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

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

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

MEXICO CITY — It may have been embraced by ... But problems arise from Manitas' uncontrollable jealousy toward her ex-wife Jessi (Selena Gomez), despite falling deeply in love with another ...

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 ...

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 ...

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." ...

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 ...