"It’s easier to talk here than it is in America," the comedian told an audience at the Riyadh Comedy Festival. By James Hibberd Writer-at-Large Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in ...

American comics used Saudi Arabia’s first global comedy festival to skewer a debate raging at home. Critics said the event was part of Saudi efforts to draw attention away from a political crackdown.

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while onstage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia. The comedian was one of more than 50 performers participating in ...

His CIA code name is Condor. In the next seventy-two hours almost everyone he trusts will try to kill him.

The comedian Dave Chappelle is facing backlash for a joke he made at the Riyadh Comedy Festival, in Saudi Arabia.

"Real Time" host Bill Maher called out comedian Dave Chappelle Friday for downplaying free speech in America during his performance at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia last week. "Dave ...

Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan, creator of the sitcom "Father Ted," says his arrest over social media posts criticizing transgender activists underscores what he sees as a growing threat to free ...

Dave Chappelle raised eyebrows over the weekend after he used his set at the inaugural Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia to blast the status of free speech in the United States. Per The New York ...

Many of the comics attending are taking heat — deservedly so — from other comedians and human rights groups in light of the ...

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 ...

The debate over limits on free speech in comedy has taken an urgent, international flavor this week. Some of the biggest names in stand-up are vigorously defending their participation in the ...