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Guests arrive at the entrance portal to the Dark Universe area, at the Epic Universe theme park in Orlando, Florida, US, on Saturday, April 5, 2025. Epic Universe, the $7 billion attraction from Comcast Corp.'s Universal Resorts and Experiences division, offers five distinct lands and opens to the public on May 22. Photographer: Thomas Simonetti/Bloomberg via Getty Images

First look: Universal’s Epic Universe gives Disney theme parks a run for their money

Universal’s Epic Universe is largely a triumph, and will instantly become the the favorite theme park of many. It should also change the industry.

Photo illustration for Todd Martens article about art project "The Goodbye Line".
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Bella Ramsey HBO The Last of Us, Season 2
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A charming Nintendo Switch 2 enters the Trump tariff crosshairs

This photo provided by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment shows, Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca, left, and Harrison Ford as Hans Solo in the original 1977 "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope" film, included in the new Blu-ray release of "Star Wars: The Complete Saga" out on Oct. 13, 2015. The new film, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," opens in U.S. theaters on Dec. 18, 2015. (Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment via AP)

Luke Skywalker’s Medal of Yavin sells for almost $400K, Chewbacca’s bowcaster goes for $768K

Ridley Scott’s ‘Modville’ graphic novel debuts during a tough time for comics. Can it survive?

Bob Baker Day to bring healing (and SpongeBob) to 25,000 puppet lovers in L.A.

‘One Piece’ co-showrunner Matt Owens steps down from show to focus on mental health

When my mom died suddenly, there was only one place to mourn: Disneyland

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San Gabriel, CA - February 04: Seamus Blackley, a tech executive known best for inventing the Xbox game console inspects his Cacao trees inside a back room in his tech company on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025 in San Gabriel, CA. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)

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L.A.’s own Willy Wonka? The ‘father’ of the Xbox is now perfecting lab-grown chocolate

Seamus Blackley is best known for creating the Xbox game console. Now he wants to build a chocolate factory. One problem: Cacao trees don’t naturally grow in Los Angeles.

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