Karla Sofía Gascón to play psychiatrist who ‘embodies God and the devil’ in next film

found 2025 › Apr › 17 (Thu) @ 16:20 UTC

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Actor to follow Oscar-nominated role in Emilia Pérez with Italian drama described as ‘perturbing, livid and hypnotic’, co-starring Vincent Gallo

Karla Sofía Gascón, the actor who made history earlier …

Conan O'Brien ROASTS Karla Sofia Gascon to her face in awkward joke about tweet scandal

found 2025 › Mar › 03 (Mon) @ 06:26 UTC

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Gascón had found herself in the crosshairs of controversy shortly after making history as the first openly-transgender actress nominated in the Best Actress category.

‘They chucked her under the bus – then reversed it back over her’: has the Emilia Pérez backlash gone too far?

found 2025 › Feb › 07 (Fri) @ 20:35 UTC

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Karla Sofía Gascón’s precipitous fall from Oscars frontrunner to industry pariah has left many in Hollywood rethinking their tactics – and questioning their ethics

The dramatic cancellation of Karla S…

Zoe Saldaña speaks out about Karla Sofía Gascón controversy: ‘We are responsible for everything we say’

found 2025 › Feb › 06 (Thu) @ 17:15 UTC

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Saldaña says ‘never in a million years did I believe that we would be here’ amid Oscars storm over Emilia Pérez star’s Islamophobic social media posts

Zoe Saldaña has again responded to the controver…

‘I was deeply upset’: Karla Sofía Gascón to miss Spanish ‘Oscars’ as storm over racist tweets continues

found 2025 › Feb › 06 (Thu) @ 17:15 UTC

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The actor was due to attend the Goya awards on Saturday but has pulled out and has also been dropped by publishers

Karla Sofía Gascón will not attend this weekend’s prestigious Goya awards as the fall…

Emilia Pérez director criticises Karla Sofia Gascón’s ‘inexcusable’ tweets

found 2025 › Feb › 05 (Wed) @ 19:53 UTC

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Oscar nominee Jacques Audiard has called the social media behaviour of the actor ‘hateful’ in a new interview

The director of Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard, has responded to the controversial unearthe…

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

found 2025 › Feb › 05 (Wed) @ 06:33 UTC

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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

You can generally tell when awards season is going well for a mo…

Netflix REMOVES transgender actress Karla Sofia Gascón from new Emilia Perez poster amid controversy

found 2025 › Feb › 04 (Tue) @ 07:19 UTC

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A number of users across platforms such as X/ Twitter said that it was clear the streamer was looking to minimize the presence of Gascón in their Oscar campaigning.

‘My most sincere apologies to all the people who may have been offended’: when Oscar campaigns implode

found 2025 › Feb › 03 (Mon) @ 20:42 UTC

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Whether it’s tricky past social posts, news meltdowns or PR teams trying too hard to make an impact, here are some past examples of self-sabotaged awards campaigns

The star of trans gangster musical …

LA’s outgoing district attorney on the Menendez brothers and prison reform: ‘people could be safely released’

found 2024 › Dec › 19 (Thu) @ 16:14 UTC

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George Gascón rode a wave of progressivism into office here before his recent ouster by a ‘hard middle’ candidate

George Gascón was considered a national leader on criminal justice reform when he was …