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  1. A wax figure of Charlton Heston portraying Moses is seen at Madame Tussauds in Hollywood, California, on August 27, 2009. Marie Tussaud, born Anna Maria Grosholtz (1761�1850) was born in Strasbourg, France. Tussaud created her first wax figure, of Voltaire, in 1777. Other famous people she modelled at that time include Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Benjamin Franklin. During the French Revolution she modelled many prominent victims. In her memoirs she claims that she would search through corpses to find the decapitated heads of executed citizens, from which she would make death masks. Madame Tussaud's wax museum has now grown to become a major tourist attraction in London, it has expanded with branches in Amsterdam, Berlin, Las Vegas, New York City, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Washington, D.C., and Hollywood since 2009.
  2. Actors perform a scene from Ben Hur Live for the cameras during a preview from the show at the O2 arena, in east London September 15, 2009. The touring show, which has it's world premiere on Tuesday, marks the 50th anniversary of the Charlton Heston film, and involves 400 performers and 100 animals.
  3. Actors perform a scene from Ben Hur Live for the cameras during a preview from the show at the O2 arena, in east London September 15, 2009. The touring show, which has it's world premiere on Tuesday, marks the 50th anniversary of the Charlton Heston film, and involves 400 performers and 100 animals.
  4. An actor and horses perform a scene from Ben Hur Live for the cameras during a preview from the show at the O2 arena, in east London September 15, 2009. The touring show, which has it's world premiere on Tuesday, marks the 50th anniversary of the Charlton Heston film, and involves 400 performers and 100 animals.
  5. Actors and horses perform a scene from Ben Hur Live for the cameras during a preview from the show at the O2 arena, in east London September 15, 2009. The touring show, which has it's world premiere on Tuesday, marks the 50th anniversary of the Charlton Heston film, and involves 400 performers and 100 animals.
  6. An actor and horses perform a scene from Ben Hur Live for the cameras during a preview from the show at the O2 arena, in east London September 15, 2009. The touring show, which has it's world premiere on Tuesday, marks the 50th anniversary of the Charlton Heston film, and involves 400 performers and 100 animals.

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