The Cricket's Daily 3: ABC drops the ax on Kermit

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

• ABC has cancelled "The Muppets," the detective show "Castle," the nighttime soap "Nashville" and Marvel's "Agent Carter." [Newsday]

• Dionne Warwick announced at Cannes that a biopic of her life is in the works, with Destiny's Child alum LeToya Luckett playing Warwick. Also in the cast: Lady Gaga as Warwick's "musical nemesis" Cilla Black, and Olympia Dukakis as Warwick's mentor Marlene Dietrich. [The Hollywood Reporter]

• Katherine Dunn, the Portland, Ore., author of the cult-fave novel "Geek Love," has died at the age of 70. [Vulture]