It's Sunday and here's a handpicked selection of stories to give you a snapshot of trends, updates, business moves, and more from around the creator industry.

But first, a $6 million banana at an art museum has been eaten. The Centre Pompidou-Metz had to replace the infamous duct-taped banana after a guest snatched the original fruit off the wall for a snack.

CREATOR COMMOTION

TikTok said goodbye to 102-year-old Papa Jake

Creators are getting arrested, hitting the field, and quitting cold turkey

The TikTok icon: World War II veteran Jake Larson has passed away at age 102. The TikTok legend known as Papa Jake shared stories from his past with more than 1.2 million followers on the platform. He even won an Emmy Award late in his life for a collab with journalist Christiane Amanpour. RIP to a legend.

The recovery: Mang0 is getting sober. The Super Smash Bros competitor lost viewers and sponsors after acting drunk and disorderly on a stream hosted by Ludwig. He has quit drinking since that incident, and he has now been sober for three weeks. "Not a sip of alcohol and I don't really have an urge to drink," he said.

The prankster: TikToker Heston Cobb—aka Heston James—reaches 1.6 million followers with his prank content. But police in Tempe, Arizona collared Cobb after a string of disorderly conduct incidents were tied to his videos. This is your regular reminder that there's a difference between a funny prank and "one count of burglary in the third degree, two counts of criminal impersonation, five counts of disorderly conduct, and five counts of criminal trespass."

The soccer showdown: Lionel Messi didn't show at the MLS All-Star Game, but one of the biggest names in streaming made an appearance: iShowSpeed. (The YouTube star will show up anywhere if he gets a chance to do a Cristiano Ronaldo-style "siuuuu" in the process.)

The gamer: Long video game queue times got you down? Just beat an entirely different game in the interim. While waiting two-and-a-half hours to get into an Overwatch match, Twitch streamer Aspen booted up Minecraft, traveled to the Nether, and defeated the Ender Dragon.

SOCIAL MEDIA MAYHEM

This week in platform headlines…

The tech upgrade: Roblox is introducing enhanced age verification tools. The game creation platform will use facial-analysis software to prevent users under the age of 13 from accessing unfiltered chats. The technology here is more advanced than typical age verification tools, but if Roblox's young players can become millionaires thanks to their games, they can probably figure out a way to beat this system, too.

The safety alert: Snapchat's new feature informs your friends when you get home safely. When a Snapchat user walks through their front door, the "home safe alerts" will be sent to people who have shared their locations with that user. So if you're pretending to be tired to leave a boring party, you're going to need a new excuse now.

The shutdown: So long to social media platform Zeen. The startup launched in 2019 with a focus on privacy and a plan to appeal to Gen Z. Though its leadership team raised $9 million of VC funding, they announced that they will be shutting down the platform's operations.

THE BIZ

Keith Lee is teaming up with La La Land

From lattes to vinyls, creators' names are everywhere you look

The record: VivziePop's musical stylings have been recorded on vinyl. Animator Vivienne Medrano, who has more than 10 million subscribers on YouTube, is releasing a record that includes the first-season soundtrack from her show Helluva Boss. Multiple versions of the LP are available.

The beverage: Keith Lee's latte is in La La Land. The cafe chain teamed up with TikTok's favorite food reviewer for a specialty beverage available across all La La Land locations. Between this deal and Owen Han's La Brea partnership, the creator-to-cafe pipeline is currently going strong.

The boxing series: The internet's greatest trolls want to acquire Creator Clash. The influencer boxing series cancelled its third go-around after drama involving iDubbbz and Ethan Klein derailed the event. Now Klein wants to buy the Creator Clash brand, and so does the long-active dramamonger known as Keemstar. I'd imagine organizer Real Good Touring has some mixed feelings about those offers.

WATCH THIS 📺

Critical Role's first video game is due out later this year

The game: Dispatch is a management sim that takes place in a workplace filled with superheroes. The role-playing voice actors of Critical Role have been closely involved in the development of the game, working alongside AdHoc Studio to bring it to life.

If you think you're up to managing "a dysfunctional team of misfit heroes," you can check out a trailer for Dispatch here (or just go ahead and download the demo).

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