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Madonna has opened up and shared the circumstances surrounding her religious spiritual awakening in a new article she penned for Isreal’s biggest daily newspaper Yediot Ahronot. On Friday, the newspaper published the article written by Madonna (whose Hebrew name is Esther) wherein she talks about how she discovered the true teachings of Kabbalah after she completed her work filming the movie Evita and giving birth to her firstborn child Lourdes Maria. Here is a report on Maddy‘s religious-themed newspaper article:

After a long career as a singer, dancer, new-age seeker and megacelebrity, Madonna added a new item to her resume Friday — Israeli newspaper correspondent. An article in Friday’s edition of Israel’s biggest daily, Yediot Ahronot, bears the Material Girl’s byline. It describes her spiritual awakening upon discovering Jewish mysticism, called Kabbalah, after which, she writes, “all the puzzle pieces started falling into place.” Madonna is bringing her Sticky & Sweet tour to Israel in September, which no doubt explains the timing of her journalism debut here. But she also has ties to Israel and Judaism through her involvement with the Los Angeles-based Kabbalah Center, whose new-age version of Judaism’s ancient mystic tradition has become popular among members of Hollywood’s A-list. The 50-year-old pop icon has taken the Hebrew name Esther and came to Israel on private pilgrimages in 2004 and 2007 along with other Kabbalah devotees. In the article, Madonna, who was raised Roman Catholic, describes hearing about Kabbalah for the first time at a dinner party in Los Angeles while pregnant with her daughter Lourdes, who is now 12. She had recently completed a star turn in the movie Evita, she writes, but “still felt like something was missing in my life.” She went to her first class, taught by a teacher named Eitan, after years of practicing yoga and reading about Buddhism, Taoism and early Christianity. “I heard what he had to say and I knew at this moment my life would never be the same,” she writes in the article, which the paper published both in Hebrew and in the original — and apparently unedited — English. “Life no longer seemed like a series of Random events,” she writes. “I also began to see that being Rich and Famous wasn’t going to bring me lasting fulfillment and that it was not the end of the journey.” … Jewish tradition has long held that Kabbalah is so complicated and so easily misunderstood that students may only begin to approach it with a strong background in Jewish law and only after age 40. The discipline’s elements include the study of mystical texts, prayer and meditation in an attempt to draw closer to the divine. The criticism appears to have had no effect on Madonna’s popularity among Israelis. Originally scheduled to give one concert in Tel Aviv, Madonna added a second after the first show quickly sold out. Madonna’s last concert in Israel was in 1993, during her “Girlie Show” tour.

Fascinating, I wish this article were available in full online somewhere. I would love to read the whole thing. Madonna has not really talked at any real length about her spiritual awakening. I’m very curious to read in full her thoughts on the matter. These excerpts do give a nice peek at her new religious life, tho. If anyone finds the article in full, please pass it along.

UPDATE: Pink reader Xabi found the full article in English

Blah. I spent all of yesterday holed up here in our place because I wasn’t feelin’ too hot. I’m not ready to use the “s” word just yet but suffice to say, I was in no condition to go out and hang out with anyone. Instead, I stayed in and finished reading Harry Potter and the Philsopher’s Stone and started reading Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets:

Reading the Harry Potter books again, after reading them all and knowing how the whole saga ends, gives new meaning to a lot of the events in the earlier books. I’m just amazed at JK Rowling‘s genius. She had a plan from the beginning and orchestrated the HP book series masterfully. I cannot find one inconsistency … well, except for the fact that in Book 1, Hagrid tells Dumbledore and McGonagall that he borrowed the motorcycle he used to deliver baby Harry Potter to the Dursley’s home from Sirius Black. Unless Hagrid borrowed his cycle before Sirius was imprisoned in Azkaban, this little plot point doesn’t work … or does it? To be honest, it’s the only thing that made me think whether or not it fit in with the rest of HP lore.

That’s pretty much it … I didn’t do much else … but go to bed early and sleep late. I’m feeling better today, I have some errands to take care of and a piece of crap BlackBerry to replace so I’ll deffo be heading out shortly. Darion wanted to get some people out for a movie later, I’m gonna try and do that too. Hope all y’all’s weekends have been more exciting than mine ;)

• Heroes star Ali Larter got hitched!
• A stage collapse at the Big Valley Jamboree Country Music festival yesterday resulted in one death and 60+ injured! Thoughts and prayers go out to those affected.
• Drake collapses on stage due to a knee injury that gave out while performing.
• After being snubbed by the Emmy Awards, Battlestar Galactica was named the Program of the Year at the 25th annual Television Critics Association Awards.
• Plans for Marie Osmond‘s talk show get canned.
• Andy Warhol‘s painting of Michael Jackson goes on the auction block.
• Sadie Frost is said to support Jude Law, his babymama Samantha Burke and their lovechild.
• Edward Furlong (Terminator 2: Judgment Day) is 32, Sam Worthington (Terminator: Salvation) is 33, Mary-Louise Parker is 45, Apollonia (Purple Rain) is 50 and Peter O’Toole is 77. Click HERE to see who else is celebrating a birthday today.
• Brangelina just can’t decide where they want to be buried when they die.

It is time, once again, to gawk and gander at the Hot Dude of the Week! We’ve already moved into the 3rd month of Summer, which means we’re running out of time to enjoy the Summer heat. Never fear, at least we have the Weekend Hotness to keep the temps. up. Say hello to Daniel:

Hot Dudes of the Week needn’t be speedoed hunks running around on the beach, nosiree, they can be regular (and chiseled) dudes who need nothing but a pair of blue jeans (unbuttoned, of course) and just their hot bods to entertain, like Daniel here. As bummed as I am that Summer is already more than half over, I can still take comfort in the fact that the Hot Dudes of the Week will bring the head weekly :) Enjoy!!

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Jennifer Love Hewitt and her lover Jamie Kennedy have made their way to Hawaii for a little work and a little play. J. Love spent much of her weekend gettin’ all gussied up and purdy for a new photoshoot while Jamie spent most of his day frolicking in the ocean … behold:

Ahhh … you gotta love a relationship like the one that JamieLove share ;) It’s nice to see that these two have stayed together for so long. I admit, I assumed J. Love‘s hook-up with Jamie was merely a rebound situation for her to get over her ex-fiancée Ross McCall (who broke up back in January) … but after all these months, they’re still together. J. Love is bringin’ home the bacon and it looks like Jamie is eatin’ it ;) A match made in heaven!!

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Here are a few ADORABLE photos of newish parents Alyson Hannigan and Alexis Denisof taking their precious babygirl Satyana out for a stroll in the lovely SoCal sun yesterday afternoon lookin’ very much like the cutest family ever that they are. Having just turn 4 months old, little Miss Satyana is already gettin’ so big … and even more precious, if you can believe it:

I just love this family so much. And can I reiterate my EXTREME GLEE that Alexis will be joining the cast of Dollhouse in some capacity this coming season? It’s been FAR TOO LONG since we’ve been able to enjoy Mr. Denisof on TV in any lasting capacity, which is why I’m really hoping that Joss Whedon has got great plans for the man on Dollhouse. I know others are very excited that fellow Buffyverse alum Summer Glau is also joining the cast of Dollhouse but my geek meter is on OVERDRIVE at the news that Alexis will be joining the show as well. It really sounds like Whedon will be pulling out all the stops to help make Season 2 of Dollhouse as amazing as possible. I cannot wait!! Woot!!

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Here are a few photos of Sarah Michelle Gellar going into and out of her baby shower here in SoCal yesterday afternoon lookin’ very much the stylish fashionista she’s always been. It’s, like, impossible for SMG to ever look bad! Because baby showers can be thrown at varying points ina woman’s pregnancy, it’s impossible to know for sure if she is particularly near her due date or not … but a baby shower generally means that it shant be long before the stork makes her delivery:

Choreographer/Dirctor Adam Shankman tweeted on his official Twitter profile that he was in attendance at SMG‘s shower:

Just came from Sarah Michelle Gellar baby shower. She’s looking gorgeous. Fun fact: I officiated at her wedding. Yes I married she and Freddie. Rack up another career…

Interesting … I knew that Adam and the Gellar-Prinzes were longtime friends (and that he choreographed the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical episode Once More with Feeling) but I did not know that he officiated the couple’s wedding. I wonder if he’ll be in line for godfather … mebbe fairy godfather? In any event, I’m so pleased that SMG seems to have enjoyed a lovely baby shower … I really hope it’s not long before she brings forth the fruit of her loins … because, as they say, “Into each generation a girl is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one …” SMG‘s baby could be that chosen one. OR, it could be a little boy and that would kill all the slayer talk ;)

[Photo credit: GSI Media, thanks Alex]

Congratulations are in order for Marky Mark Wahlberg and his longtime girlfriend/babymama/fiancée Rhea Durham cuz, as rumors suggested, the happy couple tied the knot and were wed in a not-so-quiet ceremony at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Beverly Hills, CA yesterday afternoon. While the wedding itself wasn’t a big secret, the guestlist was pretty intimate … only the couples three children and 12 guests were in attendance. After all these years together, they finally got hitched, y’all:

Mark Wahlberg has finally made it official! The actor and his longtime girlfriend, model Rhea Durham, tied the knot on Saturday, PEOPLE has confirmed. The couple, who have three children – Ella Rae, 5, Michael, 3, and 10-month-old Brendan Joseph – were married Saturday in an intimate and romantic ceremony attended by their children and about 12 close friends and family at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Beverly Hills. Wahlberg donned a dark suit and the bride wore a white strapless dress with silver embroidery and a Neil Lane diamond-and-platinum cushion-cut ring complemented by a diamond bracelet and earrings. “She looked like a princess and beyond stunning. Mark looked ecstatic,” says an eyewitness shortly after the ceremony, which lasted for about 45 minutes in the church, which was decorated with candles and pink and light purple roses. The groom-to-be, 38, spent a quiet pre-wedding moment alone at the church Friday afternoon. Wahlberg, looking happy and relaxed, sat down in the front row before returning home to his Beverly Hills home for a small gathering.

Marky Mark confessed to the press earlier this year that he and Rhea were thinking about an August wedding (at the time, I was assumed that the couple would wed in his hometown of Boston, MA) … then word began to spread Friday that Saturday would be the big day here in SoCal. I understand that Marky Mark will be starring opposite Rachel Weisz in Peter Jackson‘s big screen adaptation of the Alice Sebold novel The Lovely Bones (due to hit theaters on December 11) … since I’m not a big fan of Entourage (the HBO series he executive produces), Lovely Bones is his next project I’m looking forward to seeing (and is a book I’m desperate to read, it’s on my book pile now). In any event, much love and congrats goes out to Marky & Rhea on their nuptials … it took long enough, didn’t it ;)

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Well now … lookie here … here are new photos of Kristin Cavallari and Justin Bobby, from The Hills, lookin’ all chummy together as they coupled up for a ride on JB‘s motorcycle in Malibu, CA this weekend. I presume the couple were hamming it up for the MTV cameras as they filmed new scenes for the upcoming season of The Hills but, then again, mebbe there is more going on here than just a reality TV show fauxmance:

Boy … I bet Audrina Patridge is gonna LOVE seeing these photos. You know, it’s hard not to think that any and everything involved with The Hills cast is as fake as Heidi Montag‘s silicone boobs (not to mention her lurve for Jebus) but … it’s totally possible that KC would mack on JB in real life. In the end, I guess the drama will work very well on The Hills which, coincidentally, debuts on MTV will an whole new season (featuring Cavallari as the HBIC) in a few short weeks. Are y’all ready for the ridiculous drama? With Kristin at the helm, I’m MORE than excited for the show’s return. Wee!!!

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