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Barack Obama has asked Jennifer Hudson to sing the national anthem on Thursday – the day of the presumptive Presidential candidate’s much-anticipated address to the Democratic convention in Denver, her rep tells PEOPLE.
“His reps called and said we’d love for you to sing the anthem on Thursday,” Hudson’s rep tells PEOPLE. “She’s thrilled and excited. [...]

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The Democratic National Convention opens Monday, a choreographed show of unity more important this year after the rough-and-tumble primary contest that put Barack Obama days away from making history as the first black presidential nominee of a major political party.
Opening night at the Pepsi Center, the main venue for most of the four-day gathering, aims [...]

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The family of late soul legend Isaac Hayes are reportedly planning legal action to retrieve rights to his back catalog, which was sold for $30,000 by court order following his 1976 bankruptcy.
The catalog, which includes such classics as “Do Your Thing” and “Theme from Shaft,” is said to be worth hundreds of thousands of [...]

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Stars continue to come out in droves for Barack Obama. The Democratic presidential nominee was feted Thursday night at a private home in Bel Air with such guests as Jamie Foxx, Isaiah Washington, Melanie Brown and Nia Long in attendance.
VIP donors paid $2,300 each to attend the Black and White Gala, which featured a [...]

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On Aug. 21, during “Stevie Wonder’s Morning Thunder Thousand Dollar Thursday” radio show on LA’s KJLH, Wonder donated $5,000 to actor/philanthropist Isaiah Washington’s Reach One Million Campaign.
The money will be used to build a water well in the village of Njala Kendema in Sierra Leone, where there is little access to clean drinking water [...]

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