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Nearly two years after he made his acting debut with HBO’s “The Idol,” which he co-created with Sam Levinson, Tesfaye said his latest experimental musical film which also stars Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan “brought the joy back into filmmaking.”“Hurry Up Tomorrow,” a Lionsgate release hitting theaters May 16, is a kind of companion piece to the final album of the same name released earlier this year in the artist’s record-breaking trilogy.
Along with director Trey Edward Shults, Tesfaye, 35,about retiring The Weeknd, losing his voice onstage in 2022 and lessons learned from making “The Idol.”The interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.
TESFAYE: Cinema, for me, it’s always been my number one passion. And then I happened to sing and make music and it kind of felt like a little detour, a little cheat code to kind of get into this.I always wanted to make movies and I always want to make music with movies. You always kind of hear and see the DNA of cinema in my albums and my music videos, my performances and my stage. So it’s always just been a part of me.
This image released by Lionsgate shows Jenna Ortega as Anima, top, and Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye as Abel, in a scene from “Hurry Up Tomorrow.” (Andrew Cooper/Lionsgate via AP)
This image released by Lionsgate shows Jenna Ortega as Anima, top, and Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye as Abel, in a scene from “Hurry Up Tomorrow.” (Andrew Cooper/Lionsgate via AP)The expansion would allow it to cater for another 100,000 flights a year, taking capacity up to more than 380,000. It’s projected to create 14,000 new jobs and generate 1 billion pounds ($1.26 billion) in annual economic benefits to the country.
Gatwick, which is majority-owned by France-based VINCI Airports, has until April 24 to formally respond to the new proposals, while Alexander is expected to make a final decision shortly after that date, although a deadline has been extended to Oct. 27.Gatwick CEO Stewart Wingate welcomed Thursday’s announcement, saying that the airport will “engage fully” in the extended process for a final decision.
“By increasing resilience and capacity, we can support the U.K.’s position as a leader in global connectivity and deliver substantial trade and economic growth in (southeast England) and more broadly,” he said.Climate change activists, however, have railed against the new Labour government’s provisional thumbs-up, which came just a few weeks after it gave its full backing to the construction of a