The Weeknd, who is transitioning his stage name to his given name, Abel Tesfaye, is a proud Canadian of Ethiopian descent. Born in Toronto into an Ethiopian home, Tesfaye says both identities “keep me ...

LAS VEGAS − Abel Tesfaye, the musician known as The Weeknd, is a certified smash. Tesfaye, the movie star, is more of an unknown commodity. Audiences get to see both at work in the ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Abel Tesfaye siempre supo que quería tener una carrera en cine. Ve su ascenso meteórico a la fama como una de las mayores superestrellas del pop actual bajo el seudónimo de ...

Simon Tesfaye arrived at The Meadows School four years ago with a singular vision: pursuing educational excellence. Despite baseball skills that would have made him a coveted piece for any Las ...

Depending on who you ask, Abel Tesfaye — better known by his stage name, The Weeknd — is either a poetic musical genius or a drug-addled lothario. To his credit, this duality is Tesfaye’s doing.

Cinematographer Chayse Irvin experiments with 35mm and different looks to convey Abel Tesfaye's farewell to The Weeknd through Jungian archetypes. “It was quite a big exploration, to be honest ...

After all, if you believe Hurry Up Tomorrow, the new drama co-written by and starring Abel Tesfaye, better known as The Weeknd, being a world-famous music superstar really, really sucks.

“Hurry Up Tomorrow” is likely as bleak a film as you’ll see this year. In it, multi-platinum and Grammy-winning musician The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye) stars as a fictional version of himself, spinning a ...

The Associated Press Abel Tesfaye says goodbye to The Weeknd Posted: May 7, 2025 | Last updated: May 8, 2025 As he launches a North American stadium tour and his "Hurry Up Tomorrow" film, Abel ...

That September night in 2022 marked a turning point for Tesfaye. He mines the scene in “Hurry Up Tomorrow, ” where, ironically, it arrives too late. The tedium of an incoherent first act ...

Directed by and starring Abel Tesfaye—formerly known as The Weeknd, currently known as Abel Tesfaye, and possibly known tomorrow as something else entirely—the film is a surrealist farewell to ...

The artist born Abel Tesfaye stars in Hurry Up Tomorrow, a new autofictional horror-drama film directed by Trey Edward Shults and co-written by Tesfaye with Reza Fahim, out on May 16. The film ...