Jamie McCarthy/WireImage The Weeknd appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon May 15 and spoke about what a huge Tom Cruise fan he was, but said he’d never met the actor. Well, that changed just days later, when the singer met Cruise at the premiere of Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning. While on Fallon, The…
Todd Owyoung/NBC The Weeknd sat for his first-ever interview on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Thursday night and credited Tom Cruise‘s appearance on the show back in 2015 with boosting his career. Cruise took part in the ongoing “Lip-Sync Battle” segment of the program, performing Weeknd’s “Can’t Feel My Face” and calling the singer “enormously talented.” “It…
Jenna Ortega, Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye, Barry Keoghan; Marion Curtis / Starpix for Lionsgate The psychological thriller Hurry Up Tomorrow, starring Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye, is in theaters now. While Abel starred in the 2023 HBO series The Idol, this marks the first time that he’s carried an entire film by himself. But as director Trey Edward Shults revealed,…
Lionsgate As far back as 2023, The Weeknd has talked about retiring his stage persona, and many believed that his new movie, Hurry Up Tomorrow, would be its last hurrah. In it, he plays a character named Abel, which is his actual birth name. But now the singer says he’s not so sure. Asked by Entertainment…
Courtesy CBS/Solaiman Fazel Janet Jackson will be honored with the ICON award at this year’s American Music Awards, which will air live from Las Vegas on May 26 and stream on Paramount+. The ICON award is given to artists “whose music has had undeniable cultural and global influence over the music industry.” Miss Jackson will…
Greg Doherty/Getty Images for Lionsgate With all The Weeknd has accomplished, itâs hard to believe heâs never been interviewed on a late night talk show. All thatâs about the change next week, when he makes his late night interview debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The show confirmed The Weeknd will be sitting down for a chat with…
Denise Truscello/Getty Images for Live Nation Mariah Carey‘s twins, Moroccan and Monroe, are 13 now, which means they’re definitely at that age where everything their mom does embarrasses them, even if she is a global pop icon. Mariah posted a carousel of her family’s Easter celebration on Instagram. It shows Mariah and the kids, holding Easter…
Markus Klinko & Indrani April 12, 2005, marks the 20th anniversary of Mariah Carey‘s hit album The Emancipation of Mimi, and she’s just announced several releases to celebrate the milestone. First up is a five-LP vinyl box set, due out May 30. Personally compiled by Mariah, it includes the original album, the tracks from the…
Courtesy Lionsgate The Weeknd‘s upcoming movie, Hurry Up Tomorrow, may have the same title as his new LP, but it’s by no means a “visual album” like Beyonce‘s Lemonade or the one Miley Cyrus is releasing later this year. It’s a psychological thriller that, according to the director, may you remind you of some other movies. In addition to…
Lionsgate The Weeknd performed in Las Vegas on Tuesday â not as part of a residency or headlining show, but in front of a bunch of movie theater owners. The occasion was the annual CinemaCon, where The Weeknd made an appearance to promote his new movie, Hurry Up Tomorrow. Deadline reports the singer, who is billed under…
