Early Addition: World's Last Blockbuster 'Almost Re-Energized'
March 7, 2019, 11:39 a.m.
Because you've never put a giant portrait on a Park Avenue building, check out today's midday links: Brazil golden showers, world's last Blockbuster, R. Kelly taken into custody, Taylor Swift break-in, and two beautiful freaks.

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- The New York Times Magazine's music issue is out this weekend, and it includes the annual feature in which writers go off on their favorite songs right now.
- Nothing screams "I love you" like putting up a giant portrait of you and your wife on the side of a Park Avenue building.
- R. Kelly, who was taken into custody yesterday for unpaid child support, has been accused of statutory rape with a 13-year-old girl, whom he allegedly infected with herpes.
- House Democrats are allegedly skittish over going after Trump's kids too hard, even though they're all entangled with his various shady and potentially illegal deals.
- Things sound like they are going swell over in Brazil.
- The world's last Blockbuster in Oregon has no plans of closing.
- A Pennsylvania lawmaker wants the state to lead the charge on banning DST.
- Martin Shkreli is reportedly still running his company from prison (with a contraband cell phone).
- The same man sentenced last month for breaking into Taylor Swift's Tribeca townhouse to take a nap was nabbed again today after he allegedly used a concrete block to smash a glass patio door and ransacked her place.
- Here is an incredibly gross glimpse into the entangled world of Hollywood favoritism, as seen through leaked text messages between Kevin Tsujihara, actress Charlotte Kirk and partners Brett Ratner and James Packer.
- Check out the trailer for Non-Fiction, the new movie from Olivier Assayas starring Juliette Binoche.
- CBD company Charlotte's Web is led by seven brothers, which is TOO many brothers.
- And finally, look at these beautiful freaks:
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— Puppies 🐶 (@PopularPups) March 7, 2019