"Emilia Pérez" is certainly the most talked-about Oscar contender of the year, for better and worse. The Spanish-language musical gained significant awards steam when it debuted at the Cannes Film Festival last year and won the Jury Prize alongside a shared Best Actress for its three leading ladies.

The Spanish-language musical from Netflix saw its grand hopes fizzle after derisive social media posts from its star resurfaced.

Going into the 97th Oscars, the film was nominated for 13 Oscars but ended up winning two: Zoe Saldaña won for best supporting actress and the film also took home the Oscar for best original song for "El Mal.

Karla Sofía Gascón, the actress ensnared in controversy after her racist posts resurfaced, revealed she accidentally got high off an Oscars gift bag. In an Instagram story posted on Tuesday, the Emilia Pérez star said she ate a bag of chips and drank a lemon-flavored soda from the Academy’s goodie bag when she “suddenly” started feeling dizzy.

This is for my grandmother.” Oscars 2025 host Conan O’Brien made controversy over Karla Sofía Gascón’s offensive tweets part of his opening monologue, which at first seemed to be a joke taking aim at the night’s eventual big winner Anora.

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Karla Sofía Gascón's resurfaced tweets torpedoed the film's Oscar campaign - it won just 2 Academy Awards out of 13 nominations - but didn't impact the French honors, where 'Emilia Pérez' won best film.