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Madonna's London Kabbalah Centre gets supersized

Green light to double the size after massive boom in popularity thanks to stars Celebrities including Madonna, Demi Moore and Gwyneth Paltrow turn to Kabbalah for spiritual guidance More than 1,000 students a week now attend classes at the Center in central London, moments from Oxford Circus Popularity has prompted ambitious expansion that will see area of the grand, Georgian building double in size Ever since Madonna began wearing a piece of red string around her wrist in the Nineties, Kabbalah - a mystical offshoot of Judaism - has attracted an impressive list of celebrity devotees. Actress Demi Moore and former husband Ashton Kutcher are Kabbalists, while there has been speculation that Gwyneth Paltrow's interest in Kabbalah hastened the end of her marriage to Chris Martin. And One Direction's Harry Styles is reported to be one of the most-recent A-list converts. Now the stars are set to have a new spiritual home. The Kabbalah Center, a grand, Georgian...

MADONNA MEMORABILIA TAKES CENTER STAGE IN CELEBRITY AUCTION

Outfit worn by Madonna for her ā€œMaterial Girlā€ video (Reuters) ā€“ Costumes, gowns and jewelry worn by Madonna in films such as ā€œEvitaā€ and ā€œA League of Their Ownā€ and in the ā€œMaterial Girlā€ music video will be the highlights of a celebrity auction next month in Beverly Hills, Julienā€™s Auctions said on Tuesday. They are among the more than 140 items from Madonnaā€™s life and career that could fetch a combined total of up to $500,000 in the two-day in-house and online auction beginning Nov. 7. ā€œThis is the biggest collection of Madonna items ever to come to auction at one time,ā€ said Martin Nolan, the executive director of the auction house. Many of the items in the auction are from a collection amassed by Marquee Capital, a London-based niche asset management company specializing in alternative investments, and other sources and collectors. Among the stand-out lots is the strapless, evening gown, mink cape and jewelry Madonna wore in her ā€œMaterial Girlā€ music video,...

Guillermo ā€œHuckā€ Diaz: I just showed Madonnaā€™s daughter my Madonna tattoo

Last year ā€œhuge Madonna fanā€ Guillermo Diaz, who plays Huck on Scandal ā€“ one of the greatest shows on TV right now ā€“ went on Conan and talked about attending the Girlie Show from the front-row! In case you missed it, check it out HERE ! In a recent interview with dot429 , he was asked what kind of Madonna fan he wasā€¦ Last night I was watching the MDNA tour at midnight just before bed. Because when thereā€™s nothing else on TV, Iā€™ll just throw on one of her concerts. And itā€™s funny because all of these things keep happening that make me feel like Iā€™ll meet her one day, but part of me doesnā€™t really want to meet her because I love her so much. I was in a store the other day when I saw Mercy, her adopted daughter from Malawi, and I thought, ā€œOh thatā€™s Mercy.ā€ And then I was like, ā€œOh my God, this is Madonnaā€™s daughter.ā€ I stayed next to herā€Šā€” not in a creepy way ā€” because I was in the same greeting-card area, and then I hear who Iā€™m assuming was her nanny ...