The Cricket's Daily 3: Noah: 'You can be pro-cop and pro-black'

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Here's what's happening in pop culture:

• In a segment taped before the ambush of police officers in Dallas, "The Daily Show's" Trevor Noah made a plea for peace — with the observation that "you can be pro-cop and pro-black." [Entertainment Weekly]

• Actor-writer Simon Pegg says he must "respectfully disagree" with actor and gay-rights advocate George Takei over a character change in the upcoming "Star Trek Beyond" — reimagining Lt. Hikaru Sulu, the character Takei originated, as a gay man. [The Guardian]

• Keifer Sutherland has signed on for a supporting role in "Flatliners," a remake of the med-students-play-with-death thriller Sutherland co-starred in back in 1990. [Deadline]