Netflix’s Animated ‘Good Times’ Remake Attracts ‘Disrespectful’ Backlash | VIDEO
*Days before its streaming premiere on Netflix, the animated remake of “Good Times” is generating a very negative response from viewers. According to Sandra Rose, the unhealthy buzz comes after the trailer for the new series was released by the streamer. Executive produced by Seth MacFarlane, NBA icon Stephen Curry and Norman Lear, the “Good […]
Wanda Sykes Says Will Smith’s Oscar Slap is Still Traumatizing Her
*Apparently, Wanda Sykes is still traumatized by Will Smith’s Oscar slap to the point “she can’t talk about it.” According to People, while on a comedy tour stop in Orlando, Florida, Wanda revealed that she remains unsettled after Smith slapped Chris Rock during the 2022 Academy Awards in March. “I’m still traumatized,” Sykes, told the […]
Jimmy Kimmel and Wanda Sykes Talk Low Pay for Oscar Hosts [VIDEO]
*Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes and Regina Hall have been tapped to host this year’s Academy Awards, and Sykes has already warned that she may not be sober throughout the entire event Sykes was a guest on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Tuesday and the two discussed the pay that Oscar hosts receive. “Out of all the […]
Wanda Sykes Says Don’t Expect ‘Sober Wanda’ At the Oscars | VIDEO
*(CNN) — Wanda Sykes plans on partying at the Oscars, while she’s hosting. Sykes, who is co-hosting Sunday’s Academy Awards with Regina Hall and Amy Schumer, says she will be drinking and things may get crazy. The comedian appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” where Kimmel guessed she was getting paid around $15,000 for the gig, […]
Wanda Sykes, Steve McQueen Among AAFCA 2021 Special Achievement TV Honorees
*The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) today announced the Special Achievement Honorees for the 3rd annual AAFCA TV Honors. The 2021 ceremony will take place on Saturday, August 21st at the California Yacht Club in Marina del Rey, CA. Individual winners will be announced at a later date. Honorees are selected by a special […]
Wanda Sykes Says ‘Ellen’ Appearances Helped Her Parents Accept Her Sexuality (Watch)
*Wanda Sykes reflected on appearing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show every year over the course of 18 seasons, and explained how her visits helped her parents accept her sexuality, since they were having a hard time with her coming out. “Their friends coming up to them and saying, ‘Oh my God, we love ‘Ellen’ and […]
Page Kennedy Talks New Role on Netflix Comedy ‘The Upshaws’ Starring Mike Epps [EUR Exclusive]
*We caught up with actor/comedian/rap artist, Page Kennedy (“The Meg”) to dish about his return to the small screen in Netflix’s new comedy series, “The Upshaws,” starring opposite Mike Epps, Wanda Sykes and Kim Fields. Per press release, the series follows an African American family in Indiana that struggles to make it work. Epps portrays […]
Apollo Theater Teams With Amazon’s ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ for Convo Inspired by Season 3 Finale (Watch)
*The most recent third season of Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” ended with an episode centered around the World Famous Apollo Theater, where Midge Maisel’s eyes were starting to open regarding racism’s nooks and crannies within the entertainment industry, thanks in part to her brief exchange with Moms Mabley, played by the Emmy-nominated Wanda Sykes. The […]
‘Ain’t Nobody Sign Up for This’: Wanda Sykes on Horrors of Spending 24/7 With Wife & Kids in Quarantine (Watch)
*Wanda Sykes appeared on “Ellen” this week to discuss her quarantine situation, a notion she never considered when exchanging her wedding vows. “Ain’t nobody sign up for this,” the comedian said. “We said sickness and health and all that, but nobody said 24/7, just you and that’s it. NO one said that. …You need to […]
Wanda Sykes and Mike Epps to Star in Netflix Comedy Series
*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 […]
Wanda Sykes Recalls Snubbing Michelle Obama: ‘I Still Kick Myself About It’
*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. […]
Jamie Foxx, Woody Harrelson to Star in ‘All In The Family’ + ‘ Jeffersons’ Live Special for ABC
*ABC is gearing up to pay tribute to Norman Lear’s groundbreaking “All in the Family” series and its spin-off “The Jeffersons” with a live 90-minute special set to air on May 22. The star-studded cast includes Woody Harrelson as Archie Bunker, Marisa Tomei as Edith Bunker, Jamie Foxx as George Jefferson, Wanda Sykes will play […]
Wanda Sykes Says ‘Hypocrite’ Bill Cosby is Right Where He Belongs… Behind Bars!
*Wanda Sykes says she’s over the moon about Bill Cosby’s imprisonment, telling SiriusXM’s “Radio Andy” that the disgraced comic is a hypocrite who got what he deserved. According to New York Daily News, Sykes also shared what went down when she had a run-in with Cosby at an award ceremony. “We had a little incident […]
Wanda Sykes Gets Booed for Anti-Trump Jokes at New Jersey Comedy Show
*It looks like funny woman Wanda Sykes handled getting booed and walked-out on by some at a comedy show in New Jersey Thursday evening, fairly well. The incident happened after she spoke her truth about Donald Trump in a not so flattering way. In other words, she went in on his arse and some folks […]
ABC Cancels ‘Roseanne’ After Roseanne Barr Compares Valerie Jarrett to ‘Planet of the Apes’
[videowaywire video_id=”13AF2C2D668C91D5″] *It’s over for “Roseanne.” After her racist tweet this morning comparing former President Barack Obama’s senior adviser Valerie Jarrett to the offspring of the “Muslim Brotherhood and Planet of the Apes,” the network’s African American president, Channing Dungey, announced that the show has been cancelled. “Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have […]
