The Cricket's Daily 3: From getting roses to getting them

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Here's what is happening in pop culture:

• Ben Higgins is your next rose distributor on "The Bachelor." The 26-year-old software salesman came in third place in the last season of "The Bachelorette," meaning that TV has defied physics and has created a perpetual-motion machine. [ABC]

• Vin Diesel confirms that he will start filming a "xXx" sequel in December. [Vulture]

• Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker will be making his Broadway debut this spring, playing a drunken small-time hustler in a revival of Eugene O'Neill's "Hughie." [The Hollywood Reporter]