Wanda Sykes

D.L. Hughley is among the Black comedians slated to take on "The Daily Show" guest host duties following Trevor Noah's departure.

The future of Roseanne Barr's eponymous TV show was in serious doubt Tuesday after she compared a Black woman to an ape.

Shep Smith Keeps It Real Trump is trying to blame Democrats for the government shutdown — even though Republicans are in control of the House, Senate and Trump is in the White House. Bottom line, the shutdown is due to 45’s disgusting lack of leadership, from claiming to want a bipartisan bill, which was presented […]

This weekend, Tiffany Haddish, the Girls Trip star, will be Saturday Night Live's first Black comedienne host in the show's 42 year history.

Amy Schumer has found yet another way to set off Black Twitter. The comedian decided to parody Beyoncé‘s “Formation” video with the help of Hollywood vet Goldie Hawn while on the set of their upcoming film, Mother/Daughter, and it rubbed some social media users the wrong way. In a video posted exclusively to TIDAL on Friday, the two actresses can be seen doing their best Queen Bey dance moves.

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Wanda Sykes has been called “one of the funniest stand-up comics” by her peers and ranks among Entertainment Weekly’s 25 Funniest People in America. Her smart-witted stand up has sent her career in many different areas. In 2012 Wanda joined forces with veteran producer Page Hurwitz to form Push It Productions, a production company dedicated to […]

In a rare genealogical discovery, comic actress Wanda Sykes has been able to identify that her familial roots in America go as far back as the 17th century, according to a New York Times report. SEE ALSO: Will 2012 Be Esperanza Spalding’s Year? Her paternal ninth great-grandmother was Elizabeth Banks, a free white woman. According to […]

Comedian Wanda Sykes has been diagnosed with a type of breast cancer called Ductal Carcinoma In Situ, or DICS. Sykes announced the diagnosis on the “Ellen DeGeneres Show” yesterday, calling it “stage zero cancer.” Wanda Sykes Says It’s Harder To Be Gay Than Black VIDEO: Wanda Sykes Rips Lack Of “Racial Diversity” On FOX The […]

LOS ANGELES — The NAACP hosted a LGBT forum at its 102nd national convention to discuss lesbian and gay issues within the Black community. Civil Rights activist and former NAACP chairman Julian Bond, CNN anchor Don Lemon, and comedienne Wanda Sykes were three of the panelists who spoke before members. In the town hall styled […]

Writer and stand-up comedian Wanda Sykes recently appeared on the Piers Morgan Tonight show, where she boldly proclaimed that “it’s harder to be gay than black.” I’m not talking about the history of black people, of African Americans. I’m talking about at this point right now … I don’t know of organizations and groups like […]

From TheGrio.com: By Ronda Racha Penrice Reports that The Wanda Sykes Show will most likely not return to Fox for another season isn’t exactly a newsflash.