There's something mildly remarkable happening this awards season. Two of the competing films going head to head in the best picture, international film and actress categories are foreign-language movies set in Latin America.

The Hollywood Reporter previously reported that the embattled best actress Oscar nominee will no longer be flying to L.A. for any of the film's awards activities this week.

As Karla Sofía Gascón’s resurfaced social media posts upend the campaign for the year’s most-nominated film, what happens now?

Karla Sofia Gascón, the star of Netflix’s “Emilia Pérez,” continues to face backlash over her past social media posts, putting the film's Oscars chances at risk.

The gold-plated meltdown that has followed the revelation of Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón’s past anti-Muslim and racist tweets — with anti-George Floyd and pro-Hitler sentiments thrown in — has now required numerous apologies/explanations from the Best Actress Oscar nominee.

After the scandal after past racist tweets, Karla Sofia Gascón promised to halt her apology tour and let the Oscar-nominated "Emilia Pérez" "speak for itself." She mentioned the comments of the film's director,

When it was announced last month that Karla Sofía Gascón had been nominated for Best Actress at the Oscars, it made headlines around the world. The news was hailed as a positive moment as the 52-year-old Emilia Perez star became the first-ever openly trans individual to be nominated for an Academy Award in any acting category.

T he actress Karla Sofía Gascón who plays the lead role in "Emilia Pérez" faced termination from Netflix after former social media content with offensive content was rediscover

The Academy Awards will apparently avoid a looming embarrassment for this year's show and won't be asking any past winners to take to the stage and speak glowingly about "Emilia Pérez" star and Best Actress nominee Karla Sofía Gascón.