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The Cricket’s Daily 3: Beckham says goodbye to soccer

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:30:30 MDT

The Cricket’s Daily 3: Beckham says goodbye to soccer

By Sean P. Means The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 17, 2013 09:30AM MDT

Here’s what’s happening today in pop culture: • David Beckham is retiring from soccer, leaving more time for his careers as underwear model and Posh Spice’s arm candy. [NPR] • Looks like Nicki Minaj won’t be returning to “American Idol” next season, prompting the question, “Does anybody really care about “American Idol” anymore?” [Vulture] • The rumor mill around “Saturday Night Live” is churning, with reports that regulars Fred Armisen and Jason Sudeikis are probably leaving at the end of the ...

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The Cricket’s Daily 3: Ray Harryhausen, maker of monsters, dies

Wed, 08 May 2013 09:22:52 MDT

The Cricket’s Daily 3: Ray Harryhausen, maker of monsters, dies

By Sean P. Means The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 8, 2013 09:22AM MDT

Here’s what’s happening today in pop culture: • Ray Harryhausen, the stop-motion genius who made movie monsters move in the days before computer animation and inspired generations of filmmakers (as well as the restaurant in “Monsters, Inc.”), has died at the age of 92. Among his movies were “Mighty Joe Young” (1949), “Twenty Million Miles to Earth” (1957), “One Million Years B.C.” (1966) and the original “Clash of the Titans” (1980). [ComingSoon.net] • Singer Lauryn Hill has been sentenced to th...