Kirson, who was praised for her Riyadh set by fellow stand-ups Bill Burr and Louis C.K., apologized for her Saudi Arabia appearance and made good on her promise to donate what she earned from the gig.
(Beirut) – Comedians performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival did not use their public platform to urge Saudi authorities to free unjustly detained Saudi dissidents, journalists, and human rights ...
As the first-ever Riyadh Comedy Festival drew to a close last week, a debate raged across entertainment as to whether the free speech warriors who’ve decried cancel culture in their stand-up gigs — ...
The Human Rights Watch said it’s “not too late” for the comedians who participated in the Riyadh Comedy Festival to come out in support of free speech. A new statement comes days after comedians like ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Comedian Nate Bargatze's recent show in Louisville was so popular, it literally broke a record. Bargatze performed at the KFC Yum! Center to a sold-out crowd of approximately 19,000 ...
Charlie Berens, the popular Wisconsin comedian known for his Midwest-specific humor, is taking a stand against the construction of artificial intelligence data centers in the dairy state. In the past ...
Writing from the Chicagoland area in Illinois, Robert is an avid movie watcher and will take just about any excuse to find time to go to his local movie theaters. Robert graduated from Bradley ...
The Washington Post editorial board on Tuesday shredded the stand-up comedians who worked at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia, calling it a "bad joke" that they took money from a repressive ...
Comedian Jim Jefferies brings his “Son of A Carpenter Tour” to the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday, May 30. A presale for Kirby Center members begins Thursday and ...
Veteran comedian Bill Burr unleashed on critics of his recent trip to Saudi Arabia, saying he doesn’t "give a f---" what anyone thinks about his appearance at a comedy festival in Riyadh. The ...
Ask Andy Huggins if he has time for a conversation and his response comes quickly: “Probably not much.” The white-haired comedian, somehow still a rising talent at age 75 (he did “The View” last month ...
Tom Green and his bride both grew up in the comedian’s hometown of Petawawa, Canada Tom Green/Instagram Tom Green wed Amanda Nelson in an Oct. 11 ceremony surrounded by their friends and family “It ...