Cynthia Onyedinmanasu Chinasaokwu Erivo (born 8 January 1987) is an English actress, singer, and songwriter.
She is known for her performance as Celie in the Broadway revival of The Color Purple, for which she won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical, the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, and the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program, the latter two she shared with the rest of the cast.
Erivo ventured into films in 2018, with roles in the heist film Widows and the thriller Bad Times at the El Royale. In 2019, she portrayed abolitionist Harriet Tubman in the biopic Harriet, for which she earned nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Jimmy Fallon ruthlessly mocked for wearing sunglasses at rainy Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
nypost.comthe downpour and overcast skies, prompting jokes from NBC viewers.“Rain or shine, you have to get out there,” the “Tonight Show” host said on “Today” at the parade, per USA Today, saying that “everyone is still out here cheering” despite the drizzle. “It is the best holiday.”But it was precisely the weather — and the late-night show host’s choice of accessories — that perplexed viewers.“Sunglasses in the rain is the most Jimmy Fallon that Jimmy can Fallon,” one person wrote on X, per the Daily Mail.“Jimmy Fallon rocking sunglasses at the Macy’s Parade — in the rain — felt like comedy gold,” another user wrote. “Who needs weather-appropriate choices when you have *vibes*?”“It’s raining at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Why is Jimmy Fallon wearing these sunglasses?” snarked someone else.Some users even speculated that the actor might be hungover, arguing that it’s the only logical reason someone would be sporting shades on a cloudy, stormy day.“Jimmy Fallon got an umbrella and wearing sunglasses in this wet weather,” wrote one X user. “He got a heavy hangover.”While the posts are merely allegations, Fallon did previously write on social media that “no one will know when you’re hungover” if you wear sunglasses.The “Saturday Night Live” alum performed a song with the Roots upon reaching the 34th Street Macy’s flagship after last year’s lip syncing snafu.
Another performer included “Vanderpump Rules” alum Ariana Madix as she joined the star-studded line-up of “Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo, Billy Porter, Kylie Minogue and more during the procession, which kicked off at 8:30 a.m.
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