Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Brentwood School, the elite K-12 institution in West Los Angeles, has received a Paycheck Protection Program loan, according to an April 24 newsletter it sent to parents, joining a number of exclusive schools throughout the country that have secured government financial aid due to coronavirus disruptions.The private school, which has more than 1,100 students spread across two campuses, said that the loan, approved and funded in mid-April, would “help us enormously as we move forward into a financially ambiguous future” brought on by...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Brentwood School, the elite K-12 institution in West Los Angeles, has received a Paycheck Protection Program loan, according to an April 24 newsletter it sent to parents, joining a number of exclusive schools throughout the country that have secured government financial aid due to coronavirus disruptions.The private school, which has more than 1,100 students spread across two campuses, said that the loan, approved and funded in mid-April, would “help us enormously as we move forward into a financially ambiguous future” brought on by...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Brenna Coogle frequented the Paramount Drive-In as a child growing up in Lakewood but hadn’t been there in about 30 years.On Tuesday night, however, she decided to visit it for a showing of Pixar Animation Studios’ “Onward” with her 9-year-old son and friends.Moments before previews began, Coogle stood near her car under a darkening sky and considered how the coronavirus had upended daily life. She said the widening pandemic made her feel she couldn’t go most places — including a conventional movie theater — and she yearned for a...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Brenna Coogle frequented the Paramount Drive-In as a child growing up in Lakewood but hadn’t been there in about 30 years.On Tuesday night, however, she decided to visit it for a showing of Pixar Animation Studios’ “Onward” with her 9-year-old son and friends.Moments before previews began, Coogle stood near her car under a darkening sky and considered how the coronavirus had upended daily life. She said the widening pandemic made her feel she couldn’t go most places — including a conventional movie theater — and she yearned for a...WW…

Rare Super Mario Bros 'test launch' copy sells for $140,000 in record price for a video gameShareA copy of the much-loved Super Mario Bros for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) has sold for a blistering $140,000 in the United States — a record price for a video game.Before you go digging for the old cartridge in your cupboard or go visit a flea market, this copy of the 34-year-old classic is particularly rare and its like has never been seen before on the market in such immaculate condition.It handily beat the previous record, a copy of Super Mario Bros from a later print run that .Of...…Rare Super Mario Bros 'test launch' copy sells for $140,000 in record price for a video gameShareA copy of the much-loved Super Mario Bros for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) has sold for a blistering $140,000 in the United States — a record price for a video game.Before you go digging for the old cartridge in your cupboard or go visit a flea market, this copy of the 34-year-old classic is particularly rare and its like has never been seen before on the market in such immaculate condition.It handily beat the previous record, a copy of Super Mario Bros from a later print run that .Of...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | As a boy growing up in Seoul, Ed Kwon collected books about magic. The craft became an obsession, and he pored over literature illuminating mysterious tricks of master illusionists.One of the first things he noticed was that many of the volumes referenced the same place: a private club in Hollywood where the world’s top magicians congregated.The Magic Castle.He began to dream about performing at the venue, envisioning himself as a conquering neophyte who could captivate a room of bejeweled guests with the flash of his playing cards.For years, Kwon...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | As a boy growing up in Seoul, Ed Kwon collected books about magic. The craft became an obsession, and he pored over literature illuminating mysterious tricks of master illusionists.One of the first things he noticed was that many of the volumes referenced the same place: a private club in Hollywood where the world’s top magicians congregated.The Magic Castle.He began to dream about performing at the venue, envisioning himself as a conquering neophyte who could captivate a room of bejeweled guests with the flash of his playing cards.For years, Kwon...WW…