Ben Stiller: Comedy ‘under threat from Trump’

Donald Trump poses a threat to comedy, the American actor Ben Stiller has suggested. Stiller – the star of Meet the Parents, ...

Cristela Alonzo redefines the American Dream in new comedy hour ‘Upper Classy’

Alonzo puts her bills on autopay and her family learns how to go on vacation in her third Netflix special, which explores ...

Roy Wood Jr.: ‘Logic Isn’t the Weapon. It Might Need to Be Love’

Roy Wood Jr. talks about his book, 'The Man of Many Fathers,' doing comedy in a polarized country and what he learned in radio and on 'The Daily Show' ...
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In battles over free speech, comedians are often center stage

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 ...
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At Saudi comedy fest, American free speech becomes the punchline

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — For weeks, ridicule poured in against the American comedians set to perform this week in Saudi Arabia — a country not known for its civil liberties. But by the time they took to ...