Best European film at Goya awards goes to movie at the centre of a storm over past social media posts written by its star, Karla Sofía GascónNarco-musical Emilia Pérez has won best European film at Spain’s equivalent of the Oscars amid the fallout from its star’s past racist and Islamophobic social media posts.Karla Sofía Gascón – the star of the film and the first transgender woman to be nominated for a best actress Oscar – did not attend the ceremony after old social media posts emerged in which she denigrates Islam, China and African American George Floyd, unleashing a scandal that has harmed her reputation and the film. Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2025-02-09 01:55:00
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Emilia Pérez movie wins top Spanish film prize amid Karla Sofía Gascón furore
