Zola Is About More Than Just a Wild Weekend Gone Wrong

Biz Markie died Friday at age 57. The rapper nicknamed “the clown prince of Hip Hop” was best known for his humorous lyrics, original flow and his 1989 hit single “Just a Friend.”“It is with profound sadness that we announce, this evening, with his wife Tara by his side, Hip Hop pioneer Biz Markie peacefully passed away,” the rapper’s family said in a statement.

With Cannes winding down tonight—just one last movie in the festival’s official selection, by Gaspar Noe, was left to play—Bill Murray took to the stage at the Debussy theater with cellist Jan Vogler, pianist Vanessa Perez and violinist Mira Wang for a 25-minute concert of music following the premiere of Andrew Muscato’s doc New Worlds: The Cradle of Civilization.

Newlyweds Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani graced locals with a free concert at a bar in Tishomingo, Oklahoma on Thursday, July 15. The country singer, 45, rehearsed for some upcoming shows at the Ole Red, the restaurant and retail space he owns that also has locations in Tennessee and Florida. His new wife, 51, joined him on Thursday, giving the local patrons a harmonious country treat.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- Police are investigating after two bodies were found Wednesday at a South Florida hotel that was once the mansion of the late fashion designer Gianni Versace.Miami Beach police and fire rescue responded Wednesday afternoon after housekeeping at The Villa Casa Casuarina found the dead men in a room, officials said.

Wow, this is one of the worst Jackass injuries ever, and it wasn’t on MTV, it wasn’t in one of the movies… it was on the freakin’ Discovery channel!

Beastie Boys bash, hosted by the music channel, came to look an awful lot like the band’s raucous “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)” video.“Things on that trip could have resulted in dangerous outcomes,” an MTV producer who asked not to be named told The Post.It was 1987 and someone at the network had the bright idea for the  band to “kidnap” a fan and take the guy to Spring Break in Daytona Beach, Fla.“Kids were having sex on nightclub dance floors, the Beasties got the winner drunk

Zaila Avant-garde, a 14-year-old from Louisiana, has become the first black American student to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

YouTube, premiering Thursday.

Moving on. Megan Fox responded to Brian Austin Green and Sharna Burgess dating, and it seems like she has no issues with her ex-husband’s new girlfriend.

Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton got married over the weekend and details about their nuptials are slowly emerging.

Clayton Davis How much longer can the industry ignore the reverence of actor Colman Domingo before they decide to take notice? This holiday weekend gives audiences the 2020 Sundance Film Festival hit “Zola” from A24 and co-writer and director Janicza Bravo.

Disney World has modified its traditional greeting to the audience on its nighttime fireworks display and other shows, a move that has created its own online explosion.

“Zola,” inspired by 2015’s notorious 148-tweet “hoeism” Twitter thread, details the epic and outrageous sequence of events between two strippers, Zola (Paige) and her new friend Stefani (Riley Keough).

Y’all wanna hear a story? More than five years after A’Ziah King’s viral Twitter thread about a truly memorable trip to Florida, the film inspired by her story, Zola, finally debuted in June 2021.

Florida.Taylour Paige is phenomenal, for one.

“Succession.” But in his new movie “Zola,” the Emmy-nominated actor is switching out the rosé for Red Bull. Based on an infamous 2015 Twitter thread, the A24 flick, in theaters June 30, tells a mostly true version of a wild weekend gone wrong. Titular Zola (Taylour Paige), is a waitress from Detroit who is whisked down to Tampa, Florida, by her fast-friend Stefani (Riley Keough) with the promise of dancing for dollar bills.

Twitter thread — an infamous, mostly true 148-tweet tale from 2015 in which A’Ziah “Zola” King unloaded about a Florida road trip to a strip club that goes harrowingly south.In Bravo’s hands, the viral tweet storm is a “Wizard of Oz”-like fairy tale that turns nightmare — a hallucinogenic but clear-eyed adventure through sex work, social media, race and violence that’s both fantastical and darkly real. Comedy and horror intertwine.