Five first-time nominees compete for Best Director at the 2025 Oscars, making history in a category filled with bold storytelling and fresh talent.

Rebecca Lewis also revealed a small but hilarious error during the Oscars. The journalists were expecting to interview the winners of Best Documentary only to find the winners of Best Visual Effects walking out instead. They reportedly had to introduce themselves – awkward!

With the 2025 Oscars now in the rearview mirror, let's take a look at the controversies surrounding "Emilia Pérez." The film follows the story of Gascón's titular character, Emilia Pérez, a Mexican drug cartel leader who fakes her death with the help of a lawyer (Saldaña) and undergoes gender-affirming surgery.

Jacques Audiard ’s crime musical “ Emilia Perez ” won a raft of prizes, including best film and director, at the 50th edition of the Cesar Awards, France’s equivalent to the Oscars, on Friday in Paris.

The 97th Academy Awards saw Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard's Mexican cartel transgender musical, walk away with just two awards despite its 13 nominations. However, the film fared

Karla Sofía Gascón had a message for the Academy after attending the 2025 Oscars. The “Emilia Pérez” actress, 52, went to the award show Sunday despite her social media controversy, and was a victim of one of Conan O’Brien’s jokes during his opening monologue.

Embattled Best Actress nominee Karla Sofía Gascón attended the Oscars on Sunday in support of Emilia Pérez but didn't walk the red carpet. It was the first awards season event in the U.S. where Gascón has shown up in person since the controversy over her past bigoted social media posts exploded the Emilia Pérez awards

In the end, Emilia Pérez won only two Oscars, potentially resulting from the backlash against the film after the discovery of some offensive tweets by Gascón that were posted in 2020 and 2021.