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Fox News
a day ago
- Fox News
Cincinnati business owners slam viral 'out of control' beating amid fight to clean up downtown
CINCINNATI – Business owners near the site of a viral weekend beatdown in downtown Cincinnati scorned the suspects in the "extremely out-of-control" assault that has captured nationwide attention. The early Saturday morning melee on the corner of Fourth Street and Elm Street, which caused a national outcry after being circulated on social media, took place outside a popular nightclub called LoVe and the late-night restaurant next door. In the video, a mob viciously assaulted two people, including a woman who was knocked out cold while bystanders filmed instead of intervening. Kris Koch owns Koch Sporting Goods on Fourth Street, across the street from the club. His family business has been there since 1888. He described the brutal assault as a "hate crime" and said the city's downtown is no stranger to mobs of people taking to the streets at night. "That bar tends to get very crowded, and the crowd spills out into the street," he told Fox News Digital. "Sometimes you can't even drive your car down the street because there's so many people out there partying. It's not just [Saturday] night. It happens every weekend, and nobody records anything, really." Koch explained that LoVe is relatively new to the downtown business district and said that despite their best efforts, the police can't control the crowds. "It's a nuisance," Koch said bluntly. LoVe did not return a comment request. Koch told Fox News Digital that residents are ready to fight back but recognized that not everyone downtown on the weekends is looking to cause trouble. "Most of the time, the people that are partying are not villains, or they're not part of the violence that just got extremely out of control," he said. Despite the weekend crowds, Koch defended the city, calling it "generally safe." "You can bring your family down and walk all around downtown and know that nothing's going to happen to you." Justin Karp owns Main Auction Galleries, next door to Koch's store. His family has owned that business for 150 years, 80 of which have been spent at the location on Fourth Street. He denounced the assault, saying violence is never the answer. "I don't know how it started, but I do know that there was a big fight," he said. "A couple of people were severely outnumbered, and people would rather, I guess, film than help. Is that really the best solution?" Disappointed, he described the fight as a "poor reflection" on the city. "When you think of Jazz Fest now, that's what they're going to think about, not the 70,000 people coming here for music and entertainment and food and why they were here," he said, referring to the city's jazz festival that was ongoing during the assault. The Downtown Residents Council is holding a special meeting on public safety at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Cincinnati Public Library. On Monday, Cincinnati Chief of Police Teresa Theetge said in a news conference that about 100 people witnessed the fight, and only one called 911. "That is unacceptable to not call the police," she said. "Traffic was horrendous. People saw this. They were fighting in front of traffic. Why didn't people call us?" Authorities have charged at least five suspects in the attack, though officials have not released the identities of the suspects or the charges they are facing.
The Citizen
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Citizen
Q&A with Chester Missing: Puppet grills world leaders, marriage and Helen Zille
He's cheeky, he's funny, he's a heartbreaker and a ball-breaker. Chester Missing is a South African legend and so too is his boss Conrad Koch. Both will deny manipulation in either direction, always, but one is a puppet. Remember that. And the pair, along with some friends, are on tour with a brand new serving of satire, funnies and super-silly. The new show is called Puppet Power. Koch, via his brood of puppet cast, takes on the craziness of modern life where global crises are reduced to TikTok clips and shares, likes and whatever. Front and centre is Missing who, said Koch, was tired of being zipped up in a suitcase because, right now, humanity isn't. 'We're all puppets – in politics, work, even relationships,' Koch said. No topic is off-limits. Koch weaves in everything from Elon Musk's latest antics to FlySafair's life jackets and South Africa's beloved 'robots'. No holy cows in Chester Missing's show Missing is the mouthpiece of a show that's not just hilarious but chases the bottom line like an accountant would a spreadsheet. The Citizen asked the puppet to make sense of some of the world's most pressing questions. If you could send a message to world leaders the likes of the US, UK, Russia, Israel, Iran, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Ukraine – what would it be? Everyone from Donald Trump to Cyril Ramaphosa to John Steenhuisen has a hand in their booboo controlling them. They are all puppets! They must start doing what is in the interests of their people, not of the billionaire hand in their booboo. How do you deal with the office suck-up who won't leave you alone? Leave the office vacuum cleaner by their desk with their name on it. Do it every day until they stop sucking. What if picking a job or boss worked like swiping on Tinder? My boss sticks his hand inside of me, so TBH, this is not that different from Tinder. Is marriage outdated, and are traditional gender roles really gone – or just hiding at the braai? I am a puppet who lives in a suitcase. I can't get married, but I was dating a Barbie doll for a short while. All I know is if you get married, you will also have to get used to having someone put words in your mouth. Conspiracy theorist David Icke says reptilians run the world. Thoughts? I think David Icke must stop being so rude about Helen Zille. She's just very abrasive, not an actual reptile. There's a small but important difference. Describe your perfect puppet first date. Miss Piggy, but she is way out of my league. What annoys puppets most about humans? That you haven't all realised that you are also puppets. You think social media influencers actually like the crap they try sell? Pffft. Ridiculous! Why should people come see the show? Because it's hilarious and fun, and utterly silly. And it includes me, Chester Missing, and I am amazing. We also have an actual DJ puppet who actually DJs. Besides, if you are going to be ruled by puppets, you might as well also laugh at them. Audiences can also expect fan favourites in the show like Hilton, the party-loving ostrich, DJ Hoodie, the puppet who actually DJs, and Mr Dixon, the over-it high school teacher. New recruits include Gordon Ratsy, a celebrity chef who happens to be a rat, and a talking dinosaur brought to life by an unsuspecting audience member.
Yahoo
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
First-Time Nominee Cooper Koch Is 'Devastated' Over Emmy Snubs for Two of His ‘Monsters' Co-Stars
Cooper Koch has landed his first-ever Emmy nomination for his lead role as Erik Menendez in Ryan Murphy's Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, but the news is a tad bittersweet for the actor who was hoping to hear the names of his co-stars Ari Graynor and Nicholas Alexander Chavez called along with his as the nominees for the 2025 Emmys were announced Tuesday morning. 'I talked to Ari; I'm devastated that she didn't get it,' Koch tells The Hollywood Reporter. 'That's the one sort of bummer from today that she didn't get it. Same thing with Nicholas. I think both of them really deserved to be on there, so I'm super bummed that they didn't get nominated.' More from The Hollywood Reporter MomTok on Top: 'The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' Earns First Emmy Nomination Bela Bajaria on Which Emmy Nominee She Texted First and One Giant "Disappointment" of a Snub 'The White Lotus' Checks Into the 2025 Emmy Noms With 23, Ties With 'The Studio' Chavez portrayed Lyle Menendez in the Netflix series and Graynor played Erik's lead defense attorney, Leslie Abramson. Despite the snubs for the two stars, Monsters did receive additional nods in the acting categories by way of Chloë Sevigny, who was nominated for best supporting actress in a limited or anthology series or movie for her role as matriarch Mary Louise 'Kitty' Menendez, and Javier Bardem for best supporting actor for his portrayal of Jose Menendez. 'Chloë and I FaceTimed, and she congratulated me, and I congratulated her,' says Koch, who continued to sing the praises of his co-stars. 'I could not have done it without any of them. They were the most wonderful scene partners, and they're such gifted actors. I owe all of my work and the scenes and everything that came out to them.' As he gears up for Emmy campaigning, Koch, 28, says he's hoping for less attention on him and more on the Menendez brothers, who, as a result of renewed public interest in their case stemming from the series, were resentenced to 50 years to life in prison in May, making them now eligible for parole. 'We're still sort of living with what's happening in real time with their case. They go to the parole board on Aug. 21st and Aug. 22nd, so I'm just hoping that I can talk more about and advocate for them,' says Koch. 'I'm like, screw myself. I just want to get them out of prison.' That said, Koch is looking forward to seeing some of the talented actors he's admired from behind the screen in real life on the trail, calling out White Lotus star and fellow first-time Emmy nominee Aimee Lou Wood in particular. 'I love her, and I loved her in White Lotus. I can't wait to give her a giant hug. I feel like I already know her,' he says, also noting Only Murders in the Building and Severance as his other top shows. 'I'm a big Severance fan, and I've just been so impressed with Adam Scott and Britt Lower for both seasons of the show,' he says. 'I'm such huge fans of theirs, and I had such a great chat with Adam at The Hollywood Reporter Roundtable. He's such a wonderful guy and such an amazing talent, so I'm really, really rooting for him.' Nominations for the 77th Emmy Awards were presented by Harvey Guillén and Brenda Song at a ceremony held on Tuesday, July 15. Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story received a total of 11 noms, including best limited or anthology series, along with three in the technical categories of picture editing, sound mixing and musical composition, and an additional four nods for best period or fantasy/sci-fi hairstyling and makeup (non-prosthetic), period costumes and casting for a limited or anthology series. The 77th Emmy Awards will be hosted by Nate Bargatze and broadcast live Sunday, Sept. 14, (8-11 p.m. ET/5-8 p.m. PT) on the CBS Television Network and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+. See the full list of nominees here. Best of The Hollywood Reporter 'The Studio': 30 Famous Faces Who Play (a Version of) Themselves in the Hollywood-Based Series 22 of the Most Shocking Character Deaths in Television History A 'Star Wars' Timeline: All the Movies and TV Shows in the Franchise Solve the daily Crossword
News18
17-07-2025
- Politics
- News18
Assam: Last rites of slain CRPF jawan performed
Agency: PTI Kokrajhar (Assam), Jul 17 (PTI) The last rites of a CRPF jawan, who was killed in an encounter with Maoists in Jharkhand, were performed at his native village in Assam's Kokrajhar district on Thursday. The body of Parneswar Koch was flown to Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi Airport at Guwahati in the morning and from there, it was taken to his residence in Magurmari village of Kokrajhar. Senior CRPF officials paid their last respects to the slain jawan at the airport, laying floral wreaths in his memory. The body was taken in a convoy to the village where locals gathered in large numbers to pay their tributes to Koch. The last rites were performed with full military honours as his family and friends mourned Koch's death. Two Maoists and a CRPF jawan were killed in a gunfight between the security forces and the red rebels in Birhordera forest in Gomia police station area of Jharkhand's Bokaro district on Wednesday. PTI SSG SSG ACD Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Engadget
17-07-2025
- Engadget
Adobe Firefly can now generate sound effects from your audio cues
Since rolling out the redesign of its Firefly app in April, Adobe has been releasing major updates for the generative AI hub at a near monthly clip. Today, the company is introducing a handful of new features to assist those who use Firefly's video capabilities. To start, Adobe is making it easier to add sound effects to AI-generated clips. Right now, the majority of video models create footage without any accompanying audio. Adobe is addressing this with a nifty little feature that allows users to first describe the sound effect they want to generate and then record themselves making it. The second part isn't so Adobe's model can mimic the sound. Rather, it's so the system can get a better idea of the intensity and timing the user wants from the effect. In the demo Adobe showed me, one of the company's employees used the feature to add the sound of a zipper being unzipped. They made a "zzzztttt" sound, which Adobe's model faithfully used to reproduce the effect at the intended volume. The translation was less convincing when the employee used the tool to add the sound of footsteps on concrete, though if you're using the feature for ideation as Adobe intended, that may not matter. When adding sound effects, there's a timeline editor along the bottom of the interface to make it easy to time the audio properly. The other new features Adobe is adding today are called Composition Reference, Keyframe Cropping and Video Presets. The first of those allows you to upload a video or image you captured to guide the generation process. In combination with Video Presets, you can define the style of the final output. Some of the options Adobe is offering at launch allow you to create clips with anime, black and white or vector art styles. Lastly, with Keyframe Cropping you can upload the first and final frame of a video and select an aspect ratio. Firefly will then generate a video that stays within your desired format. In June, Adobe added support for additional third-party models , and this month it's doing the same. Most notable is the inclusion of Veo 3 , which Google premiered at its I/O 2025 conference in May. At the moment, Veo 3 is one of the only AI models that can generate video with sound. Like with all the other partner models Adobe offers in Firefly, Google has agreed not to use data from Adobe users for training future models. Every image and video people create through Firefly is digitally signed with the model that was used to create it. That is one of the safeguards Adobe includes so that Firefly customers don't accidentally ship an asset that infringes on copyrighted material. According to Zeke Koch, vice president of product management for Adobe Firefly, users can expect the fast pace of updates to continue. "We're relentlessly shipping stuff almost as quickly as we can," he said. Koch adds Adobe will continue to integrate more third-party models, as long as their providers agree to the company's data privacy terms.
