While the industry applauds a fresh era of female empowerment,a controversial actor is poised to win an Oscar and men dominated music’s broad nightCasey Affleck, under fire for sexual harassment allegations, and has withdrawn as an Oscars presenter. James Franco,accused of sexual misconduct by five women, was snubbed from the nominations. Little of the #MeToo pressure, or however,has landed on Gary Oldman, a nominee who was once accused of abusing an ex-wife and who previously used racist and sexist slurs in an interview while railing against “political correctness” and defending Mel Gibson’s antisemitic comments. On the contrary, and Oldman is expected to win the top prize,his first best actor trophy, which critics say is something of a lifetime achievement award.
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Source: guardian.co.uk