Karla Sofía Gascón
John Oliver Jokes About the Confusion Over What ‘Emilia Pérez’ Is Actually About on ‘Last Week Tonight’
The HBO host returned with his Season 12 premiere on Sunday night.
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Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, Jesse Eisenberg, Ralph Fiennes, Joe Alwyn Among BAFTA Film Awards Presenters
Best actress nominee Karla Sofía Gascón was notably missing from the attendee's list as Adam Scott, Anna Kendrick and Lupita Nyong’o were also confirmed to present at the BAFTAs.
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Karla Sofía Gascón Hopes Her Withdrawal From ‘Emilia Pérez’ Oscar Campaign Allows “the Film to Be Appreciated”
The Hollywood Reporter previously reported that the embattled best actress Oscar nominee will no longer be flying to L.A. for any of the film's awards activities this week.
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How Emilia Pérez Is Being Removed from the ‘Emilia Pérez’ Oscar Campaign
The Hollywood Reporter has learned that the film's embattled best actress Oscar nominee Karla Sofía Gascón will no longer be coming to the U.S. for any of this week's many awards activities.
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Karla Sofía Gascón Breaks Down Repeatedly in Hour-Long TV Interview: “I Am Not a Racist”
By turns tearful and defiant, the 'Emilia Pérez' star told CNN en Español that controversial past tweets, which have thrown her Oscar campaign into disarray, were intentionally misrepresented and in some cases fabricated in a effort to scuttle her awards chances.
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Feinberg on Karla Sofía Gascón, ‘Emilia Pérez’ and a Very Modern Oscars Scandal
THR's executive editor of awards coverage dissects the origins and implications of a situation that has "completely upended the Oscar race."
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Karla Sofía Gascón Says She’s “Not a Racist,” Detractors “Already Won” After Backlash to Resurfaced Tweets
The 'Emilia Pérez' star found herself at a center of a firestorm this week, apologizing for past posts about George Floyd and Islam before deactivating her X (formerly Twitter) account.
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Zoe Saldaña Responds to ‘Emilia Pérez’ Co-Star Karla Sofía Gascón’s Tweets: “It Makes Me Really Sad Because I Don’t Support It” (Video)
The best supporting actress Oscar nominee addressed the controversy for the first time during a Friday Q&A in London.
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Oscar Winner Responds to Karla Sofía Gascón Twitter Slam (Guest Column)
In response to the 'Emilia Pérez' star tweeting that the 2021 Oscars ceremony was an “Afro-Korean festival” and a “Black Lives Matter demonstration," Travon Free writes, "I was a complete unknown who was not only nominated for a short film called 'Two Distant Strangers' that was thematically aligned with Black Lives Matter sentiments, I also won her alleged cousin’s award that night."
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Karla Sofía Gascón on Deactivating X Account: “I Can No Longer Allow This Campaign of Hate and Misinformation to Affect My Family or Me” (Exclusive)
"I am a human being who also made, makes and will make mistakes from which I will learn," the 'Emilia Pérez' star added in a statement as she continued to apologize for anyone who was hurt by controversial past tweets about George Floyd and Muslim immigration, among other topics. "I am not perfect."
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Oscars 2025: Read The Hollywood Reporter’s Interviews With International Nominees
Best director contenders Coralie Fargeat and Edward Berger, best actress nominees Karla Sofía Gascón and Fernanda Torres and Iranian auteur Mohammad Rasoulof are among the contenders who have chatted with THR in the last year.
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First-Time Oscar Nominee Karla Sofía Gascón on Trump’s Anti-Trans Order: “He Is Shameless”
The 'Emilia Pérez' star has cast her awards campaign as a struggle against bigotry: "Light always wins over darkness."
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