Jessi Uribe was putting up the Christmas tree with his children at his home in Colombia when he received the news that he’d ...

It may have been embraced by the Academy, but just a day after its debut in Mexico, the acclaimed “narco-musical” Emilia ...

With the Academy Awards just weeks away, a “musical tribute” to the movie created by Mexican critics of the original is ...

While “Emilia Pérez” takes place in Mexico, the film’s leads are not ... pointing to a scene when Emilia throws her wife Jessi onto a bed “and threatens her using the same low, masculine ...

Told in Spanish, “Emilia Perez” is set in Mexico but shot in France ... During “Bienvenida,” Jessi sings about feeling imprisoned in her luxurious surroundings. But the better song ...

To conceal her new identity, Pérez orders her wife, Jessi (Selena Gomez), and her two children to ... has come under fire for his representation of both transgender people and Mexico after the film ...

A community note was added to the aforementioned X post stating, "Selena's character, Jessi Del Monte, is American and Spanish is not her first language. The film makes it clear about that." ...

Gomez is especially woeful as Jessi — the only thing worse than her ... speaking director who has admitted to knowing little about Mexico, the proof is in the film. Problematic stereotypes ...

The Spanish-language, Mexico-set crime musical stars Gascón ... who plays Manitas’ tormented wife Jessi, and Zoe Saldaña, who portrays Rita, a talented but overworked lawyer recruited by ...

She goes back to Mexico, and she connects with a man who ... (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "EMILIA PEREZ") GOMEZ: (As Jessi Del Monte, singing in Spanish). MOSLEY: That's my guest, Selena Gomez, singing ...

After the movie won best female ensemble at Cannes, Netflix followed a sorority strategy, opting to push forward Gascón with the supporting cast: Gomez, who plays Manitas’ tormented wife Jessi ...

Gomez plays Manitas’ abandoned wife Jessi – “She’s very fierce and ... Not that Emilia Perez is short on fun; after several visits to Mexico, Audiard decided to shoot in Paris on sound ...