Emma Stone

Poor Things, starring and produced by Stone, was praised as a story of emancipation but also criticised for its sexualisation, portrayal of consent and the fact that a woman's story was created by male filmmakers. Stone defended the nudity and sexual scenes as central to Bella Baxter's development.

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Following her Golden Globes victory, Stone jokingly called her long-standing friend Taylor Swift, who was cheering her on, an 'asshole'. Taken out of context in certain headlines and on social media, the remark sparked a minor controversy.

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Following a Jimmy Kimmel joke about the sexual scenes in Poor Things at the Oscars, social media users claimed, based on lip-reading, that Stone had called him a 'prick'. The clip circulated widely as evidence of a supposed conflict.

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During the 2017 Oscars ceremony, a duplicate envelope bearing Emma Stone's name as Best Actress was mistakenly handed to the Best Picture presenters, leading to the erroneous announcement of La La Land before Moonlight was declared the winner.

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Stone's casting in Aloha was criticised because her character, Allison Ng, was described as having Chinese and Hawaiian ancestry while the actress is white. The controversy became a prominent example of the debate over whitewashing in Hollywood.

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