Friday, June 5, 2026

Markiplier Sells Iron Lung Directly On YouTube, Apparently No Other Movie Or Show Does This

 By Jonathan Bilski

I was trying to explain it some friends and it's kind of weird as no one else has the deal. I didn't even realize I already ready about here over at IndieWire.  

Markiplier Made $50 Million at the Box Office. YouTube Wouldn’t Let Him Sell It on His Own Channel 

So, everything else on YouTube you buy or rent is from a third party. No one has the deal the streamer Markiplier has. You just buy it from Mark and he has to give some profit to YouTube. Everything else on YouTube uses a third party to do this. So, another hand takes money from the pot of your movie. In Mark's case, it's just YouTube as it's the place hosting it for purchase.

The article alludes to YouTube not really caring about changing this up and Markiplier going to some great lengths like having to ask the CEO of YouTube to even do this. But, it means a lot more money for him.

It raises the question,  why doesn't YouTube allow this a let's creators earn as much as they can on their platform.

 

 

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LACMA Grand Opening Weekend June 18–22

 The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announces its Grand Opening Weekend, a community celebration of the new David Geffen Galleries. On June 18–22, the museum will host an array of dynamic programming, including a free, campus-wide Block Party, The Genesis Talks: Thelma Golden in conversation with Michael Govan, and SPIRITS Summer Solstice Dance with Richie Hawtin and john gerrard, and more.

On Saturday, June 20, the Block Party will offer free museum admission, family-
friendly art activities, live music and DJ sets, and a hand-selected restaurant showcase across the museum’s campus. Designed for all ages, the day-long Block Party will be capped by the first Los Angeles edition of The Art Parade, in
collaboration with art dealer and curator Jeffrey Deitch, activating Wilshire Boulevard in front of the museum. The Block Party and The Art Parade are presented by East West Bank Foundation, which is committed to expanding access to arts, education,
and cultural engagement.

Michael Govan, LACMA CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director, said, “With the
completion of the David Geffen Galleries and the expansion of our campus, LACMA
has added acres of street-level space where we can install public artworks and
engage the entire community. We felt the occasion called for a celebratory summer
Block Party—and we look forward to welcoming everyone.”

The LACMA Block Party will offer:
Free Gallery Access (10 am–7 pm)
Free tickets to the new 110,000-square-foot David Geffen Galleries as well as the
Resnick Pavilion and BCAM, where nine special exhibitions are on view, including
Fashioning Chinese Women: Empire to Modernity, which opens on June 14.

The Art Parade (6 pm)
Conceived two decades ago in New York by Jeffrey Deitch, The Art Parade brings together more than 1,000 artists in a creative procession that transforms the streets into a living gallery. This first Los Angeles edition of The Art Parade, in collaboration with Deitch, will showcase mobile sculptures, costumes, banners, inflatables, music,
and movement-based works that activate public space through collective artistic expression, and underscores LACMA’s longstanding commitment to celebrating artists and presenting art in public spaces.

Music (10 am–6 pm | DJ sets and music performances; 6 pm | Latin Sounds)
Highlighting Los Angeles as a hub of world-class musical artists, the Block Party will
feature live music and DJs beginning at 10 am, continuing throughout the day. As part
of LACMA’s Latin Sounds concert series, Los Angeles’s own Roosevelt Cordova,
known worldwide as “El Presidente de la Salsa,” will perform at 6 pm.

NexGenLA Zone: Art-Making Activities (10 am–3 pm)
The whole family is invited to explore the joy of art-making through free, hands-on
creative workshops and activities taking place across LACMA’s campus, including a
Pop-Up Workshop at the Boone Children's Gallery, located inside the W.M. Keck
Education Center, LACMA's new home for hands-on learning. LACMA’s Maya Mobile
will also be open for tours. Families can create keepsakes, discover new ways to
make art together, and take a little piece of the museum home with them.

Food

Los Angeles food and culture platform MAMA has curated a roster of 15 vendors for
the Block Party, representing the global spectrum of L.A.’s cuisine, including Fuegos,
Heng Heng Chicken Rice, Riviera Seafood Club, Bridgetown Roti, and many more.
On Sunday, June 21, LACMA will continue the weekend’s events by hosting the next
installment of The Genesis Talks. Thelma Golden, Studio Museum in Harlem director
and chief curator, and Michael Govan, LACMA CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director,
will discuss the role of museums in shaping public narratives and consider how
exhibitions and programs can respond to the urgent issues of our time. (5 pm, $10 /
$8 members)

At 6:30 pm, LACMA will host a free summer solstice dance party, SPIRITS Summer
Solstice Dance, featuring a DJ performance by pioneering electronic artist Richie
Hawtin (aka Plastikman) in celebration of the cycle of john gerrard’s solar artwork
SPIRITS, presented by LACMA’s Art+Technology Lab. The evening will include a
large-scale installation and live performance of
SPIRITS.

Other programming for the weekend includes a talk with celebrated photographer
Annie Liebovitz on June 18, Jazz at LACMA on June 19, a special site-specific
performance by L.A. Dance Project’s City of Dance on June 21, soccer watch parties
on June 18 and June 21, a soccer juggling and accuracy workshop on June 21, and
mindfulness programs on June 22. For more information, visit lacma.org/third-
weekends.

Go Metro. The D Line now brings you directly to LACMA (Wilshire/Fairfax Station).
Tour Metro Art at the station and explore the Metro Art Bus during the Block Party.
Plan your trip at metro.net.
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Thursday, June 4, 2026

The Boys Aren't Dead Yet, The Boys: Glory Hall Free Pop-Up Museum This Weekend Jun 6-7

 

The Boys: Glory Hall Free Pop-Up Museum
June 6-7 Sat 10am–6:30pm, Sun 9am–3:30pm
Hollywood Legion Theater
2035 N Highland Ave
Los Angeles 90068
Free, First Come, First In 
 

The Boys: Glory Hall is a nice reminder to check out the last season of the show and if you're lucky enough to be in LA, check out a massive amount of props from the show before it's probably auctioned off. So see costumes, sets, easter eggs and more. 

For a show mocking all the grandeur of cape sh*t, it does a great job of just being it. They do have a special gift shop with exclusive stuff. Here's hope they limit everything to *one per person.

I believe that hall was just rented out for a special showing of The Furious, hope the money gets given right back to the VA. 

 
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Christopher Nolan’s THE ODYSSEY (2026) in 70mm at Directors Village in Westwood & Aero Theatre & Many More Theaters

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Anime Riverside 2026: Top Cosplay

 

Here's the top cosplay from Anime Riverside 2026.










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Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Anime Riverside 2026: Welcome Back Summer Cons

 By Jonathan Bilski

Rock out to Alien Ant Farm you Otaku people as downtown Riverside is taken over by aliens, robots ,maids and ghosts over two days. TTDILA will keep you in the loop as we play the latest and greatest in bands from the 2000's and anime theme songs. Wait...this already happened? And, radio DJ skits are played out? Well, too bad! Cuz, TTDILA covered again this year.
 
As per usual will have follow-up articles on all our favorite moments, our fav cosplays and of course, photos from the JoJo Pose-Off! For now sink into our looks and Artist Alley and the Main Hall from Anime Riverside 2026. We also have our take from the Anime Slam Professional Wrestling and gripes we had as there was some obvious downturns, like the Marriot no longer being part of it. And, we'll go over as best we can here and over the next few days.
 
You could still it was special for quite a few people getting to meet so many of the amazing voice actors who've been in...well everything. Honestly, it is amazing the voice talent that comes out for this. We stopped in a local book store near the convetion center; actually called Downtowne Bookstore. Where the young man behind the counter was super stoked to get an autograph from a prominent voice actor and was going to check out the Anime Riverside after party and go the 2nd day of the con. He seemed like he was in anime heaven getting to talk anime and gaming with people.
 
Meanwhile, just outside his store there was a semi-Artist Alley and place to grab snacks called Otaku Market. This was a bit sparse, but a nice idea. It could have be clumped closer together and had the same effect. The booths seemed a little lonely.
 
What also seemed lonely was the walk all the way to the other side of the convention center. Sheesh. They did it last year, and no one liked it, and I still can't say I'm a fan, but entry is oddly on the side of the convention center facing away from where ALL THE WALK-ABLE SHOPS ARE!
 
You might have noticed something else missing from the con this year depending on which way you went to collect your badge. The Marriot! Not sure why, but Anime Riverside didn't use the very adjacent hotel that has been used every year before for arcade, karaoke, maid cafe & more. 
 
A Little Tight
This meant those places had to take up space in the convention center which took out half the panels. Because, it literally took panel space. Sigh.
 
Called the Marriot. They said Anime Riverside just chose not to work with them this year. Seems, like it was a bad choice. I can only speculate it was a financial choice and hopefully next year they have enough to make a deal again.
 
 
 
 
 
Comfy Karaoke

Other than that it was time to see people fight over CHEEEEEESE!!! Anime Slam Professional Wrestling, why are you so good to me? To us? We got to see the ridiculous "fight"...spectacle of Team Adult Swim: The Smiling Friends (Alan & Charlie) vs. Team Toonami: Son Goku & Sasuke Uchiha. It drew a lovely crowd outside, sadly lasted 20 minutes and blew people's minds.
Smiling Friend's shaking the crowd's hands


If you were a fan, as many were, of Dragon Ball, Naruto and Smiling Friends you would get many of the jokes from the wrestlers who aren't miked. Kind of hard to hear, but whatever. And, even if you weren't, you have to commend their showmanship. For when whomever was playing Alan took out some cheese and it was thrown out of his hand, by G-d, did you understand his feelings when he said, "ALL I WANTED WAS SOME CHEESE!!!" And, did those fists did fly, and kicks did connect in the worst cosplay I have ever seen, but it was stupid, yet entertaining. Oh, they had the crow hooting and a hollering and yelling cheese!
 

That's not even the main stage, main stage had Alien Ant Farm on Sunday. But, before that, they had 
panels from top animes like Attack on Titan's dub cast and cosplay contests and concerts.  

Got to say it was nice to see some late night content and to see some comedians again for a panel. So, you had stuff for the fam during the day and at night, much more for teens and the adults.
 

more after the jump

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Did You See Backrooms Over The Weekend?

If not, we highly recommend you do and go in blind. It's weird. And, though it fits with Gen Z, those who've been playing PC games and been watching anime since the 90's it's here for you too. Oh, and a great time piece as it take place right at the start of the 90's.

There's been some fun unofficial marketing since the movie has come out. Since the backrooms is based on internet lore businesses don't have to get approval to use the dreary look of the film for their ads. So IKEA Canada and McDonald's made some "interesting" choices promoting their brands as the movie just came out, but aren't official sponsors of it. 

 


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