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WATCH: Zoe Saldaña Addresses ‘Emilia Peréz’ Backlash in Spanish at 2025 Oscars

Lissete Lanuza Sáenz — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 18:38:30 +0000

Zoe Saldaña addressed the controversy over Emilia Peréz in two separate answers during the press room after her Oscars win for Best Supporting Actress. The actress, who became the first person of Dominican origin to win the Award, apologized to a journalist who asked about the fact that not much had been said about Mexico,

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WATCH: Conan O’Brien Roasts Karla Sofía Gascón Over Racist Tweets at 2025 Oscars

Lucas Villa — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 05:27:34 +0000

Following a controversial awards season for Karla Sofía Gascón centered around racist tweets, she surprisingly attended the 97th annual Academy Awards. However, the show’s host, Conan O’Brien, didn’t let the Emilia Pérez star off the hook with a few jokes aimed at her controversies. Gascón made history this year as the first openly trans woman

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Watch: Zoe Saldaña Gives Emotional Speech for Historic Oscar Win

Lissete Lanuza Sáenz — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 02:48:56 +0000

Zoe Saldaña didn’t just make history at tonight’s Academy Awards, becoming the first Dominican to win an Oscar. She made sure everyone knew she understood the weight of those words. Saldaña was considered the frontrunner to win the Oscar after winning all the major pre-Oscar Awards: Golden Globes, Critics’ Choice, BAFTAs, and SAG Awards. Still,

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Zoe Saldaña Becomes First Dominican To Win an Oscar

Lissete Lanuza Sáenz — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 01:45:43 +0000

Zoe Saldaña has made history. The actress, who has Dominican and Puerto Rican roots, has become the first Dominican to win the Academy Award and only the second Afro-Latina ever to win an Oscar after Ariana DeBose for West Side Story. Saldaña had previously won all the major pre-Oscar Awards: Golden Globes, Critics’ Choice, BAFTAs,

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Zoe Saldaña Becomes First Dominican to Win Best Supporting Actress at SAG Awards

Lissete Lanuza Sáenz — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 03:16:40 +0000

Zoe Saldaña has won Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Rita in Emilia Pérez at the 2025 SAG Awards. The win makes her only the second Afro-Latina ever to win the SAG Award, after Ariana DeBose for West Side Story. She’s also the first Dominican to win this award. She has won supporting actress

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‘Johanne Sacreblu,’ the ‘Emilia Pérez’ Parody, Is Coming to Theaters — Here’s When

Lissete Lanuza Sáenz — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 19:19:54 +0000

Johanne Sacreblu came, they saw, and they conquered. The Emilia Pérez parody that encapsulates much of the criticism about the film that leads the Oscars Nominations race this year, is now set for a theatrical run. Content creator Camila Aurora, the creative mind behind the short film, announced the news on social media. “Johanne Sacreblu

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Zoe Saldaña Reacts to Karla Sofía Gascón Controversy — ‘I’m Still Processing’

Lissete Lanuza Sáenz — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 17:23:39 +0000

Zoe Saldaña, considered one of the frontrunners for the Supporting Actress Oscar for Emilia Peréz, spoke about the controversy surrounding the film’s leading lady, Karla Sofía Gascón. The star, who plays the titular character, has been allegedly removed from the film’s marketing after a slew of bigoted tweets surfaced. “I’m sad. Time and time again,

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Op-Ed: As a Latina Who Lived in Spain, Karla Sofia Gascón’s Racist Tweets Aren’t Surprising

Lissete Lanuza Sáenz — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 21:20:56 +0000

The fact that there’s a lot of racism in Spain should come as no surprise to anyone. The very public struggles fútbol players of color, particularly Vini Jr., who has been constantly harassed and subjected to racist chants since he started playing in Real Madrid, paint a clear picture. But there was still a certain

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‘Emilia Pérez’ Director Faces Backlash After Calling Spanish the Language of the ‘Poor and Migrants’

Lissete Lanuza Sáenz — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 22:25:50 +0000

Emilia Pérez director Jacques Audiard has come under fire for comments made as he was promoting the movie, especially what he said about the Spanish language. Emilia Pérez is currently the movie with the most Oscar nominations this year, with 13 in total. “Spanish is a language of modest countries, of developing countries, of the

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Mexican Moviegoers Ask for Refunds After Watching ‘Emilia Pérez’ — & the Government Got Involved

Jeanette Hernandez — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 17:07:13 +0000

There’s a lot of conversation surrounding the controversial film Emilia Pérez – especially in Mexico. Though the musical crime film brought Afro-Latina actress Zoe Saldaña her first Oscar nomination, not all of Latin America is celebrating the film as a total win. Mexico – where the film is supposedly based – isn’t giving the film

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