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Joan Rivers Gets Felt Up at Madame Tussauds

  • 12/9/08 at 4:59 PM
Wait: Is this the real Joan or the wax one?

Wait: Is this the real Joan or the wax one?Photo: Getty Images

The dress worn by the wax figure of Joan Rivers at Madame Tussauds is always needing to be repaired because "people pat her dress so much, the beadwork gets a little worn," Tussauds' costume lady, Elly Van Horne, tells the Times today. People pat down Joan? Why? "Celebrities are the saints of today." [NYT]

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