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Emilia Perez: how did the Best Picture contender's Oscar campaign go so off the rails?

It’s got 13 Academy Awards nominations, but it’s quickly becoming the most infamous campaign in Academy Awards history

Evening Standard · Feb 7, 2025

The never-ending Emilia Perez fiasco has created the most open Oscar race in decades

STATE OF THE ARTS: A scandal over offensive tweets has made Netflix’s former Oscars frontrunner a toxic proposition, writes Louis Chilton. Now, all bets are off – but that might not be such a good thing

The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2025

Karla Sofía Gascón Under Fire: Celebrities and Co-Stars Speak Out Over Controversial Tweets

As the star of Emilia Pérez, a film nominated for 13 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Gascón's past tweets have become a central topic of conversation during the awards season.

International Business Times UK · Feb 6, 2025

The rise and fall of Emilia Pérez: how did it all go so wrong for the Oscar-nominated film and its star?

Less than two weeks ago, the movie was flying high, with 13 Academy Award nods. Then came a social media scandal and a serious backlash

The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2025

Emilia Pérez: the film’s wildly unrealistic representation of Mexican narco-violence and trans lives is insulting

You would think that Jacques Audiard’s 13-time Oscar-nominated Emilia Pérez was the most watched film of the year given the discussion it has generated. The Mexican-set, French-made film’s opening weekend in Mexico tells a different story.

The Conversation · Feb 4, 2025

Zoe Saldaña breaks silence on Eliza Perez co-star Karla Sofía Gascón’s controversial tweets

Spanish actress Gascón posted messages that included anti-Muslim rhetoric and comments about George Floyd

Evening Standard · Feb 1, 2025

Explaining the curious case of Emilia Pérez, the controversy-hit Oscar frontrunner

Jacques Audiard’s ‘Emilia Pérez’ is an Oscar contender unlike any other

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2025

'Emilia Pérez''s Karla Sofía Gascón Faces Backlash Over Islamophobic Tweets Amid Oscar Buzz

While previous backlash against the trans actress for attacks against Latinos critizicing 'Emilia Pérez' remained largely within Latino and Spanish-language media, newly unearthed tweets about Islam and Muslims have escalated the scandal

Latin Times · Jan 30, 2025

Oscars 2025 predictions: who will win Best Picture, Best Director, and the major acting awards?

A look ahead to the frontrunners and big contenders at this year's Academy Awards

Total Film · Jan 28, 2025

Mexicans make Emilia Pérez parody poking fun at French stereotypes

Spoof fires back at supposed inauthenticity of Oscar-tipped screen musical with a song-and-dance tale of boulangeries at war

The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2025