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The Oscars scandal Hollywood is ignoring

The Oscars scandal Hollywood is ignoring

Sean Baker’s stripper drama is the 2025 Oscars frontrunner. But why has the pro-Kremlin work of its Russian cast been forgotten?

Yura Borisov, Mikey Madison and Mark Eydelshteyn at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles. AP

Hollywood awards season has had more than its fair share of scandals this year.

Rediscovered offensive tweets from Karla Sofia Gascon, the star of Emilia Pérez, apparently blew up her chances of being the first transgender winner of an acting Oscar, while makers of The Brutalist have been criticised for using artificial intelligence to make Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones’ Hungarian accents more authentic.

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