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The Cricket’s Daily 3: Lemmy, RIP

FILE - This June 26, 2015 file photo shows Motorhead bassist Lemmy Kilmister performing on the Pyramid stage during Glastonbury Music Festival at Worthy Farm, Glastonbury, England. Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister, the Motorhead frontman whose outsized persona made him a hero for generations of hard-rockers and metal-heads, has died on Monday, Dec. 28, 2015. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, file)

Here's what is happening in pop culture:

• Rock legend Ian Fraser Kilmister, better known as Lemmy, the hard-drinking frontman for the influential metal band Motorhead, has died at the age of 70. [The Telegraph]

• Director Christopher Nolan has announced his next project: "Dunkirk," a drama about the famous evacuation of Allied troops during World War II. Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance and Kenneth Branagh are in talks to co-star. [The Hollywood Reporter]

• The heirs to a New Hampshire teacher and poet are suing the makers of "The Big Bang Theory," over the copyright of the "soft kitty, warm kitty" lyrics used in Sheldon's favorite lullaby. [AP, via ABCNews]