Drew and Cameron...forever young

Cameron Diaz and Drew Barrymore, seen here getting their makeup done for the Oscars!

Wait, no! Hang on! That's not Cam and Drew! That's their really lifelike and totally convincing Wax Figures! (That's sarcasm, folks) Hmm.  I am so not a fan of Wax figures. But let's take a closer look.

I suppose it's a good way of staying young for eternity, huh? I mean, if you're a celeb, who needs botox when you can just wheel out your waxy double at book signings, complete with a face injected with lard? Plumped out like a baby's bottom, smooth and wrinkle free.

From these pics, it's like these two have supped from the teat of the milk of eternal youth cow.

Drew, meet Drew.

Freakily close. It's close enough to make me go 'Hey! Who stole Drew's brain and left her with a pasty complexion and fixed middle-distance stare?'

I think it's Robot Drew. Her head makes those clicky noises as it swivels on her neck.

And here's Cameron.

They've done an awesome job making her look like a cartoon character. Not lifelike in the slightest. Someone's taken the blur tool to her face and smudged it allll over.

I can't be the only one who finds the who wax-work thing really repulsive? 

I just honestly don't see the point. Unless you're a perv. In which case I am sure the celebs would rather you felt up their wax figure.

But it does bring to mind this really awesome movie. About mannequins and the love real people can find with them.

There have been some total shockers from the world of Wax People in the past (not least of which, Paris Hilton's movie House of Wax, which was just appalling) But let's not be negative. It was my birthday yesterday and I don't want to spoil the buzz.

So, here's a wax figure of German Chancellor Angela Merkel...looking exactly like herself. Freaky, ne?