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Lucy Liu and Nicollette Sheridan got a lift from co-star Cedric the Entertainer at the after-party for the premiere of Code Name: The Cleaner. "Am I?" wondered Sheridan when asked why she's so adept at merging sexy and funny in her characters. "In this movie I'm really the straight guy, and the comedy happens around me." She did get silly at N.Y.C. club Pacha, where she mugged for the cameras with Liu and Cedric. Once the flashbulbs stopped popping, Cedric suprised his mom with a chocolate cake in honor of her birthday.

—Reporting by Bronwyn Barnes and Shannon Bradley