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'Moon' landing Moon , the psychological sci-fi thriller directed by Duncan Jones , features an electric performance by Sam Rockwell as a lone astronaut on a lunar mission who discovers he is his own worst enemy.

TONIGHT'S MUST-SEE : "The New Adventures of Old Christine," 8 and 8:30 p.m., CBS.

T hose who know Wanda Sykes solely from her role on CBS ' The New Adventures of Old Christine may have been surprised by her too risque-for-network-TV standup show Friday night at Orlando's Hard Rock Live.

The Wanda Sykes you meet on the telephone is a much-toned-down version of the sassy, wisecracking character she's played everywhere from CBS's New Adventures of Old Christine to films such as Evan Almighty and My Super Ex-Girlfriend . Maybe it's just fatigue: After years playing the best friend and sidekick, Sykes have moved to centerstage, ...

Midway through a smoking set at Ruth Eckerd Hall on Thursday, comic Wanda Sykes noticed a problem.

Do It Today: Wanda Sykes, wine etiquette, digital art at HCC June 4, 2009 at 12:00 am by Franki Weddington Wanda Sykes has taken on all manner of roles, from a puppet with hair rollers on Crank Yankers , to a talking spokesapple in the Applebeea s commercials, to Stella the Skunk in the kid flick Over the Hedge , to her finger-pointing, ...

The New Adventures of Old Christine star Wanda Sykes shared the first picture of her adorable 1-month-old twins, Olivia Lou and Lucas Claude , on Thursday's episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno .The 45-year-old funnywoman's wife, Alex , gave birth to the twins on April 27.

Fox will try dancing in the fall to match its singing in the spring. It also will add four new comedies and budding late-night comic Wanda Sykes next season and will give "Dollhouse" creator Joss Whedon another chance.

Michael Strahan and Daryl "Chill" Mitchell will star in "Brothers" for Fox. In addition to "Glee," the Fox network's fall schedule will include two new comedies and a regular-season run for the otherwise summertime "So You Think You Can Dance." And, despite long odds, more episodes of "Dollhouse." Coming at midseason, with the return of "24" and ...

New Adventures of Old Christine star Wanda Sykes let loose at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on Saturday night - but did saying that she wished that Rush Limbaugh 's kidneys would fail cross a line? "Rush Limbaugh said he hopes this administration fails," Sykes said during her routine.

Comedians like Wanda Sykes and Jon Stewart make a living skewering US politicians.

Any number of critics might have some cred when it comes to throwing the penalty flag at a comic who crosses the line into offensive bad taste , but Mike Lupica of the Daily News isn't that breed of cat.

Wanda Sykes's publicist said the actress and comedian's wife Alex has given birth to twins -- a son and a daughter.

Wanda Sykes and wife Alex are the parents of twins. Sykes' publicist, Danica Smith, says the babies, daughter Olivia Lou and son Lucas Claude, were born April 27.

NewsBuster Tim Graham asked Saturday if comedienne Wanda Sykes, appearing at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, would really make fun of President Barack Obama or go all gentle.

Comedian Wanda Sykes gave President Obama a few good laughs at the White House Correspondents Association dinner.

Rush Limbaugh 's gonna have a mouthful to say about Wanda Sykes . The actress/comedian roasted President Barack Obama and just about everyone else in Washington at the annual White House Correspondents Dinner last night.

Wanda Sykes may be known to most of America as Julia Louis-Dreyfus' pal on The New Adventures of Old Christine , but at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, she re-established herself as a mow-'em-down stand-up comic.

It's a chance for President Barack Obama to jab at the Washington establishment and perhaps chide his critics.

The network had already announced the end of the long-running sketch comedy show MadTV , which ran from 11pm-midnight Saturdays before Talk Show aired for a half-hour at midnight.