John Oliver Roasts Netflix-WBD Deal In ‘Last Week Tonight’ Season 13 Premiere: “Loved The Ending Of ‘Stranger Things,’ By The Way — Very Brown”
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John Oliver Roasts Netflix-WBD Deal In ‘Last Week Tonight’ Season 13 Premiere: “Loved The Ending Of ‘Stranger Things,’ By The Way — Very Brown”

John Oliver had a lot of life to catch up on in the premiere of Last Week Tonight Season 13: from the Netflix-WBD deal to Bad Bunny's halftime show.

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Boulevard City, Riyadh, the Western consensus & the hypocritical oaf
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Boulevard City, Riyadh, the Western consensus & the hypocritical oaf

. . . we took the next best option to Boulevard World, recently opened, Boulevard City. What does it mean? Sensory overload. I had this song playing in my head . . . but it's too early for a music break. . . We thought at first, shopping, that's what it's about, as we were ushered, yes, ushered,

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The problem with Riyadh Comedy Festival

The new comedy destination is… Saudi Arabia?!This week, Nish shares some Big Feelings about the Riyadh Comedy Festival - where the likes of Jack Whitehall, O...

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I Ranked Every Sellout At The Riyadh Comedy Festival

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"If you built your career on speaking truth TO power, we notice when you start speaking FOR it instead." #auspol #RiyadhComedyFestival #accountability https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrSsmhiVN88
They're not your values if you don't live them.

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Whitney Cummings on Riyadh Comedy Festival Controversy: “It’s Just Racism”

“I don’t operate under the idea that every government and their people are the same. Like, you think that the people of Saudi Arabia and the Saudi government all share [the same values]?” she said on her podcast.

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Looks like some #riyadhcomedyfestival performers are going with "anybody complaining is lumping in the people there with the government".

Bullshit. They were invited and paid by the government under strict topic rules. It would be like being invited by Trump or Biden, paid by the government and told that to get the money, you couldn't criticize them. It doesn't matter who else is in the room. You can't say your comedy is about truth telling etc after taking that gig, esp for a dictator.

Whitney Cummings Defends Performing At Riyadh Comedy Festival, Says Backlash “Is Just Racism”
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https://deadline.com/2025/10/whitney-cummings-riyadh-comedy-festival-defends-performing-1236584551/

Whitney Cummings Defends Performing At Riyadh Comedy Festival, Says Backlash “Is Just Racism”

Whitney Cummings is speaking out on the criticism of those who performed at Saudi Arabia's debut Riyadh Comedy Festival.

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Whitney Cummings Says Riyadh Comedy Festival Backlash ‘Is Just Racism,’ Claims Stand-Up Comics Who’ve Worked With Live Nation Have ‘Taken Saudi Money’
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https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/whitney-cummings-riyadh-comedy-backlash-racism-live-nation-1236552358/

Whitney Cummings Says Riyadh Comedy Backlash Is Racism

Whitney Cummings says backlash against the Riyadh Comedy Festival is hypocritical as comedians have taken Saudi money if they worked with Live Nation.

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