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 ...

NEW YORK — Will Arnett is much funnier in real life. Take it from Bradley Cooper, who directs the comedian in the sentimental new dramedy “Is This Thing On?” (in theaters Dec. 19). The film follows a ...

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.

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 ...

During a recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show, Aziz Ansari defended his decision to perform at the Riyadh Comedy Festival. He also said he planned on donating part of the fee he earned ...

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 ...

Jimmy Kimmel pressed comedian Aziz Ansari this week about his decision to perform at Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Comedy Festival, with Kimmel calling the Saudi government a "pretty brutal regime" and ...

Arnett and Laura Dern play New York suburban parents who've decided to split up. Then he starts turning their separation into a comedy-club routine. Alex and Tess Novak (Will Arnett and Laura Dern) ...

Whitney Cummings defended performing in Saudi Arabia at the government-backed Riyadh Comedy Festival this month, saying Monday that critics of the festival are “just racist.” “It’s just racism,” she ...

It’s never too early to laugh, and so it is the Edmonton-grown Great Outdoors Comedy Festival has already begun unrolling its 2026 summer lineup — starting with Netflix and social media star and ...

Ansari said the decision to perform at the Riyadh Comedy Festival was “something I put a lot of thought into,” and he sought out advice from his aunt who used to live in Saudi Arabia. “There’s people ...

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