From Emilia Pérez and its 13(!) nominations to the profoundly gross The Substance getting a Best Picture nod, the 2025 Oscar nominees addressed big social and political issues, all to varying degrees.

The Spanish actress portrays the titular character in Emilia Pérez, a polarizing musical that focuses on the life of a transgender drug lord in Mexico.

The “Emilia Pérez” star isn’t the first trans Oscar nominee. Anohni was up for best song, and Elliot Page was a contender before coming out publicly as trans.

France's 'Emilia Pérez' breaks several Academy records, while the race to Best Film remains open. Here's the full breakdown ...

Emilia Pérez' star Karla Sofía Gascón has become the first openly transgender actor to be nominated for an Academy Award.

Karla Sofía Gascón has made history by becoming the first openly transgender actor to receive an Academy Award nomination. The Spanish performer earned the groundbreaking nomination for her titular ...

The "Emilia Pérez" star leads Jacques Audiard's Spanish-language film as a Mexican cartel boss who transitions to a woman ...

"A Complete Unknown," the biopic chronicling the swift pop-cultural ascent of Minnesota native Bob Dylan in the early 1960s, has been nominated for eight Academy Awards.

Jay Leno was warned by his “Tonight Show” predecessor Johnny Carson that hosting the Oscars was “a no-win situation.” ...

Oscar nominations were released Thursday morning, a reminder of Hollywood pageantry and normalcy even as Los Angeles continues to deal with destructive wildfires.