Venerated celebs (5)

I believe the answer is:

idols

(Other definitions for idols that I've seen before include "False gods" , "Solid kind of images" , "Solid (anag.)" , "Much-admired persons" , "Effigies worshipped as gods" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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