Wayne Brady just will not give up the singing television show host thing. It’s not all his fault, because obviously people keep giving him jobs. His latest gig is hosting a new FOX game show called Don’t Forget The Words, during which contestants will sing karaoke with the studio band then have to keep going when the lyrics are turned off. That, like karaoke itself, sounds like something that will be funny for about one minute.

Honestly, despite his “is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch” moment on the Chappelle’s Show, I have never cracked a smile at anything this man has done. Also, despite the fact that he has a beautiful voice, when he sings I just want to cover my ears. Can you tell I’m not a fan?

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In this 1990(-ish) promo that aired during Saturday morning cartoons, Kid ‘N Play, who had their own animated series based on their classic House Party, tried their hardest to keep up with the acting skills of a miniature Raven Symone. They failed miserably.

Also, remember Gravedale High? And who out there had a crush on Play? I’m willing to admit it.

Sorry Fox, it’s obviously not just you. Last week I chastised your network for airing a video of Congressman John Conyers during a story about Congressman William Jefferson. ABC’s World News did almost the same thing last night when they showed footage of disgraced (but still kicking as a city councilman) ex-DC mayor Marion “Bitch Set Me Up” Barry instead of Roy L. Pearson, the man suing his dry cleaner for millions for losing his pants.

I say it’s almost the same thing because John Conyers was innocent, and his likeness was being associated with scandal-plagued Jefferson. In ABC’s case, they probably already had the Barry footage queued to report on the politician’s DUI yesterday. Also, both Barry and Pearson are bald, DC-natives, and completely imbalanced. It happens.

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Shar Jackson is many things. She’s forgiving to a fault, publicity-seeking, and fertile. Oh, yeah. She’s also pregnant with K-Fed’s baby, which proves all of those things. Does no one use birth control when they sleep with this man? Cindy Adam’s has the details.

Federline may have morning sickness, which could last for nine months when he reads this - but this is to tell him his on-again-off-again-and-for-sure-lately very on-again romance with Shar Jackson seems to have produced yet another baby between them. She’s into her seventh week, and at the instant I write this he doesn’t know. Star magazine is saying she’s hoping this brings them back together as a family. Ugh.

If this is true, it gives ABC grounds to fire her from her new show, The Ex-Wives Club, on which she is supposed to teach jilted women how to move on from their exes and let go of the past. Clearly, she’s a pro at that.

*Update: Shar says it’s . We’ll see in a few months.

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Isaiah Washington seems bitter that he was fired from Grey’s Anatomy, an action producers took because of his off-screen anger management/gay slur problems, but would go back in a second if asked. But, let’s face it, that’s probably not going to happen.

He’s now working on an indie thriller, The Least of These, and he isn’t dwelling on whether the firing will affect his career. “I can only apologize so many times,” he says. “I can only accept so much responsibility. All the players involved have taken care of what we needed to take care of in-house – and the media took it in a different direction. I hope that everyone is happy for the outcome for Isaiah, but Isaiah will go on and do what I love to do.”

Oh, no. To make matters worse, Washington’s the kind of ac-tor that refers to himself in the first third person. Whatever, forget about him in real life. Dr. Burke is one of the best cardiothoracic surgeons in the world. What is Seattle Grace going to do????

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When you’re trapped in a room for 24 hours with nothing but a camera and a dry British man who may or may not be gay and may or may not be making a pass at you, and you may or may not be under the influence of illegal drugs, you have a lot of time to talk and reflect. That’s just what Bobby Brown did on 24 Hours With…, a new British series we told you about a few weeks ago. His episode aired last night, and he admitted that he still fears for his life after it was rumored last year that Osama Bin Laden wanted him dead. Apparently, the mass murderer is a huge Whitney Houston fan. (Pre- or post-crack, Osama? Inquiring minds want to know).

Does anyone really think that this guy’s life or death is important to Osama Bin Laden, who prefers homicide on a grander, more devastating scale? Still it’s funny that Brown is still dwelling on it. With an ego like his, it probably makes him feel special. Let’s not burst his bubble.

If Bobby Brown’s house gets car bombed any time soon, let’s forget I ever said anything.

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Sam Leccima was one of the only black cast members on A&E’s most popular show, the real-estate-themed Flip This House. Presumably, he was also the only one who was just pretending to own and sell the houses he was (also not actually) renovating on the show.

“This is, indeed, a con artist,” said Sonya McGee, an Atlanta pharmaceutical representative who says Leccima took $4,000 from her in an investment scheme.

McGee and others say Leccima’s episodes of “Flip This House,” A&E’s most popular show, were elaborate hoaxes. His friends and family were presented as potential homebuyers and “sold” signs were slapped in front of unsold houses. They say the home repairs — the lynchpin of the show — were actually quick or temporary patch jobs designed to look good on camera.

Leccima says he never claimed to own the homes. While not acknowledging his televised renovations were staged, he didn’t deny it and suggested that A&E and Departure Films, the production company that makes the show, knew exactly what he was doing.

Leccima also claimed to be a real estate agent, when the Georgia Real Estate Commission actually revoked it in 2005, “with the panel ruling he ‘does not bear a good reputation for honesty, trustworthiness, integrity, and competence.’” Sigh. With Congressman Jefferson and now this loser, I’ve had enough dishonest black people for today. Only positive news from here on out.

In other words, I’m not going to make a big deal about how the Game was charged with three felonies in connection with a February incident (which involved guns, a schoolyard, and poor sportmanship) I told you about a few weeks ago. Yeah, I’m not mentioning that at all!

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Entourage, a favorite of every black man — scratch that — every man I know, is under fire for not having many black characters. An ex-bodyguard of Mark Wahlberg, who based this show loosely on his life, is particularly unamused.

Leonard Taylor, who worked for Wahlberg for a long time “back in the day” and is African-American, told us, “There are no black people on the show. There are no black or Latino bodyguards, like Mark used to have - it’s a slap in the face. People always ask me, ‘Why is there no character based on you in “Entourage”?’ ” A rep for the series said, “The show is only loosely based on Mark Wahlberg’s experience. There aren’t really any bodyguards, and as for being multicultural, Turtle [one of the main characters] is dating an African-American.”

Let’s not mention Wahlberg’s sketchy past regarding race and instead commend the producers of the show for including Lauren London as Turtle’s love interest and, in lieu of having Turtle’s actual character be black, making him really interested in hip hop, jerseys, and sneakers. That’s close enough, isn’t it?

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• There’s a strong group of minority candidates for Emmys this year, but based on the award’s history, most of them won’t be nominated. []
• Andrew Lloyd Webber wants to write a play with Eminem. Maybe a rewrite of Phantom of the Opera in which the Phantom ties up his love interest and throws her in the trunk of his car? [PR]
• Fat Joe may have witnessed a shooting in South Beach. Mass media, start your “stop snitchin’” engines! [MH]
• Kucinich, Gravel, and Biden agreed to appear in the controversial Fox News/CBC Democratic Presidential Debate, neither organization has the heart to tell them they don’t matter if Edwards, Obama, and Clinton don’t join in, too. [TRS]
• Speaking of the CBC, it’s founding member and Maryland’s first black congressman, Rep. Parren Mitchell, died yesterday at 85. [NJ]

Football Wives, an NFL-themed drama starring Holly Robinson Peete, Gabrielle Union and Ving Rhames, was supposed to air on ABC this fall. The show, based on the wildly popular British series, Footballers Wives, about the exploits of the spouses of pro-soccer players, had great buzz, but ABC didn’t deem it worthy of a place on the fall schedule. Budget issues, they said. Others think pressure from the NFL — which also caused the cancellation of sister-network ESPN’s controversial Playmakers – was what did it. According to AOL Black Voices, the actual NFL players are doing far more to sully the name of the organization than any fictional television show ever can.

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