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Thankfully, there are still those few lonely celebrity sprouts who, for whatever reason, reject the gaudy pedestal that is their birthright. Like Ozzy and Sharon's eldest child, Aimee Osbourne, who declined to appear on her family's TV show for fear that it would forever label her, as it has her siblings, a train wreck. Or Starbucks' musical darling Norah Jones, who prefers not to talk about her father, renowned sitar player Ravi Shankar. When her album Come Away With Me debuted in 2002, she explained her reticence to reporters, saying, "I just want to make my music, and I want it to stand on its own." How quaint!

A few celebrity sprouts reject the gaudy pedestal that is their birthright. Ozzy's eldest child, Aimee Osbourne, steered clear of her family's TV show for fear of being labeled as a train wreckOn the other side of the spectrum is Cisco Adler—the 29-year-old son of legendary music producer Lou Adler—who recently landed his own label at Interscope. One night in January, Adler is sitting in the back room of Doolan's, a sports bar-cum-nightclub in Park City, Utah, at a party for the Sundance Film Festival. Adler, formerly the lead singer of the Aristo-brat-heavy band Whitestarr—Duane (son of Dickey) Betts on guitar! Alex (son of Roy) Orbison on drums!—admits the species seems to be multiplying. "It's a funny club," he says. "The Lucky Sperm Club, or whatever you want to call it."

He gestures around the room. Seated a few tables down is Paris Hilton and her harem of hangers-on. One table over sits her sister, Nicky, with her boyfriend, David Katzenberg, son of DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey, and their third wheel Jon Alagem, heir to the Packard Bell fortune. Somewhere in our midst is Kim Kardashian, the bootylicious stepdaughter of effete Olympian Bruce Jenner, who's currently appearing on the reality show Keeping Up With the Kardashians. None of these people have films in the festival (though Jackie Chan's son, Jaycee, does). Actually, these Aristo-brats look a little bored. Another night, another photograph, another free bottle of booze. Yawn.

Adler is asked if he or his cohorts feel ashamed about capitalizing on their patrimony. "Nah," he says, hoisting a beer. "Sometimes you gotta work it."

This article is from the May/June issue of Radar Magazine. For a risk-free issue, click here.
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