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FILE - This May 2, 2018 file photo shows the exterior of a Blockbuster Video store in Anchorage, Alaska. Despite the gift of the jockstrap worn by actor Russell Crowe in the 2005 movie "Cinderella Man" from HBO's John Oliver to bring traffic into the store, Blockbuster Alaska General Manager Kevin Daymude said the last two Blockbuster Video locations in Alaska will rent their last video on Sunday, July 15, 2018, apparently leaving the last Blockbuster Video in Bend, Ore. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

Blockbuster Video down to last U.S. store in Bend, Oregon, after Alaska locations close

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Actor Russell Crowe hosts the launch of the Global Slavery Index at the Shard in London, Tuesday, May 31, 2016. The Global Slavery Index for 2016 found slavery remains an issue all over the world, but Asia is the worst offender. North Korea had the highest prevalence with 4.37% of its population enslaved, followed by Uzbekistan at 3.97% and Cambodia with 1.65%. The report hailed the UK as having &quot;led the world&quot; in its anti-slavery strategy. The 2015 Modern Slavery Act toughened up laws and increased the sentence for the worst offenders to life imprisonment. (Lauren Hurley/PA via AP) UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVES

Blockbuster video hopes Russell Crowe’s jockstrap helps business

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FILE - In this June 1, 2005 file photo, Russell Crowe arrives for the premiere of &quot;Cinderella Man&quot; in New York. John Oliver of HBO's &quot;Last Week Tonight&quot; is trying to give one of the remaining Blockbuster Video locations in Alaska a little help in drawing customers. On Sunday, April 15, 2018, Oliver offered to send the store the jockstrap that Crowe wore in &quot;Cinderella Man&quot; and other movie clothing obtained by the show at a celebrity auction. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Russell Crowe movie jockstrap gifted to Alaska Blockbuster

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