I knew that Wanda Sykes was a lesbian – I’ve known that since she came out publicly in 2008, during the Proposition 8 rallies. I also knew that Wanda had a longterm partner/girlfriend/wife, who she’s been with for many years. I also knew that Wanda and her partner had twins last year – little Lucas and Olivia. What I did not know was that Wanda’s wife Alex is a gorgeous, tall drink of blonde water. Get it, Wanda. Day-um.

Anyway, I think this might be the first time Wanda and Alex walked the red carpet together – they went to the Creative Arts Emmys on Saturday. Wanda was nominated for several awards, some of which haven’t been announced yet, so Wanda will probably be bringing Alex to the real Emmys next Sunday too. Hopefully, Alex will pull out yet another fantastic white pantsuit, because her suit is rocking my world. She’s stunning!

By the way, does anyone else think that Alex looks like conservative pundit Laura Ingraham? Right?

Header: Wanda and Alex on August 21, 2010. Credit: WENN.

Wanda Sykes is a mother! Wanda’s wife, Alex, gave birth to twins way back on April 27. And they’re just getting around to announcing it now… interesting. Alex had a boy and a girl, named Lucas Claude and Olivia Lou respectively.

Wanda and Alex met in 2006, and were married in October of last year. And if Alex gave birth to the twins anywhere near her due date, that means she got pregnant in late July or early August. Which means that it was a shotgun wedding. Before Alex and Wanda met, Wanda was married, and then divorced, to a man. Wanda came out publicly last year at an event in support of same sex marriage.

Wanda Sykes and her wife, Alex, welcomed twins on April 27, her rep tells PEOPLE exclusively.

Daughter Olivia Lou weighed in at 6 lbs., 7 oz., and was 19-inches long. Son Lucas Claude debuted at 7 lbs., 9 oz., and was 20-inches long. The comedian’s wife gave birth to the babies.

“All are happy and healthy and at home,” says Sykes’s rep Danica Smith.

The actress, who stars on New Adventures of Old Christine, and her wife were married on Oct. 25, 2008. The twins are the first children for the couple.

[From People Magazine]

I’m really starting to wonder why it took two and half weeks for Wanda’s representative to confirm the births. Obviously, Wanda and Alec have other priorities, like taking care of those babies. Or could it be that Wanda knew the babies would get press, and she didn’t want to have to talk about during her routine at the White House Correspondents dinner? I sort of wish she had announced it ahead of time, because it would have given her a chance to make better jokes. Something about Levi Johnston… maybe something along the lines of “At least I married my baby mama.” I don’t know, I’ll work on it.

Wanda Sykes is shown at the White House Correspondents dinner on 5/9/09. Credit: PRPhotos

Saturday night was one of the biggest nights in Washington, the annual White House Correspondents dinner. Politicos, journalists, celebrities and everything in between put on conservative black-tie dress and listen as people make uncomfortable jokes about the president, the cabinet, the press, and pretty much everybody else. Some weird stuff has gone down at Correspondents’ dinners in the past, but this year’s seemed pretty tame. No rapping Karl “MC” Rove, no Stephen Colbert mocking President Bush to his face.

Meghan McCain took note of some of the jokes aimed at her family, though, and complained about Wanda Sykes routine. Wanda made fun of nearly everyone, and a few of her jokes were in poor taste. But what Wanda said about the McCain family wasn’t even that bad: “Sen. McCain gave you grief about the new helicopters you didn’t order… I think Mr. McCain was a little bitter because he wanted to be in the new helicopters. Mr. McCain, I’m sure if you ask nicely, your wife will buy you a new helicopter.” Haha, a rich joke. It wasn’t even very original, but it still upset Meghan. Of course, the New York Daily News is reporting that Meghan was acting like a spoiled little princess the whole night, so perhaps it wasn’t just the joking:

[Meghan McCain] lost it after getting stopped by security when she arrived at the White House Correspondents dinner Saturday. The problem? She had only two tickets, but brought two friends.

“The security guard sent her to talk to someone to sort out the situation, but Meghan got bratty and nastily told him, ‘We’ll just stand here then,’ like an insolent child,” our source said, adding that after dealing with the guard, “She muttered to her friends, ‘Does he even know who the f— I am?’ ”

An insider told us, “Those tickets were harder to get than gold dust and Meghan blatantly only had two and thought she didn’t have to follow the same rules as everyone else.”

The vocal McCain “was complaining about everything from the air-conditioning to the wait,” says our leak.

Once inside, the bubbly blond’s mood didn’t improve; she was annoyed at Wanda Sykes roast.

“Sen. McCain gave you grief about the new helicopters you didn’t order,” said Sykes, adding, “I think Mr. McCain was a little bitter because he wanted to be in the new helicopters. Mr. McCain, I’m sure if you ask nicely, your wife will buy you a new helicopter.”

While the assembled crowd of politicos, journalists and celebrities roared with laughter, Meghan was not among them.

“I didn’t like the joke about my mom [Cindy],” the young McCain told us after the dinner. “Why talk about her at all? I (didn’t mind the jokes) about my dad, but leave my mom out of it. It really wasn’t in good taste.”

[From New York Daily News]

Here are some examples of Wanda Sykes’ jokes that I thought actually crossed the line: “Sarah Palin’s not here. She pulled out at the last minute. Someone oughta tell her that’s not how you practice abstinence.” Ugh, not only mildly offensive, it’s not even funny. Wanda also poked fun at Rush Limbaugh, saying: “You know, you might want to look into this, [President Obama], because I think maybe Rush Limbaugh was the 20th hijacker, but he was just so strung out on OxyContin he missed his flight. … Rush Limbaugh hopes the country fails? I hope his kidneys fail, how ’bout that?” Way to ricochet away from a “Rush Limbaugh is a drug addict” joke into a joke about September 11th. Not cool, Wanda.

Here are photos of some of the attendees, thanks to WENN.com

Video of Wanda Sykes’ speech at a Prop 8 Rally in Las Vegas. She also says “Gay is not a choice.”

Tens of thousands of concerned people gathered at protests around the US on Saturday against Prop 8, which outlawed same sex marriage in California by defining marriage as between a man and a woman. Gay marriage was previously legalized in California in May after a ruling by their state supreme court. After Prop 8 was passed earlier this month, the only states in America to have legalized same sex marriage are Massachusetts and Connecticut. People are calling for a federal ruling that allows for gay marriage throughout the US and doesn’t leave it up to individual states to decide. Many liken marriage to a basic right that should be afforded to all.

Comedian Wanda Sykes came out as a proud lesbian at a rally in Las Vegas. She said that she married her same sex partner on October 25, but that she never really talked about it because she didn’t feel the need. She hasn’t exactly hidden her partner, and did mention her girlfriend when talking to Ellen on air this March.

“I thought, man we are moving in the right direction. And then at about 11 o’clock I was crushed. We took a huge leap forward and then got dragged 12 feet back. I felt like I was being attacked, personally attacked, our community was attacked. I got married Oct. 25, I don’t really talk about my sexual orientation, I felt like I was living my life, I wasn’t in the closet, but I was just living my life. Everybody who knows me personally, they know I’m gay. And that’s the way people should be able to live our lives, really. We shouldn’t have to be standing out here demanding something we automatically should have as citizens of this country. … They pissed off the wrong group of people. They have galvanized a community. We are so together now and we all want the same thing and we shouldn’t have to settle for less. Instead of having gay marriage in California, no, we’re gonna have gay marriage across the country. When my wife and I leave California, I want to have my marriage also recognized in Nevada, in Arizona, all the way to New York. … I’m proud to be a woman, I’m proud to be a black woman and I’m proud to be gay.”

In my interview with her, she said this: “People shouldn’t have to talk about their sexual orientation, we shouldn’t have to do it, but with the legislation that they passed, I can’t sit by and just watch. I just can’t do it.”

[From Vegas Happens Here via WeSmirch]

Good for Sykes for being out and proud and congratulations on her wedding! We hope that other same sex couples in every state in the US will soon be celebrating their long overdue right to legally marry.

Here’s Wanda Sykes on Ellen’s Halloween episode talking about Prop 8. She says it’s discrimination and jokes about the comparisons between being black and being gay.

And here’s Sykes joking about gay marriage, there are some swear words and adult themes and it’s not safe for work or around kids, but’s it’s damn funny. She says she doesn’t understand why people are upset about gay marriage because it doesn’t affect them. Sykes jokes that same sex couples aren’t a threat to marriage, divorce is. (The audio isn’t completely in sync with the video.)

Wanda Sykes is shown on 6/5/08 at The Fresh Air Fund “Salute to American Heroes” in NY. Credit: Mark Dye / PR Photos

In Tuesday’s new issue of Vanity Fair, famed photographer Annie Leibowitz captures a photo shoot of some of entertainment’s funny women dressed as Hollywood’s most troubled starlets. The shoot is part of a story in VF about the rise of female comedians like Tina Fey and Sarah Silverman.

The ladies channel pop tarts for the photog (it’s doubtless Amy Winehouse ever got a laugh for political parody). Sarah does her best Amy, complete with pinup-girl tattoos, The Office sweetheart Jenna Fischer goes Lindsay Lohan (center) and Wanda Sykes gets nasty as Lil Kim (right).

“There is no question that there are a million more funny women than there used to be,” writer Nora Ephron says of the featured femmes, also including E!’s Chelsea Handler (second from left) and Sandra Bernhard (left).

Alessandra Stanley’s cover story explores the recent inundation of female-driven comedy that, while capturing mass audiences (good move on f***ing Matt Damon, Sarah), relies heavily on sex appeal.

30 Rock creator Tina thinks you can thank Jennifer Aniston for that.

“In the ’90s, it seemed like every person on a sitcom — think of the cast of Friends —was just really foxy,” Tina says.

Joan Rivers echoes the sentiments.

“Nowadays, you can’t even get on open mike with less than a C cup,” the Botoxed comedy vet said.

The issue, C cups and all, hits newsstands nationwide next Tuesday.

[From Page Six]

Jenna Fischer, who plays Pam on “The Office,” says the idea of playing Lindsay Lohan in a photo shoot with Annie Leibovitz was such a source of stress and excitement, she had trouble sleeping the night before the shoot.

Turns out Jenna, 33, was more concerned with impressing the legendary photographer shooting her than with La Lohan.

“I couldn’t sleep the night before the shoot because I was so nervous to be shot by Annie Leibovitz. As a result I would sit and stare off into space when she was focusing on the other girls,” Jenna tells PageSix.com.

And about Lindsay?

“Then all of a sudden I’d hear Annie say, ‘That’s perfect, Jenna!’ and she’d be clicking away,” the actress says. “I guess for me, channeling Lindsay meant not getting enough sleep.”

[From Page Six]

I think it’s great that female comic actors are getting some much deserved attention, but it is ironic that the girls they’re lampooning in the shoot get more attention for their drug-addled, cooch-flashing antics, though. Tina Fey has more talent in her pinky finger than Blohan, Paris and Britney put together, if you ask me.

Pictures from Vanity Fair via ONTD.