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In a world glued to screens, Aziz Ansari is choosing the analog life. During an appearance on Tuesday’s episode of the “Good Hang with Amy Poehler” podcast, the comedian spoke about his Luddite ways and why he isn’t a fan of ChatGPT. “I don’t have email. I haven’t had email for, like, 10 years. But I have an assistant,” Ansari …

Human Rights Watch has said comedian Aziz Ansari’s performance at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia was no laughing matter—and has refused his proposed donation. The top international rights organization has stated that it “cannot accept” money from Ansari or any of the other “over 50 global stand-up legends” who appeared on stage in the Middle Eastern kingdom. Instead, …

Aziz Ansari was asked by Jimmy Kimmel about his participation in the controversial Riyadh Comedy Festival. Chad Salvador / Variety via Getty Images Numerous comedians, including Pete Davidson, Bill Burr, and Dave Chappelle, faced immense backlash after they were announced as part of the Saudi Arabian comedy festival. It was paid for by the Saudi government and, according to screenshots …

While defending his decision to perform at the controversial, state-sponsored Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia, Aziz Ansari said he planned to donate “part of the fee” to “causes that support free press and human rights,” listing Reporters Without Borders and Human Rights Watch, which has long been critical of the comedy festival and the Saudi regime. But in a …

The the recent Riyadh Comedy Festival controversy made its way to Jimmy Kimmel Live! this week. Aziz Ansari, one of the 50 or so comedians that traveled to Saudi Arabia to perform for what was billed as “the world’s largest comedy festival,” stopped by Kimmel’s late night show to promote his new Lionsgate comedy Good Fortune. And the host tackled …

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 questioning why Ansari would “take their money.” Held in Saudi Arabia’s capital city, the Riyadh Comedy Festival began on Sept. 26 and ends Thursday. The event has hosted over 50 …

Aziz Ansari is the latest comedian to defend to controversial decision to perform at Saudi Arabia’s debut Riyadh Comedy Festival. The Golden Globe winner said his decision to perform at the festival was “something I put a lot of thought into,” noting his Muslim background and recounting a conversation he had with his aunt who used to live in Saudi …

On his late-night talk show Tuesday night, Jimmy Kimmel pressed Aziz Ansari for performing at the controversial, state-sponsored Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia. “This is something that’s become a big part of the news because people, a lot of comedians especially, are very upset, because the people who paid the comedians to come to this are not good people. …

Aziz Ansari was among the comedians who recently traveled to Saudi Arabia to perform at the controversial Riyadh Comedy Festival, a decision that raised eyebrows and prompted questions from Jimmy Kimmel. Ansari appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday, October 6th, to promote his feature directorial debut, Good Fortune. Toward the end of the interview, Kimmel took the opportunity to ask …

Poaching elements from movies like Heaven Can Wait, Oh God, and It’s A Wonderful Life to life-switchers like Trading Places, and then mixing in the social consciousness of Preston Sturges socially conscious comedies of the ’40s like Sullivan’s Travels, and you have the recipe for a contemporary take on the kind of lighthearted fantasies Hollywood digs up every now and …