The Cricket's Daily 3: BAFTAs batty for 'Budapest'

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Here's what is happening in pop culture:

• The BAFTA nominations are out, and "The Grand Budapest Hotel" leads with 11 nods. It's up for Best Film along with "Birdman," "Boyhood," "The Imitation Game" and "The Theory of Everything." [The Hollywood Reporter]

• Sia is apologizing for the sexualized scenario of her new video "Elastic Hearts," which shows actor Shia LaBeouf in a cage facing off against a 12-year-old dancer. [Entertainment Weekly]

• Two entertainments greats have died: Rod Taylor, the suave Australian actor who was the leading man in "The Birds" and "The Time Machine," has died at 84; and gospel legend Andrae Crouch, who worked on "The Color Purple" and with such stars as Madonna and Michael Jackson, has died at 72. [USA Today, The Washington Post]