Jezebel: madame tussaud's

House Of Wax

Anna — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:10:00 EDT

[London, September 15. Image via Getty]

LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 15: A make-up artist prepares a Kate Moss waxwork at Madame Tussauds on September 15, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images)

Saint Joan

Sadie — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:30:00 EST

You think that wax Joan Rivers stays so perfect without surgical intervention? She gets her tuneups at the Madame Tussaud's repair room, "a gruesome human body shop of sorts, a grisly place where unmouthed teeth and disembodied heads are strewn across the tables and the floor." The wax museum's team of artists and costumers is privy to the "confidential files" of all their subjects — necessary, presumably, for accurate replication — as well as repairing those breaches of ego caused by unflattering representations. But as they see it, their job is a lot bigger than that: one wax artist likens their work to that of the 16th century churchwomen responsible for dressing the figures of saints. “It says something dreadful about our culture, but celebrities are the saints of today.” [New York Times]

Hot Wax

Maria — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:30:00 EST

Madame Tussauds Las Vegas says that in a "groundbreaking initiative" it has created wax figurines of the cartoon characters Alvin and The Chipmunks. Eighteen-inch tall figurines of Alvin, Simon and Theodore will be available for visitors to pose with and sing in a "Chipmunks-style karaoke session." [UPI]

Loose Lips

Jessica — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:40:00 EDT

Tyra was honored with her own wax figure at Madame Tussaud's yesterday in DC. The wax Tyra is unbeweavably lifelike! • Matt LeBlanc's ex-business manager, Camille Cerio, is suing the Friends star for payments she says she's owed. Apparently Cerio's asking for a chunk of the $100 million in royalties LeBlanc earned from Friends and Joey. Holy Jesus that's alotta money! • More celebrity justice news: Rob Lowe's former nanny Jessica Gibson denied every allegation made against her by Lowe and his wife Sheryl. According to her cross-complaint, Gibson, "did not flirt with or seek romantic or sexual attention from Rob Lowe." [Dlisted, E! Online, TMZ]

Protesting a bit too much.

eurotrash — Fri, 26 May 2006 11:06:13 EDT

Don't be fooled by the tender tone taken by yet another why-can't-we-have-the-old-Britney-back online petition:

" We at BringBackBritney.com hold firm that a hosed-down, scantily clad Britney Spears is vital to the livelihood of millions of Americans. We will not sit silently as she sullies her persona in the public eye; that of a Kabbalah chasing, non seatbelt wearing, ovary farm for any two-bit backup dancer to take advantage of. This is not the Britney we hold in high regard."

It's just an advertizing gimmick for Madam Tussauds in Time Square, which is planning to wheel out a 'vintage' - pre-fat pre-fug - Britney waxwork this month.

Should be quite amusing watching the Britney fans fails to work that out over on the message boards, though.