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 …
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David Cross ripped into many of his former comedy heroes for their participation in Saudi Arabia’s controversial Riyadh Comedy Festival. The comedian posted his thoughts on his website and in an X post, saying he was “disgusted, and deeply disappointed in this whole gross thing.” Cross wondered how people he admired in the comedy space would “condone this totalitarian fiefdom …
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Members of the European Broadcasting Union will hold a vote in November to determine if Israel will participate in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest. “A vote on participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place at an extraordinary meeting of the EBU’s General Assembly to be held online in early November,” an EBU spokesperson told Reuters on Friday, …
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Pakistan’s match against the United Arab Emirates at the Asia Cup has been delayed by an hour amid the ongoing fallout from Sunday’s match against India. Pakistan said India’s players refused to shake hands after the match – the first between the two countries since the military conflict earlier this year – and also claim match referee Andy Pycroft told …
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Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry on Aug. 25 condemned American director Woody Allen’s participation in the Moscow International Film Week, calling it “a disgrace” amid Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine. “Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemns the participation of American director Woody Allen in the Moscow International Film Week. This is a disgrace and an insult to the memory of the Ukrainian actors …
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