Roman Polanski sparks uproar with 12 nominations, including best director, from ‘French Oscars’

Fugitive filmmaker Roman Polanksi is the focus of a new firestorm after garnering a dozen nominations for France’s upcoming version of the Oscars.

The disgraced director — who famously fled the U.S. for France in 1977 before being sentenced for his sex assault on a 13-year-old girl — picked up ...