The Cricket's Daily 3: Michael Douglas joins 'Ant-Man'

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

• Michael Douglas, who only a day earlier won a Golden Globe for playing Liberace, is joining the cast of Marvel's "Ant-Man," opposite Paul Rudd. [The Huffington Post]

• Fox has bought the film rights to the trading-card game "Magic: The Gathering." [The Hollywood Reporter]

• The New York Film Critics Circle has banished former chairman Armond White, over a heckling incident at the group's awards ceremony last week. Owen Gleiberman's view of the situation is worth the read. [Entertainment Weekly]