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Guy Fieri is 54 years old. He can’t eat Trash Can Nachos and Loaded Mac Daddy Mac ‘N’ Cheese and Cheeto Dusted Pork Rinds the way he used to. In fact, the Mayor of Flavortown isn’t eating anything before noon these days, as he revealed to People.

“I’ve changed my lifestyle in the last couple years — what I eat, when I eat, how I eat. I don’t want to be one of those guys that burns up through the tunnel. I’m in better shape now than I was when I was 30. I don’t want to die young. I want to be around for my kids,” Fieri explained. The Rage fan now works out at 6 a.m. daily, doesn’t drink on weekdays, and practices intermittent fasting. “I don’t eat until noon. At first I was worried it would make me sluggish, but my body learned the routine, and my energy increased.”

Fieri does have The Rock-lite cheat days, though.

Shoot days for Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives are the exception, but they are not the gluttonous feasts viewers see — or think they see — onscreen. “Everybody thinks I chug down the whole cheeseburger,” he says. “I’ll try two items in a restaurant, three restaurants in a day. By the time I’ve had two bites of each food, I’m full.”

Fieri told People that when he dies, he wants people to remember him as being “good for mankind” and for helping others. These are both true, but to me, he’s the guy who coined the phrase “chug down the whole cheeseburger.” Now there’s a legacy.

(Via People)

Since guiding his Dallas Mavericks to their first Western Conference Finals trip since 2011 in May, Luka Doncic has hardly seemed to take a hiatus from organized basketball games. Between EuroBasket qualifiers and the tournament itself, Doncic has extended his blazing spring to a blazing summer and soon-to-be fall.

On Wednesday evening, he and his native Slovenia squared off against France. These are two of the premier national teams in Europe. Slovenia is the reigning EuroBasket champion, while France just finished runner-up at the 2021 Olympics last summer. En route to that silver medal, France knocked off Slovenia, 90-89, in a thrilling semifinals matchup.

Doncic and Slovenia exacted some revenge Wednesday, defeating France, 88-82, in group play. Leading Slovenia’s efforts was Doncic, who poured in a 21st-century EuroBasket record with 47 points. He scored 22 in the first 12 minutes, had 27 at halftime and entered the final frame already with 37. His 47 points marked the most over the past 65 years of EuroBasket history and are the second-most all-time.

The usual Luka Magic was in full effect, but he somehow outdid his typical theatrics with this patently absurd bucket.

To be clear, that is a three-point floater over the outstretched arms of 7’1 Rudy Gobert, a three-time Defensive Player of the Year and one of the greatest defenders of the generation. Doncic’s touch is foolishly splendid.

Later, Doncic continued his dazzling shot-making, despite Gobert’s best efforts, with a classic stepback triple.

Although Gobert didn’t match Doncic’s 47, he did notch 19 points on 9-for-10 shooting, eight rebounds, one assist and a thunderous slam over Doncic.

The irony in Doncic’s historic performance is a day earlier, when Giannis Antetokounmpo tallied 41 points in Greece’s 99-79 win over Germany, Doncic said he’d bet on Antetokounmpo to set the EuroBasket scoring record. At the time, Antetkounmpo’s 41 points were the most in a EuroBasket game since Dirk Nowitzki’s 43 in 2001.

Through five games, Slovenia sits atop Group B with nine points and France is second with eight points. They’ll both be advancing to the elimination stage. If we’re lucky, we might be treated to a rematch, where Doncic could even outdo himself.

Though logic would seem to dictate that if you stormed the Capitol on January 6th, holding an official position within the government you were hoping to dismantle would be a no-no. Amazingly, it’s pretty damn difficult to get from Point A to Point B in these situations. Case in point: Couy Griffin, a city commissioner in New Mexico and January 6th insurrectionist, just became the first official in more than a century to be removed from office because the Constitution frowns on lawmaker-traitor hybrids.

On Tuesday, a New Mexico judge ruled that Griffin be removed from office under the 14th Amendment, which states that: “No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.”

As The New York Times reports, Griffin’s removal from office made history as the first time in more than a century that a lawmaker has been ousted from their position as a result of the 14th Amendment, which is sometimes referred to as the Reconstruction Amendment. As Luke Broadwater and Alan Feuer write:

The ruling declared the Capitol assault an insurrection and unseated Couy Griffin, a commissioner in New Mexico’s Otero County and the founder of Cowboys for Trump, who was convicted earlier this year of trespassing when he breached barricades outside the Capitol during the attack. The judge’s order grabbed the attention of advocates across the country who have been pushing to use the 14th Amendment to disqualify former President Donald J. Trump and elected officials who worked with him in seeking to overturn the 2020 election from holding office in the future.

In his decision, Judge Francis J. Mathew of the New Mexico District Court said the insurrection on Jan. 6 included not only the mob violence that unfolded that day, but also the “surrounding planning, mobilization and incitement” that led to it.

“Mr. Griffin is constitutionally disqualified from serving,” the judge wrote.

Though Griffin is the first person in more than 100 years to actually lose his job over the events of January 6th, it’s not for lack of trying. From Marjorie Taylor Greene to Madison Cawthorn, various other groups have attempted to prevent politicians who took part in the attacks on the Capitol from being allowed to run for office again. While, so far, those efforts have been unsuccessful, Griffin’s ouster could set a new precedent.

“This just went from being theoretical to being something that is legally recognized and legally possible,” Noah Bookbinder, director of the nonpartisan watchdog organization Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington—the group that filed the suit against Griffin on behalf of concerned New Mexico residents—told The New York Times. “That’s hugely significant. It could have real implications for protecting the country from people associated with the effort to overturn the last election.”

(Via The New York Times)

The New York Jets lived every team’s worst nightmare this preseason when their young star quarterback suffered a non-contact knee injury while scrambling during a preseason game.

When Zach Wilson hobbled off the field, Jets fans and the organization held their breath, and while the ultimate diagnosis was better than the feared worst case outcome, Wilson still had to have arthroscopic surgery to repair a meniscus tear. The initial timetable given was for Wilson to miss 2-4 weeks, and after he did some running early this week, there was some hope he might be on the field sooner than later. However, with the Baltimore Ravens lurking on Sunday for their Week 1 game, Jets coach Robert Saleh confirmed the team would be starting veteran (and former Raven) Joe Flacco in the opener while also noting that Wilson will sit out the first three weeks of the season, with the team targeting their Week 4 matchup with Pittsburgh for his return.

With the Jets opening their season with four straight games against AFC North foes — Baltimore, Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh — they’ll let the veteran Flacco get them going early against the presumed three tougher teams, and hope to get Wilson back closer to 100 percent before putting him back on the field. While Wilson hasn’t suffered any setbacks, the Jets will play it as safe as possible with the young man they hope can be their franchise quarterback and it’s hard to blame them.

After turning Yellowstone into a massive franchise for Paramount, Taylor Sheridan is back with a new TV series that brings another Hollywood legend to the small screen: Sylvester Stallone. Trading in the mountains of Montana for the plains of Oklahoma, Tulsa King features Stallone as a displaced mob boss who reluctantly finds himself banished to a place that’s nothing like the streets of New York.

While intent on learning why he’s really been sent away, the new teaser shows Stallone’s character having free reign to do as he pleases in the Oklahoma town. With nothing else to do, he quickly gets to work setting up his own criminal enterprise. If he’s going to be stuck in this town, he might as well rule it.

Tulsa King also stars Andrea Savage (I’m Sorry), Martin Starr (Silicon Valley), Max Casella (The Tender Bar), Domenick Lombardozzi (The Irishman), Vincent Piazza (Boardwalk Empire), Jay Will (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), A.C. Peterson (Superman & Lois), and Garrett Hedlund (The United States vs. Billie Holiday).

Here’s the official synopsis:

TULSA KING follows New York mafia capo Dwight “The General” Manfredi (Sylvester Stallone), just after he is released from prison after 25 years and unceremoniously exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Okla. Realizing that his mob family may not have his best interests in mind, Dwight slowly builds a “crew” from a group of unlikely characters, to help him establish a new criminal empire in a place that to him might as well be another planet.

Tulsa King premieres November 13 on Paramount+.

After successfully breaking out in the indie music scene with her 2019 debut Beware Of The Dogs, Australian artist Stella Donnelly decided to take a different approach with her sophomore effort. Following months of lockdowns, self-discovery, and experimentation, Donnelly wrote 43 songs as she continually relocated across Australia. But after trusting the process and being struck with inspiration by a photo of migratory birds, Donnelly put finishing touches on Flood, an album that manages to encapsulate a range of emotions from meditative and confessional to witty and evocative.

As a whole, Flood displays Donnelly’s versitle songwriting from demure, piano-led ballads like “Underwater” to talky and bright numbers like the title track “Flood.” To celebrate the release of her sophomore album, Donnelly sits down with Uproxx to chat System Of A Down, rapping “Fergalicious”, and a banana cake failure in our latest Q&A.

What are four words you would use to describe your music?

Lyrics, piano, guitar, voice.

It’s 2050 and the world hasn’t ended and people are still listening to your music. How would you like it to be remembered?

Warmly.

What’s your favorite city in the world to perform?

Tokyo.

Who’s the person who has most inspired your work, and why?

Broadcast, ballads disguised as ugliness, the best kind of music. I do ugly songs disguised as ballads though.

Where did you eat the best meal of your life?

Bar Idda on Lygon Street in Naarm.

What album do you know every word to?

Toxicity by System Of A Down.

What was the best concert you’ve ever attended?

Alex G in Berlin, he took requests and it was such a beautiful vibe.

What is the best outfit for performing and why?

Leotard and tights, I can do handstands.

Who’s your favorite person to follow on Twitter and/or Instagram?

@dumpedwifesrevenge.

What’s your most frequently played song in the van on tour?

“Let’s Have A Kiki” by The Scissor Sisters.

What’s the last thing you Googled?

Banana cake recipe aus (the cake was a failure).

What album makes for the perfect gift?

Depends on the receiver! I’m a voucher girl.

Where’s the weirdest place you’ve ever crashed while on tour?

A halfway house.

What’s the story behind your first or favorite tattoo?

I have a little girl sitting on my birthmark as though it’s a boulder, she’s looking through binoculars.

What artists keep you from flipping the channel on the radio?

Abba.

What’s the nicest thing anyone has ever done for you?

My partner Marcel made me a leather book filled with photos of the people I love.

What’s one piece of advice you’d go back in time to give to your 18-year-old self?

It’s going to be okay.

What’s the last show you went to?

Tyler The Creator.

What movie can you not resist watching when it’s on TV?

Any of the Harry Potter movies.

What’s one of your hidden talents?

I can do the whole rap in Fergie’s “Fergalicious.”

Flood is out now via Secretly Canadian. Get it here.

While fans may have been distracted by Måneskin’s lead vocalist Damiano David’s butt cheeks during the band’s performance of “Supermodel” at the MTV Video Music Awards, they also noticed that the camera briefly zoomed out away from the stage for about 30 seconds, showing a bird’s eye view of the audience.

It turns out, the camera zoomed out after bassist Victoria De Angelis’ top fell of mid-song. Today, MTV has shared an “uncensored” version of the performance.

“Blessed to share @maneskinofficial’s #VMAs performance in all their glory – the way we couldn’t on TV,” MTV said on Instagram. “Thanks for being supermodels and superstars, my loves.”

While De Angelis’ nipples are strategically censored, fans can now enjoy the performance of “Supermodel” without weird camera angles facing the audience, and see the band as they move to their music.

Earlier that night, on the black carpet, De Angelis wore a dress that exposed one of her breasts, while she had a pasty over the nipple, seemingly paying homage to Lil Kim’s iconic 1999 VMAs outfit. In a pre-show interview, De Angelis told MTV, “I think it’s very important for us to share a message of freedom, generally. So just for everyone to be free to be themselves and express who they are … and also to have more equality [between showing] a woman’s body and a man’s body.”

Check out the performance above.

Sudan Archives is having a massive year, between being named one of YouTube Music’s Foundry Class of 2022 and appearing on the popular Song Exploder podcast. Ahead of the release of her sophomore album, Natural Brown Prom Queen, the R&B singer has shared the new video for the record’s fourth single, “OMG Britt.”

Directed by Zach Sulak, Sudan dances in various mysterious futuristic rooms as she performs the energetic trap single. She is also featured on the production credits for “OMG Britt,” alongside JD Reid (Slowthai, Mabel, Ghetts), Ben Dickey, and Simon On The Moon.

Natural Brown Prom Queen is inspired by Sudan’s teenage years as she unveils her new alter ego, Britt. Although Sudan’s real name is Brittney Parks, the album’s alter ego is a little different. She described in a statement that Britt is “the girl next door from Cincinnati who drives around the city with the top down and shows up to high-school prom in a pink furry bikini with her thong hanging out her denim skirt.”

Following the album’s release, Sudan is gearing up to embark on her Homecoming Tour across North America and Europe. A complete list of dates is available below.

09/24 — Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern
09/25 — Santa Barbara, CA @ Soho Music Club
09/26 — Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s
09/27 — San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
09/29 — Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
09/30 — Vancouver, BC @ Fortune
10/01 — Seattle, WA @ Neumos
10/04 — Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
10/05 — Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
10/07 — Toronto, ON @ Axis
10/08 — Ottawa, ON @ Bronson
10/10 — Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
10/11 — Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live
10/12 — Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere (The Hall)
10/14 — Washington, DC @ Black Cat
10/15 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Sound Series Block Party
10/17 — Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle
10/18 — Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
10/19 — Nashville, TN @ The Basement East
10/21 — Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room
11/04 — Milan, Italy @ Circolo Magnolia
11/05 — Zurich, Switzerland @ Moods
11/06 — Munich, Germany @ Ampere
11/08 — Vienna, Austria @ Grelle Forelle
11/09 — Prague, Czech Republic @ Futurum Music Bar
11/10 — Warsaw, Poland @ Hybrydy
11/12 — Copenhagen, Denmark @ Hotel Cecil
11/13 — Berlin, Germany @ Metropol
11/14 — Hamburg, Germany @ Uebel & Gefährlich
11/15 — Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso Noord
11/17 — Brussels, Belgium @ Orangerie
11/18 — Paris, France @ Pitchfork Music Festival
11/20 — Glasgow, UK @ SWG3 Studio Warehouse
11/21 — Dublin, Ireland @ Whelan’s
11/23 — London, UK @ KOKO*
11/24 — Manchester, UK @ Band on the Wall
11/25 — Barcelona, Spain @ La 2 de Apolo
11/26 — Lisbon, Portugal @ Super Bock em Stock

Natural Brown Prom Queen is out 9/9 via Stones Throw Records. Pre-save it here.

This article originally appeared on 06.30.22

The late Robin Williams could make picking out socks funny, so pairing him with the fuzzy red monster Elmo was bound to be pure wholesome gold. Honestly, how the puppeteer, Kevin Clash, didn’t completely break character and bust out laughing is a miracle. In this short outtake clip, you get to see Williams crack a few jokes in his signature style while Elmo tries desperately to keep it together.

Williams has been a household name since what seems like the beginning of time, and before his death in 2014, he would make frequent appearances on “Sesame Street.” The late actor played so many roles that if you were ask 10 different people what their favorite was, you’d likely get 10 different answers. But for the kids who spent their childhoods watching PBS, they got to see him being silly with his favorite monsters and a giant yellow canary. At least I think Big Bird is a canary.

When he stopped by “Sesame Street” for the special “Big Bird’s Birthday or Let Me Eat Cake” in 1991, he was there to show Elmo all of the wonderful things you could do with a stick. Williams turns the stick into a hockey stick and a baton before losing his composure and walking off camera. The entire time, Elmo looks enthralled … if puppets can look enthralled. He’s definitely paying attention before slumping over at the realization that Williams goofed a line. But the actor comes back to continue the scene before Elmo slinks down inside his box after getting Williams’ name wrong, which causes his human co-star to take his stick and leave.

The little blooper reel is so cute and pure that it makes you feel good for a few minutes. For an additional boost of serotonin, check out this other (perfectly executed) clip about conflict that Williams did with the two-headed monster. He certainly had a way of engaging his audience, so it makes sense that even after all of these years, he’s still greatly missed.

This article originally appeared on 05.17.22

There are a lot of reasons to feel a twinge of nostalgia for the final days of the 20th century. Rampant inflation, a global pandemic and political unrest have created a sense of uneasiness about the future that has everyone feeling a bit down.

There’s also a feeling that the current state of pop culture is lacking as well. Nobody listens to new music anymore and unless you’re into superheroes, it seems like creativity is seriously missing from the silver screen.

But, you gotta admit, that TV is still pretty damn good.

A lot of folks feel Americans have become a lot harsher to one another due to political divides, which seem to be widening by the day due to the power of the internet and partisan media.

Given today’s feeling of malaise, there are a lot of people who miss the 1990s or, as some call it, “the best decade ever.” Why? The 1990s was economically prosperous, crime was on its way down after the violent ’70s and ’80s, and pop culture was soaring with indie films, grunge rock and hip-hop all in their golden eras.

The rest of the world was feeling hopeful as globalization brought prosperity and Communism fell in Europe and Asia.

The mood in America would swiftly change at the turn of the century when the dot-com bubble burst in 2000 and the 2001 9/11 attacks would lead to the never-ending “war on terror.”

A Reddit user by the name purplekat20 was clearly feeling some ’90s nostalgia on May 16 when they asked the online forum to share “What ’90s trend would you bring back?” A lot of people noted that it was a lot cheaper to get by in the ’90s, especially considering gas and rent prices. Others missed living in the real world instead of having one foot in reality and the other online.

Here are 17 things people would love to bring back from the 1990s.

1. 

“Inflatable furniture and transparent electronics.” — Dabbles-In-Irony

2.

“Hope.” — DeadOnBalllsaccurate

To which HowardMoo responded: “I hate this despair thing that’s all the rage these days. I miss optimism.”

3. 

“The ’90s web was the best web. People actually made their own home pages. Now it’s all social media.” — IBeTrippin

4. 

“Affordable housing.” — Amiramaha

5. 

“Ninety nine cent per gallon gas.” — Maxwyfe

6. 

“The ‘mean people suck’ statement everywhere. People seemed generally a lot happier and kinder back then. It was a nice reminder to be kind.” — simplyintentional

7. 

“Being detached. Not being attached to an electronic gadget every minute of every day.” — SuperArppis

8. 

“Calling fake-ass people ‘poser.’ The state of social media and ‘reality’ tv demands that this word be taken out of retirement.” — rumpusbutnotwild

9. 

“Grunge music.” — ofsquire

10. 

“I want movies to be the same caliber as ’90s.” — waqasnaseem07

Cremmitquada nailed it on the head with their response, “Everything has been redone. It’s all recycled ideas now.”

11. 

“Pants that didn’t have to be super-tight to be in style.” — chad-beer-316

12. 

“People really expressing themselves. Very few people take any risks with style anymore, or they do something ‘different’ that’s just enough to still conform. In the ’80s and ’90s there were people doing crazy things with hair and piercing and just didn’t give a fuck. I don’t think I’ll ever see that come back.” — FewWill

13. 

“Great animated TV. Spongebob started in the 90s (99 but it counts), Hey Arnold, X-Men, Batman, Justice League, Dexter’s Lab, Powerpuff Girls, Boomerang cartoons… the list goes on.” — Phreedom Phighter

14. 

“Fast food restaurant interiors.” — Glum-Leg-1886

Another fantastic photo of Taco Bell in the 1990s, before the disease of modernismpic.twitter.com/GIiAyNWxiu

— Jules (@Jules)
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15. 

“Hypercolor shirts and neon puff paint designs on t-shirts. But here in a few months, that’ll be changed to abortion and voting rights, probably.” — TheDoctorisen

16. 

“News that was news instead of rage bait.” — nmj95123

17. 

“We had a stable country with a vigorous economy. In fact, we drew a budget surplus some of those years.” — jeremyxt