Soul patch? That’s no wax Wayne Brady. That’s was Wayne Brady’s EVIL TWIN. (Photo by Tom Donoghue)

Wayne Brady has joined the ranks of Biggie and ‘Pac, earning his own Madame Tussauds wax statue. The potentially meltier of the Bradys was unveiled yesterday at the Venetian wax museum before Brady’s show. Now if they can just get the wax Drew Carey, Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie in place, we’ll be set.

By Jason Scavone

Birthday PowerPoint presentation? (Photo by Radiant Photography)

Turns out Newton isn’t the only Wayne in town with shot vocal cords.

Wayne Brady, who was on hiatus from Making It Up at The Venetian during October (although he’s still hosting Let’s Make a Deal) and now he’s bowing out of the rest of his Venetian shows through the end of the year — under the advice of physicians cautioning he give his voice time to heal.

The canceled dates will be rescheduled and will extend Making It Up through the end of next year. Exchanges and refunds are available at the point of purchase. Apparently The Venetian didn’t want to exercise the controversial Colin Mochrie Clause in Brady’s contract that would have allowed the Who’s Line Is It Anyway? veteran to fill in. Something about “We want to sell more than six tickets” and “The theater would be filled with dirty Canadians.” We don’t know. We weren’t really paying attention.

By Jason Scavone

Really, Wayne Brady? Sleeveless? We’re doing that? OK. If you say so.

Wayne Brady has a lot to celebrate these days. Extension for Making It Up at The Venetian. Carrying the torch and pencil-thin mic for Wink Martindale on Let’s Make a Deal. Lording it over Ryan Stiles for not having done anything since Who’s Line.

So he spent the day at Palazzo’s Azure pool Saturday, ducking into a cabana while DJ Marc spun “FWB” and “Back in the Day” from Brady’s album. Television, stage and music? Brady’s like a modern day Jackie Gleason. If Jackie Gleason had gotten famous for being on a fatter, whiter comedian’s show.

By Jason Scavone

Oh microphone stand, you are the living end.

Hardcore gangsta rapper Wayne Brady, out on bail after being arrested for running a child-fighting ring out of his Los Angeles home, has a lot to celebrate. The former One-Niners gang leader and drug dealer to the stars will be celebrating both the announcement of his new CBS show Let’s Make a Deal and the extension of his residency at the Ventian Showroom with a pool part Saturday afternoon at Azure at the Palazzo.

Assumed to be armed and dangerous, the Palazzo is advising anyone who attends to wear bulletproof vests and gas masks for their own protection.

By Jared Harmon

Wayne Brady should have to pose for all his photos choking people or smoking PCP.

Peepshow star Shoshana Bean went with castmembers Lena Blake and Carolyn Pace to Wayne Brady’s Making It Up at The Venetian. We’re pretty sure they were scoping out the competition when they heard Wayne added a big number to the middle of his show where he comes out topless and in fishnets. Turns out it isn’t true, shattering the last Drew Carey-related dream we had after Ryan Stiles refused to buy us that pony.

By Jason Scavone

Birthday PowerPoint presentation? (Photo by Radiant Photography)

We’d like to take a second to congratulate Wayne Brady on a full of year of making, uh, stuff up at his show in the Venetian. Brady celebrated the occasion at the 40/40 Club in the Palazzo.

Meanwhile, next door at Tao in the Venetian, Ryan Phillippe and girlfriend Abbie Cornish celebrated Phillippe’s birthday. Sadly, despite being in a nightclub, he didn’t wear that little outfit from 54. Yeah, you know the one. Oh, wait, we’re thinking of Mike Myers.

Also at Tao were D.L. Hughley – in for dinner – and Bill Bellamy – in for some partying.

By Michelle McKay

Wayne Brady might just be a hipster. (Photo by Alex Loc Theiu/Tryst nightclub)

In the spirit of the Sitcom Vegas Takeover of 2008, the Brady Bunch were at Tryst in the Wynn Saturday night. All right, maybe Florence Henderson wasn’t throwing back 18 SoCo and limes, but there were Brady’s and they were a family.

Wayne Brady and his sister, Kimberly, were spotted in the club, as well as Floyd Mayweather, Jr., UFC president Dana White and poker player Chris “Jesus” Ferguson.

White, accompanied by Giselle Diaz (of Criss Angel arm candy fame) headed over to Drai’s in Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall when Tryst turned into a discussion about the nuances of the Alice/Sam the Butcher relationship.

By Michelle McKay

Drew Carey and that broad with all the makeup: Nowhere to be found. (Photo by Erik Kabik)

Wayne Brady celebrated his birthday at Tao inside The Venetian last night with the cast of his show, Making it Up, turning up at the club after the wrap of the 9 p.m. performance for Grey Goose and Patron and staying until the early morning.

They didn’t actually want to stay that long, but when the cast called out for a place, a movie genre and a famous inventor, no one was able to correctly guess the identity of sci-fi Eli Whitney at the grocery store, dragging the scene out for several hours.

General Hospital star Julie Berman ate at the bistro earlier in the evening and was not, as far as we know, dragged into a spirited round of “Puppets.”

By Jason Scavone