Halloween has barely left the building but the holidays are right around the corner! Ivoryton Playhouse will be celebrating ...

Branson made his first investments starting at age 13, gambling his pocket change on two ventures that failed miserably—but taught him priceless lessons. Sir Richard Branson was 19 years old when he ...

Bill Burr is lashing out at critics for slamming his appearance at the Riyadh Comedy Festival. During an interview on the “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast, Burr said he does not “give a fuck ...

Lisa Ann Walter started her career as a stand-up comedian in the late 1980s before booking film and TV roles and eventually landing on the hit ABC sitcom “Abbott Elementary.” She continues to tour as ...

My favorite John Candy moment is just a blink in a semi-obscure skit. It’s from “SCTV,” the Canadian sketch comedy series, and Candy, wearing a suit and a fluffy blond wig, is playing drums for a ...

Everybody who has known me for more than five minutes knows full well that I think BASEketball is the best sports comedy of all time, and I’m willing to die on that hill. A close second, however, is ...

Liberal talk show host Jimmy Kimmel grilled comedian Aziz Ansari on Monday for performing at a comedy festival in Saudi Arabia, noting he is one of many to be scrutinized for taking money from Saudis.

Sky has acquired The Miniature Wife, a U.S. comedy-drama starring Elizabeth Banks and Matthew Macfadyen, ahead of MIPCOM. The show will air on Sky and NOW in 2026. The series synopsis reads: Marriage ...

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.

Comics were roasted and dragged for performing at the event, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's abominable human rights record saw some daylight. But both ultimately walked off as winners. By Kevin ...

Human Rights Watch said on Thursday it will not accept donations from comedians who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia. The human rights organization told Variety that it “cannot ...

Bill Burr, Dave Chappelle and others have framed their participation as a matter of open expression. Yet they’re maddeningly vague about how much dissent is possible in Saudi Arabia. By Jason Zinoman ...