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LAS VEGAS – A wax museum on the Las Vegas Strip is unveiling a statue of President Barack Obama in a replica of the Oval Office just in time for Presidents Day. ... The museum says the Oval Office model is its only replica of the room west of the Mississippi River. It says the model of Obama standing behind his desk with his arms folded cost $300,000.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Madame Tussauds' in New York has unveiled a wax figure of Michelle Obama in a one-shouldered white gown inspired by the one she wore to the inaugural ball. The first lady's likeness joined a wax tuxedo-clad President Barack Obama on Tuesday. His figure was unveiled at the museum last year. In about two weeks, the Obama wax figures will exchange their formal wear for everyday wear.....

Add Hillary Rodham Clinton to the pantheon of luminaries immortalized in Madame Tussauds' wax museum. A life-size figure of the former first lady-turned-senator was set to be unveiled Thursday, complete with a campaign-style balloon drop, flags and a full-throated rendering of "Hail to the Chief." A Clinton figure had been on Tussauds' visitor request list for "a long, long time," museum manager Janine DiGioacchino said. But the looming Presidents Day holiday and the buzz surrounding Clinton's possible 2008 presidential bid sped up her addition to the collection. The Clinton statue, crafted at the original Tussauds museum in London, will take...

Tussaud's turn Bush and Blair into pantomime cow Thu Dec 15, 5:04 PM ET LONDON (AFP) - Madame Tussaud's has turned US President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair into a pantomime cow for their Christmas display, the waxwork museum said. The world statesmen were dressed up as a cow from "Jack and the Beanstalk" in a new scene featuring characters from pantomime favourites at the popular London tourist venue. Some other famous faces got a festive makeover. "Friends" star Jennifer Aniston has been cast as Snow White, her ex-husband Brad Pitt as Prince Charming -- while...

LONDON - A waxwork nativity scene that features soccer star David Beckham and his pop star wife, Victoria, as the parents of Jesus has been damaged in an attack, Madame Tussauds museum said Monday. The museum piece, which has drawn criticism from Christian leaders who say it's disrespectful, was damaged Sunday when a male visitor pushed over the figures of the Beckhams before running out, museum spokeswoman Diane Moon said. The exhibit had been closed off and police and museum staff were investigating security footage to track down the vandal, Moon said. The waxwork tableau also features President Bush (news...

Sun 12 Dec 2004 Bad taste: Madame Tussauds was criticised for casting David Beckham and his wife Victoria in their nativity scene. From Posh and Becks as Mary and Joseph to politically correct councils banning the word Christ, the traditional Christmas is under attack. But the first signs of a spiritual fightback are emerging. JEREMY WATSON IT WAS only an unscientific poll for a satellite TV channel looking for cheap publicity but it spoke volumes about what Scots were thinking. Not only were nine out ten adults convinced that Christmas carolling was disappearing as a tradition, but nine out of...

Waxwork models of, from left to right: Samuel L Jackson, Hugh Grant (news) and Graham Norton dressed as shepherds, David and Victoria Beckham as Joseph and Mary, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, The Duke of Edinburgh and US President George Bush as the Three Wise Men and Kylie Minogue as the Angel, top, are displayed as part of the Madame Tussaud's Celebrity Nativity scene at the tourist attraction in London, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2004. (AP Photo/PA, Ian West)