Oscar nominee Fernanda Torres has issued an apology for wearing blackface in a comedy sketch 17 years ago. The "I'm Still Here" star, 59, in a statement to Deadline on Sunday acknowledged that ...

“Fernanda Torres doing Black face was not on my Oscar’s bingo card. This award season has truly been a hot mess,” said another user. Torres was recently nominated for the Academy Award for ...

I think that speaks more about them and their film than of me.” RELATED: ‘I’m Still Here’ Oscar Nominee Fernanda Torres Apologizes For Blackface Turn In 17-Year-Old Resurfaced TV Comedy Sk ...

Karla Sofía Gascón is clearing up recently made comments involving fellow Oscar nominee Fernanda Torres. The Emilia Pérez star is nominated in the Best Actress category at the Academy Awards ...

A nearly-two decades old clip of Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres in blackface has resurfaced days after she was nominated for her first Academy Award. The “I’m Still Here” star issued an ...

Fernanda Torres has apologised for wearing Blackface in a decades-old comedy sketch that resurfaced following her first-time Oscar nomination for her performance in Walter Salles’ I’m Still Here.

It was "important for me to address this swiftly to avoid further pain and confusion," said Torres in a statement to Deadline Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Torres performed the offensive skit when appearing on the Brazilian TV show Fantástico, which still airs weekly on Sunday nights on the TV Globo ...

Fernanda Torres has apologised for wearing Blackface in a decades-old comedy sketch that resurfaced following her first-time Oscar nomination for her performance in Walter Salles’ I’m Still Here. The ...

Torres, who is up for the lead actress Oscar at this year’s ceremony, wrote, “Almost twenty years ago, I appeared in blackface in a comedy sketch from a Brazilian TV show.” “I am very sorry for this.