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...mystical emanation of the Unknowable God, Ein Sof. That he addresses this publicly at all is remarkable, since Kabbalah was a tightly guarded secret for centuries. The extent of change in that status, however, is revealed in a boast: "Someone came to me and asked, 'Is it true that Madonna studies Kabbalah?'" Hardoon says. He allows a Billy Crystal-esque pause. "Oh, you heard about that?" Laughter...
...heard. Madonna threw a Kabbalah cocktail party. Roseanne compares Kabbalah--favorably--to quantum physics. Elizabeth Taylor, Barbra Streisand and actress Sandra Bernhard study it. And Hardoon's Kabbalah Learning Center, the controversial organization that attracts many of the stars, is just the largest and most flamboyant of hundreds of courses in Kabbalah and related Jewish mysticism in places as diverse as Sudbury, Mass., and Boca Raton, Fla. Academic involvement in the discipline has multiplied, as have tangential pop artifacts like the best-selling Bible Code and an X-Files episode about a golem, the Jewish proto-Frankenstein monster. Publishers...
...know how popular our poll would become. It got off to a fast start last June, drawing some predictable nominees: Winston Churchill for Statesmen, Albert Einstein for Scientists. Since we didn't redirect the votes into appropriate categories, the proposals were not always logical; for a while, Madonna led F.D.R. for Warriors & Statesmen. That's the Internet...
...worth the price of a second-hand Soloflex if he or she doesn't have a book. And not just any old fitness book. A book whose life-changing properties are attested to by A-list celebrities. Last year Cindy Crawford did the honors for Radu Teodorescu. This year MADONNA is endorsing Ray Kybartas' Fitness Is Religion. "Whether we're doing wind sprints uphill or sun salutes in my living room, the goal has been much more about peace of mind than having a perfect body," she says. And noted muscleman STEVEN SPIELBERG is singing the praises of Jake Steinfeld...
Star power also helped get Soul Food into production. Kenny ("Babyface") Edmonds, one of the most powerful figures in the music industry--he has penned hits for Madonna, Toni Braxton and others--produced it with his wife Tracey. Fox 2000 head Laura Ziskin gave the project the green light just days after reading the screenplay. The film was a labor of love for Tracey Edmonds, who was pregnant throughout preproduction and gave birth to a son, Brandon, shortly before shooting began. Says she: "Kenny and I had the same vision and the same tastes. Most people expect that...