Comedian Bill Burr is defending his performance at Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Comedy Festival. The A-list celebrity, and others like Dave Chappelle, Pete Davidson and Kevin Hart, has received backlash from ...

In a scathing open letter, Cross is the latest to criticize his fellow comedians for participating in the Riyadh Comedy Festival: "I am deeply disappointed in this whole gross thing. How can any of us ...

American stand-up comedian Tim Dillon says he has been dropped from the bill of Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Comedy Festival because of remarks he made about the country's alleged use of forced labor. Dillon ...

The lineup of A-list comedians who are jetting off to Saudi Arabia to perform at the two-week Riyadh Comedy Festival notably does not include central Pennsylvania’s own stand up star Shane Gillis.

The star-studded lineup of Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Comedy Festival is still catching heat from peers back in the U.S. After drawing criticism from the likes of Marc Maron and Atsuko Okatsuka, David ...

In his video, Woods mixed sharp satire with pointed references to the country’s human rights record, calling out entertainers for lending legitimacy to a regime accused of censorship, repression, and ...

Some of the biggest comedians in the world are descending upon Saudi Arabia for what's being billed as the "world's largest comedy festival," and their fans and peers alike are slamming them for their ...

Actor and comedian Zach Woods recently took to TikTok to criticize American comics who agreed to perform at the Riyadh Comedy Festival, an event backed by Saudi Arabia's entertainment authority. In ...

American stand-up comedian Tim Dillon says he has been dropped from the bill of Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Comedy Festival because of remarks he made about the country's alleged use of forced labor. Dillon ...