{"id":16555,"date":"2020-08-12T09:35:02","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T13:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/?p=16555"},"modified":"2020-08-12T05:19:42","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T09:19:42","slug":"on-this-date-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/blogs\/mornings\/2020\/08\/on-this-date-2\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Date"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u27a2\u00a0 A single mom in L.A. lost her job because of the pandemic and only had $12 to her name.\u00a0 So she decided to invest it in her\u00a0eight-year-old son’s idea<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to start a business selling plants.\u00a0 It’s called “Aaron’s Garden,” and business is booming after he blew up on\u00a0Instagram<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 Someone also started a\u00a0GoFundMe<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0page that’s raised over $25,000.<\/p>\n

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\u27a2\u00a0 A man in Jamaica who won more than $95 Million in a lottery showed up to collect his winnings dressed as Darth Vader in an attempt to hide his identity. Lotto winners in Jamaica must show up in person to claim their winnings, but the man, who identified himself as W. Brown, said he disguised himself as the Star Wars villain because he likes to keep to himself.<\/p>\n

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\u27a2 Two kids accidentally smashed a $64,000 glass replica of a Disney castle at the Shanghai Museum of Glass.<\/p>\n

A museum spokesperson said they hit the exhibit counter when they were chasing each other.\u0094 Spanish artisan Miguel Arribas spent approximately 500 hours perfecting The Fantasy Castle, which features 30,000 individual pieces and 24-carat gold.<\/p>\n

But Miguel is taking it in stride, luckily it\u2019s not destroyed. As soon as travel restrictions are lifted, Miguel will go to Shanghai and do the repair. Miguel just is glad people are looking at his beautiful work. This is the second time The Fantasy Castle will require repairs. The first time was due to vibrations caused by local trains going back and forth.<\/p>\n

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\u27a2 WILL SMITH\u00a0<\/strong>is developing a reboot of\u00a0“The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>. . . but this time he’s not doing it for laughs.<\/p>\n

This version will be a lot more serious.\u00a0 It’s based on a phony trailer that a guy named Morgan Cooper made last year called\u00a0“Bel-Air”<\/strong><\/em>, that reimagined the show as a gritty drama.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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\u27a2 People are always saying, “You couldn’t remake\u00a0‘Blazing Saddles’\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>today.”\u00a0 But someone DID find a way to remake it . . . by turning it into a cartoon featuring CATS AND DOGS.<\/p>\n

The new version is called\u00a0“Blazing Samurai”\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>. . . and instead of a black sheriff in a Western town full of white people, we’ve got a DOG SAMURAI in a town full of CATS.<\/p>\n

The voice cast includes\u00a0Michael Cera<\/strong>,\u00a0Samuel L. Jackson<\/strong>,\u00a0Ricky Gervais<\/strong>,\u00a0George Takei<\/strong>,\u00a0and\u00a0Mel Brooks<\/strong>, who directed\u00a0“Blazing Saddles”\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>back in 1974.<\/p>\n

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TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n