内容摘要：Dorjey now lives with his wife, two daughters and a son in Kharnakling, where scores of other nomadic families from his native village have also settled in the last two decades.

Dorjey now lives with his wife, two daughters and a son in Kharnakling, where scores of other nomadic families from his native village have also settled in the last two decades.

Dozens have been arrested for social media posts deemed to be supporting the protests.NEW YORK (AP) — It’s the final night of tour. SoFi Stadium, just outside Los Angeles, is packed. 80,000 fans stand before

The bestselling artist born Abel Tesfaye emerges onstage. He launches into the first song. Less than a minute goes by, and the unthinkable happens: His voice cracks. And then it is gone.That September night in 2022 marked a turning point for Tesfaye. He mines the scene in” where, ironically, it arrives too late. The tedium of an incoherent first act paints the charismatic performer — one of the last few decades’ most popular — as an unempathetic protagonist in a nonlinear and nonsensical world.

But how much of The Weeknd is here, really? In his first leading role in a feature film, directed by Trey Edward Shults, Tesfaye plays a fictionalized version of himself, an insomniac musician (as made explicitly clear in the “Wake Me Up” leitmotif, where he sings, “Sun is never rising / I don’t know if it’s day or night”). He’s marred by a recent breakup from an ex portrayed in a cruel voicemail message (“I used to think you were a good person,” she says) and a hedonistic lifestyle, instigated by his superficial friend-manager Lee, played Barry Keoghan.Shortly after Tesfaye loses his voice, a psychosomatic ailment, he meets superfan Amina, portrayed by

She offers temporary comfort and, in return, is afforded no agency. She exists for him. Soon, the uninspired horrors begin, culminating in what recalls the torture scene in

with less violence. Instead, Amina — when she is not weeping; I urge all viewers to keep a “cry count” and consider what feminist blogs might have to say — lip-syncs some of The Weeknd’s biggest hits back to him, explaining that they’re all about “emptiness and heartbreak.” Woven throughout is some conversation about absent fathers and fear of abandonment, with unearned delivery and first-draft acuity — something gesturing at depth without piercing the surface.A woman without legal status in the U.S. listens anxiously as Nora Sandigo, who runs a non-profit dedicated to supporting immigrant families, educates undocumented mothers about their legal rights and options to prepare their families in case a parent were to be detained or deported, Jan. 17, 2025, in Florida City, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

For years, Sandigo has prepared immigrant parents for the worst-case scenario: being separated from their children.Now she goes to those parents instead of having them come to her.

U.S.-born children play near a tree as their mothers, who are in the country illegally, meet with Nora Sandigo, who runs a non-profit dedicated to supporting immigrant families, to learn about their legal rights and options to prepare their families in case a parent were to be detained or deported, Jan. 17, 2025, in Homestead, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)U.S.-born children play near a tree as their mothers, who are in the country illegally, meet with Nora Sandigo, who runs a non-profit dedicated to supporting immigrant families, to learn about their legal rights and options to prepare their families in case a parent were to be detained or deported, Jan. 17, 2025, in Homestead, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)