'Zola' Director Janicza Bravo Discusses Making "Stressful Comedy" at Sundance

Congratulations to local actress and television personality Zola Nombona. Today, the 27-year-old beauty took to her social media to announce that she’s pregnant with her first child and what better day than on Valentine’s Day to announce one’s pregnancy?

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

Andy Samberg time-loop comedy “Palm Springs” broke sales records (by the cheeky sum of 69¢), and “Taylor Swift: Miss Americana” inspired a mini mob scene at an otherwise star-starved Sundance. But in the end, the film that defined the 2020 edition of America’s most important indie-movie showcase was a #MeToo revenge thriller called “Promising Young Woman.”

The Sundance Film Festival is fighting a battle that’s been building for several years, and what it’s fighting for can be summed up in one word: relevance. What makes a Sundance movie relevant? In a sense, the old criteria still hold. It’s some combination of box-office performance, awards cachet, and that buzzy, you-know-it-when-you-see-it thing of penetrating to the heart of what we used to call the conversation.

Michelle Keegan shared a stunning picture of herself on the beach in Jamaica during her holiday with husband Mark Wright, showing off her natural and beautiful complexion.The 32 year old went make-up free in the picture which she shared on Instagram – showing off her gorgeous freckles on her nose – except for her false eyelashes, which she raved about in her picture caption.

Five years after A’Ziah Wells King posted the Twitter thread known as #thestory — a tale of how a trip from Detroit to Tampa, Fla., to earn money stripping quickly devolved into a wild ride, featuring a kidnapping, a shooting, sex trafficking and a suicide attempt — the real-life “Zola” is celebrating the film adaptation’s debut.

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.

Mark Wright and Michelle Keegan have both made sacrifices to be with each other and to make their marriage work. Now the loved-up couple look happier than ever as they holiday together in Jamaica on a romantic trip.The usually private pair shared a rare glimpse into their private life as they shared a number of pictures on Instagram.

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.