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Jane Lynch: It’s ‘Strange & Eerie’ to See Myself as a Wax Figure

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Jane Lynch has a clone. The Glee star, 50, was joined by her new wife Dr. Lara Embry, a real-life high school Glee club, and more than 100 screaming fans Wednesday morning when her wax figure was unveiled at Madame Tussauds on Hollywood Blvd. Following opening remarks by Ian Brennan, the co-creator of the hit Fox show, Lynch walked out beside her statue, modeled after her character Sue Sylvester, and told the crowd, “Holy crap—unbelievable. This is too much. This is too weird. I feel like I’m seeing myself in a coffin or something. Thank you so much!” Lynch tells PEOPLE the whole experience is “strange and eerie,” adding, “it looks just like me.” But the cloning process was not so simple. “It took four hours,” Lynch said. “They took the measurements of my face and my body, and they put dots all over. There was a contraption that measured from here to here, to here, to here, to here for four hours.”–Dahvi Shira

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Sarah Jessica Parker’s Stylish New Job: Museum Tour Guide!

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First Halston came knocking on her door, and now New York’s world-famous Metropolitan Museum of Art is recruiting Sarah Jessica Parker for her style expertise. The museum has asked the tastemaker to record an audio guide for their Costume Institute’s annual fashion exhibit, reports WWD. And with 2010′s theme being “American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity,” Sarah Jessica seems a natural choice. “Because of Sex and the City, she is so much associated with New York and with America, and with using fashion as a way to shape identity,” says Andrew Bolton, the institute’s curator, of choosing their new virtual tour guide. The new exhibit, which will explore perceptions of the American woman from the 1890s to the 1940s, will open on May 5. For more information on the Costume Institute check out MetMuseum.org. Tell us: What do think of Sarah Jessica’s newest gig?

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Major Yves Saint Laurent Retrospective Set to Open in March

“Fashions fade, style is eternal,” Yves Saint Laurent once famously declared and you may now add: “March 11 is essential.’ Unquestionably, this spring’s Paris fashion essential is a ticket to the just-announced YSL Retrospective. The iconic designer will be the subject of the first major retrospective since his June 2008 death beginning on March 11, scheduled to run through August. And befitting the man whose designs defined sophistication, they’re pulling out all the stops to create a definitive spectacular. Organized jointly by the fashion legend’s long-time partner Pierre Bergé and the City of Paris, the exhibition will display over 300 haute-couture and Prêt-à-porter items, ranging over the entire 40 years of Saint Laurent’s canon. Fittingly, the retrospective will be housed in the city’s Petit Palais, just around the corner from the Dior showroom where Saint Laurent first found global acclaim in 1957. The exhibition will include pieces from Saint Laurent’s first Dior success, his “Trapeze” collection, as well as pieces from his 1965 Mondrian-inspired collection and his iconic “Le Smoking” tuxedo suit. His influential designs for film and theatre, including items worn by his muse Catherine Deneuve, will also be present in this comprehensive exhibit. Scheduled to open as the finale to Paris’s forthcoming Pret-a-porter week, the YSL Retrospective is being handled as a reserved event policy. Tickets are €11 (approximately $ 16) and the show runs until August 29. Visit yslretrospective.com for more information (and reservations, if you’re lucky enough to be in Paris!). –Peter Mikelbank

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