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MADAME
TUSSAUDS – HOLLYWOOD
Wax Movie Stars of Hollywood Boulevard
In
a Tinsel Town world of botox and eyebrow lifts, it can be said that Hollywood
is already the home of waxwork pseudo-celebrities with hollow
souls and stiff faces, and real honest-togod movie stars very hard to
find, but now you can hobnob with the famous glamour star faces of the
entertainment firmament in real - wax! Madame Tussauds, whose wax figure
museum first opened in London in 1835 and now with branches around the
world, made the idea of seeing the famous and far away touchable and
real for millions, has come to Hollywood Boulevard. Other Madame Tussauds
Wax Museums focus more on historic or political or world famous and often
mostly dead figures, but the Hollywood installation is all about movie
stars, A-list directors and Hollywood icons.
The Madame Tussauds in Hollywood is located right next
to
the famous Grauman’s Chinese Theater with all the footprints and
handprints in cement and doors down from the Kodak Theater at Hollywood & Highland
where Hollywood stars strut the red carpet once a year to collect their
Oscars at the annual Academy Awards (see Hollywood
& Highland). The live
star costumed impersonators who once crowded Hollywood Blvd in front
of the
Chinese
Theater have
moved on to Las Vegas, so to get your picture taken with your favorite
movie star, from Johnny Depp to Denzel Washington, or take direction
from Quentin Taratino, Madame Tussauds is the best bet, unless you want
to prowl the Sunset Strip following the gangs of paparazzi chasing the
latest TMZ tipoff.
The
wax figures at Madame Tussauds are very realistic and lifelike, set in
thematic settings, a hallmark of the Tussauds, so you won’t
be disappointed if you don’t mind the price, and not to be confused
with the Hollywood Wax Museum two blocks to the east, a longtime fixture
of “The Boulevard” rather notorious for its rather indifferent
looking figures. Many you're allowed to hug next to to get a photo snapped
with the rich and famous generally otherwise untouchable.
Madame
Tussauds is open 365 days a year from 10am in the morning on weekdays
to 10pm in the summer and 9pm the rest of the year. Saturday 9am to 11pm
and Sunday 9am to 10pm. Madame Tussauds is not cheap. Admission for adults
is $25, Sudents and Seniors (60+) $20 and Children 4-12 $18. You can
get a 10% discount by ordering a “Priority Entance” ticket
online in advance, or if you stop by the Hollywood Tourist Office at
Hollywood & Highland you can find a coupon flyer for $5 off each
ticket, for a family up to $30 off. The Hollywood Madame Tussauds Wax
Museum is not as packed at the London one, so you probably won’t
need to worry about the “priority”, there’s lots else
to do around if there’s a line, which is not that likely. With
a Go
Los Angeles Card for
multiple attraction admissions you can get a 50% discount at Madame Tussauds. © Bargain
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