The Cricket's Daily 3: Mariah Carey's weird end to 2016

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Here's what's being talked about in pop culture, on the first days of 2017:

• Mariah Carey's onstage meltdown during "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest" is a thing of legend and viral video. Of course, Carey's people are blaming the show's producers. [The Huffington Post]

• "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" led all competition on the New Year's weekend, adding another $64.3 million in four days. [Box Office Mojo]

• The year 2016 took one last celebrity away from us on New Year's Eve: William Christopher, the actor best known for playing Father Mulcahy on the TV series "M*A*S*H," died at the age of 84. [CNN]