And she didn't even need the cover of People to do it.

Having never (so?) publicly discussed her sexual orientation — but having made light of it on stage and on The New Adventures of Old Christine — comedian Wanda Sykes surprised Las Vegas Prop 8 protesters by announcing she is gay and married her wife on Oct. 25. Why speak up now? Because of Prop 8's passage. "I felt like I was being attacked, personally attacked — our community was attacked. … Now, I gotta get in their face. … I'm proud to be a woman. I'm proud to be a black woman, and I'm proud to be gay. … Instead of having gay marriage in California — no — we're going to get it across the country."

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Funny lady Sarah Silverman as Amy Winehouse? At least she's not doing Britney Spears' "lips" on national TV. The Matt Damon philanderer joins SNL types like Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Kristin Wiig, and Maya Rudolph, and Chelsea Handler, Wanda Sykes, and Sandra Bernhard in April's Vanity Fair to defend against the argument from the magazine's scribe Christopher Hitchens that women aren't funny. See how Graydon Carter is making a publicity stunt out of his own publicity stunt? That's why he's paid the big bucks. [Popbytes]