Major U.S. comedians set to perform in Saudi Arabia urged not to help cover up “abuses of a repressive regime”

Major U.S. comedians set to perform in Saudi Arabia urged not to help cover up “abuses of a repressive regime”

Some of the biggest American names in comedy have signed up to perform at a festival in Saudi Arabia, and they’re being urged to speak out against the country’s human rights abuses — and not to be “complicit in covering up the abuses of a repressive regime,” by the U.S.-based Human Rights Watch organization. Saudi…

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Ed Sheeran on why his new album “Play” marks a lighter chapter in his life

Ed Sheeran on why his new album “Play” marks a lighter chapter in his life

Ed Sheeran is trading heartbreak for happiness with the release of his eighth studio album, “Play,” a deliberate creative about-face that finds the Grammy winner embracing pure joy after battling through what he calls “the darkest periods” of his life. The 33-year-old singer-songwriter wrote his first album in nearly two years as “the polar opposite”…

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