Madonna's changing her name!??!?!?
 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/news/cha..._madonna.shtml
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3073025
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/ente...n_madonna.html

OMG!! i can't even believe this!! She wants to be called Esther????? :eyebrow

My mum just said this was on the news, but i didn't believe her so i checked it out and found this site ^(above) i mean i'm not exactly a fan but, madonna is madonna ya know.. this is sssoooo weird!

I mean........... um... actually i'm just speechless..... i can't even think of anything else to type...

what do you guys think 'bout this? did anyone see this coming?..

what, being named after the Virgin Mary isn't good enough for her? =x

No one's going to call her Esther except maybe her family lol. She'll always be known as Madonna. (her full name is like Madonna Louise Ciccone or something anyways.. so is she just going to replace Madonna with Esther? Esther Louise... hahahahhahahha)

Wow. Whatever!

Watch, in a few days Britney will want to change her name too. She started following Kabbalah because of Madonna..

perhaps Britney will want to take on the name Miriam ;)

ahahahahahaha :roflmao :roflmao

She might as well call herself "bubba"... she'd sell more CDs that way :hahano

Esther??? :eyebrow

It sounds so Driving-Miss-Daisy-like. I'm starting to think she's letting her Kabbalah teachings take control of her life. It seems as though everything she does, is influenced by Kabbalah.. I wonder if we are commoners should be worried by what the celebs are doing.

what is she thinking ..... lol

maybe since her kids are growing up she wants to change her name so they wont get much of her past... but I also think she is crazy and will always be known for madonna

it's all the kabbalah crap x_x

^ exactly. i think only her kabbalah posse will call her esther.

she must be smoking the wrong kind ( if u know what I mean) she must be stupid renaming herself! good grief! she's the queen of pop, its like michael naming himself as phil of something....that's not cool

okay... WTF mates? thats a horrible name! she should just use DONNA.. or MAD -_-

whats kabbalah?

Ewwww~ That sounds like an old lady name!

It is an old lady name. My coworker is named Ester (yes, without the h, but close enough lol) and she's 60+ years old.

wew.. another sensation? ^^ heuheue

From my college notes (lol):

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Kabbalism -Kabbal – Hebrew book of mysticism
-metaphysical + mystical, a system by which the elect shall know God + the universe
-person will gain knowledge above common knowledge + allow him to understand the profound meaning + plan of creation
-esoteric knowledge – it contains secrets that are imminent; the secrets are in the holy scriptures
-that knowledge can’t be grasped by those who understand the text literally
-The Old Testament is a book of symbols + the narratives are like a cloak that cover those sublime revelations
-Hebrew letters in which texts are written are not just signs
-the letters/numbers in sacred scripture are reservoirs of divine power
-a realm of magic + divination
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From Johnny Weir, a figure skater who practices Kabbalism: Kabbalah which is an ancient Jewish mystical belief system. It is about shedding your ego and killing negative energy.
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People who practice Kabbalism may sometimes mistakenly be considered Jewish, but Judaism has rejected this practice. (Though I'm sure there are Jewish people who practice it, but I hope you get what I'm saying).

How odd...let's hope Ayu doesn't change her name too x___X'

Hrm...I'm pretty open minded, but it seems like Madonna is taking her religion a bit too far. I mean, I've also heard that she has dumped some of her long-time friends because they were not Kabbalhists too...and that is just crappy to do. Well...whatever she wants to do is her business, but she is still Madonna whether she likes it or not! Haha!

wow thanx Larisa :shughug ive never heard of that... sounds intesting though

The whole shedding ur ego.. is gunna seem very hard for madonna, IMO. :think

well .. not all names are specifically made for "old people" or "young people"

my friend who's 16 is called Esther too

btw ester's a functional group in organic chemistry ^^;;
sorry i have a chem final tomorrow hehe