It’s an objective fact: Black women are hilarious. Through the trials and tribulations of living, they prevail by finding the humor in it all. This has led to a long history of successful Black female ...

A comedy festival in Saudi Arabia featuring high-profile American performers is drawing intense criticism from human rights advocates who say the star-studded event helps gloss over the kingdom’s ...

In 2024, as the film and television industry looked to repair after the year of double labor strikes, comedy continued to explode. Emerging in recent years as the leader in the field, Netflix got the ...

Comedian and talk show host Adam Friedland has been turning heads online with his unique version of talk television on "The Adam Friedland Show." There, he turns the heat up on his guests in hilarious ...

Back in May, head of the Saudi Arabian Entertainment Authority Turki Al-Sheikh announced the country’s plans to host a gigantic international comedy festival featuring the “best 50 stand-up comedians ...

There’s a quote that is often used to describe comedy: “We must laugh to keep us from crying.” Napoleon Bonaparte first said it, but over time, the words evolved, but the meaning remained the same: ...

The first time Janae Burris was asked by a comedy club to leave politics out of her set, she was angry. “I was like, ‘how dare you?’ A Black woman is running for office and I can't talk about it?” ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Bassem Youssef, the Egyptian satirist whose “Daily Show”-like program was canceled after the military seized the once pro-democracy government, watched the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel ...

Ben Sweeny, the salesman-turned-comedian behind that online persona Corporate Sween, says that bosses should waterboard their employees. “Some companies drown their employees with boring surveys and ...

On Wednesday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged comedians who performed at Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Comedy Festival to address the nation’s dire human rights situation, and raise awareness of unjustly ...