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Real Housewives of Miami star Lenny Hochstein is addressing the sexual assault allegations being made against him in a new lawsuit. “I’ve never drugged or raped anyone in my life.” Hochstein, 59, claimed to Us Weekly on Monday, June 8. “I know who this girl is. She is a girl I met over a year ago and I have a video of her leaving my house the next morning smiling and dancing.” Hochstein admitted that he and the woman did participate in sexual activity but he vehemently denied that it was rape. “I absolutely did not drug anyone,” he told…
In an interview early last year, rising Atlanta rapper Tezzus made a prediction about the music industry that sounds more perceptive as time goes on. “It’s gon’ be no such thing as ‘mainstream’ [or ‘underground’], especially with the internet,” he told Overlooked. “It’s just music. All the platforms gon’ clash.” This idea’s been stewing in my brain ever since. No one has to compete for airplay or video placements or even Billboard slots anymore to get exposure; the online algorithm is both a free-for-all and the end-all-be-all. That reality is what makes regionality in music so compelling nowadays. There are…
Mr. van Middelaar’s association with Kojève goes far back. In the 1990s, he wrote an influential doctoral thesis, later published as “Politicide,” that accused Kojève of the intellectual murder of politics in postwar French thought. Thanks to him, an entire generation of Frenchmen came to believe that history had an intrinsic direction and purpose. Such a view not only fostered a nasty admiration for totalitarian regimes that invoked a mandate from history, not least Stalin’s Soviet Union. It also, Mr. van Middelaar claimed, contained no clues for actual, day-to-day political action.The critique clearly had a contemporary slant. Against the triumphalist…
SAN DIEGO — Cincinnati Reds shortstop Matt McLain challenged three pitches in his eighth-inning plate appearance and won all three for a two-out walk Monday night in the Reds’ 6-2 loss to the San Diego Padres.“That’s kind of what it’s for,” McLain said of the system. “I was glad it’s there because if it wasn’t there, I’m walking back to the dugout.”McLain, who had already had two hits on the night, came to the plate against Padres right-hander Jason Adam. Batting in the seventh spot in the lineup, McLain challenged the 1-0 pitch from Adam that was called a strike…
Querétaro, Puerto Vallarta, La Paz and Delicias are Mexico’s most competitive cities, according to the 2026 Urban Competitiveness Index (ICU), which ranks metropolitan areas on their capacity to generate, attract and retain talent and investment. Compiled by the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness (IMCO), a Mexico City-based think tank, the 2026 ICU ranks Querétaro as the most competitive city in Mexico among metropolitan areas with populations greater than 1 million. Puerto Vallarta, a resort city on the Jalisco coast, was deemed the most competitive city among metropolitan areas with 500,000 to 1 million inhabitants, while La Paz, the capital of Baja…
President Trump on Monday evening will head into New York City to catch Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs. Heightened security caused an abrupt change to the city’s watch party plans, forcing them into Bryant Park from outside Madison Square Garden. After a weekend of…
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New York was having a little too much fun celebrating the Knicks’ first NBA Finals appearance since 1999 — so Donald Trump had to crash the party. The president threw Midtown Manhattan and Madison Square Garden into logistical chaos on Monday after announcing last week that he would be attending Game 3 of the Finals in person. During the singing of the National Anthem, Trump was loudly booed out by the fans in attendance. Following the announcement of Trump’s attendance, fans were told they would need to show up at least two hours early to undergo TSA-style security screenings. No…
This story is part of Billboard’s Global World Cup Series, a collection of 11 cover stories which pairs top soccer stars across the world competing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup with highly-touted musicians in accompanying countries. Ryo Miyaichi signed with England’s Arsenal at 18, went on to gain experience at clubs across Europe and now plays for Japan’s Yokohama F. Marinos. The 33-year-old footballer’s perseverance through repeated injuries, returning to the pitch time and again with the support of his fans, has captured the hearts of many. FANTASTICS member Sota Nakajima has been watching Miyaichi play on television since…