Early Addition: Inside The 'Billionaire Fantasy' Playground That Is Hudson Yards
Feb. 19, 2019, 11:25 a.m.
Because Diddy's wax figure was disfigured, check out today's midday links: Hudson Yards billionaire's playground, Bernie Sanders announced prez run, RIP Karl Lagerfeld, 'Office Space' oral history, Motley Crue movie trailer, and sleepy pupper.

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- Designer Karl Lagerfeld has died. He was 85.
- Deja Bern: Bernie Sanders officially announced he is running for president again.
- A man decapitated, stomped upon the head of Diddy's wax figure at Madame Tussauds.
- CBS has more details on the complex Jussie Smollett case: the brothers reportedly told detectives the three men rehearsed the attack days prior to it happening, and Smollett paid the brothers $3,500.
- NY Magazine has a cover story about Hudson Yards and how the soon-to-open agglomeration of supertall office towers is a billionaire’s fantasy.
- Mel Magazine goes inside the world of men who escort for women — the least talked about category in sex work.
- Ryan Adams's guitarist, Todd Wisenbaker, urged Adams to "get help" in an Instagram post: "There were times when I chose to believe his insane version of the truth because it was easier than believing that anyone is capable of being this much of a monster. It’s sickening and embarrassing. I’ve recently learned that pretty much everything he’s ever told me is a lie upon a lie upon a lie."
- The Ringer has an oral history of Office Space.
- A quick-thinking NJ Transit engineer saved a small dog after it ended up on the train tracks.
- A JetBlue passenger was kicked off a flight after throwing a tantrum about sitting next to a child.
- This week's Sex Diary at The Cut about an Upper East Side mom is a true nightmare read.
- The Dirt, which was a very entertaining book about the misogynistic, violent scumbags in Motley Crue, has been turned into a Netflix movie—check out the trailer here.
- And finally, TOO SLEEPY, BACK 2 BED:
I’ll just wait here while you go shopping dear. 😴
📹: harukaebisawa pic.twitter.com/0t8s5EjZid— Cute Emergency (@CuteEmergency) February 18, 2019