The Cricket's Daily 3: 'Hunger Games' and Zac Efron's abs

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

• "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" took Best Movie at the MTV Movie Awards, while its stars, Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson, won best female and male performances. But all anybody cares about is how Zac Efron showed off his chest. [Entertainment Weekly, twice]

• "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" edged out "Rio 2" in the weekend box office. [Box Office Mojo]

• Director Baz Luhrmann ("The Great Gatsby," "Moulin Rouge") is in talks to direct "Kung Fu," a reboot of the '70s David Carradine east-meets-Western TV series. [The Hollywood Reporter]