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Parker Posey
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? The Burning
Is this really the end?
Ozzy Osbourne has officially bid farewell to the stage.
On Saturday, July 5, 20205 Osbourne, 76, performed his final show with his Black Sabbath bandmates Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi and Bill Ward, at his “Back To The Beginning” farewell concert in Birmingham, England. The 10-hour show, hosted by Jason Momoa, featured performances from Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Jack Black, Steven Tyler and more. At one point during the
show, which was livestreamed in the U.K., legendary drummers including Tool’s Danny Carey, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith and Blink-182’s Travis Barker battled with their drumsticks while playing a cover of Sabbath’s “Symptom of the Universe.”
Additionally, according to The Hollywood Reporter, Dolly Parton, Elton John, Billy Idol, Jonathan Davis, and more recorded inspiring messages to Osbourne and the band, thanking them for the years of inspiration.
For the closing set, according to a photo posted on X and various videos, the legendary rockstar was lifted to the stage while sitting on a black throne accompanied by skulls and topped with a black bat. He sang hits such as “Crazy Train” and “Mama I’m Coming Home” while remaining seated the entire set.
“It’s so good to be on this stage... You have no idea how I feel,” Osbourne told the crowd, according to Planet Rock Radio. “Thank you from the bottom of my heart.”
In February 2023, Osbourne announced the cancellation of his tour dates due to ongoing medical issues and various health scares.
“I am honestly humbled by the way you’ve all patiently held onto your tickets for all this time, but in all good conscience, I have now come to the realization that I’m not physically capable of doing my upcoming European/UK tour dates, as I know I couldn’t deal with the travel required,” Osbourne said in a statement posted to his social media accounts at the time.
The former Black Sabbath vocalist admitted his “singing voice is fine,” but he remains physically weak after three operations, stem cell treatments, physical therapy and Hybrid Assistive Limb treatment, which uses a robotic exoskeleton to help
The Singular Charm of Parker Posey
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Long before checking into HBO’s prestige vacation drama, Parker Posey had already cemented her status as the ultimate quirky cool girl of American independent cinema. With her razor-sharp comedic timing and those impossibly expressive eyes, Posey carved out a niche that no one else could fill. She wasn’t your typical Hollywood starlet— thank god for that.
PARKER: I’m so tired, by the way.
CHRISTINA: I’m tired too, so we’re at the same level. Do you still live in New York?
PARKER: I’ve been on 19th and 7th for like five years. I love it.
CHRISTINA: How long have you lived in New York?
PARKER: I went to SUNY Purchase for four years and then I just moved there right after. I got a soap, I just went in to audition for As the World Turns because it was a free ride into the city. I had no idea that I would actually get the job.
CHRISTINA: How long were you on the soap for?
PARKER: A year and four months.
CHRISTINA: Did you like doing it?
PARKER: It’s the hardest work I’ve ever done in my life. It’s melodrama. It’s a different style of acting that ... normal people don’t act that way. I like soap opera acting. If it’s done really well, there’s nothing better. It’s old school. It’s like what those melodramas in the ‘30s and ‘40s were like.
CHRISTINA: It’s hard for me to imagine you on a soap because you’re so deadpan.
PARKER: I would try to make it funny. Some directors let you, and some won’t. Oh please, I’m having a flashback. Really want me to take it seriously? It was so cheesy. So, how old are you?
CHRISTINA: I’m 34. I’m old.
PARKER: You look so young! You look 24.
CHRISTINA: Thanks. You look younger than 27. So, how’d you end up at Purchase?
PARKER: Ohhh. I was raised in Louisiana and Mississippi. I went to North Carolina School of Arts for summer programs for ballet. And then I didn’t get into ballet school, which I really wanted to. I really wanted to leave our hometown and go away somewhere. The dean of the school said I should act. So I took acting there and then I auditioned for three schools and Purchase was the only one I got into.
CHRISTINA: How did you like it?
PARKER: I recommend it. Just for discipline. I had a harder time in college than I did in ...
CHRISTINA: The real world?
PARKER: Yeah. I went in thinking, “Oh yay, finally people who get me. I don’t feel like such a freak.” And then, it was the same problems I had growing up. Not that I’m such a weirdo, but you know, the thing is, I don’t think programs like that are especially nurturing to 18 and 19-yearolds. They just think good acting is like crying - “Oh, she cried and she screamed and she got angry.”
CHRISTINA: Is it easy for you to cry, in acting? I can cry at the drop of a hat.
PARKER: Sure. I mean, it depends if you’re having a bad day or not. Sometimes it’s really fun. It depends on how much crying you’re doing in your real life. I don’t know why people make such a big deal about crying. I think because people don’t do it enough. I’m so boring.
CHRISTINA: No you’re not. Don’t worry.
PARKER: Is this a long article?
CHRISTINA: It’s the cover story. PARKER: Shit. I wish I were more entertaining today. I’m usually funny.
CHRISTINA: You don’t have to feel pressure to be funny all the time. PARKER: But I do. No I don’t. Yeah I do. What were you saying?
CHRISTINA: What was Laurel, Mississippi like?
PARKER: Population like, 2,000. I’m glad I’m from there, but I think the south is just wacko and crazy. There’s good story-telling, good characters. Nothing to do, but you know, the hypocrisy everywhere ... forty-one Baptist churches in my hometown. One Catholic church.
CHRISTINA: Were you Catholic?
PARKER: Yeah, they thought Catholics were like alcoholics ‘cause they serve wine in mass. And the Jews were all shot or killed. I mean, where are they? So they preach all this, you know, love your brother, yet literally over the tracks, poor people are getting shot. We’re talking like, Carson McCullers.
CHRISTINA: I just finished reading The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, and that’s immediately what I started thinking about when you were talking about the south. How did people react when you went away?
PARKER: They didn’t know what I was doing. They just thought I was weird. But then I got on the soap opera and, you know, wheee! It was the greatest thing that could happen to my hometown. My family just loved it.
CHRISTINA: What do your parents do?
PARKER: My dad owns a car dealership. My mom’s a housewife.
Guide to Parker's Cult Classic Films
Basquiat (1996)
Party Girl (1995)
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
