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George Clooney is just like us, maybe. The star said he does his own haircuts with a device famously touted in infomercials.In an interview on “CBS Sunday Morning,” the Oscar-winning actor and filmmaker said he's been cutting his own hair for more than two decades.“My hair is really like straw,” Clooney said of his thick, salt-and-pepper thatch. “So it's easy to cut, can't really make too many mistakes. So years ago, I bought a thing called a Flowbee.”“You did not,” said skeptical interviewer Tracy Smith.“The thing with the vacuum cleaner and clippers, yeah. I still have it,” Clooney replied. “My haircuts take, literally, two minutes. “Flowbee sales surged when the coronavirus pandemic limited access to salon and barber shops in some areas, Fortune magazine reported in late March. But as Clooney told CBS News correspondent Smith, he's been cutting his hair “for 25 years” and relies on the Flowbee.The product's Texas-based maker didn't immediately respond Sunday to a request for comment.The device, first marketed in the late 1980s, has become entrenched in popular culture: It was spoofed in the movie “Wayne's World” and served as a punchline in TV's “Glee” and “The Nanny.”Stan Rosenfield, Clooney's longtime publicist, said Sunday he didn't know if Clooney tends his own hair. Although the actor is famed for pranking his co-stars, Rosenfield said it seemed unlikely this was one of his practical jokes.———
LOS ANGELES — “Saturday Night Live” is giving country singer <b>Morgan Wallen</b> a do-over after booting him from its Oct. 10 lineup over COVID-19 safety concerns.The “More Than My Hometown” singer will return to the sketch-comedy series for its Dec. 5 show, hosted by Jason Bateman. Wallen was replaced in October by Jack White after video clips surfaced on social media showing him partying mask-free amid tightly packed crowds in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.“Let's try this again,” Wallen tweeted Wednesday, right after “SNL” tweeted out its planned hosts and guests for next month.In an apology video on Instagram after his cancellation, a contrite Wallen — who recently won new artist of the year at the 2020 CMA Awards — said “SNL” honcho Lorne Michaels let him know they would find another time to make up the appearance.“My actions this past weekend were pretty short-sighted, and they have obviously affected my long-term goals and my dreams,” the 27-year-old said in the Oct. 7 video, adding that he respected the show's decision regarding the COVID-19 transmission risk he would have presented.“And on a more personal note,” he added, “I think I have some growing up to do.“I think I've lost myself a little bt. I'm trying to find joy in the wrong places and it's left me with less joy. ... I'm going to take a step back from the spotlight for a little while and go work on myself.”“Saturday Night Live” also announced hosts and musical guests for the rest of its December shows: Timothee Chalamet and Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band on the 12th and Kristen Wiig with Dua Lipa on the 19th.
