“I had breast cancer…I know, it’s scary,” Sykes said with a short chuckle.

The cancer was discovered in February when she was going for a breast reduction operation, because as she said, “I was tired of knocking over stuff.” Sykes said her back was sore and “it wasn’t until after the reduction that in the lab work…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.

Wanda said she has a family history of breast cancer on her mother’s side.

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“I found it through … I was having a breast reduction, actually” in February, Sykes says. “I had real big boobs, and I just got tired of knocking over stuff. Every time I eat … Oh Lord. I’d carry a Tide stick everywhere I go. My back was sore, so it was time to have a reduction. It wasn’t until after the reduction that in the lab work, the pathology, that they found that I had DCIS in my left breast. I was very, very lucky because DCIS is basically stage zero cancer. So I was very lucky. But cancer is cancer.”

Sykes said she could have gone in every three months for a checkup, mammogram and MRI:

“But, I’m not good at keeping on top of stuff,” she adds. “I’m sure I’m overdue for an oil change and a teeth cleaning already. I have a lot of breast cancer history on my mother’s side of the family, which I didn’t know about.”

So she decided to have a bilateral mastectomy:

“I had both breasts removed and because now I have zero chance of having breast cancer,” Sykes says. “It sounds scary up front, but what do you want? Do you want to wait and not be as fortunate when it comes back and it’s too late.”

The episode airs on Monday.

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Jennifer Lopez will play Shira, a sabre-toothed tiger who serves as a love interest for franchise regular Diego (played by Leary). Keke Palmer will be playing Peaches, the daughter of Ellie (played by Queen Latifah). Drake’s character is Ethan and Wanda Sykes plays Granny.

According to iTunes Movie Trailers, in “Continental Drift,” three main characters “embark upon their greatest adventure after cataclysm sets an entire continent adrift.” The trio ends up being separated from the rest of the herd and hop aboard an iceberg, launching “an epic seafaring quest” where they encounter exotic sea creatures, new lands and ruthless pirates.

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The babies are a few weeks old already, but we’re just hearing about this now! Comedienne Wanda Sykes and wife Alex welcomed twins into their happy home on April 27. Says US Magazine,

Alex gave birth to the couple’s first children, daughter Olivia Lou and son Lucas Claude. Olivia weighed 6 lbs., 7 oz., and was 19 inches long. Lucas was born at 7 lbs., 9 oz., and was an inch taller than his sister.

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Looks like Wanda Sykes will be back on nighttime TV! The comedienne reportedly landed her own late-night show aimed to replace the canceled MadTV. Says Yahoo!,

Actress-comedian Wanda Sykes and the Fox network are finalizing a deal for a Saturday late-night show.

The hourlong show, slated to premiere in the fall, will succeed the recently canceled sketch comedy show “MadTV.” It will be topical, featuring a panel of recurring guests sparring over issues concerning politics as well as pop culture. Sykes will appear in field segments as well.

Known for her outspoken comedic perspective, Sykes will host the 2009 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. The actress, who co-stars on CBS’ “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” previously headlined the sitcom “Wanda at Large” on Fox.

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White House-appointed comedians aren’t crass, and when it comes to roasting officials, they never go for the jugular. So what the hell are they doing hiring Wanda Sykes to make Barack Obama laugh?! Maybe she’s the comedic “change” needed to get everyone in D.C. to lighten up a little.

[From Politico]

If the pick of Wanda Sykes as this year’s entertainment at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner tells us anything, it’s that the days of Rich Little and Craig Ferguson are long gone.

Little is the PG-rated ’70s-and-’80s-era impersonator who headlined the WHCA’s 2007 dinner and whose performance was largely panned as having been outdated and unfunny. Ferguson, last year’s entertainer, got better reviews but also played it safe; he said at the time that “being funny is more important to me than being controversial.”

And then there’s Wanda Sykes, whose 2006 CD “Sick & Tired” contains well over 100 instances of R-rated language in just one hour of stand-up. Her routine covers abortion, pornography, sexual acts, prostitution, drug use and strip clubs – and that’s the sanitized-for-your-family-newspaper version of it.

So how’s this going to play when official Washington sits down for dinner at the Hilton Washington on May 9?

“She can be very colorful in her stand-up routines,” April Ryan, White House correspondent for American Urban Radio, says of Sykes. “She also can be very funny without profanity, as she does voice-overs for children’s shows. I hope she falls somewhere in the middle. Not blue but funny and tasteful.”

Adds another White House reporter: “Based on some of her previous gigs – and the vulgarity she uses – we can only hope that she will respect the office and the crowd by cleaning up her act and making sure that nobody’s offended by her performance.”

The Washington Examiner’s Julie Mason calls Sykes “salty” but says that could create a more lively dinner. “She does have a provocative act, but she seems to actually like Obama. In the past, it’s been awkward when the entertainment insulted the president – who is under no obligation to attend our annual fundraiser.”

Liberals will be glad to know that Sykes is firmly on their side of the aisle, having referred to then-President George W. Bush as an “a-hole” who would ruin everything the United States had ever done. She’s called for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, and she’s made fun of former Vice President Dick Cheney’s hunting accident.

So will Obama get off easy?

Not necessarily.

“I’m sick of politicians across the board, Republicans and Democrats,” Sykes says on “Sick & Tired.” “They’re all shady. I’m sick of them. To me, political office should be like jury duty. You should just get a notice in the mail one day and say, ‘Aw, sh-, I’m secretary of state next month. Ain’t this a b–?’”

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