‘Emilia Pérez’ and the New Era of Online Oscar Scandals
As Karla Sofía Gascón’s resurfaced social media posts upend the campaign for the year’s most-nominated film, what happens now ...
Emilia Pérez lead actress cut from film's Oscar campaign after racist tweets resurface
Old social media posts with racist comments made by Emilia Pérez actress Karla Sofía Gascón resurfaced recently, and ...
Netflix Removes Emilia Perez Star Karla Sofia Gascon From Oscar Campaign: Reports
Netflix has reportedly removed Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón from Oscar campaign for her controversial ‘Islamophobic’ ...
Explaining the curious case of 'Emilia Pérez,' the woebegone Oscar frontrunner
Gascón stars as a Mexican drug lord who, with the help of a lawyer (Zoe Saldaña), undergoes gender-affirming surgery. Later, ...
Will ‘Emilia Perez’ star’s old, offensive tweets doom Oscar chances of divisive film?
Even before Gascón incited controversy over her resurfaced comments about Muslims and George Floyd, ‘Emilia Perez’ had ...
Why, for Mexicans, Emilia Perez is a ‘waste of time’ and worse, for all its 13 Oscar nods
Mexican actors, musical about a drug cartel boss who has a sex change angers Mexicans, including LGBTQ community.
What ‘Emilia Pérez’ can (and can’t) take away from ‘Green Book’s’ controversy-filled road to the Oscar
When the old offensive social media posts by Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón went viral on Thursday, one awards ...