HOLLYWOOD - Bosses at France's Cannes Film Festival offered Madonna a place on their panelof judges--but she snubbed their invitation because it clashes with her
beloved Kabbalah meetings.
Madonna, who had her documentary rejected for inclusion,
disappointed Cannes chief Thierry Fremaux when she insisted she would have to
travel back to London twice during the event to fulfill her obligations to the
mystical form of Judaism.
Fremaux was keen to have the star involved as she "takes the cinema world
seriously" and would have added a welcome injection of glamour to the panel.
Fremaux says, "We talked about her being on the jury, but her religion meant
this could not happen. It is a regret because she has valuable knowledge.
"She would have to return to London every Saturday, or maybe it was every
Friday, so for two days during our festival she would not be here and that
could not work."
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