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The Scoop for Aug. 12, 2020

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The Scoop for Aug. 12, 2020

So what happens when your neighbors wake you up early every morning with their very loud leaf blowers? Well if your Toto guitarist Steve Lukather, you do what you do best… play guitar… really loudly.
Honestly, there are way worse ways to wake up. He should send them a bill for the performance. You know, just an added little dig.


John Stamos has apparently pick up a new hobby while in quarantine: knitting.
Ok, so it’s just a Geico commercial, but still, I imagine John would probably be a really good knitter… knittist? One who knits?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU_3WpHuvyE


Orlando Bloom has actually started a new quarantine hobby, LEGO.
I’m not going to lie… I’m always tempted when I cruise through the LEGO aisle to grab one of those big sets, you know, for the grand kids.


Bonus Scoop:

Will Smith is developing a reboot of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” . . . but this time he’s not doing it for laughs. This version will be a lot more serious. It’s based on a phony trailer that a guy named Morgan Cooper made last year called “Bel-Air”, that reimagined the show as a gritty drama. Morgan has been helping Will develop the show for about a year, and there’s been interest from several streaming services, including HBO Max, Peacock, and Netflix. Here’s the trailer from Morgan Cooper.


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