Madonna Had Guy Ritchie Circumcised, and Other Rumors and Relics of the 2000s Celebrity Kabbalah Boom

In the early 2000s, Hollywood was seized by a new (and at the same time, very very old) spiritual fad: Kabbalah, an ancient Jewish mysticism that previously could only be studied by older Orthodox men who had devoted their lives to Judaism. Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton are not older Orthodox men, but that didn’t…

Kabbalah Distances Itself From Madonna

Tracie Egan Morrissey

4/01/11 12:43pm

After a slew of bad press following lawsuits, a rumored IRS investigation, and the disaster that is/was Madaonna's Raising Malawi charity, Kabbalah leaders are trying to shake off negative stories by saying they were planted by former disgruntled members.

Paulina Porizkova Says ANTM Will End A Modeling Career Before It Starts

Jenna Sauers

10/18/10 11:52am

139

Paulina Porizkova on America's Next Top Model: "The one guarantee that you will never make it as a model is to go on that show." Which is both honest and interesting, since she used to judge "that show." [NYPost]

Miley Cyrus: "Stop Calling Me Fat"

Dodai Stewart

5/18/09 9:00am

Miley Cyrus was photographed wearing a bikini in the Bahamas; the 16-year-old Tweeted a joke about her "jiggling thighs," but then went off on critics who called her fat:

CNN Punk'd By Ashton Kutcher; Brooke Licked Blood Off Kiefer's Head

Dodai Stewart

5/14/09 9:00am

Ashton Kutcher elaborately pranked CNN and Ted Turner:

Lourdes Leon: Stars & Stripes Forever

Anna Holmes

4/20/09 11:10am

[New York, April 18. Image via INF]

Dating Madonna Is A Religious Experience; Kimora Lee Simmons & Djimon Hounsou Married?

Dodai Stewart

3/09/09 9:00am

Madonna took Jesus Luz to a Kabbalah service. Again. This paper calls her "the world's most boring date." [Daily Mail]

Christina Aguilera: Kubrick Meets Kabbalah Meets Candace

Anna Holmes

12/19/08 9:50am

[Los Angeles, December 18. Image via Flynet]

Will Madonna Choose Kabbalah Over Court?

Dodai Stewart

10/28/08 9:00am

154

The latest on Madonna: Her rabbi wants her to mediate towards a swift divorce resolution, using a round-table of Kabbalah leaders instead of going to court. It's either genius or a really bad idea. [Daily Mail]

Madonna & Child Have A Little Faith

Dodai Stewart

10/01/08 1:50pm

[Outside the Kabbalah center, New York, October 1. Image via Splash.]

Posh & Marc: 1. Haters: 0.

Jennifer

1/11/08 11:30am

The new Marc Jacobs ads featuring Victoria Beckham have finally been made public. And they're awesome. Also: We seem to remember a certain Glamour magazine beauty editor who took to doing this with a Gucci bag. [WWD, 1st item]

Madonna Had Guy Ritchie Circumcised, and Other Rumors and Relics of the 2000s Celebrity Kabbalah Boom

Kabbalah Distances Itself From Madonna

Paulina Porizkova Says ANTM Will End A Modeling Career Before It Starts

Miley Cyrus: "Stop Calling Me Fat"

CNN Punk'd By Ashton Kutcher; Brooke Licked Blood Off Kiefer's Head

Lourdes Leon: Stars & Stripes Forever

Dating Madonna Is A Religious Experience; Kimora Lee Simmons & Djimon Hounsou Married?

Christina Aguilera: Kubrick Meets Kabbalah Meets Candace

Will Madonna Choose Kabbalah Over Court?

Madonna & Child Have A Little Faith

Posh & Marc: 1. Haters: 0.

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