Los Angeles Times

10 hours ago | latimes.com | Wendy Lee |Samantha Masunaga

Benedict Corpuz has always been a “day one” type of person when it comes to fueling his video game habit. Beginning in his high school years, the 45-year-old flight attendant from Kent, Wash., has tried to get his hands on new Nintendo systems on the day of their release, whether it was the Nintendo 64 or its less popular successor, the GameCube. The new Nintendo Switch 2 was no different.

13 hours ago | latimes.com | Samantha Masunaga

Jason Constantine, co-president of the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles after a long fight with brain cancer. He was 55. Constantine was a Lionsgate veteran, beginning his career more than 25 years ago at its predecessor company Trimark Pictures as a director of acquisitions, the Santa Monica-based firm said.

13 hours ago | latimes.com | Meg James

Two California Democrats have proposed a hearing to review Paramount Global’s efforts to settle President Trump’s $20-billion lawsuit. “I haven’t seen a president act in this brazen of a manner,” said state Sen. Josh Becker (D-Menlo Park). Settling the Trump lawsuit is widely seen as a prerequisite for regulators to finally clear Paramount’s $8-billion sale to Skydance Media, which controlling shareholder Shari Redstone has been desperately counting on to save her family’s fortunes.

22 hours ago | latimes.com | Lina Abascal

There’s a reason perfume commercials aren’t close-up images of the ingredients noted in a specific fragrance. Instead, they’re sweeping landscapes, a beautiful man on a galloping horse, a wistful goodbye between two lovers with no backstory. That’s because scent isn’t simply the notes — say vanilla, sandalwood, tuberose; it’s about the feeling they evoke. It’s more effective to produce a visceral reaction than provide a technical definition.

1 day ago | latimes.com | Sergio Burstein

1 No hay retorno posible. En el último episodio de “Andor”, Cassian se dirige a Kafrene con el fin de cumplir una misión que, como lo saben bien los fans de Star Wars, será la última de su vida, pero resultará esencial para la posterior derrota del Imperio. Sin embargo, la última toma del mismo capítulo [alerta de spoiler] muestra algo que no se insinuaba siquiera en “Rogue One” (2016): la llegada imprevista de un niño (o niña) que lleva su sangre.