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Earlier this year, Wanda Sykes discovered she had breast cancer after going in for a breast reduction. In an episode of Ellen's show, which will air on Monday, she explains: "It wasn't until after the reduction that in the lab work, the pathology, that they found that I had DCIS [ductal carcinoma in situ] in my left breast. I was very, very lucky because DCIS is basically stage-zero cancer. So I was very lucky." Still, Sykes got both breasts removed. She says she didn't talk about it at first because: "How many things could I have? I'm Black, then lesbian. I can't be the poster child for everything." [People] More »
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Today in Tweet Beat, Coco posts a Thong Thursday picture in which she posts a soda can on her rear end. (Her mother was the photographer.) Plus, Oprah is spending the day today in her PJs. More »
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Last night's grand (boring) event gave us all three fashion possibilities — in spades. Brace yourselves, and let's dissect. More »
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Kathy Griffin often refers to them as the "Schmemmys," but judging by the star-studded crowd that showed up last night, I'd say the Creative Arts Emmys are quickly becoming just as glamorous as the big show itself. More »
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• One of Bachelorette Ali Fedotowsky's ex-boyfriends is trying to sell a photo that "shows Ali topless, on her knees, with her hands on her breasts. Beer is being poured on her breasts by someone who is off camera."

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• Jennifer Aniston laments: "I've been asked lately, 'Jen, what's this baby food diet all about?'"

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The stars came out last night to attend the GLAAD Media Awards, which honor "fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives." Ahead, the fashions: More »
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During an appearance on The Wanda Sykes Show last night, Erykah Badu addressed the controversy surrounding her "Window Seat" video, telling Sykes that her "point was grossly misunderstood all over America." Afterward, Sykes premiered a video of her own. [EW] More »
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Alan Frutkin of Mediaweek's Gay TV now hosts a provocative segment examining the portrayal of lesbians on television. Surprisingly, out lesbian personalities are faring much better than their fictional counterparts. More »
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In this week's compilation of pop culture crap, Wanda Sykes creates a Sarah Palin pop-up book, Tyra makes another half-assed attempt to be Oprah, and a mom gets a job growing marijuana. More »
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"The Wanda Sykes Show" premieres tonight, taking over the 11pm slot once occupied by Fox's Saturday Night Live competitor, MadTV. One reason to root for Sykes: unlike other late night shows, she has four women on her writing staff. [NYTimes] More »
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• It's Complicated's Alec Baldwin has amazing body image. "I have a great ass, if I may say so. That's a part of my body that needs no surgical enhancement or rearranging." But when it comes to cosmetic surgery, Baldwin says:

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• Michael and Dina Lohan will work together on getting Lindsay Lohan off of pills. Says Michael Lohan. [Radar Online]

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This week, we are wobbling toward the end of the road on health care reform. The Senate Finance Committee will vote on its plan this week, Obama is limping toward the finish line, and still no People's Elbow in sight. More »
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• Melanie Griffith's rep confirmed that she has checked into a rehab facility saying, "This is part of a routine plan that was designed between her and her doctors years ago." But sources say husband Antonio Banderas demanded she get sober.

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• Jon Gosselin has been hanging out in the Hamptons with Star reporter Kate Major. At the home of Michael Lohan. "Jon and her are good friends," Lindsay's dad says. [E!, People]

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Chalk another one up for the PR team: Angelina Jolie was rated the "#1 lesbian heroine" - because I guess actual lesbians need not apply? More »
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In this clip, Jay Leno is loathsome, but Wanda Sykes is awesome: Last night she talked about meeting the First Lady, and noted that when the press asks "When will we see the real Michelle Obama?" what they want to see is for the First Lady to get all necksnappy. More »
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• Kate Gosselin of Jon and Kate Plus 8 says she and Jon may be through. "I don't know that we're in the same place anymore, that we want the same thing," she says.

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Last night, Wanda Sykes took center stage at the White House Correspondents Dinner and went after everyone from the President to Sarah Palin to Rush Limbaugh. The audience seemed both amused and stunned at times. More »
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• Madonna's adoption of a second Malawian child: Denied.

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• Madonna is making moves in Malawi: This picture at the link shows 4-year-old Mercy, the girl she's trying to adopt, holding hands with possible new sister Lourdes. [Daily Mail]

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• Ladies and gentlemen: Mickey Rourke is reportedly dating Courtney Love, and has been for a few weeks. Somehow this makes perfect sense. [Telegraph]

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Wanda Sykes was on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson last night discussing her recent marriage in a bittersweet segment about same-sex marriage. More »
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It's that time: The Jezebel Top 10 of 2008 list. Inside: Celebs, Photoshop, Obama, Real Housewives, dating, Sex and the City, fashion, breastfeeding, and animals. Sounds good to us! The full list, after the jump. More »
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Wanda Sykes is really excited that we're finally going to have "a first lady with a nice ass." (Has she been comparing notes with Salon's Erin Aubry Kaplan?) More »
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I will be the first person to admit that I have a sick sense of humor. I never lose a gross-out contest, I revel in inappropriate jokes and I consider, when telling a joke, a look of horror as nearly as good as getting a laugh. But I often hear from people — men and women — that rape jokes are never, ever funny. Well, I would like to disagree — and to point out that even some people who swear that this is true can find one that they like. But, furthermore, by putting sexual assault on a kind of untouchable comedy pedestal, I think we're getting further away from allowing victims to be able to make it a normative, discuss-able and, yes, mock-able experience, and that the more different we make it and ourselves from victims of other situations, the more difficult it is the get actual equity in the way the rest of society treats it. More »
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The passage of Proposition 8 in California has led comedian Wanda Sykes to be more outspoken about her sexuality. Sykes, who claims that everyone in her personal life is aware that she's gay, felt "attacked" by Proposition 8 and has decided to speak out about her personal life as a result. "You know, I don't really talk about my sexual orientation. I didn't feel like I had to. I was just living my life, not necessarily in the closet, but I was living my life," Sykes says, "Now, I gotta get in their face. I'm proud to be a woman. I'm proud to be a black woman, and I'm proud to be gay."[HuffingtonPost] More »
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Wanda Sykes was on The Tonight Show last night and gave the most cogent rebuttal to the bailout of any public figure to date: the Bush Administration wants poor people to close their eyes and give rich people $700 billion to squander so they can keep their Olympic-sized swimming pools. Only she says it funnier, obviously. Wanda Sykes for Treasury Secretary! More »
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Just a little over a year after it published an essay in which Christopher Hitchens asserted that women aren't funny, Vanity Fair has come out with an issue acknowledging the current generation of female comedians, actresses and writers who are proving that women are actually quite hilarious. (Hitchens has a rebuttal here.) The video above, taken during the photo sessions for the issue, is like girl crush central, and includes Sandra Bernhard, Susie Essman, Tina Fey, Jenna Fischer, Chelsea Handler, Leslie Mann, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Amy Sedaris, Sarah Silverman, Wanda Sykes, and Kristen Wiig. Unfortunately, the lineup is a little too white. Where's Mo'nique? Or Margaret Cho? Jenna Fischer beat out both of them? More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=363165&view=rss&microfeed=true Feministing just posted a love letter to this hilarious (although a bit long - it clocks in at 5:14) clip of comedian Wanda Sykes and her visionary idea for women: A detachable vagina. Don't ask, just watch (some language NSFW). More »
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