DON’T expect to see Sharon Osbourne on Jay Leno’s new 10 p.m. show starting in September. “I wouldn’t go on it. [Bleep] no,” she tells The Post’s Sean Daly. “He had always been a friend of ours, but then Ozzy went and performed on Jimmy Kimmel, and Jay has banned us ever since. So [bleep] him!” Despite her dirty mouth, Sharon plays the headmistress on VH1’s “Rock of Love: Charm School,” advising young women how to behave. “I will go to [David] Letterman or Kimmel. I am not going on Leno. Thank God, I don’t have to sell anything like a movie or a drama series,” Sharon said. In fact, her entire family returns to prime time this spring in the over-the-top variety Fox series “The Osbournes: Reloaded.” An NBC rep said, “Ozzy was on Kimmel on May 22, 2007, and we had Sharon on Aug. 3, 2007. We’ve never banned them from the show, and have made offers to Ozzy since then.”

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MICKEY Rourke (above) is already reaping the benefits of his comeback. The star of “The Wrestler” was at the Chateau Marmont in Hollywood the other night with Sean Penn and his long-suffering wife, Robin Wright Penn, when, our witnesses said, Rourke was accosted by fame-craving Bai Ling (also pictured above). Rourke was only too happy to oblige the Chinese-born actress and the two “made out and partied pretty hard.”

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As Page Six reported, Semel recently bested Johnson in a vicious catfight and then set her hair on fire, but a pal of the two said, “Courtenay and Casey are still close and are heading up to Sundance for the weekend.” Look for things to get sexy: Semel’s rep, James Vituscka, said the daughter of billionaire Terry Semel and her on-again, off-again gal pal Tila Tequila “ended their five-month relationship. The decision was mutual.”

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Days after checking himself into a Los Angeles hospital for pneumonia, Patrick Swayze says his condition is improving. The 56-year-old actor, who is battling pancreatic cancer, tells People magazine: “I am alive and plan on continuing to stay that way. … I am almost in the clear.”

Swayze says he checked into the hospital Jan. 9 because of a cough that he suspected was the result of an infection.

Swayze says: “I wanted to jump on it before it turned into a problem. As soon as I got home, I called my doctor and then went straight to the hospital and was immediately put on antibiotics.”

Swayze’s representatives did not respond to messages seeking comment on his health.

Last week, Swayze told ABC’s Barbara Walters that his yearlong battle with pancreatic cancer put him “through hell” while he pushed ahead on his new TV series on A&E, “The Beast,” which premieres Thursday.

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The Obamas are using the same interior designer as Cindy Crawford and Steven Spielberg to decorate their new White House digs!

California-native Michael S. Smith — who’s written two books on design — is hard at work on 10-year-old Malia and 7-year-old Sasha’s bedrooms, choosing items from “a variety of different outlets, kid-friendly everyday retail stores,” Michelle Obama’s spokesperson, Katie McCormick Lelyveld, told the Washington Post.

Added Michelle Obama: “Michael shares my vision for creating a family-friendly feel to our new home and incorporating some new perspectives from some of America’s greatest artists and designers.”

Smith said he’ll base his decorating on “the family’s casual style, their interest in bringing 20th century American artists to the forefront and utilizing affordable brands and products will serve as our guiding principles as we make the residence feel like their home.”

Also on his task list? The designer told Domino magazine in 2008 that he’d “love to redecorate the White House - I am sick of the paint color!”

Although the family hasn’t released many details about how they’ll personalize their new home, the Post reports the Obamas’ Chicago residence featured Asian and African art, glass-fronted bookcases and framed family photos.

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Lindsay Lohan swapped her natural look for a blonde wig with a defined fringe during a day of filming in Los Angeles.

The Mean Girls star looked almost unrecognisable in the flowing wig as she strutted around on set.

But, true to form, the 22-year-old cut a stunning figure in a pair of incredibly short hot pants and a figure-hugging polka-dot top.

Lindsay was seen taking a quick cigarette break on the set of her latest film project yesterday.

She was accompanied by her sister Ali and girlfriend Samantha Ronson, who were spotted nearby driving around in a golf cart.

Lindsay is probably hoping that having her girlfriend on set will end speculation they are splitting up.

The couple rang in 2009 by physically fighting each other after falling out in a Miami club.

According to U.S reports the couple began brawling after storming out of the city’s Mansion club on New Year’s Eve.

They then returned to their hotel where they allegedly began throwing punches at one another and screaming until security pulled them apart.

An onlooker told the New York Post newspaper: ‘It was a really gross alley. There was a bum [tramp] eating a sandwich watching the whole thing.

‘Lindsay was really unstable and flipping out.’

But despite the fallout, Lohan has denied she is splitting from 31-year-old Ronson.

She told a U.S. magazine this week: ‘We never broke up. People don’t have to be together every second. It’s healthy to miss someone, and if you’re in it for the long run, it’s good to know that.’

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The new issue of Us Weekly has eight pages of gorgeous official photos from Fergie and Josh Duhamel’s estimated $1 million rock ‘n’ roll wedding.

The bride — who donned two one-of-a-kind Dolce & Gabbana dresses and Jimmy Choo shoes for the big day — tells Us exclusively that her Jan. 10 nuptials to her beau of about five years were “magical, ethereal.”

The affair — held on the lush grounds of the ultra-private 8,000-square-foot Church Estate Vineyard in Malibu, California — was all about small details that “incorporated both our personalities,” Duhamel tells Us.

“Lots of nature was important to Josh,” celeb planner Mindy Weiss tells Us. “I knew I could bling it up for Fergie.”

What did the groom think when he saw his bride walk down the aisle?

“Keep it together, you big baby!” he jokes to Us.

After their traditional Catholic ceremony, the party really got started. The bride’s first words to her crowd?

“She said, ‘I’m married, bitches!’” Wilhelmina president Sean Paterson tells Us. “People were cheering and screaming. It was like being at a rock concert.”

(That wasn’t the only performance of the evening; see photos in the newest issue of Us Weekly of the newlyweds jamming on stage with Kid Rock, Will.I.Am and Slash!)

For the only interview with the bride and groom and eight pages of stunning photos — plus details on Fergie’s pre-wedding workout plan and exact song list (it took two music meetings to get right!), pick up the latest issue of Us Weekly, on stands now.

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Ricardo Montalban, the Mexican-born actor who became a star in splashy MGM musicals and later as the wish-fulfilling Mr. Roarke in TV’s “Fantasy Island,” died Wednesday morning at his home, a city councilman said. He was 88. Montalban’s death was announced at a city council meeting by president Eric Garcetti, who represents the district where the actor lived. Garcetti did not give a cause of death.

“What you saw on the screen and on television and on talk shows, this very courtly, modest, dignified individual, that’s exactly who he was,” said Montalban’s longtime friend and publicist David Brokaw.

Montalban had been a star in Mexican movies when MGM brought him to Hollywood in 1946. He was cast in the leading role opposite Esther Williams in “Fiesta,” and starred again with the swimming beauty in “On an Island with You” and “Neptune’s Daughter.”

But Montalban was best known as the faintly mysterious, white-suited Mr. Roarke, who presided over a tropical island resort where visitors were able to fulfill their lifelong dreams — usually at the unexpected expense of a difficult life lesson. Following a floatplane landing and lei ceremony, he greeted each guest with the line: “I am Mr. Roarke, your host. Welcome to Fantasy Island.”

The show ran from 1978 to 1984.

More recently, he appeared as villains in two hits of the 1980s: “Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan” and the farcical “The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad.”

Between movie and TV roles, Montalban was active in the theater. He starred on Broadway in the 1957 musical “Jamaica” opposite Lena Horne, picking up a Tony nomination for best actor in a musical.

He toured in Shaw’s “Don Juan in Hell,” playing Don Juan, a performance critic John Simon later recalled as “irresistible.” In 1965 he appeared on tour in the Yul Brynner role in “The King and I.”

“The Ricardo Montalban Theatre in my Council District — where the next generations of performers participate in plays, musicals, and concerts — stands as a fitting tribute to this consummate performer,” Garcetti said later in a written statement.

“Fantasy Island” received high ratings for most of its run on ABC, and still appears in reruns. Mr. Roarke and his sidekick, Tattoo, played by the 3-foot, 11-inch Herve Villechaize, reached the state of TV icons. Villechaize died in 1993.

In a 1978 interview, Montalban analyzed the series’s success:

“What is appealing is the idea of attaining the unattainable and learning from it. Once you obtain a fantasy, it becomes a reality, and that reality is not as exciting as your fantasy. Through the fantasies you learn to appreciate your own realities.”

As for Mr. Roarke: “Was he a magician? A hypnotist? Did he use hallucinogenic drugs? I finally came across a character that works for me. He has the essence of mystery, but I need a point of view so that my performance is consistent. I now play him 95 percent believable and 5 percent mystery. He doesn’t have to behave mysteriously; only what he does is mysterious.”

In 1970, Montalban organized fellow Latino actors into an organization called Nosotros (”We”), and he became the first president. Their aim: to improve the image of Spanish-speaking Americans on the screen; to assure that Latin-American actors were not discriminated against; to stimulate Latino actors to study their profession.

Montalban commented in a 1970 interview:

“The Spanish-speaking American boy sees Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid wipe out a regiment of Bolivian soldiers. He sees `The Wild Bunch’ annihilate the Mexican army. It’s only natural for him to say, `Gee, I wish I were an Anglo.’”

Montalban was no stranger to prejudice. He was born Nov. 25, 1920, in Mexico City, the son of parents who had emigrated from Spain. The boy was brought up to speak the Castilian Spanish of his forebears. To Mexican ears that sounded strange and effeminate, and young Ricardo was jeered by his schoolmates.
His mother also dressed him with old-country formality, and he wore lace collars and short pants “long after my legs had grown long and hairy,” he wrote in his 1980 autobiography, “Reflections: A Life in Two Worlds.”

“It is not easy to grow up in a country that has different customs from your own family’s.”

While driving through Texas with his brother, Montalban recalled seeing a sign on a diner: “No Dogs or Mexicans Allowed.” In Los Angeles, where he attended Fairfax High School, he and a friend were refused entrance to a dance hall because they were Mexicans.

Rather than seek a career in Hollywood, Montalban played summer stock in New York. He returned to Mexico City and played leading roles in movies from 1941 to 1945. That led to an MGM contract.

Besides the Williams spectacles, the handsome actor appeared in “Sombrero” (opposite Pier Angeli), “Two Weeks With Love” (Jane Powell) and “Latin Lovers” (Lana Turner).

He also appeared in dramatic roles in such films as “Border Incident,” “Battleground,” “Mystery Street” and “Right Cross.”

“Movies were never kind to me; I had to fight for every inch of film,” he reflected in 1970. “Usually my best scenes would end up on the cutting-room floor.”
Montalban had better luck after leaving MGM in 1953, though he was usually cast in ethnic roles. He appeared as a Japanese kabuki actor in “Sayonara” and an Indian in “Cheyenne Autumn.” His other films included: “Madame X,” “The Singing Nun,” “Sweet Charity,” “Escape from the Planet of the Apes” and “Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.”

Montalban was sometimes said to be the source of Billy Crystal’s “you look MAHvelous” character on “Saturday Night Live,” though the inspiration was really Argentinian-born actor Fernando Lamas.

In 1944, Montalban married Georgiana Young, actress and model and younger sister of actress Loretta Young. Both Roman Catholics, they remained one of Hollywood’s most devoted couples. She died in 2007. They had four children: Laura, Mark, Anita and Victor.

Montalban suffered a spinal injury in a horse fall while making a 1951 Clark Gable Western, “Across the Wide Missouri,” and thereafter walked with a limp he managed to mask during his performances.

In 1993, Montalban lost the feeling in his leg, and exhaustive tests showed that he had suffered a small hemorrhage in his neck, similar to the injury decades earlier. He underwent 9 1/2 hours of spinal surgery at UCLA Medical Center.

Despite the constant pain, the actor was able to take a role in an Aaron Spelling TV series, “Heaven Help Us.” Twice a month in 1994, he flew to San Antonio for two or three days of filming as an angel who watched over a young couple.

In an interview at the time, Montalban remarked: “I’ve never given up hope. But I have to be realistic. I gave my tennis rackets to my son, figuring I’ll never play again. But my doctor said, `Don’t say that. Strange things happen. You never know.’”

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