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7NEWS
5 minutes ago
- 7NEWS
South Park skewers Trump, Paramount hours after creators sign $2.3 billion deal
Paramount announced Wednesday afternoon that the creators of South Park had agreed to produce 50 new episodes over the next five years in a deal reportedly valued at $1.5 billion (A$2.3b). Ten hours later, South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker excoriated Paramount — and aggressively skewered President Donald Trump — in the premiere episode of the Comedy Central show's 27th season. In the episode, Trump (voiced by Stone) sues the town of South Park for $5 billion after they push back on Jesus Christ's presence in their elementary school. The townspeople are prepared to fight back, but Jesus Christ (also voiced by Stone) urges them to settle. 'You guys saw what happened to CBS? Yeah, well, guess who owns CBS? Paramount,' Jesus Christ says at the episode's climax. 'Do you really want to end up like Colbert?' Paramount is under intense scrutiny for appearing to kowtow to the Trump administration ahead of a proposed blockbuster merger. Stone and Parker were clearly riffing on their corporate parent's eventful summer. On July 2, Paramount agreed to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit from Trump, who alleged that CBS' 60 Minutes had deceptively edited an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris. CBS denied that claim. On July 17, CBS announced that it planned to cancel The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in May, calling the move 'purely a financial decision.' But many of Colbert's fans cried foul, arguing that the comedian was being penalised for his years of anti-Trump humor. Both developments came as Paramount is preparing to be sold to Skydance Media, an entertainment production and finance company headed by David Ellison, the son of Oracle mogul (and Trump ally) Larry Ellison. The corporate tie-up requires federal approval. The premiere episode, titled Sermon on the 'Mount, took aim at other satirical targets, including the supposed death of 'wokeness,' the rise of ChatGPT and the debate over Christian teachings in public schools. Trump and Paramount were the focal points, however. In one scene, 60 Minutes reports on the social unrest roiling South Park amid Trump's lawsuit. The fictional hosts of the news show are visibly nervous as they introduce the segment, going out of their way to praise the president as 'a great man.' 'We know he's probably watching,' one of the hosts says. CBS is not the only network to reach a legal settlement with Trump. ABC agreed to pay $15 million as part of a settlement with Trump a month before he took office, effectively ending a case concerning alleged defamation. Paramount's settlement with Trump has drawn more attention, though. Colbert, three days before CBS announced the end of his show, blasted the arrangement as a 'big fat bribe.' Jon Stewart, the host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show, also assailed the deal. Paramount owns CBS, a venerable Hollywood movie studio, a suite of cable brands (including Comedy Central) and the Paramount+ streaming platform. South Park is widely known for jabbing politicians and social trends across the ideological spectrum. But the latest episode's depiction of Trump arguably went further than usual. Stone and Parker depict Trump as a petulant child, recycling the animation style they used for Saddam Hussein in the 1999 film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. They also make profane references to the president's anatomy. Sermon on the 'Mount closes with an apparently AI-generated video of Trump wandering in a desert and removing his clothes. Paramount spokespeople did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the episode.
Perth Now
6 minutes ago
- Perth Now
Ozzy Osbourne's sister shares heartbreaking final text
Ozzy Osbourne's sister has revealed the heartbreaking final text from her late brother. Ozzy, 76, passed away at his home in Buckinghamshire on Tuesday (22.07.25) and his sibling Jean revealed the last time she heard from her 'loving and funny' brother was on July 5, the night of his farewell Black Sabbath show at Villa Park in Birmingham, close to where they grew up. She told The Mirror: 'We last saw him at the concert at Villa Park. I got a text off him as he drove down Lodge Road, where we used to live near the stadium. 'He said he couldn't believe all the crowds were walking down our old street to watch him perform, he was blown away. 'We had an executive box in the stadium, and when I saw the sea of people waiting to see our John I just broke down. 'We didn't really get a chance to chat much because it was such a chaotic visit. But in his last text to me he said he would be coming to Birmingham again. 'He said 'I can't wait to come back'. We were hoping to see him this week. 'We just can't believe he is gone and we won't be getting another phone call or text from him. Every week without fail he would get in touch, either by phone or text, to ask how we were all doing and what was going on. 'Of the six siblings there's only three of us left now - me, Gillian and our brother Paul.' While Jean and Gillian are devastated about the loss of Ozzy – whose real name was John Michael Osbourne - they are grateful he died in his beloved England after years of living in the US. Jean said: 'He was frail but it still came as a shock. He still had plans and things he wanted to do. We don't know the details of his death, it's still too early. It's just so sad. I'm just thankful he died in England.' Gillian added: 'We were proud as punch about him and everything he achieved. But it never went to his head. What the public saw of John was exactly what he was like in real life. It wasn't an act.'
Perth Now
6 minutes ago
- Perth Now
'I'm worried about Sharon...' Carmen Electra shares tearful reaction to Ozzy Osbourne's death
Carmen Electra burst into tears when she heard the news that Ozzy Osbourne had died and her "heart goes out" to his widow Sharon Osbourne. The former Baywatch actress remembers Ozzy - who passed away at the age of 76 on Tuesday (22.07.25) - as the "sweetest, most fun person ever" and she admits she is worried about how Sharon, 72, will cope without the man she was married to for 43 years. Speaking to Extra's Terri Seymour at the Freakier Friday premiere, Carmen - who is a friend of the Osbourne family - said: "I heard in the car and I just started bawling my eyes out because Ozzy, I mean, when you know Ozzy, he's so funny. He's such a flirt. Like, he's just Ozzy, you know? ... Outside of being, like, the scary legendary rock god he is, he truly is like just the sweetest, most fun person ever. "And I'm worried about [his wife] Sharon to be honest because they've been bonded together for so long and I'm really close with the family. My heart goes out to Sharon and the family and at least they were all there. They could all be there in London.' Carmen, 53, is yet to reach out personally to her friend Sharon but has sent a message of condolence through makeup artist Jude Alcalá. She added: "I haven't spoken to anyone yet. Yeah. It felt weird calling right now. I just decided to step back.' 'So, Jude's been he's been doing Sharon and Ozzy for over 25 years. So, we were on the phone and I was just like, 'Please send them my love.'' Since the news of Ozzy's death, musicians from the heavy metal fraternity, celebrities, media and fans have shown an outpouring of love and respect for the Bark At The Moon singer. Ozzy died just 17 days after he performed the Back To The Beginning farewell concert in his home city of Birmingham, England, with his Black Sabbath bandmates. The concert featured a bill that included metal legends such as Guns N' Roses, Metallica, Tool, Pantera and Slayer. Ozzy had been living with Parkinson's disease for many years and had other health issues and Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi believes his long-time friend held on so he could perform one final time for his fans. Tony, 77, told ITV News: "I think he really just held out to do that show. I really feel – and me and Geezer (Butler) were talking about it – that we think he held out to do it, and just after that, he's done it and said goodbye to the fans. And that was the end of it, really. "I think he must have had something in his head that said, 'Well, this is gonna be it, the last thing I'm ever gonna do.' Whether he thought he was gonna die or what, I don't know. But he really wanted to do it, and he was determined to do it. And fair dues, he's done it." Despite Ozzy's fragile health, Tony admits that the death of his bandmate still came as a "shock for us". He added: "When I heard, it couldn't sink in. I thought, 'It can't be.' I only had a text from him the day before. It just seemed unreal, surreal. And in the night, I started thinking about it, 'God, am I dreaming all this?' But as I said before, he's not looked well through the rehearsals." Tony also reflected on a conversation he and Ozzy had in the dressing room following the Back To The Beginning show at Villa Park. He said: "He came around before he was leaving on a wheelchair that brought him in to say goodbye and have a little chat for a bit, and he seemed alright. He enjoyed it. And he said, 'Oh, it went all right, didn't it?' I said, 'Yeah, it did.'"
