LICORICE PIZZA CRITICIZED FOR ‘GLAMORIZING PEDOPHILIA AND BLATANT RACISM’: The Blast reports that Paul Thomas Anderson‘s Licorice Pizza, released this weekend, had some audience members walking out of the theater. The film is being criticized for the inappropriate age gap between the main characters, while others say it features blatantly racist content. One Twitter user wrote, “Hollyweird is trying to normalize pedophilia by using an older woman and a young boy. This is outrageous and disgusting. #LicoricePizza.”
BRIDGERTON SEASON 2 RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCED: Netflix and Shondaland have declared that Bridgerton will return for its second season on March 25th. According to Variety, Executive Producer Shonda Rhimes said of this season, “I think there’s a powerful, interesting, romantic couple at the heart of it. They’re an incredibly interesting and exciting pair. I like to watch them.”
