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Time Magazine
3 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Time Magazine
Yungblud Remembers His Last Meeting With 'Hero' Ozzy Osbourne
For the prince of darkness, you sure brought all the light to the world. A smile and a voice both sinister and like a warm hug alike, teaching the world that it is beautiful to live outside of the box. To see and accept each other for who we truly are. You have been my North Star for everything for as long as I can remember, from when I felt misunderstood as a child to the way people thought I was just a little 'too much' or 'strange' throughout my life and career. What you did, who you were and how you supported me and countless others provided an avenue to run down when the world would turn its nose up. I didn't think you would leave so soon. The last time we met, you were so full of life and that iconic laugh man—a cackle that filled up every room. But as it is written with legends, they seem to know things that we don't. You will be in every single note I sing and with me every single time I walk on stage. Your cross I wear around my neck is the most precious thing I own. You asked me if there was anything you could do for me once and as I said then and as I will say now the music was enough. You started it for all of us. I promise you I will try my best and make it my life's journey to keep the spirit alive - the spirit that you started and taught me. I will give it my best shot. To sing 'Changes' for you at an event surrounded by legends inspired by you to a crowd that loved you was truly my life's greatest honor and I will play this song every night for the rest of my life. You're my hero in every regard. I'm absolutely broken. I sit here now on a flight from Tampa, Florida to London listening to 'Dreamer' trying to understand the fact that I now live in a world where there is no Ozzy Osbourne. I look for you in the clouds. I hope to see you up here 'avin a drink with Randy. You will live forever in my heart. I will never forget you.
Spectator
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Spectator
The demise of South Park
President Trump has a very small willy. His boyfriend is Satan. He's a con man who will sue you for billions on the flimsiest of pretexts but will probably settle for a few hundred million. If this is your idea of cutting-edge satire then you are going to love the new season of South Park, which includes a number of scenes of Trump stripping off in his White House bedroom and trying to interest the devil in his minuscule appendage. But if I were Paramount+ and I'd just signed a $1.5 billion deal for the exclusive five-year rights to South Park, I think I'd be feeling a bit shortchanged by the première of the show's 27th season. Sure, you could argue that South Park was always this way: the first episode (in 1997) was, after all, titled 'Cartman Gets An Anal Probe'. But though I yield to few in my fondness for crass, puerile, broad-brush humour – my second-favourite moment being the gross-out scene far too disgusting to explain, where Randy blames the mess on his computer screen as 'ectoplasm' from a passing 'spooky ghost' – I fear that the once fearlessly outrageous show has long since lost its game. Obviously you're now wondering what my favourite moment is. This has to be the one where Randy is playing Wheel of Fortune and the category is 'People Who Annoy You'. After his letter guesses, the puzzle spells 'N_GGERS'. Unfortunately, Randy guesses the wrong answer. It is, of course, 'NAGGERS'. In fairness, part of South Park's problem is that it has become the victim of changing mores. When it began, political correctness – later to mutate into the even more nauseating, domineering and absurd cult of 'woke' – was in its pomp. The environment for the kind of satire displayed in the classic 'Death Camp of Tolerance' episode ('People of all colours and creeds holding hands beneath a rainbow') was correspondingly target-rich. But with the arrival of Trump's aggressive second term, those days are gone. Indeed, this is the running joke of season 27 so far, which begins with Cartman discovering that his favourite comedy show – National Public Radio (NPR), the one where you get to laugh at whiny liberals being liberal and whiny – has been terminated by presidential fiat. What is the point of being Cartman, he wonders, if no one finds his comments offensive any more? He puts on a T-shirt that says 'Woke is Dead' and plans to commit suicide in a pact with Butters – whether Butters likes it or not. Even South Park Elementary School's aggressively woke headteacher PC Principal has begun drinking the Trump Kool Aid. Much to the children's horror, he announces in assembly that his initials now stand for 'Power Christian' – and as affirmation of his new-found faith, he has decided to invite Jesus into the school. Any children who won't allow Jesus to join them on their lunch table will be severely punished. The Jesus scenes aren't interesting or funny. Having introduced the character mainly, I presume, to reaffirm its commitment to sacrilege, the episode can't quite decide what to do with him. Jesus just floats around the school with his beard, white robes and halo, being meek but not really saying much until the end where in a mystifying and ill-thought-through scene, he delivers a 'Sermon' to the South Park residents explaining that he's there under duress. This is ridiculous. He's the actual Son of God. Literally nothing is beyond his capability. He is brave, intelligent, well read, wise, charismatic, articulate, adored by women, totally cool and utterly based. There's no way someone like that is going to get trapped against his will, for however convoluted a reason, in South Park Elementary. Jesus presents a problem for satirists because, being flawless, he has no weak points that can be exaggerated for comedic effect. In the past, South Park has got round this by treating him as a superhero, deceptively mild but not to be messed with ('I'm packing,' he says in an early appearance, revealing the array of weaponry beneath his robes). Here it's as if the South Park team has lost its nerve: it dare not show Jesus being truly amazing because that might open them to the charge of being insufficiently irreverent. And if that's the case, they are right to worry, for the whole episode is like one giant punch pulled. There are few surer signs that you've sold out to the Establishment than when your edgy comedy series with the crass jokes and badly animated characters earns you $300 million a year. Trump and the Trump administration won't be offended by this satirical-target-missing homage masquerading as critique: they will adore it.
Buzz Feed
20-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Worst TV Sitcom Characters Of All Time
We all have those TV characters we absolutely love! For example, I think you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who doesn't absolutely love Sophia, Dorothy, Blanche, and Rose on The Golden Girls. But just as memorable are the ones who drive us completely up the wall. Whether they're annoying sidekicks, overly dramatic main characters, or just plain unlikeable, some sitcom figures manage to be very, very divisive. Recently, redditor Final_Target_4274 wanted to know about the divisive sitcom characters when they asked: "Who is the worst sitcom character of all time?" Well, people had OPINIONS! Below are the top and most often repeated sitcom characters that people just can not stand: "Urkel on Family Matters. Dude was annoying, yet became popular, and then took over the whole fucking show. Kimmy Gibbler was similarly annoying, but never became the focal point." —Efficient-Hornet8666 "Kimmy Gibbler on Full House. Her neediness was only surpassed by her inability to take a hint. Her awkwardness made me feel second-hand embarrassment." —MerriweatherJones "Rachel Green on Friends. She is a real bitch and is actually one of the worst characters in any TV show." —LordCoke-16"Rachel is actually the most appalling. She is such a difficult character to like. Any person who likes to portray her as a victim, I immediately think less of."—Odd_Firefighter_8193 "Whoever Idris Elba was on The Office." —Marshiznit"Charles Miner and he's aware of the effect he has on women."—Vikingaling "Beverly Hofstadter on The Big Bang Theory must enter this chat. NOTE: I adore the actress, and I think the character is brilliant. But Beverly is objectively awful across every category. Truly nailed it." —SkatingNerd4Life "Seven on Married... with Children." —VStarlingBooks"Unwatchable episodes!"—mayfare15 "I don't know if it counts, but I dislike Gene Belcher of Bob's Burgers. I dunno what rubs me wrong, maybe just the general grossness of his jokes? Or his personality. He's the weakest link." —nazieatmyass "Randy on Season 8 of That '70s Show. and it's not even close." —Flat-Artichoke4289"Randy is totally inoffensive. He's a lightning rod for hate because of the circumstances of his arrival. A shame it really put the brakes on Josh Meyers' career because I thought he was great on MadTV."—Luchalma89 "Jim from According to Jim." —FrequentLunch2711"Today, I coincidentally looked up how long this terrible show was on, and it somehow was on for eight seasons. I've never found Jim Belushi to be funny at any point in his career, including this garbage show."—PHX480 "I really liked Cheers, but I couldn't bear Diane. An awful character that I felt was really badly portrayed. I understand that many people loved her, which baffles me! Maybe her character didn't 'travel' outside the USA!" —Automatic-Scale-7572 "Nellie from The Office." —johndhall1130"Nellie was annoying because of the storyline. It was frustrating that she just claimed Andy's job, just because he had one day off to sort out things with Erin. That's not how jobs work."—Sean_13 "Frank Grimes from The Simpsons." —Plane-Tie6392"Good ole Grimey…"—Madduxfan31-97 "Doug Heffernan on King of Queens. He acts like a perpetual teenager. He expects Carrie to do everything around the house despite having a demanding job of her own." —rachel_ct "Bernadette from The Big Bang Theory. Her character changes from one episode to another. She does a 180 within the same episode. Strong personality traits yet completely undefined as a character." —blackrain1709 "Principal Belding on Saved by the Bell. He was obsessed with Zack and even followed him from elementary school to high school." —szatrob "Phoebe was the worst character on Friends. I enjoy Lisa Kudrow outside of that role. Just hate Phoebe as a character. She was a terrible friend; she almost cost all of them their jobs." —Mr-Mortgages "Raymond on Everybody Loves Raymond." —Noshitsweregiven69"Fucking Ray Barone. I remember seeing a few odd episodes growing up and laughing... tried to watch from the beginning as an adult a couple of years back and that show was fucking garbage. Like, I could not even get through the first season, but it did make a lot of people's careers, so there's that, I guess."—Global_Intern_9248 "The neighbor/ carpenter guy on Schitt's Creek. I can't stand him." —SurrrenderDorothy "Gina Linetti on Brooklyn Nine-Nine is just an awful person who the rest of the cast gaslit the audience into thinking was awesome." —JustSomeBloke5353 "The wife, Jill, from Home Improvement. She just lacked any kind of joy and was a vortex in the home that would suck up any happiness her sons or husband brought." —Scambuster666 "Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory." —Away_Ad_5390"THANK YOU! What an obnoxious character — and completely unrealistic that he would have any friends at all given the way he treated literally everyone who knew him like total crap."—phm522 "Tom Haverford on Parks and Rec. The character, to me, was just a bad person who had no redeeming qualities." —skipper_jonas_grumby "I'm sure this is unpopular, but Michael Scott. I can't fucking stand him, and every time I try to watch the show, I give up after half a season. Still haven't made it past season 5, and I don't plan to ever finish it." —Goldfishyyy You can read the original thread on Reddit.
New York Times
18-07-2025
- General
- New York Times
He Took My Story, So I Made a New One
Three times a day, my friend called. 'I am not capable of maintaining relationships,' I said. 'No,' she said, 'he was not capable of being honest.' My 60-year-old husband had told me out of the blue that he wanted a divorce so he could find someone with whom he could start a family of his own. And then he left. I was shocked. Nothing about this had ever come up in the decade we had been together. He was my second husband. I already had children from my first marriage. Randy listened as I described our latest conversation in minute detail. She lived in Boston; I was in New Hampshire. This was our afternoon call, and I heard an ambulance siren through the phone. At my end was the sound of noisy, mating, insistent birds — it was spring. 'How could I have missed his unhappiness?' I said. 'I'm a therapist.' 'Even you can't mind-read,' she said. 'He was a master at hiding.' Randy is as fast a talker as I am, and her hair is as curly as mine. During this time, she was endlessly patient as I told identical stories over and over and over. All I wanted to do was not see anyone, not talk to anyone. In the weeks after my husband left, my immediate back story was that I was unlovable — an ancient tale rooted in childhood, and I was stunned by its force as it spewed from the depths. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Winnipeg Free Press
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Winnipeg Free Press
Friends with the benedicts
Visitors to the Great Outdoor Comedy Festival can expect to have a good ol' time and a few drinky-poos with some well-known East Coast personalities this weekend. Randy (a.k.a Patrick Roach) and his antagonistic neighbours — Ricky (Robb Wells), Bubbles (Mike Smith) and Julian (John Paul Tremblay) — will bring a taste of Sunnyvale Trailer Park to Assiniboine Park for a live Trailer Park Boys performance on Sunday afternoon. Speaking in character over the phone from Halifax, Randy was looking forward to a trip out west. The last time he was in Winnipeg it was winter. SUPPLIED The Trailer Park Boys were a staple of Canadian television for 12 seasons. 'I almost got frostbite on my nipples, so I'm very glad that I'm coming there in the summer,' says the perpetually topless assistant trailer-park supervisor. 'And I also want to try some good cheeseburgers.' The Great Outdoors appearance comes in the midst of filming for a rumoured 13th season of The Trailer Park Boys, a Canadian mockumentary franchise that over the last 25 years has spawned a television show, several movies, animated spinoffs and an internet streaming service called Swearnet. 'Those camera guys never seem to stop following us around; they're always trying to catch us doing something,' Randy says. While the drunken, stoned get-rich-quick schemes of Ricky, Bubbles and Julian haven't changed much over the last two decades, Sunnyvale has continued to shift with the times. 'The lot fees have gone up, it seems like it costs more for cheeseburgers,' says Randy, who previously patrolled the park with Jim Lahey (the late John Dunsworth). 'One thing Mr. Lahey, who I miss, always tried to do was make Sunnyvale a nice place to live. And sometimes there's shenanigans that go on, but we always tried to solve it as a community, not by always calling the boys in blue.' The legalization of cannabis in Canada has also made its way into the narrative. 'There was a time when most of the marijuana (in the park) was from Ricky… now they sell it right there at our liquor stores,' adds Randy. 'But I've noticed people are keeping their lawns a lot better because they partake and then they mow the grass and wash their cars or even spray down their siding.' Sunday's matinee show will feature a musical performance by Bubbles and the Shitrockers — the title band from the 2024 movie Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties: The Bubbles and the Shitrockers Story, in which Randy learned to be a roadie. 'I've learned a little bit about all the guitars and the basses and the cords and the amps, so I'm going to be running sound and I'm pretty good at it,' he says. There's likely to be an onstage spat between Randy and Ricky — who, 'if he gets on too much liquor and dope, he turns into an arsehole' — along with some on-brand hijinx. Riley Smith / The Canadian Press files Trailer Park Boys Bubbles (Mike Smith, left) and Ricky (Robb Wells) will be joined Sunday by Julien (John Paul Tremblay) and Randy (Patrick Roach). It's unlikely Smokey, Randy's male prostitute persona, will be in attendance, although, he's packing his cowboy hat just in case. 'I made a lot of money as Smokey in Winnipeg; people are frisky there for sure,' he says. The Trailer Park Boys share the Sunday afternoon bill with Entourage actor Jeremy Piven. The show runs from noon to 4:15 p.m., followed by an evening show headlined by comedian and podcaster Theo Von, supported by Dusty Slay and Laura Peek. Every Second Friday The latest on food and drink in Winnipeg and beyond from arts writers Ben Sigurdson and Eva Wasney. The festival also features headlining acts Bert Kreischer and Whitney Cummings (Friday) and John Mulaney and Martin Short (Saturday). Winnipeg performers Jordan Welwood, Reverend Rambler and DJ Mama Cutsworth are providing pre-show entertainment for the three-day comedy festival, which held its first local show at Assiniboine Park in 2024. The Great Outdoors Comedy Festival launched in Edmonton in 2021 and has since expanded across North America. Visit for tickets and more information. If you value coverage of Manitoba's arts scene, help us do more. Your contribution of $10, $25 or more will allow the Free Press to deepen our reporting on theatre, dance, music and galleries while also ensuring the broadest possible audience can access our arts journalism. BECOME AN ARTS JOURNALISM SUPPORTER Click here to learn more about the project. Eva WasneyReporter Eva Wasney has been a reporter with the Free Press Arts & Life department since 2019. Read more about Eva. 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