“Emilia Perez” star Karla Sofía Gascón — the first transgender performer ever nominated for an Academy Award — also penned a lengthy apology amid the continued publicity crisis over the actor’s past social media posts in which Gascón repeatedly insulted Muslims, mocked George Floyd, and ridiculed diversity.
Barely anyone turned out to see the controversial Donald Trump biopic “The Apprentice” when it opened in cinemas late last year. But Academy voters clearly loved it enough to reward its two main actors — Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong — with Oscar nominations on Thursday.
Karla Sofía Gascón — the transgender star of Netflix’s narco-musical “Emilia Perez” — has earned an Academy Award nomination for lead actress, making Gascón the first openly trans actor ever to receive an Oscar nomination.
The Hollywood Reporter has stealth-edited one of its Oscar nominations stories about “Killers of the Flower Moon” after Breitbart News reported that the trade publication described the United States as “occupied” land.
Never one to let feminist outrage go to waste, Hillary Clinton made it all about herself on Wednesday when she offered comfort to Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig after they failed to earn best actress and director Oscar nominations for Barbie.
In its coverage of the Oscar nominations on Tuesday, The Hollywood Reporter described the United States as “occupied” land, strongly implying that the U.S. illegitimately governs land inhabited by Native Americans.
Barack and Michelle Obama’s Netflix documentary “American Symphony” failed to earn an Oscar nomination in the documentary feature category on Tuesday despite the widely held industry belief that it would not only be nominated but was also the frontrunner to actually win.
Actress Danielle Deadwyler missed out on an Oscar nomination this year for her performance in “Till” despite Hollywood pundits predicting she was a lock. Now the actress is blaming the snub on a combination of racism and sexism — or “misogynoir,” the woke term meaning prejudice against black women.
The Woman King director Gina Prince-Blythewood still can’t get over the fact that Academy voters didn’t care for her movie, which was completely shut out of this year’s Oscar nominations despite heavy campaigning by Sony.
One of the biggest surprises in this year’s Oscar nominations was actress Andrea Riseborough, who was recognized for her lead performance as an alcoholic in the little-seen indie drama “To Leslie.” Now the British actress is facing growing accusations of white privilege and claims that she usurped the spot from black actresses including Viola Davis and Danielle Deadwyler.
Hollywood’s love for Stacey Abrams (D) failed to translate into an Academy Award nomination on Monday, when her highly touted All In: The Fight for Democracy fell short of landing a spot in the documentary feature category.
TEL AVIV – Oscar-nominated celebrities were pressured by anti-Israel extremists on Wednesday to forego a $55,000 trip to the Jewish state offered by Israel’s Foreign Ministry as part of the awards swag bag. The Los Angeles Times published a full-page ad sponsored by
For the second year in a row, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences handed all 20 Academy Award nominations in the four main acting categories to white actors. Hollywood, which constantly puffs itself up as oh-so progressive and
Nominees who fail to bring home an Oscar this Sunday night will still be receiving gifts that are valued at more than $160,000, according to a report from CNN.
Rep. Tony Cárdenas (D-CA) is upset with Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Cheryl Boone Isaacs over the perceived lack of diversity in this year’s Oscar nominees, and he is demanding an in-person meeting over the issue.
David Oyelowo, the actor who portrayed Martin Luther King Jr. in the historical film “Selma,” blasted the Motion Picture Academy Sunday for awarding black actors with Oscars “more for when we are subservient, when we are not being leaders or
“American Sniper” hit the mark with moviegoers again. The military drama starring Bradley Cooper as Navy SEAL marksman Chris Kyle topped the box office for a second weekend in a row with $64.4 million in first place, according to studio estimates Sunday.
