In conversation with IndieWire, writer/director Trey Edward Shults breaks down the fact, fiction, and psychological meaning of the dark mythology he and Abel Tesfaye created for their film.

The interview began with Fallon thanking The Weeknd, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, for letting “The Tonight Show” frequently use his music, including in 2015 when Tom Cruise did a lip-sync ...

If I told you that Hurry Up Tomorrow, the latest onscreen vanity project co-written by and starring Abel Tesfaye, opens with the Canadian singer-songwriter-sometime-actor blowing raspberries at ...

The 35-year-old singer - whose real name is Abel Tesfaye - has floated the idea of retiring the Weeknd moniker, but he still has some career ambitions he'd like to achieve. NEWSLETTERS Emailed Daily.

80,000 fans stand before The Weeknd, an endless sea of blinding lights. The bestselling artist born Abel Tesfaye emerges onstage. He launches into the first song. Less than a minute goes by ...

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 ...

Hurry Up Tomorrow, the companion film to Abel Tesfaye/the Weeknd's sixth studio album of the same name, arrives in theaters May 16. Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan star opposite Tesfaye in the ...