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Wanda Sykes: I feel whole again

By theGrio

4:49 PM on 10/27/2011

Wanda Sykes says it didn't take her long to decide to have both breasts removed...
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Wanda Sykes: I had a double mastectomy

By theGrio

9:52 AM on 09/23/2011

Wanda Sykes being outrageous - that's expected. But for the actress-comedian to be serious? That's rare. Even when the issue is personal....
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Wanda Sykes: Hampton University's funny woman

By theGrio

2:20 PM on 09/13/2011

theGRIO REPORT - It is hard to believe that funny woman Wanda Sykes worked as anything other than an entertainer...
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Wanda Sykes talks same-sex marriage at NAACP convention

By theGrio

10:25 AM on 07/26/2011

VIDEO - "I didn't have to 'come out' black," offered comic Wanda Sykes Monday during a speech at the NAACP annual convention...
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Homophobia has no business in black comedy

By Michael Arceneaux

8:31 AM on 06/13/2011

OPINION - As quick as many blacks are to call out other comics on race baiting humor, one would think we'd be a bit more sensitive to groups that share struggles for tolerance...
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Twitter: Making a blacktag of it?

By theGrio

1:13 PM on 05/23/2011

If you've been watching media debaters flip the pro-con coin about the Internet lately, you know by now that Twitter is either a noble catalyst of the Arab Spring...
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Wanda Sykes rips Donald Trump, calls birthers racist

By theGrio

12:51 PM on 05/06/2011

Wanda Sykes has never pulled punches, especially when it comes to controversy and politics...
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Slideshow: theGrio's 15 LGBT leaders of tomorrow

By Talia Whyte

9:04 AM on 06/26/2010

SLIDESHOW - In honor of Gay Pride Month, theGrio highlights 15 trailblazers in the LGBT community who 'add color' to the rainbow flag...
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theGrio's Top Tweets of the Week

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10:16 AM on 05/21/2010

SLIDESHOW - theGrio has compiled for you our top ten favorite tweets on the topical events of the week that was...
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Why can't black hosts survive late night?

By Ronda Racha Penrice

8:38 AM on 05/17/2010

OPINION - What is it about late night television that spells disaster when a little color is added to the small screen mix?
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Wanda Sykes: Should she remain Fox's late night star?

By theGrio

9:33 AM on 04/17/2010

With her first season finale only a week away, Wanda Sykes has yet to learn whether Fox will pick up her fledgling late-night talk show for a second year...
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Slideshow: Black comics who crack us up

By theGrio

10:06 AM on 04/16/2010

SLIDESHOW - 'Funeral' stars Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence and Tracy Morgan all made our list. Did your favorite funny person make the cut?...
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Erykah Badu: Naked walk music video 'misunderstood'

By theGrio

9:12 AM on 04/05/2010

Appearing on The Wanda Sykes Show on Saturday night, Erykah Badu defended her controversial music video for the song "Window Seat."...
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Whoopi, Mya, Sykes to promote 'Give a Damn' PSA about equality

By theGrio

5:37 PM on 04/01/2010

Whoopi Goldberg, Mya and Wanda Sykes join a host of gay, straight and bisexual celebrities in a new PSA promoting the Give a Damn campaign, which features famous faces speaking out for equality...
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20 people we'd pay to see Palin interview

By theGrio

8:14 AM on 04/01/2010

SLIDESHOW - Here are 20 sit-downs we're not likely to see anytime soon -- but we should wish we would...
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Can a more colorful late night lineup attract an audience?

By Michael E. Ross

9:25 AM on 10/23/2009

OPINION - Next month, late night television will reach outside of its customary comfort zone and break with old habits...
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