Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Held in Saudi Arabia’s capital city, the debut Riyadh Comedy Festival, which kicked off Sept. 26 and runs to Oct. 9, is billed as ...

Building a country’s entire film industry from the ground up is no easy task. But in just eight short years, Saudi Arabia – which only began having cinemas across the kingdom in 2018 – has transformed ...

Comedian Bill Burr is showing no remorse for performing at a controversial comedy festival in Saudi Arabia. The Emmy- and Grammy-nominated funnyman is defending his decision to headline the Riyadh ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whitney Cummings is the latest comedian to defend performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival, which sparked widespread backlash in ...

A comedy festival in the capital of Saudi Arabia has become a cultural flash point as major comedians face criticism for accepting seemingly lucrative deals to perform in a country that was virtually ...

Pete Davidson is standing by his decision to perform at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia more than two decades after his father, New York City firefighter Scott Davidson, was killed in the ...

When Saudi Arabia’s Cultural Development Fund gathered filmmakers, producers, investors and entrepreneurs at its Film Future reception during the Red Sea Film Festival, the goal was not simply to ...

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 ...

Saudi Arabia has officially confirmed the Bakrid 2026 or Eid Al Adha date following the crescent moon sighting announcement.