The Cricket's Daily 3: 'The Last Ship' sails away

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Here's what's being talked about in pop culture:

• Sting's musical "The Last Ship," a look at life in an English shipyard community, will close its Broadway run on Jan. 24 — after only three months, and with Sting taking a supporting role. [The Guardian]

• Scarlett Johansson has been cast in the lead role in DreamWorks' live-action remake of the Japanese anime classic "Ghost in the Shell." Anything to keep her in training before Marvel finally green-lights a "Black Widow" movie. [Entertainment Weekly]

• Bess Myerson, who in 1945 became the only Jewish woman ever to win the title Miss America, has died at the age of 90. Myerson went on to be a TV personality, a consumer advocate, and a figure in New York City politics. [USA Today]