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'I Just Couldn't Be Part of That' Weird Al Yankovic Reveals He Rejected a Seven-Figure Comedy Festival Offer in Riyadh

Weird Al Yankovic declined a seven-figure offer to perform at a Saudi comedy festival, citing discomfort with the state-sponsored event. Other comedians faced backlash for participating due to human rights concerns.

International Business Times UK

Singapore offers to set up single Americans with ‘epic’ first dates – there’s just one catch

State-backed matchmaking campaign asks singles to trust trio of ‘aunties’ to fix them a first date

The Independent UK

‘Amoral, evil’: vitriolic backlash builds against comics who played Riyadh festival

Murder by bone-saw, lashings for rape victims, punishment amputation, jail for satirists … these are the Saudi human rights abuses fuelling the fury at the likes of Louis CK, Dave Chappelle and Jimmy Carr. How have they responded?

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New on Hulu June 7-13: our expert's picks for 5 TV shows and movies coming to Hulu this week

Picks for the best new TV show and movies on Hulu this week include a doc about one of the world's biggest podcasters and a new stand-up special.

WhatToWatch

TV tonight: an unmissable night for Carole King and James Taylor fans

The Grammy-winning artists are celebrated in Frank Marshall’s lovely documentary. Plus: Atsuko Okatsuka is the comedian you need to know. Here’s everything to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Morning Mail: O’Callaghan beats Titmus in thrilling 200m final, universities accused over language tests, ‘ferocious’ UK knife attack

Australian swimmers take gold and silver in 200m freestyle final; university integrity under fire

The Guardian - AU

Atsuko Okatsuka: ‘Executives say, we only do one Ali Wong every 10 years. Why would we do a second?’

The standup has earned a huge online audience for her comedy and dance videos with her equally popular grandma. She talks about her family and feeling like ‘a freak’

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Parts of Chicago more dangerous than war zones, who’s profiting on the Bally’s deal and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Drop Challenge’ creator Atsuko Okatsuka starts with the silly

The comedy rising star, coming to Chicago this weekend, makes a name for herself with TikTok gags and an acclaimed HBO special, ‘The Intruder.’

Chicago Sun-Times

New this week: 'Banshees,' Whitney Houston, 'High on Life'

This week’s new entertainment releases include an album from rapper Ab-Soul, the irreverent shoot-’em-up video game “High on Life” and rising comedian Atsuko Okatsuka debuts her first HBO comedy special called “The Intruder.”

The Independent UK

Atsuko Okatsuka review – an artfully offbeat standup

Okatsuka’s slightly incapable, slightly on-edge persona is a fun time, whose yarn about an intruder frames material on marriage, mental illness and migration

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh fringe 2022 week one roundup: from care home tales to a Berlin fetish night

Sex, social commentary and shows with no actors: where else but the first full fringe since 2019, with standout moments from Sheeps, Bilal Zafar and ‘a show without actors’

The Guardian - UK

The key to Edinburgh Fringe stardom? Having your own TikTok army

During lockdown, fledgling comedians won virtual acclaim. Now they hope real-life festival crowds will find them just as funny

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh festival 2022: 50 shows to see

Phil Wang makes a heroic return, Ian McKellen stars in a balletic Hamlet and Sophie Duker is gleefully carefree. Here are our picks of the festival’s comedy, theatre and dance

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