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The Cricket’s Daily 3: Get to know your ‘Star Wars’ characters

In this video grab made available by Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM on Thursday, May 22, 2014, J.J. Abrams, director of "Star Wars: Episode VII," talks to the fans from the movie set in the desert in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Walt Disney Pictures announced Thursday, Nov. 6, that the movie previously known only as “Episode VII” has been dubbed “The Force Awakens.” Disney also said that principle photography has wrapped on the J.J. Abrams-directed sequel six months after beginning. The film will be released in December 2015. (AP Photo/Lucasfilm Ltd., File)

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

• J.J. Abrams has revealed the names of some of the characters for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" in the nerd-coolest way possible: In a set of mock-up trading cards. [Entertainment Weekly]

• A lost Walt Disney cartoon — a Christmas short featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit — has been found in Norway. [The Huffington Post]

• Seth Rogen dodged reporters' questions at the premiere of "The Interview," his comedy about two goofballs recruited to assassinate Kim Jong-un, but he did praise embattled Sony Pictures co-chairman Amy Pascal "for having the balls to make this movie." [The Hollywood Reporter]

Actor Seth Rogen, right, and director Evan Goldberg attend the premiere of the feature film "The Interview" in Los Angeles on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (Photo by Dan Steinberg/Invision/AP Images)