There were plenty of smiles on Tuesday night when nominees including Ralph Fiennes, Timothee Chalamet, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and Adrien Brody enjoyed a dinner at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles.
But after doing best at the Golden Globes with three of the night’s top awards, stories started to circulate that director Brady Corbet had used AI to smooth out the Hungarian accents of Brody and his British co-star, Felicity Jones.
Karla Sofia Gascon, who became the first ever transgender Best Actress nominee for her role in Emilia Perez, stayed away from the annual “class photo”.
She alleged that the negative comments about the film were being orchestrated by the people behind the movie I’m Still Here and those backing her rival for the Best Actress gong, Fernanda Torres.
The film sees Spanish actress Karla Gascon play a drug baron going through gender reassignment surgery to become Emilia Perez.
