Star sightings have become increasingly commonplace in the Big Easy, from seeing Scarlett Johansson in the grocery story to having A-list neighbours such as Nicolas Cage and Sandra Bullock.

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She does this now rather than ferry her doddering mother (a feisty Frances Sternhagen) to the grocery story or chitchat with her husband (a sad sack John Ellison Conlee) or hover over her daughter (a solid Phoebe Strole).

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Now a grocery story is getting in on the act, and not just because it wants to inject its aisles with a bit of glamour--it makes cold, hard business sense.

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As the story goes, the owner found the vehicle emitting smoke after returning from a grocery run, prompting a call to Fisker and then the local fire department, which arrived as it was already engulfed in flames.

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