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Monday 25 August 2008

Madonna documentary gets companion book

Madonna�??s documentary �??I Am Because We are�?? is fructify to help the plight of Malawian orphans with the improver of a book.

The tome, which will be a set of photographs, is described as "book of images by award-winning photojournalist Kristen Ashburn�??culled from her own influence in Malawi and Africa over the past sevener years as well as from her specially commissioned photographs for the film�??provides an intimate look at the lives of eight Malawian children featured in the film and reveals the harsh reality of the AIDS pandemic throughout southern Africa."

The prolusion of the book will be written by Madge herself, and interviews will Malawian children will besides be included, according to perezhilton.com.

Proceeds from the sale of the books will be donated to the Raising Malawi organisation, to continue to help their orphans.

--By our New York staff.
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Friday 15 August 2008

Doctor believes Isaac Hayes suffered a stroke

Soul crooner Isaac Hayes [ ]' doctors attributed the entertainer's last to a stroke, according to a Memphis Commercial Appeal reputation.

A sheriff's spokesperson aforementioned Dr. David Kraus filed paperwork that officially lists the diagonal as the cause of death; however, no pM has been performed. Kraus reportedly had been treating Hayes for a medical condition that could suffer led to stroke-related high blood atmospheric pressure, or hypertension.

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Hayes was launch Sunday afternoon (8/10) in his Memphis-area home, unconscious on the floor next to a treadmill that was switched on. Hayes, who reportedly suffered a mild stroke in 2006, was later pronounced dead at the hospital.

Investigators establish no mansion that Hayes may have been ache in a fall. The musician's family reportedly is comfortable with the recommendation not to conduct an autopsy.

In related news, Hayes and Bernie Mac, wHO died only one day before the soul singer's death, will appear together in the new motion-picture show "Soul Men," due for release in November.

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