Wanda Sykes

Apparently, Wanda Sykes is still traumatized by Will Smith’s Oscar slap to the point “she can’t talk about it.”

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Wanda Sykes and Mike Epps have inked a deal to star in a new comedy series for Netflix titled “The Upshaws.” The series centers on a working-class Black family in Indiana struggling with how to make things work without a blueprint on how to do it, Variety reports. Sykes and Epps are executive-producing the show along with “Insecure” writer Regina Y. Hicks. […]

Ciara has announced that she’s headed to Harvard! CiCi was recently accepted into Harvard’s Business of Entertainment, Media and Sports program, and she got in without paying anyone! Learn more about the program she’s in, where Duke superstar Zion Williamson might be headed and Wanda Sykes big regret in the video above. HEAD BACK TO THE […]

Wanda Sykes is serving up another Netflix stand-up special, “Not Normal,” in which she reflects on some of her most memorable life moments, including the time she tried to ignore former first lady Michelle Obama at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in 2009. “I still kick myself about it,” she told the New York Times. “When I did the […]

Wanda Sykes appeared on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” Tuesday night with a special segment called “Great Fails in Black History” and the focus was Omarosa Manigault-Newman. “Omarosa-Manigault Newman is a TV personality and former White House aid. She gained fame on the reality show ‘The Apprentice,’ where she was fired by Donald Trump […]

The story of women’s rights and equality has been around for years. It’s not confined to anyone area is it leaks into all sectors of life whether it’s finance, entertainment or politics. Comedian and actress Mo’Nique has recently brought this issue to light after being offered only $500,000 for a Netflix special. Not pleased by […]

  You can always depend on Wanda Sykes for a good laugh. Check out the interview below to hear about her disdain for the Trumps, her role in Snatched, Mother’s Day, and much more!     Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.  

At home, Wanda Sykes is a normal, gay, suburban wife and a mother with 6-year-old twins. The twins and her wife are all French, which makes Sykes feel sometimes that she needs a passport to get into her own house. But to millions of fans, Sykes is best known as a comicand this season on […]

Wanda Sykes is a funny lady, so you’d figure she knows other funny women. At least that’s what the Oprah Winfrey Network figured when they hired Sykes to put together “Herlarious,” a standup comedy show that airs on the OWN Network at 10 p.m on July 13 and the 20. Comedians featured include the Tom […]

Wanda Sykes is coming to the Oprah Winfrey Network. According to reports, the network just greenlighted two, hour-long comedy specials starring the Emmy Award-winning comedienne,…