Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe WAYNE BRADY TO HOST 'MISS AMERICA' Funnyman Wayne Brady's quick wit and improvisation on ABC's "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" has won him a spot as emcee of this year's Miss America Pageant on Sept. 21. Advertisement The 30-year-old Brady is the first African-American to host the beauty pageant in its 81-year history. The nation's premiere beauty contest has crowned five black women, all since 1984, although 1984 winner Vanessa Williams turned in her crown after Penthouse magazine published nude photos of her taken years earlier. Brady's daytime variety show --- The Wayne Brady Show --- is slated to debut Sept. 2 on ABC. AOL: YOU'VE GOT MORE TROUBLE AOL Time Warner stock took another hit Friday amid reports federal investigators were widening their investigation of the company's accounting. Shares dropped 6.4 percent after the Wall Street Journal reported the Securities and Exchange Commission was reviewing transactions between AOL and software firm PurchasePro.com. The SEC and Justice Department began investigating the entertainment giant after questions were raised about AOL's ad revenue practices with several companies, including PurchasePro.com. ELTON JOHN TO PERFORM AT RENO FUND-RAISER Advertisement Pop legend Elton John is set to perform at a $500-per-ticket fund-raising event for former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, who is running for governor of Florida. The Reno campaign says John and Reno met while she was serving as attorney general in the Clinton administration. The event will be held Sept. 18, eight days after the Florida primary in which Reno is seeking the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. There are no plans for Reno to sing with John at the event. TED TURNER SUES SLAVE DESCENDANTS Media titan Ted Turner has sued elderly black residents of St. Helena's Island, S.C., claiming they are trespassing on his land. Forty-seven island inhabitants -- direct descendants of slaves -- claim they own the 68-acre patch of land through inheritances. Lawyers for Turner argue the residents should have spoken up in 1973 when the land survey was drawn or when the deeds were filed in 1979. Turner, the vice chairman of AOL Time Warner, declined comment.
