The Weeknd Performs, Talks Tom Cruise Connection on 'Tonight'

The Weeknd Prioritizes Promoting Tom Cruise in ‘Mission: Impossible’ Over His Critically Maligned ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’

The Weeknd decided to open his “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” interview Thursday night by promoting “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning” ahead of his new film, “Hurry Up Tomorrow.”  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 performance of “I Can’t Feel My Face” on the NBC late-nigh…

The Weeknd performs, talks Tom Cruise connection on 'Tonight'

Abel Tesfaye, better known as The Weeknd, performed and discussed Tom Cruise's influence on his career on "The Tonight Show" Thursday. The music artist, 35, sang "Baptized in Fear" and "Open Hearts."

With the end of the mission-impossible series, we must also say goodbye to Tom Cruise as the man who made the impossible always seem effortlessly feasible.

The Weeknd credits Tom Cruise lip sync with helping him to break out early in his career

The Weeknd has hailed Tom Cruise for helping score a huge hit during the early part of his career. READ MORE: ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ review: a fitting farewell to Tom Cruise’s all-action hero The Mission: Impossible star took part in a lip sync battle on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon back in 2015, when he took on Abel Tesfaye’s ‘Can’t Feel My Face’ from his second album ‘Beauty Behind The Madness’. At the time Crui…

Tom Cruise makes Mission Impossible confession: ‘It took me years’

Tom Cruise has revealed it has taken him “decades” to prepare for his extreme Mission Impossible stunts. Speaking at the global premiere for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning in London on Thursday (16 May), the actor said he wants his stunts to engage his audiences emotionally, and does not want people to “just watch the movie”. Speaking about how he prepares for his stunts, Cruise said: “I have to tell you, look, it takes years, decades…

Cruise gives his all as Mission: Impossible goes out with a bang

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to strap in for another stunt-filled, impossible, implausible mission with Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt and his crew of super-spies