The ambitious “Emilia Pérez” and its star-studded cast met with a fizzle at the box office and mounting criticisms that it was a not-so-faithful portrayal of Mexico that glamorizes the violence
Gascón previously picked up best actress nominations at the Critics Choice, Golden Globes, and the Screen Actors Guild Awards for her role in Emilia Pérez
The film stars Zoe Saldana as Rita, a lawyer forcible recruited by a crime boss, Manitas, played by Karla Sofía Gascón, who wants to undergo gender-confirming surgery to become a woman. She emerges as Emilia Pérez, but will not give up a connection to her wife, Jessi, played by Selena Gomez, and her children.
Unconventional Spanish-language movie musical "Emilia Pérez" may be an Oscars front-runner, but some feel the film is "torturous" and "harmful."
Johanne Sacreblu, the musical short film, has positioned itself as the irreverent Mexican response to the French film Emilia Pérez
It may have been embraced by the Academy, but just a day after its debut in Mexico, the acclaimed “narco-musical” Emilia Pérez was already drawing sharp rebukes for superficial portrayals of sensitive
The voting body behind the Globes is international, made up of journalists who might have responded positively to a foreign-language film set in Mexico and ... for her role as Jessi Del Monte ...
The movie primarily takes place in Mexico but briefly in other countries ... Meanwhile, Emilia struggles to maintain a relationship with her and Jessi’s children while concealing her former ...
WASHINGTON — Mexico denied a U.S. military plane access to land Thursday, at least temporarily frustrating the Trump administration's plans to deport immigrants to the country, according to two ...
Mexican government outlines strategy for potential mass deportations from US Some raise concerns over Mexico's readiness for mass deportations Economic impact feared from potential deportations ...
WASHINGTON, Jan 21 - The Trump administration said on Tuesday it was reinstating the "remain in Mexico" program, resuming an initiative that forced non-Mexican asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for ...
The US-Mexico border is effectively closed off to migrants seeking asylum in the United States within hours of President Donald Trump taking office, an extraordinary departure from previous ...