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Here's what is happening in pop culture:
• Haskell Wexler, the legendary cinematographer, filmmaker and social activist, died Sunday at the age of 93. Wexler won Oscars for his work on "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and "Bound For Glory," and also shot the movies "In the Heat of the Night," "Matewan" and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," worked on "American Graffiti and "The Conversation," directed the landmark semi-documentary counter-culture movie "Medium Cool," and advocated for better working conditions on film sets. [Los Angeles Times]
• "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" went past the $1 billion mark in global box office on Sunday, the fastest movie ever to do that. Domestically, it won the weekend with a $153.5 million take — far ahead of the No. 2 movie, the comedy "Daddy's Home," which earned $38.8 million. [Box Office Mojo]
• George "Meadowlark" Lemon, who led the Harlem Globetrotters in their basketball antics from the mid-'50s to the late '70s, died Sunday at the age of 83. [ESPN]