osbourne's autobiography is expected to be released in Britain in October.
Joe Babajian and Kyle Grasso of Prudential California, John Aaroe division in Beverly Hills, have the listing.
Her arresting development
Actress Portia de Rossi's Los Feliz home, listed at about $3.5 million, is in escrow.
The Spanish-style house, built in the community of Laughlin Park in 1922, has a master-bedroom suite with a spa.
The four-bedroom home, owned at one time by silent-screen-star-turned-producer Raymond Griffith, also has park-like grounds with an outdoor fireplace, a 50-foot-long lap pool, fountains and a rose garden.
The actress, 32, came to L.A. from her native Australia in 1995. She costarred from 1998 to 2002 on the Fox series "Ally McBeal." Since then, she has appeared in films ("Cursed") and the TV series "Arrested Development."
Dorothy Carter and Michael Orland at Sotheby's International Realty are representing De Rossi in her sale.
Ex-Bruin coach trades beach spots
Steve Lavin, the head basketball coach at UCLA from 1996 to 2003 who recently completed his second season as a college basketball analyst for ABC and ESPN, has purchased a home in Newport Beach for $2.6 million.
