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IRVINE-CA-JUNE 23, 2022: Mike Ybarra, chief of video game studio Blizzard Entertainment, is photographed at the company's headquarters in Irvine. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

Blizzard’s new boss wants to have fun with games. But first, his company is in a crisis

Blizzard Entertainment has been singled out as a symbol of the male-dominated gaming community’s worst impulses. Mike Ybarra aims to change that.

Tessa Thompson as King Valkyrie in Marvel Studios' "Thor: Love and Thunder."

Will ‘Thor’s’ Valkyrie ever find love in the MCU? Here’s what Tessa Thompson had to say

Serena Williams and Olympia NFT drawn by Amanda Conner.

Superhero Serena NFT ushers in Zestworld’s artist commission tool

Here’s Anime Expo 2022’s best costumes in GIF form

How Disney’s ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ changes Princess Leia’s legacy forever

‘Lightyear’s’ Alisha Hawthorne breaks new ground for Pixar. She wasn’t part of the original pitch

Here’s why ‘Lightyear’ has a post-credits scene. It involves a sequel and Disney+

‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge’ is way more than retro-cool

‘You can always come up with new ways to scare people’: The ‘visceral’ horror of ‘Callisto Protocol’

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Los Angeles, CA - June 04: Actor and filmmaker Bryce Dallas Howard poses for a portrait at the Four Seasons Hotel on Saturday, June 4, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA. She is reprising her role in the dino sequel "Jurassic World: Dominion." Offscreen, Howard also continues to build her resume as a director ("The Mandalorian," "The Book of Boba Fett" and the upcoming "Flight of the Navigator" remake). (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

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With ‘Jurassic World’ ending, Bryce Dallas Howard is ready for her next act. (Hint: It’s not acting.)

As Bryce Dallas Howard embraces a move behind the camera, including with the ‘Star Wars’ franchise, she’s also wrapping the biggest series of her acting career.

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