Golden Globe winner and Oscar nominee Fernanda Torres apologized Sunday after facing backlash for resurfaced footage of her wearing blackface. Torres addressed a video clip from a comedy sketch filmed approximately 17 years ago in which she played multiple characters,

London's West End theatres will dim their lights for two minutes to honor the memory of Dame Joan Plowright, an icon of British theatre and film who died.

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 apology acknowledging the poor judgment used when she appeared as a housekeeper in a sketch comedy series for the Brazilian series “Fantastico” in the late aughts.

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Brazilian actor and Oscar nominee Fernanda Torres, who won her first Golden Globe for her role in the drama film I’m Still Here, has apologized for wearing blackface in a comedy skit from the Brazilian TV show Fantástico that has now resurfaced on the internet.