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How did we get to a point where Hollywood, the national media, and the political left are openly embracing and defending crotch shots and booty shots of 11-year-old characters wearing too much makeup, tank tops, and short-shorts?

The left-wing Slate magazine insisted that “right wing moral panic” and Breitbart News helped fuel the widespread and bipartisan backlash against Netflix with its release of the film Cuties, the butt-shaking and crotch-grabbing drama Democrat Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard called “child porn” that will “whet the appetite of pedophiles & help fuel the child sex trafficking trade.”

Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) is among the Republican lawmakers calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation into Netflix for what Cotton called “peddling child pornography” after the streaming giant released the preteen twerking film “Cuties.”

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) is condemning Netflix for releasing the controversial “Cuties,” calling the movie “child porn” and telling the streamer that it is “complicit” in encouraging pedophiles and helping to fuel the child sex trafficking trade.

The controversy surrounding Netflix’s Cuties has drawn the scrutiny of two U.S. senators who are demanding that the streaming service explain why it released the movie, which depicts underage girls performing raunchy dance moves and simulated sexual acts.

Elite film critics are also not divided on the issue of softcore child pornography. Almost 90 percent of them are for it.

Netflix is facing one of the biggest controversies in its history over the tween-twerking drama Cuties. But you wouldn’t necessarily know that from watching CNN, which interviewed Netflix co-CEO Reed Hastings on Thursday and failed to ask any questions about the movie that depicts underage girls in a highly sexual way.

Neither Barack and Michelle Obama nor their former National Security Adviser Susan Rice have weighed in on the firestorm surrounding Cuties, a French coming-of-age drama that is the subject of widespread criticism for its blatant sexualization of pre-pubescent children.

Media film critics are praising the controversial tween-twerking movie Cuties as “extraordinary” and “inspired” while playing defense for Netflix against attacks from so-called “scandal-mongers on the right” who have condemned the movie’s highly sexualized depiction of underage girls.

Netflix replaced its head of original content Cindy Holland just two days before the controversial movie “Cuties” debuted Thursday on the streaming service.

What’s ironic is that if the girls were of age, Cuties’ defenders would be outraged over these close-ups, outraged over the camera’s “male gaze.”

The backlash against streaming giant Netflix continues to escalate around the world over the release of the preteen dance competition film “Cuties,” with the hashtag #CancelNetflix becoming a top trend on Twitter as critics accuse the California company of sexualizing children.

While Silicon Valley giants including Facebook, Google, and Twitter have extended their work-from-home policy into 2021 and beyond, Netflix is signaling a break from the pack, with CEO Reed Hastings saying that he doesn’t see “any positives” in allowing employees

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex — the international embarrassments formerly known as Prince Harry and ‘Princess’ Meghan — have signed a Netflix production deal worth a rumoured $100-150 million.

Months after announcing plans to step back from their royal duties, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have signed a multiyear production deal with Netflix.

Jill Biden — the wife of Democrat nominee Joe Biden — will be teaming up with the cast of Netflix’s hit makeover series “Queer Eye” for a fundraiser for her husband’s presidential campaign on Tuesday.

Producer Coke Daniels is reportedly prepping a thriller about a “southern white woman” who will “terrorize” her Black Lives Matter-supporting black neighbors, with “Orange Is the New Black” actress Taryn Manning set to star.

Netflix is under mounting pressure to cancel its upcoming release of the French film sexualizing children as young as 11 after a petition demanding its removal has already garnered more than 205,000 signatures.

Trump-mocking TikTok star Sarah Cooper bagged a Netflix special last week. Now CBS says it’s developing her book, “How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings,” for a new comedy series.

Netflix has apologized for a provocative promotional poster for the film titled Cuties, which follows a pre-pubescent girl who “becomes fascinated with a twerking dance crew.” The poster, featuring four girls in risqué poses, sparked widespread backlash, prompting Netflix to apologize for what it called “inappropriate artwork.”

Netflix has been caught promoting a movie titled Cuties as a drama about an 11-year-old who “explores her femininity” through “twerking,” complete with a provocative poster.

Streaming giant Netflix has ordered a feature documentary about Trayvon Martin and George Floyd family attorney, and Joe Biden backer, Ben Crump, to be produced by Michelle Obama documentary maker, Nadia Hallgren, and “Black-ish” creator, Kenya Barris.

Mexican actor Diego Luna says he’s “benefited from a racist system,” and is calling on white people to renounce those benefits to help promote racial justice.

Former Obama national security advisor Susan Rice has sold a large chunk of her Netflix shares as speculation rises that she is a top contender to be Joe Biden’s vice presidential running mate. Rice has served as a Netflix board member since 2018.

BURBANK, Calif. — (AP) — Walt Disney Co. reported that its net income plummeted dramatically in the three-month period that ended in June when it most of its theme parks were shuttered and theatrical movie releases were postponed.

Over a dozen Hispanic advocacy groups, activists, and public officials signed a letter sent to Netflix on Thursday urging the streaming service to stop promoting the film The Wasp Network, glorifying Cuban spies whose work killed four Americans, as based on “true events.”

AMC Theaters and Universal Studios just agreed to shorten the theatrical window from around 90 days to just 17 days. Massive. Massive. Massive.

Hollywood elites showed their love for Barack and Michelle Obama by bestowing their two Netflix documentaries American Factory and Becoming with a total of seven Emmy Award nominations.

LOS ANGELES — The first guest of Michelle Obama’s new podcast will have a familiar presidential voice: Barack Obama.

Netflix has released the first trailer for “Immigration Nation,” which is set to debut August 3 on the streamer. The trailer is replete with scenes of crying children being torn from the arms of their parents. Not shown are MS-13 gang members, drug dealers, and the numerous violent illegal aliens who are arrested each year for crimes including murder and rape.

Netflix has canceled the Turkish Original show If Only after Turkish officials refused to give the studio a filming license unless they removed a gay character from the script.

Far-left Netflix had a disastrous second quarter that saw new subscriptions fall short of expectations, causing shares of the streaming entertainment company to plummet by as much as 12 percent in after-hours trading on Thursday. The company cited growing competition from TikTok, the Chinese-owned video app that is hugely popular with Gen Z.

The music and podcast streaming giant Spotify will launch a new podcast later this month hosted by former First Lady Michelle Obama, addressing “topics and issues” ranging from the coronavirus pandemic to what she calls America’s “nationwide reckoning with race.”

The Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) reported on Friday that streaming giant Netflix has decided not to “proactively” censor a documentary about Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong, despite concerns it might be ruled “subversive” under the totalitarian security law Beijing has imposed on the island.

Quibi, the highly touted short-form streaming service founded by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman, has failed to generate much excitement among consumers or industry experts since launching in April. Now the extent of the market’s indifference is becoming clearer.

An Indian journalist said on Friday that she is facing “rape threats” after being suspended from her job at the Hindustan Times, one of India’s most prominent newspapers, for a post on Twitter in which she referred to Krishna as, among other things, a “fuckboi.”