No Kabbalah on this blog...

I am a huge fan of the Amazing Randi and his incredible efforts to debunk the paranormal, pseudoscience, and the supernatural. Here's an excerpt from his newsletter on the Kabbalah craze in Hollywood:

Actor Ashton Kutcher is apparently a devotee of the silly red string Kabbalah bracelet, or perhaps he's just following instructions from his press agent to get with the current stupidity that such brain trusts as Madonna have embraced to titillate the teeny boppers. According to a posting on the Kabbalah website, the string has these wondrous magical powers. It:

'....protects us from the influences of the Evil Eye. Evil Eye is a very powerful negative force. It refers to the unfriendly stare and unkind glances we sometimes get from people around us.'

Kutcher was filmed wearing the string for his latest movie, "Guess Who," and test audiences "were really annoyed" by the bracelet, so Sony spent about $100,000 to use digital imaging technology to remove it from his wrist, which appeared in most scenes. Believers might well conclude that the removal of the bracelet contributed to the subsequent negative reviews for the movie....