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'Jokes and Notes' with Cedric the Entertainer, Melanie Fiona

Virginian Pilot - Found Feb. 20, 2010
Ce Cedric the Entertainer will bring the laughs and Canadian R&B artist/songwriter Melanie Fiona p erforms the music in this Jokes & Notes double

Posted on February 20, 2010, 12:18 pm

This Weekend in Kansas City | Cedric the Entertainer at the Midland

Kansas City Star - Found Dec. 17, 2009
Cedric the Entertainer, one of the Original Kings of Comedy and a Missouri native (with a killer smile, I might add), brings his comedy to the

Posted on December 17, 2009, 3:43 am

Parks and Rec, Office, Marriage Ref and Friday Night Lights ...

Monsters and Critics - Found Mar. 18, 2010
... with the team. MARRIAGE REF Offstage with Cedric the Entertainer · Marriage Ref: Tonight?s show features another great panel: Cedric the...
Brief reunion for Samberg, Poehler - Belleville Intelligencer
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Monsters and Critics

Posted on March 18, 2010, 4:37 am

Critic's Corner Thursday: March Madness begins

USA Today - Found Mar. 17, 2010
... of couples counselors ? Cedric the Entertainer, Martha Stewart and Jason Alexander? helps solve marital disagreements in Jerry Seinfeld's The...

Posted on March 17, 2010, 8:58 am

The Marriage Ref

Plugged In - Found Mar. 18, 2010
... professionals like ? Alec Baldwin, Kelly Ripa and Cedric the Entertainer? After these star-studded tribunals dissect and mock the merits of...

Posted on March 18, 2010, 6:21 am

Comedian, Best-Selling Author & Top Radio Personality Steve Harvey ...

Media Newswire - Found Mar. 17, 2010
... tour as one of the Kings of Comedy and in the subsequent hit Spike Lee film The Original Kings of Comedy, along with Cedric the Entertainer, D...
A Blood Test for Colon Cancer Sounds Great?But It's Short on Proof - US News
Skin Cancer Epidemic Underrecognized, US Study - Medical News Today
Tests for genes don't predict breast cancer better - Reuters
Active Surveillance is an Option for Many Men with Prostate Cancer - Genetic Engineering News
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JustNews.com

Posted on March 17, 2010, 7:09 am

Flash-forward three months: FlashForward?s finally back

Globe and Mail - Found Mar. 17, 2010
Tonight's celebrity panelists are comedian Cedric the Entertainer, Seinfeld's pal Jason Alexander and homemaking diva Martha Stewart.
FlashForward's Return Is Brought to You by the Words Crazy and ... - EOnline.com
ABC's 'FlashForward' returns with new episodes - Detroit News
ABC's FlashForward' looks ahead, not behind - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Hinckley: 'Flashforward' returns to television - New York Daily News
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Globe and Mail

Posted on March 17, 2010, 6:09 am

No Color TV

Associated Content - Found Mar. 14, 2010
Steve Harvey and Cedric the Entertainer, also known as the Kings of Comedy, all had shows at one time. We also had the pleasure of The Cosbys...

Posted on March 14, 2010, 9:48 am

Having a tiff? Let marital mediators help you

Gulf News - Found Mar. 13, 2010
... can put Seinfeld, Larry David, Tina Fey, Sarah Silverman, Martin Short, Ricky Gervais and Cedric the Entertainer onstage in any combination...

Posted on March 13, 2010, 8:49 am

Cedric the Entertainer Biography

Cedric the Entertainer
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Cedric the Entertainer
CedricEntertainerMarch04.jpg
Cedric at the Johnson Family Vacation premiere in March 2004
Birth name Cedric Antonio Kyles
Born April 24, 1964 (1964-04-24) (age 45)
Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S.
Medium Film, television, stand-up
Years active 1987–present
Genres Comedy
Influences Chris Tucker
Influenced Martin Lawrence
Spouse Lorna Wells (m. 1999, 2 children)
Website http://www.ceddybear.com/

Cedric Antonio Kyles (born April 24, 1964), best known by his stage name Cedric the Entertainer, is an American actor and comedian. He is perhaps best known as the co-star of the WB sitcom The Steve Harvey Show, as Eddie in the Barbershop films, and as one of the four comedians featured in the Spike Lee film The Original Kings of Comedy.

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Personal life

Cedric was born in Jefferson City, Missouri, the son of Rosetta, a school teacher, and Kitrell Kyles, an employee of a railroad company.1 His only sibling, younger sister Sharita Kyles Wilson, is an instructor at the University of Missouri in Columbia.23 He was raised in Caruthersville, Missouri, but after junior high school he moved to Berkeley, Missouri. Cedric is a 1982 graduate of Berkeley High School in Berkeley, Missouri. He continues his involvement with his high school by awarding a scholarship each year to a graduating senior through his Cedric the Entertainer Charitable Foundation Inc. The foundation's motto is, "Reaching Out...Giving Back." Cedric majored in Mass Communication at Southeast Missouri State University and worked as a State Farm insurance claims adjuster, and substitute High School teacher before becoming a full-time comedian. He is also a member of Kappa Alpha Psi. He is married to Lorna Wells and they have two children, Croix and Lucky Rose, and an older daughter Tiara from a previous relationship.

Career

In 1992, he made his first TV appearance on It's Showtime at the Apollo. Soon after, he appeared on HBO's Def Comedy Jam and BET's ComicView, which he would later host for the 1993-94 season. Cedric was one of the Grand Prize Winners of the Miller Lite Comedy Search along with fellow comedian, Bernie Mac. In 1994, Cedric also won the Richard Pryor Comic of the Year Award from BET.

In 1996, Cedric moved into acting, playing Steve Harvey's friend, Cedric Jackie Robinson, on his sitcom, The Steve Harvey Show. His acting career grew and he began appearing in movies, including Dr. Dolittle 2, Barbershop, Barbershop 2: Back in Business, Ride, Serving Sara, Johnson Family Vacation, Intolerable Cruelty, Man of the House, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Madagascar and Be Cool. Cedric was the subject of controversy when his Barbershop character made unsavory remarks regarding Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks.citation needed These comments were spoken in character, were part of the script, and he has never apologized for them. In the 2005 animated film Madagascar, Cedric voiced Maurice the aye-aye. In October 2005, Cedric joined the Champ Car auto racing series as a part owner. Cedric appeared in the movie Charlotte's Web as the voice of Golly the gander. While his acting career grew, Cedric continued stand-up and traveled the country as one of the Kings of Comedy headliners, with Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley and Bernie Mac. The act was later made into a film by Spike Lee called The Original Kings of Comedy. Cedric briefly had his own sketch comedy show called Cedric the Entertainer Presents, but it never caught on and was canceled after one season. The show had been renewed for a second season, but Fox canceled it before the season began. He then appeared in the 2003 PlayStation 2 video game Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004. His most recent HBO Comedy Special was titled Cedric "The Entertainer": Taking You Higher. Two of the background dancers from the special were Kamilah Barrett and Sandra Colton, who were also finalists in Fox's So You Think You Can Dance.

Cedric appeared in the 2007 film Code Name: The Cleaner, a comedy in which he plays Jake, a janitor with amnesia who may be a secret undercover government agent involved in an illegal arms conspiracy. The film flopped, grossing under $10,000,000 out of its $20,000,000 budget. He then starred in the 2008 films Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins and Street Kings.

Cedric at the June 2008 premiere of Get Smart

Cedric appeared as the lead comedian at the White House Correspondence Dinner but jokingly remarked that he was unprepared because he thought that he would follow a humorous speech by President George W. Bush but instead followed First Lady Laura Bush, who he commented was very funny.

Cedric the Entertainer was inducted to the St. Louis Walk of Fame on June 7, 2008. His star is located at 6166 Delmar.4

Cedric the Entertainer was the special guest host for WWE Raw on September 21, 2009 in Little Rock Arkansas . During the show, he participated in a wrestling match, defeating Chavo Guerrero by pinfall. The match also featured Santino Marella as a guest referee. Cedric also got help with an unknown wrestler dubbed The Sledge Hammer and Hornswoggle.5

In March 2000 Cedric filmed his Directorial Debut with Chicago Pulaski Jones, produced and funded indepently by his company Bird and a Bear Entertainment with Producer Eric C. Rhone.

Cedric was recently seen in the Broadway revival of David Mamet's "American Buffalo," the story of three small-time crooks that come to blows during a plot to steal a valuable coin collection.6

Filmography

Television

See also

Preceded by
Brad Garrett
Host of TV Land Awards
2005
Succeeded by
Megan Mullally

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