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Times SquareGo Go Curry on West 38th Street was transformed into a 1970s Times Square massage harem for the film, “All Good Things,” starring Kirsten Dunst and Ryan Gosling. (Photo: Jennifer 8. Lee/The New York Times)

The word “peep” on 42nd Street is more likely than not to be preceded by “Little Bo” these days. So what if you need the sex shops and porn shows of 1970s Times Square for a movie shoot? You recreate it.

And on Wednesday, a movie crew recreated the old 42nd Street on today’s West 38th Street just off of Eighth Avenue, for the film “All Good Things” starring Kirsten Dunst and Ryan Gosling, set for release next year. Read more …

Strip ClubX Dreams, a Long Island sex shop, has had a spate of robberies in recent months. (Photo: Corey Kilgannon/The New York Times)

X Dreams, an adult entertainment business in an industrial section of West Babylon, N.Y., has a lot of regular customers, who pay cash for lap dances, pornographic videos and admission to the erotic theater.

But now the police say the Long Island sex shop also had a regular robber.
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