Today Michelle Obama joined her husband, when a new wax statue of the first lady was unveiled at Madame Tussauds' in New York. The Barack figurine arrived a year ago, and likenesses of the presidential pair already stand at the London and Washington D.C. branches of the wax museum, reported AP. For the moment, both Obamas are wearing formal attire—Michelle has on the white John Wu number she wore to the inaugural ball—but in two weeks they'll swap the outfits for casual wear. According to the museum, Michelle will wear a "mint green J. Crew skirt and an embellished cream cardigan," while her husband will switch his tux for a business suit. How do you take off wax pants, anyway? We certainly can't imagine cerebral, no-drama Obama melting them. more ›

Madame Tussauds may attract a lot of tourists, but The NY Times journeys into the mostly unseen nooks of the wax museum, uncovering an oddity that locals would probably pay to see: the repair shop. This is where "unmouthed teeth and disembodied heads are strewn across the tables and the floor." The wax ER had Joan Rivers in when the paper visited, they were told people touch her dress a lot (causing frequent fix-ups), though not as much as Marilyn Monroe's! Another behind the scenes factoid: B-listers are often requesting the Tussaud treatment, wanting to live on forever in all their wax glory. For the chosen ones, they can get nitpicky; the artists are well aware of their works of art and their real-life counterparts, many of whom come back to check in on their figures. Al Roker, post weight-loss, requested a slimmer wax self...but there's no word on whether Lindsay is okay with her 2006 faux Lohan, which looks a little dated now. more ›

This week ended with the launch of the seventh and final Harry Potter installation. But while the world was consumed with Pottermania, it's important to remember that there were more serious things going on in the world, too - two of them in -Ist cities. more ›

Yesterday Lindsay Lohan was the latest celeb to be added to Madame Tussauds Wax Museum. This place creeps us out a little bit, but look at that resemblance - the photo to the right is of her wax statue. Is that a Balenciaga bag? Anyway, little fuss was made about this, as we can't seem to find anything in the local papers. Lohan herself didn't even show up to the unveiling (as celebs often do). more ›