The Cricket's Daily 3: Smith, Sam Smith

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Here's what is happening in pop culture:

• British crooner Sam Smith has recorded "Writing's on the Wall," the theme song to "Spectre," the new James Bond movie. [Entertainment Weekly]

• On a slow Labor Day weekend, the Christian drama "War Room" topped the weekend box office with $9.3 million. Rounding out the top five: "Straight Outta Compton," "A Walk in the Woods," "The Transporter Refueled" and "Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation." [Box Office Mojo]

• Two iconic actors of '60s-'70s TV have died: Martin Milner, who starred in the road show "Route 66" and the police procedural "Adam-12," was 83; and Judy Carne, best known as the "Sock-It-to-Me" girl on "Laugh-In," was 75. [USA Today, Washington Post]