How Janicza Bravo and the ‘Zola’ Cast Brought the Viral Twitter Thread to Life

Possessing an alluring voice steeped in roots reggae's mysticism and wreathed in a smoky jazz vibrato, Jah9 is blazing a singular trail across the international music landscape. Born Janine Cunningham in Falmouth, Jamaica, the daughter of a preacher father and social worker mother, whom she describes as revolutionaries, Jah9 became aware of the world's injustices at an early age.

Lashana Lynch is “honoured to be able to proudly fly (a) big Jamaican flag” in the new James Bond movie No Time to Die.

Brian Wilson has denounced an upcoming performance by the group currently touring as the Beach Boys, led by former bandmate Mike Love, at Reno, Nevada’s Safari Club International Convention. “This organization supports trophy hunting, which both [bandmate Al Jardine] and I are emphatically opposed to,” Wilson wrote.

By Anthony D'Alessandro

Mark Wright and Michelle Keegan looked more loved-up than ever as they relaxed on holiday in Jamaica, with the couple sharing an adorable new snap of themselves at sunset. Michelle, 32, who is enjoying some much-needed downtime after a whirlwind year in her career, cosied up to her beau Mark, 33, while sitting in front of the water during the sun-soaked holiday.

"My space that I feel the most comfortable in is stressful comedy," writer-director Janicza Bravo said with a laugh at the Sundance Film Festival premiere of her filmZolaon Friday.And things don't get more stressful or comedic than the epic stripper saga that all started with a tweet — or 144 tweets — that Twitter user @ZolarMoon (real name Aziah King) sent out in October 2015.A24'sZola,starring Taylour Paige as the titular heroine and Riley Keough as Stefani, brings to life King's tweets that

As Twitter is to great literature, “Zola” is to the cinematic masterpieces that have come before: It’s superficial and relatively thin on substance, but a whole lot shorter and funnier than, say, “Anna Karenina” or “La Comédie Humaine” — although the latter might have been a good alternate title for this hyper-stylized lowbrow satire, in which “Lemon” director Janicza Bravo turns a whirlwind weekend of sun, fun and sex work into a statement on self-respect and recognizing one’s own worth.

Writer-director Janicza Bravo is a officially Sundance veteran. “Zola” is her second feature to premiere and her fourth time showing work at the festival. And as a such, she’s taking all of the buzz around her film — based on the 148-Tweet stripper saga that went viral in 2015 — in stride.

Bright Eyes have reunited after a hiatus that lasted nearly a decade. The band, Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis and Nathaniel Walcott, will signed to Dead Oceans ahead of a new album due in 2020.