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- Snubs for Pamela Anderson, Denzel Washington, Nicole Kidman and Angelina Jolie
Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard’s musical about a Mexican gangster who transitions to escape the mob, has broken the record for the most Oscar nominations earned by a film not in the English language.
The film took 13 at the announcement on Thursday – three more than both Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in 2001 and Roma in 2018.
