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The Cricket’s Daily 3: George Lucas can shut up now

Carrie Fisher appears on stage at the Comedy Central "Roast of Roseanne" at the Hollywood Palladium on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012, in Los Angeles. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP)

Here's what is happening in pop culture:

• George Lucas jokingly referred to Disney as "white slavers" to whom he sold his "kids" — the "Star Wars" franchise — in an interview with Charlie Rose that once again demonstrates Lucas still doesn't fully understand what he created. [Entertainment Weekly]

• President Barack Obama teamed up with Jerry Seinfeld for the comic's "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" web series — once again pitching the Affordable Care Act to millennials. [Vulture]

• Staying home tonight for New Year's Eve? Here's a handy guide of who's going to be on TV. [The Hollywood Reporter]

The 2015 Kennedy Center Honors Honorees, from left, actress Cicely Tyson, conductor Seiji Ozawa, actress and singer Rita Moreno, filmmaker George Lucas, and singer-songwriter Carole King stand on stage during a reception for them in the East Room of the White House, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)