Special Screenings of Exit 8 This April

Experience the “heart pounding” EXIT 8 followed by in-person Q&As with director Genki Kawamura. Opens only in theaters April 10.

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— NEON (@neonrated) April 3, 2026

I'd get tickets early for the Del Toro one. 

Universal Starway Slide April Fools Prank

Big news! Introducing the Starway Slide - a new way to get from the Upper Lot to the Lower Lot. Opens April 1. pic.twitter.com/vMkSXiN5TF

— Universal Studios Hollywood (@UniStudios) April 1, 2026

We wanted this one to be real so bad. 

Gallery 1988 Calling It Quits

 

Sad news, Gallery 1988, one of or earliest and most prolific of galleries we've covered is winding down operations this April. Jeez, we've covered countless openings and shows at the gallery...when they still had a physical gallery. The news dropped yesterday, April 1st, making many people hope it was a poorly conceived April Fools prank. Alas, it's not. After two decades and more of seeing scores of amazing artists do pieces based on movies, TV, anime, games and more...Gallery 1988 is shutting down. The pop culture we're losing made better by artists taking it to another level; it's gonna be missed. 

 

From Olly Moss Solo Show

Here's coverage from one of our fav artists from the gallery, it's the Olly Moss Solo Show

Hitchcocked At The Olly Moss Art Show Part 1

Olly Moss Solo Show Part 2 

 

You can read Katie Sutton's goodbye post on social media below. Her and Jensen Karp are or soon...were the co-owner's of Gallery 1988.
 

"Guys what can I say… after 22 years we’re closing down the gallery. These past few years have been hard, and the market is the worst I’ve seen it in over two decades. I really tried to keep things going, especially for our amazing artists, but sadly here we are… April will be our last month. 
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Beyond the sadness of this decision, I take so much comfort reflecting on what we built. Jensen and I never in a million years could have imagined the gallery would become what it did. How lucky were we? We got to work on the most incredible projects with the most creative and talented artists. We were just kids but we got to meet the coolest people and literally grow up alongside them in this weird, beautiful, fun space. It really was the best job in the world. 
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Thank you to everyone who stepped foot inside the gallery, or bought a piece, or told their friends about us. We loved being the place where people made their very first art purchase ❤️  And to our amazing staff who hung on despite the neverending chaos. 
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And most of all thank you to every single artist who trusted us with their work. Without you guys we were nothing. You all built the gallery and I am forever grateful. 
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Fuck AI art and PLEASE keep supporting human artists 🙏 The people we worked with can create artwork far superior to anything a computer can spit out. If you love the type of art we showed, below are some places you can still find it.
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💛 Katie

The Furious Special Screening May 25th

 

We heard it was brutal over at Beyond Fest last year, but this level of carnage looks epic, Furious is the must see martial arts movie of 2026. And, seeing Yayan Ruhian in the trailer always makes an impact. You might remember him kick butt in every movie he;s been in since The Raid. There's gonna be a special screening a few days before it goes to more theaters, thanks to Big Bad Film Fest. If you want to see it on the big screen May 25th with an audience craving blood, get tickets here and read more about it here. Or you can wait like a regular Joe for its May 29th release without the fanfare. 

Gonna be honest, not loving the poster by Drew Wills through BOND, Lionsgate should have hired Phantom City Creative again. Maybe, on the special Blu-ray release.

WonderCon 2026: Send Help?

 By Jonathan Bilski

Do you know we have Supergirl, Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Avengers: Doomsday out this year? Well, WB's and Disney forgot to mention them at WonderCon. Really, almost everybody forgot WonderCon with no major booth being at the con this year. No Funkos. No Bandai Namcos. No nothing. Though, giving props to Send Help. They had an escape room to promote the release of the movie on digital to rent. (In an announcer voice) It's a fun new horror comedy from Sam Raimi. Blood, guts, in an island adventure, check it out.

After almost beating the free Send Help Escape Room with a random group of fellow escapees, but losing by seconds, the shame, the con became a blur of random nerd and fan booths. An artist alley island, like some leprosy colony. And, panels of random content, but of no big shows or movies or even mid-tier or low level shows coming out. Ohhh, there was a Regular Show Panel.

WonderCon had become more of a fan convention than a big name convention with cool schwag and promotions and special screenings seen in yesteryear. There's endless speculation from Hollywood not being so hot right now to gas prices. Whatever the reason, it's noticeable to not see a giant head of Bill Murray and Zendaya promoting Shrek 5.

Giant Zendaya heads aside, I'll break down some of the highlights below, because it was still nice to wander and easily eat up a day or two there. Let's you and I get lost in the show floor for hours with so many different fandoms. Or get lost in a convo with someone of similar interests. Oh, and of course they had actual comic book writers to talk to and voice actors to gab with. But, I'd probably just yell at Joshua Williamson, then here his opinion.

 

The collection of professional artists and art you can collect at WonderCon remains intact. With a large collection of goods Amazon is never gonna carry makes it a must for any fan wanting to get something to adorn their home or office. I can just grab something, be it clothes or art and put it on or up and say, I'm a bigger fan than you and not just in size.

 

Steve Minty was back showcasing he's wonderful collection of bottle openers, pins, keychains and more. We've been checking out his booth since back in the days of DCon in Pasadena. "I'm happy to be back at WonderCon. The community is always super fun and it's a really good show, so far." He's always making new stuff so it's always great to see what new playing cards or whatever comes in. He should be at Comic-Con later this year.

more after the jump, including cosplay

The Real L.A. Material (April Fools 2026)

 -Editorial

 

 

 

As some of you might have been reading, a new news site launched a week ago, but what you didn't know was that it was a stolen idea from Things To Do In LA/ TTDILA. As such, we're presenting THE REAL L.A. MATERIAL. The new site that should have been, with the in-depth stories on LA and pop-culture instead of that garbage rag that some former L.A. Time poo-poo heads put out. Please enjoy the latest news in the sweet vulnerable underbelly of our fair city of LA.

 

 Your Truly,

Ayes Avenport

Editor-n-Chief of The Real L.A. Material 

Five Minutes Before My Pants Blew Up With Diarrhea In The L.A. Mayoral Race (April Fools 2026)

 

By Ulia Ick

1st Minute

On this balmy morning, only five minutes remained before, my pants would have a hole in them. If only I could get into the stall being used by Mayor Karen Bass in this unisex restroom in town hall. I say, "Ms. Mayor are you almost done in there, I know you have a lot on your plate, but I had a lot on mine." Why did I go for the hottest bird at Howlin' Ray's?

2nd Minute

Another stall, opens, but before I can get to it, Nithya Raman, Los Angeles City Councilmember, blindsides me and takes it. "Oh, c'mon," I shout. "Weren't you just waiting for the mayor?" I spout. At least from that end. My other end isn't looking so good.

3rd Minute

I think I'm seeing new colors. Bass and Raman are just going at it. And by it, I mean farting. Finally some relief, when I hear a flush, but I'm pushed aside by County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath. I fall to the ground. Almost leaking. She doesn't say, "Excuse me", she just takes another stall as I crawl, one hand holding my stomach, the other holding my butt.

4th minute

Why can't I just poop? Tech entrepreneur Adam Miller is why, he steps in on his phone, trips over me and never looks up. As he gets up, he somehow gets into a stall as someone gets out like some sort of French comedian in a 60's movies. I'd laugh, if it didn't mean I being adding artwork to the walls.

5th minute

Rick Caruso comes in. Surveys the situation. He sees me in my time of need. Rick tells me, "Come here, let me show you something." I get up and follow him just outside. He takes out a key and unlocks a door next to the restroom. It slowly opens. It's some sort of private restroom. It's magical. A beautiful looking art deco design with the contemporary needs of the average LAian met. He then tells me, "You should have voted for me for mayor." And, slams the door in my face.

Then, I crapped my pants.