It may have been embraced by the Academy, but just a day after its debut in Mexico, the acclaimed “narco-musical” Emilia ...

With the Academy Awards just weeks away, a “musical tribute” to the movie created by Mexican critics of the original is ...

Emilia Pérez is shaping up to be the most controversial Oscar nominee in recent memory... and a prime target for spoofs.

The musical thriller about a drug lord who wants to start a new life as a woman could win many Oscars. Why do so many ...

MEXICO CITY (AP ... (Selena Gomez), despite falling deeply in love with another woman Epifanía (Adriana Paz). Yet the ambitious “Emilia Pérez” and its star-studded cast met with a ...

In one notable exception, supporting cast member Adriana Paz, who plays Emilia’s lover, Epifanía, is from Mexico. Paz defended the movie in an interview with IndieWire. “I’ve heard people ...

Adriana Paz is the only one born in Mexico. Selena Gomez, who co-stars as Gascón's disgruntled wife, is of Mexican descent. But Gomez has been criticized for her lack of Spanish fluency in the film.

Some questioned why a movie set in Mexico was directed by a French filmmaker and did not feature a single Mexican actor in the lead roles. As the controversy grew, Adriana Paz, who plays Emilia’s ...

But in Mexico, where a spiral of cartel-related ... singer-actor Selena Gomez and Mexican actor Adriana Paz. Gascon became the first openly trans acting Oscar nominee, in the best actress category ...

Adriana Paz, who plays Emilia’s love interest Epifanía in the film, is Mexican and has offered a different perspective. “I’ve heard people saying it’s offensive to Mexico. I really want ...

The performances of the lead actresses — Gascón, Gomez, Saldaña and Adriana Paz — have been deservedly praised by ... fire for his representation of both transgender people and Mexico after the film ...