Month: January 2021

Last Updated: January 26th, 2021

Finding the best food or cooking show has never been easier. Between all of the streaming services, you have hundreds of choices of both old and new shows in every sub-genre — from reality TV cooking competitions to stand-and-stir standards to the umpteenth permutation of Bourdain’s “walk, taste, talk” concept.

And Hulu is one of the best places to find shows all across this broad spectrum. Perhaps second only to Netflix.

The 20 shows below are our favorite food-related shows streaming on Hulu right now. There’s a broad range represented, from classic travel-focused food shows to down-and-dirty cooking competitions with cutthroat contestants vying for supremacy. Hopefully, you’ll find the show that suits you and dive in.

And don’t forget to try out a few new recipes after your binge!

20. Beat Bobby Flay

4 seasons, 47 episodes | IMDb: 6.3/10

This is a great concept overall. Celebrity chef Bobby Flay invites home chefs into his studio kitchen to battle it out for a finale round to cook against Flay. Where the show works is in chef Flay’s ability to engage and encourage the home chefs as they battle each other. But don’t worry, there’s plenty of trash-talking too, amping up the fun factor. And, yes, Flay often wins in the finales but not always, making this a very addictive watch.

19. Guy’s Grocery Games

7 seasons, 72 episodes | IMDb: 6.5/10

This is a bit of an outlier when it comes to food competitions. Hosted by the mayor of Flavortown himself, Guy Fieri, the show is very bombastic and likely rigged to make sure the craziest ingredients are thrown at willing contestants as they try and execute something fun and hopefully edible. Overall, this isn’t necessarily a show to draw recipes from. But it is a show that’ll keep you very entertained.

18. Eater’s Guide To The World

1 season, 7 episodes | IMDb: 6.7/10

This very highly anticipated food and travel show dropped right in the midst of the global pandemic, making it the perfect candidate for scratching both that wanderlust and foodie itch. And … it’s solid. The show hits very well-trodden foodie destinations around the world. It looks great (even if it doesn’t really offer much new). The saving grace of the show is the on-point and engaging narration by Maya Rudolph.

Though even then, you’re left wishing you’d just watched Rudolph actually hosting the show and enjoying all this food herself.

17. The Great Food Truck Race

2 seasons, 12 episodes | IMDb: 6.6/10

Do you love food truck culture? Do you love cooking show competitions? Then this is the show for you. The show follows a fleet of food trucks as they race to make the most sales in a single day with the lowest earning truck getting eliminated. It’s straight-forward, fast-paced, and full of mouth-watering food. You can’t really ask for more from a unique food competition show.

16. Tasty 101

4 seasons, 33 episodes | IMDb: 7.2/10

This is a great show to get into immediately if want to up your kitchen skills. This is more an informational program than a “show” per se. Each episode offers you a skill — like chopping or knife sharpening or cast iron use and care — or a recipe. It’s direct, educational, and will help you master some serious skills and recipes in little time.

15. MasterChef

10 seasons, 205 episodes | IMDb: 7.3/10

Chef Gordon Ramsay’s MasterChef has proven to be one of the most fun watches out there in food TV land. We’d also argue this is the most watchable show from the deep roster of Ramsay-led television shows (with MasterChef Junior coming in at a close second).

The show pits home chefs against each other in the same kitchen to see who can perform under pressure. The show brings along a wide range of well-known celebrity chefs to test the mettle of the home cooks as the fast competition sheds fledgling home chefs very quickly. A bonus here is that Ramsay’s often acerbic nature is dialed back and he’s able to show a much more empathetic side. It’s very refreshing.

14. Iron Chef America

2 seasons, 18 episodes | IMDb: 7.1/10

Iron Chef America is one of those cooking competitions that looks and sounds intense, dizzying even. Then you start watching episodes and three hours will go by before you realize it. Put simply, these are a thrill to watch, as celebrity chefs duke it out in the octagon-like kitchen for Iron Chef glory.

It’s fast-paced, engaging as hell, and always has you on the edge of your seat.

13. Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern

5 seasons, 27 episodes | IMDb: 7.7/10

Chef Andrew Zimmern took a concept proven by Anthony Bourdain — that travel and food go hand-in-hand — and expanded it to include breaking down xenophobic ideas about food. Let’s face it, it’s easy to “other” food from cultures that don’t fit in our own norms. It happens all too often. Zimmern set out on a quest to show the world that we all eat things that are unique to our cultures and locations, and no, it’s not weird. Well, maybe sometimes it is, as Zimmern pointed out in his “scrapple” episode.

12. Jamie: Keep Cooking and Carry On

2 seasons, 26 episodes | IMDb: 7.4/10

Chef Jamie Oliver has an affability that makes him the perfect stand-and-stir cooking host, especially in these hard times. This is a great cooking show for anyone looking to get into cooking but who also feels intimidated by it all. This is a straightforward show that’s meant to highlight easy home-cooking that anyone can execute. Plus, Oliver’s excitement and down-to-earth mentality really sell that you can execute any of these recipes tonight in your own kitchen.

11. Bong Appetit

3 seasons, 30 episodes | IMDb: 7.9/10

Cannabis has changed food culture drastically in places it’s legal. Food as a delivery system for THC and CBD is a natural fit, and chefs have built entire brands around just that. This stoner food show travels around the country and dives into everything cannabis and food. Again, there’s no reinventing the wheel here when it comes to travel/food shows. But who cares? Get some THC in your body and set it on autoplay.

10. Chopped

16 seasons, 197 episodes | IMDb: 7.5/10

Chopped is the home chef’s answer to Bravo’s Top Chef. Aspiring home cooks gather to compete in a high-pressure cooking competition for cash. There are secret ingredients, sharp-tongued-yet-helpful judges, and tear-jerking backstories from the contestants. This is the sort of show where you’ll realize you’ve watched an entire season of without really noticing.

9. Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

5 seasons, 56 episodes | IMDb: 7.3/10

This show might be the easiest binge on the list. You can just put it on in the background and dip in and out for hours. Whenever you do dip in, you’re going to see something truly delicious being cooked for Guy Fieri that he’ll be eating shortly. The show also serves as a fascinating window into American food culture for the working and middle classes where quality is directly related to “bang for the buck.”

This is America, fam.

8. Make This Tonight

4 seasons, 21 episodes | IMDb: N/A

This is a really useful show from Tastemade. Chefs offer classic stand-and-stir instructions for easy-to-make at-home meals. A lot of Top Chef alums pop in for step-by-step dinner recipes that look and sound great while still feeling doable. The fact that there’s a new chef in almost every episode also keeps things very fresh while providing a wide culinary net.

Give it a shot and then try a recipe or two yourself.

7. Food Wars!

2 seasons, 37 episodes | IMDb: 8.2/10

Let’s shift gears for a moment. The show is a great respite from the usual in-studio food shows or travel-based foodie romps. This is a narrative anime that has food at the center of every episode. The show follows a budding young chef as he tries to save his father’s restaurant, navigates Japan’s most elite culinary school, and invents recipes that wow his friends, diners, and family.

6. F*ck, That’s Delicious

4 seasons, 41 episodes | IMDb: 8/10

Rapper and former pro-cook Action Bronson is the perfect fit for a Bourdain-esque travel and food show. Bronson has a stoner affability that leads to quelling munchies all over the world as he tours. The show has a knack for bridging the food of the streets with the food of the higher-classes without making one feel superior to the other. Overall, this is a breeze to watch and has some serious FOMO moments.

5. Worth It

6 seasons, 54 episodes | IMDb: 8.7/10

This series from Buzzfeed has a great concept. The hosts land in a city and try differently priced versions of the same foods and then reconvene to judge whether the $100 luxury version of something in a starred restaurant was really better than the $1 street food version of that food. It’s a fun watch that’ll have you reconsidering where you spend your food dollars when you arrive in a new city.

4. Top Chef

16 seasons, 246 episodes | IMDb: 7.6/10

Top Chef is the gold-standard of cooking show competitions. The show invites around 16 professional chefs on each season to cook-it-out on TV for the title “Top Chef,” a purse of $125,000, and features at the Food & Wine Festival in Aspen. The show set the bar for which all other cooking shows reach. It’s fast-paced, dramatic, and mouth-watering fun.

3. Alice in Paris

1 season, 8 episodes | IMDb: 8.8/10

This fictional-narrative food-focused show was a revelation. It follows the titular Alice, a young Parisian, as she navigates life, friends, and living in Paris one meal and trip to the market at a time. There’s a real heart to the show in how much Alice cares about the food she cooks or dines out on with her friends and family. The whole show is built around the beauty of Paris’ farmer’s markets, hidden food gems, bistros, and food culture that Alice frequents and discovers.

The whole show is populated with real-deal restaurants, chefs, farmers, bartenders, and markets all around the city (and France). And that — combined with the easy-going nature of the narrative — creates one hell of a food show that feels so real (even if you haven’t made it to Paris yet).

2. Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations

2 seasons, 32 episodes | IMDb: 8.4/10

Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations is the show that changed food and travel shows forever. There are many imitators out there. But this is the OG travel and food show that’s a must-watch while it’s still available. Bourdain’s ability to blend travel, food, and culture into the single, watchable format without pandering and upping the format’s style will always be a great watch or even rewatch if you haven’t visited the series in a while.

1. Taste The Nation with Padma Lakshmi

1 season, 10 episodes | IMDb: 8.3/10

This was the best new food show of the last year. Period.

Long-time foodie, cookbook author, and Top Chef co-host Padma Lakshmi took the format of traveling America to find the heart of its food culture to new levels. The majority of the episodes deal in the migrant food that dominates 99 percent of the American food conversation while also asking what was here before all of that. That narrative thread provides a window into America’s Indigenous cuisines that is both revelatory and ground-breaking.

Overall, this show hits all the right marks of being engaging to watch (thanks to the beautiful food on display), highly educational (about America’s Indigenous and immigrant foodways), and genuinely approachable (thanks to Lakshmi’s ease with the people she meets along the way).

Like Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez, and “Driver’s License” singer Olivia Rodrigo, Zendaya got her start on a Disney Channel show.

Shake It Up was about best friends and dancers, Rocky Blue (Zendaya) and CeCe Jones (Bella Thorne, famous for different reasons), who got into various Disney-approved hijinks; the Emmy winner would later play the lead role in the teen spy series K.C. Undercover, which was still on when Spider-Man: Homecoming took her into another level of fame. The actress is now on Euphoria, one of the least kid-friendly shows on television, but she looks back at her Disney days with fondness.

When asked by Promising Young Woman star Carey Mulligan whether she thinks of herself as a “Disney kid,” Zendaya replied, “The thing is, I am. And to a degree, I am grateful for that. That’s where I started, and I learned so much from that experience. It’s just kind of been this slow progression, and I am happy that it’s all been to prove it to myself and not to anybody else, you know? I embrace it a little bit. It’s part of my heritage to a degree.” As is this hilarious-in-retrospect Kidz Bop music video.

Zendaya also told Mulligan that there’s still “a lot left to do” for the next Spider-Man movie. “It’s like running from aliens and things you can’t see. Part of that is kind of fun. A lot of what we do is escapism, just being able to play a teenager again,” she said. Spider-Man 3 (not that one, but this one) is scheduled to come out on December 17. For now.

(Via Variety)

More than four months have passed since the L.A. Clippers imploded in the Western Conference Semifinals. Many weighed in on the autopsy of the Clippers blowing a 3-1 lead to the Denver Nuggets, and the Clippers also overhauled their on-court product in the offseason. Tyronn Lue is now at the helm, the roster features Serge Ibaka, Luke Kennard, Nic Batum and others in key positions, and the Clippers are now flying under the radar, at least to some extent. However, the Clippers still feature the dynamic pairing of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, with that duo fueling everything for the organization.

Through 17 games, the Clippers sport a 13-4 record that features an active seven-game winning streak. Even while acknowledging that the schedule has been reasonably soft during the winning spree, L.A. boasts a tremendous statistical profile. The Clippers are No. 2 in the NBA in offense, scoring 116.8 points per 100 possessions, and they have a top-three net rating (+7.7) in the early going. L.A.’s offensive explosion isn’t too shocking in the aggregate, but the Clippers lead the NBA in three-point shooting (42.3 percent), and the team is generating a ridiculous 122.1 offensive rating during the seven-game winning streak.

As you may expect, Leonard and George are playing at a fantastic level. Both are sporting 50/40/90 shooting lines and, when the two play together, the Clippers are outscoring opponents by a blistering 17.7 points per 100 possessions. George was harshly criticized for his playoff downturn but, after shooting just 40 percent from the floor and 33 percent from beyond the arc in the postseason, he has captured his old self on the offensive side.

Beyond the top two, L.A.’s new acquisitions are doing damage. Batum has been an unexpectedly positive story, scoring 10.0 points and grabbing 4.8 rebounds per game while shooting 50 percent from the floor and 45 percent from long range. Those numbers may not continue, but the Clippers acquired the veteran forward at a bargain-basement price, and he fits well in the team’s scheme as a versatile player defensively and an effective, low-usage ball mover offensively. From there, Ibaka’s arrival is paying real dividends, and the addition of Kennard helps to take some heat away from early-season struggles from veteran Lou Williams.

Within the 17-game sample, there is some statistical noise that indicates (slight) regression could be in the offing for the Clippers offensively. At the same time, they are absolutely bludgeoning the opposition when their best players are on the floor, and that includes a +25.4 (!) net rating with their starting lineup deployed together. That kind of dominance may not persist in full, but there is reason to believe that the Clippers are, in fact, the dominant team that simply evaporated for a few days in the 2020 playoffs.

Like the Milwaukee Bucks in the East, the Clippers are at a point where only the postseason “matters” for their broad evaluation, and that makes the regular season feel less significant. Beyond that, the Clippers may not be at full strength for a while, with both Leonard and George currently in the NBA’s health and safety protocols. Still, it is undoubtedly encouraging to see L.A. playing at an obscenely high level to begin the 2020-21 campaign, and they remain the biggest threat to the Los Angeles Lakers in the West as a result.

Where do the Clippers land this week in our DIME power rankings? Let’s explore the space.

1. Los Angeles Lakers (14-4, Last week — 1st)

The Lakers were actually threatened by the Cavs on Monday but, eventually, LeBron did LeBron stuff. Los Angeles remains the clear favorite to repeat and, even if they weren’t, the Lakers have the best record in the league. There is no reason to drop them.

2. L.A. Clippers (13-4, Last week — 2nd)

L.A. may not be able to maintain their current form while George and Leonard are sidelined. In the grand scheme, all that matters is how they look when the full crew is available, and the early returns are exceptional.

3. Utah Jazz (12-4, Last week — 3rd)

Utah made a big leap last week and they haven’t slowed down. The Jazz came out this week and won all three games by double-digits, extending their winning streak to eight games. That seems pretty good and, at present, Utah is a top-five team on both offense and defense.

4. Milwaukee Bucks (10-6, Last week — 5th)

Milwaukee’s won five of the last seven, with the only losses to the Lakers and Nets. The Bucks also maintain the NBA’s best offensive rating and they have the best statistical profile in the East right now. In other words, things are pretty normal.

5. Brooklyn Nets (11-8, Last week — 4th)

It was kind of a weird week for Brooklyn. The Nets were swept (?) by the Cavs, but then bounced back to sweep the Heat in a two-game set. Monday’s win over Miami wasn’t exactly a portrait in beauty, but the Nets made the plays they needed to make and, obviously, the talent is undeniable.

6. Philadelphia 76ers (12-6, Last week — 6th)

A cursory look at Philadelphia’s profile would reveal an eyebrow-raising loss to Detroit in their last outing. I would simply point out that Joel Embiid didn’t play in Detroit. Otherwise, the Sixers won the three previous games, including a two-game sweep over Boston.

7. Boston Celtics (10-6, Last week — 7th)

Jayson Tatum is back and the Celtics are in a solid position despite all kinds of weirdness in the early going. Boston did lose both games to Philly this week, though, so they can’t jump over the Sixers in our rankings.

8. Denver Nuggets (10-7, Last week — 14th)

Denver had a fantastic week. The Nuggets are 4-0 since our last check-in, with three straight road wins over Phoenix and Dallas. That is quite impressive, and Denver is now third in offensive rating and fifth in net rating this season. The early-season struggles seem to be behind them.

9. Memphis Grizzlies (7-6, Last week — 8th)

Unfortunately, Memphis didn’t play all week due to postponements and Wednesday’s scheduled game is already postponed. The Grizzlies are still technically on a five-game winning streak, though, so that’s something in the encouraging column.

10. Indiana Pacers (10-7, Last week — 12th)

The Pacers are a top-10 team in net rating that is slightly above-average on both ends of the floor. Is there anything more Pacers than that? Indiana also picked up a nice win over Toronto on Monday, even with Domantas Sabonis leaving the game early with a knee issue.

11. Phoenix Suns (8-7, Last week — 9th)

Phoenix has technically lost four of five, with three postponements in between. There is no reason for panic, as the last two losses came to the scalding-hot Nuggets. From there, the Suns still have a solid statistical profile and a deep, talented roster. That usually helps.

12. San Antonio Spurs (9-8, Last week — 13th)

This isn’t a new phenomenon, but the Spurs have been flat-out better without DeMar DeRozan and/or LaMarcus Aldridge on the floor. San Antonio’s net rating is -6.5 with Aldridge and -5.5 with DeRozan, though the team’s overall net rating is positive on the way to 9-8. Maybe it’s early-season noise, but it’s not ideal to be worse with your most prominent players on the court.

13. Golden State Warriors (9-8, Last week — 11th)

Steve Kerr shook things up on Monday in bringing James Wiseman off the bench. That probably wasn’t the reason Golden State toppled hapless Minnesota, but it’s something to watch. Oh, and Steph Curry remains pretty good.

14. Atlanta Hawks (8-8, Last week — 16th)

After a badly needed three-game winning streak, the Hawks ran into a buzzsaw in Milwaukee on Sunday. Of course, Atlanta could point to the absences of Trae Young and Clint Capela in that game to explain the double-digit defeat. Now, though, the Hawks face an interesting back-to-back against the Clippers and Nets on Tuesday and Wednesday, even if the first match-up lost some luster with Kawhi Leonard and Paul George sidelined.

15. Toronto Raptors (7-10, Last week — 15th)

Toronto is rounding into form with five wins in the last seven games. No one should’ve been worried that the Raptors were suddenly terrible, but they’ll need to continue this upward trajectory to get where they want to go. For one thing, Toronto is only league-average on defense so far this season, and that will need to improve.

16. Portland Trail Blazers (9-7, Last week — 10th)

Losing to Oklahoma City at home on Monday isn’t the end of the world, but it maybe wasn’t the best sign for Portland. The Blazers are going to struggle without CJ McCollum and Jusuf Nurkic. The only question is just how much they’ll struggle and how it will impact their overall pursuits.

17. Houston Rockets (6-9, Last week — 24th)

We’re giving the Rockets a bump after what they did to Dallas in a 25-point win on Saturday. It’s quite possible (likely?) that Houston will go back to the bottom-10 next week, but DeMarcus Cousins put together a 28-point, 17-rebound effort that was a lot of fun in that matchup.

18. Dallas Mavericks (8-9, Last week — 17th)

Dallas is 2-5 in the last seven games. More troubling, though, is the fact that the Mavericks essentially have a league-average offense right now. After leading the league comfortably in offensive rating last season, that is a problem. Dallas has to be very good, maybe even elite, on that end to enjoy the success they’re seeking.

19. Miami Heat (6-10, Last week — 18th)

It is hard to flat-out punish the Heat for losing to the Nets (twice) and Raptors on the road. However, Miami’s slow start continues at 6-10 and they may be digging a hole that will impact them in the playoffs. Jimmy Butler’s return will help, but the Heat have been a bad team statistically this season, which is worth acknowledging.

20. Cleveland Cavaliers (8-9, Last week — 21st)

Cleveland turned some heads in challenging the Lakers on Monday evening, but LeBron put the game away late to end some of the excitement. Prior to that, the Cavs suffered a (very) ugly loss to the Celtics but, even then, Boston is a good basketball team, and Cleveland opened the week in beating Brooklyn twice. Cleveland is 25th in net rating, but they are better than that.

21. New York Knicks (8-10, Last week — 22nd)

New York’s season has been marked by runs. After starting 2-3, the Knicks won three in a row. Then, the Knicks lost five in a row, only to win three in a row, and then arrive here by losing the last two games. The baseline is somewhere in the middle, of course, but this is still a top-five defense statistically and that helps a lot.

22. Chicago Bulls (7-10, Last week — 20th)

This might just be what the Bulls are. There have been ebbs and flows, but Chicago is 7-10 and on the fringe of play-in contention. That almost feels right, especially with a net rating (-3.5) that is currently 24th in the Association.

23. Charlotte Hornets (7-10, Last week — 23rd)

It’s been a little bit rough for the Hornets lately. Charlotte has lost five of six, with the only win coming against Orlando, only to give it back the next game. That isn’t the end of the world, but they were closer to moving down the rankings than moving up this week.

24. Oklahoma City Thunder (7-9, Last week — 25th)

Oklahoma City’s second unit is pretty rough and this team probably isn’t going to win more games than it loses. The Thunder are still competitive, though, and they showed that again with a win over Portland on Monday. Oklahoma City did lose five of the previous six games, but even those losses came to playoff-caliber teams. They’re respectable.

25. Orlando Magic (8-10, Last week — 27th)

We could focus on Orlando’s bottom-five offense and real creation issues on the perimeter. Those are worthwhile conversations. Instead, we’ll spin it positive to showcase the stellar play of Nikola Vucevic. The standout center is carrying Orlando’s offense to the tune of 23.5 points and 11.1 rebounds per game, and he’s connecting on 43.5 percent of his three-pointers. Imagine where the Magic would be without his tremendous contributions.

26. Washington Wizards (3-9, Last week — 26th)

The Wizards have taken the floor for one game in the last two weeks. It was a road loss to San Antonio. Washington is still without several key pieces, and it is really difficult to evaluate their on-court product when taking everything into account. We’ll learn more about the Wizards in the coming days.

27. Sacramento Kings (6-10, Last week — 28th)

Sacramento is still in a tier of their own defensively, and not in a good way. The Kings have the worst defensive rating in the NBA by four points per 100 possessions, and that explains their overall performance. There wasn’t much to take from this week, though, as Sacramento split its only two games due to postponements.

28. Detroit Pistons (4-13, Last week — 29th)

Detroit snapped a four-game losing streak with a win on Monday and it was a microcosm of their season. The Pistons lost all four games by single digits and, while they have the worst win-loss record in the NBA, Detroit is only 22nd in net rating (-3.0). Make no mistake, the Pistons are pretty bad, but they aren’t completely wretched.

29. New Orleans Pelicans (5-10, Last week — 19th)

The Pelicans lost to the Wolves this week so, honestly, I thought about putting them 30th. That is an ugly sign overall for a team that had real expectations, but three losses in a row puts New Orleans closer to the bottom than the playoff picture. There is still talent on the roster and time to right the ship, but it’s not going all that well.

30. Minnesota Timberwolves (4-12, Last week — 30th)

In 132 minutes, the Wolves have a +6.1 net rating when Karl-Anthony Towns is on the floor. When he’s off the floor, the team’s net rating craters to -11.9, and KAT has been out for a while. As such, Minnesota has the worst statistical profile in the league and they remain in the basement this week.

It’s tempting when making a quick stop at the ATM, to leave your car running. After all, you’ve got the heater adjusted just right, the engine’s already warmed-up, and your phone’s Bluetooth has already taken the extra 15 seconds to connect to the car’s stereo. But leaving your vehicle running when you’re not in it is a dangerous proposition no matter how quick your errand — something Ludacris has, unfortunately — and ironically, considering his role in the Fast & Furious films — learned the hard way.

Atlanta’s NBC affiliate reported the rapper was forced to flag down police late yesterday afternoon after someone jumped in his Mercedes-Benz while he was using an ATM and sped off, leaving the rapper stranded. He didn’t see the thief, but police were able to track the car electronically and eventually located it at an apartment complex in Midtown. The car was returned about five hours after it was stolen and some of Luda’s property from inside was retrieved at another location in northwest Atlanta.

Atlanta police said that of the 99 cars stolen this year so far, 76 had keys in the ignition or were running at the time, so keep that information in mind when you have errands to run. In any case, Luda is far from the only rapper to have to deal with brazen midday theft. In 2019, Young Dolph’s Benz was broken into at a Cracker Barrel, resulting in $500,000 worth of jewelry being stolen, and in 2018, someone stole a hard drive full of Quality Control music from an engineer’s car. So, lock those doors, take the keys with you, and never leave anything valuable in plain view.

Former senior counselor to the President of the United States Kellyanne Conway abruptly resigned from the White House last fall due to conflict at home, which involved her 16-year-old daughter, Claudia, announcing that she would be seeking emancipation from her parents (her father is George Conway, who co-founded The Lincoln Project). At the time, Claudia had tweeted that she wasn’t seeking emancipation because of Kellyanne’s job but, instead, “because of years of childhood trauma and abuse.” Late last week, the situation appeared to have intensified once more with TMZ reporting that law enforcement had carried out a welfare check on Claudia (who often posts on TikTok) after the teen had “secretly recorded and posted a video showing her mom screaming and swearing at her.”

Now, Variety is reporting that Twitter is investigating an incident in which Kellyanne has been accused of posting a topless photo of Claudia. The posting in question is said to have occurred on Twitter’s Fleets feature (in which posts evaporate after 24 hours), and Twitter users reportedly documented the Fleet before it was removed. Variety has more on Claudia’s TikTok confirmation that the photo was real and her appeal to fellow social media users:

On TikTok, Claudia Conway on Monday posted videos confirming that the picture was authentic; those have since been deleted from her TikTok account but Twitter users reposted copies of the videos. In the videos, a visibly upset Claudia Conway speculated that her mother may have accidentally posted the image. “I’m assuming my mom took a picture of it to use against me one day and then somebody hacked her or something,” she said. “I’m literally at a loss for words. If you see it, report it.”

In one of the TikTok videos, Claudia Conway said that “nobody would ever have any photo like that, ever. So, Kellyanne, you’re going to fucking jail.”

Claudia’s response surfaced on Twitter in this video, in which she confirms the photo’s authenticity and says it was on her phone, which she says has been taken away by Kellyanne on multiple occasions.

Social media users also documented Claudia’s TikTok posts, in which she continued to react and posted in Morse Code. Translations appear to point toward pleas of “Please get people to talk about this,” “Im okay but scared AF spread awareness pls,” and “Please spread awareness AB this because I cant.”

The New York Post contacted Kellyanne (by phone), who stated that she was “sitting here with Claudia,” before declaring, “We have no comment” and disconnecting the call.

(Via Variety, TMZ & New York Post)

Demi Lovato got her start as a child actor in the children’s series Barney & Friends, but her acting and singing career alike took flight with the success of the Disney Channel hit movie Camp Rock with the Jonas Brothers. Lovato’s most recent acting project was her role in the Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams-starring movie Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga. Now, Lovato is once again pivoting to television, as she’s been cast in the lead role in a new NBC sitcom.

A pilot has been secured for the series Hungry, which will star Lovato and a several of her friends who all belong to an eating disorder support group. Per a report from Variety, the sitcom will follow the tight-knit group on their adventures in dating, love, success, and healing.

Along with starring in the series, Lovato will be the show’s executive producer. She’ll work closely with writer and executive producer Suzanne Martin, who has won several Emmys for her time on Fraiser and the revival of NBC’s Will & Grace.

Lovato has been vocal about her personal struggles with an eating disorder and addiction. Last year, the musician opened up to Ellen about how a recent relapse was fueled by her over-controlling former management. “I lived a life for the past six years that I felt like wasn’t my own, because I struggled really hard with an eating disorder, yes, and that was my primary problem, and then it turned into other things,” she said. “My life, I felt, was so — and I hate to use this word — but I felt like it was controlled by so many people around me. If I was in my hotel room at night, they would take the phone out of the hotel room so I couldn’t call room service, or if there was fruit in my room, they took it out because it was extra sugar.”

Proportionately to all the artists who have ever seriously pursued music, very few of them ever get to perform on national television. So, Bartees Strange joined an exclusive club last night when he made his TV debut on Late Night With Seth Meyers.

For the show, he and his band performed Live Forever highlight “Boomer” in a pre-taped performance. He and his band took to a mint-colored room and confidently ran through the track in front of a wall adorned with things like a human rib cage, animal skulls, and other anatomical decorations.

Bartees has been rightfully excited about making his TV debut, as he was hyping it up on social media in the preceding days. He made the announcement a couple days ago, writing, “Yo this is crazy – but on Monday at 12:35am ET I’ll be making my TV Debut. S/o to @latenightseth for rocking w/ Live Forever, and for having us on to play Boomer. We went all out for this, so don’t miss it.” Last night, he added, “Excited to play Boomer w/ the boys tonight on @latenightseth. Steal your grandmothers Hulu live. Tell your ex you love them, so you can get their dad’s cable login. Do whatever you have to do to watch us play boomer. It’s gonna be a trip. thanks @sethmeyers for having us on.” Meyers gave Bartees some praise in response to a tweet as well, tweeting, “One of my favorite songs off one of the best albums of last year! Can’t wait, @Bartees_Strange!”

Watch Bartees Strange perform “Boomer” on Late Night above.

Following the passing of Larry King, tributes have been pouring in for the legendary talk show host. While the vast majority have been praising King for his signature style of interviewing, Conan O’Brien put together a touching (and hilarious) tribute that showcased an underrated side of the venerable TV man: his comedic chops. In a heartfelt intro, O’Brien revealed how King was an eager partner at the start of O’Brien’s late night career, and the CNN host was up for anything. Literally anything.

“When our show first went on the air, I think in ’93 or ’94, Larry came on and he loved to try jokes out and comedy out with us,” O’Brien said. “And that relationship started and then it just kept going. And I think for 27, 28 years, Larry would come on our show and we’d have a weird idea, and he’d say, ‘Love it! I wanna do it!’”

Following the intro, O’Brien played a series of clips that showed King mixing it up like an old pro. He’d banter back and forth, dress up as Wolverine for a sketch, interview guests on the fly, do stand-ups, break bricks, and even sit up in the rafters. And his timing was perfect. You can absolutely tell that King loved coming on the show and having a blast with whatever Andy and Conan cooked up that night. It takes skill to be that good of a comedy partner, and King clearly had it in spades.

You can watch Conan’s tribute to Larry King above.

One of Tomi Lahren’s favorite topics of conversation is Colin Kaepernick, the former-San Francisco 49ers quarterback who was essentially blacklisted from the NFL for kneeling during the National Anthem in 2016 to protest racial injustice and police brutality. The conservative chatterbox made the huge mistake of coming after Beyonce and Kaepernick in a widely-ridiculed tweet, and she was mocked equally hard for this doctored photo. Lahren brought up Kaepernick again on Monday in response to a viral tweet that pointed out how it’s “funny [that] people can separate Tom Brady’s politics from his game, but struggle to do the same when it comes to Kaepernick.” (Brady had a “Make America Great Again” hat in his locker while he was on the New England Patriots; he’s since said that he grew “uncomfortable” with his friendship with Donald Trump.)

“So Kaepernick is trending because Tom Brady (a skilled quarterback) hasn’t been canceled due to his friendship with Donald Trump. Yep, makes sense,” Lahren tweeted, adding her preferred hashtag #LiberalismIsADisease. That was merely the appetizer to the main course, however. Thirty minutes later: “Here’s a wild guess, if Tom Brady suddenly started sucking at football and was benched for a better starting QB, chances are he wouldn’t cry racism, wouldn’t kneel for the flag and anthem and pass it off as a social justice moment.” Lahren’s had a lot of scorching hot takes over the years, but this one is top-five, maybe even the GOAT. It’s the Tom Brady of bad tweets.

In Kaepernick’s final season in the NFL, he threw for 16 touchdowns and four interceptions, and added 468 yards and two touchdowns as a runner (the 49ers were terrible that season, but it was not entirely Kaep’s fault; blame head coach Chip Kelly). He did not suddenly start “sucking at football.” He was a good quarterback who was a victim of collusion. But it’s much easier for Tomi to make a false equivalence.

She’s the Tom Brady of those, too.

“Whoopty” rapper CJ can safely say his 2021 is off to a great start. The Staten Island native’s breakout hit is tearing up the airwaves, climbed to No. 21 on the Hot 100 this month, and signed a deal with Warner Records off the strength of the song’s buzz. Now, he’s following up with another relentlessly catchy drill anthem, “Bop,” which arrived today complete with a flashy video that shows him sticking to his roots while enjoying his newfound success.

The video is a classic New York street anthem clip, complete with shots of CJ’s posse hanging out in lobbies and parking garages, with the star draped in a crimson fur coat to signify his breakout status. He also cruises Times Square in Rolls Royce, hanging out the window and flexing his chain for the world to see. Honestly, it’s just great to see the young group having fun, especially with the ominous air that surrounds drill artists outside their music.

According to the press release for “Bop,” CJ has a slate of singles on deck for the new year as he grows his fanbase, so stay tuned. His first two singles have shown he has all the makings of a potential star.

Watch CJ’s “Bop” video above.

CJ is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.