37 h. ago And the winner is ... the rising generation of older female actors

With this year’s Oscars about to be handed out, Hollywood women of a certain age have never been more bankable or in demand. What’s behind the cultural shift?Something seems different about Hollywood awards ceremonies. At the Golden Globes in January, at the Screen Actors Guild awards last month and in the list of nominees for Sunday’s Academy Awards, there’s a sense of cultural readjustment. There are not just women working the red carpets and in the running for gongs: there are successful, prominent and, crucially, prospering older women.Demi Moore could win an Oscar to go with her Golden Globe for her leading role in the dark modern parable about cosmetic surgery The Substance. Isabella Rossellini is also nominated for an Oscar for the Vatican drama Conclave. Elsewhere there’s Marianne Jean-Baptiste in Hard Truths, Pamela Anderson in The Last Showgirl, Nicole Kidman in Babygirl – and more. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago The Last Showgirl review – Pamela Anderson gives performance of a lifetime in rhinestone

The former Baywatch star’s turn as a veteran Vegas dancer single-handedly rewrites her career in Gia Coppola’s bruising and beautiful film A life spent in the service of dreams and fantasy collides with unforgiving reality: Pamela Anderson’s veteran Vegas showgirl Shelly is forced to face a future that no longer has need of her 1,000-watt smile and glitter-smeared decolletage. The third feature from Palo Alto-director Gia Coppola (granddaughter of Francis, niece of Sofia), The Last Showgirl is a wisp of a thing, clocking in at under 90 minutes and shot in just 18 days. The film’s structure, more a series of vignettes than a linear narrative, feels like the fleeting reflections of a life captured in the facets of a mirror ball. It’s initially tempting to dismiss the picture, like its central character with her breathy, little-girl voice, as superficial. But there’s a bruising cumulative power to this melancholy little paean to an ending era. And Anderson, whose character is left ques...

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62 h. ago Former F1 star worth over £100m who dated Pamela Anderson made millions in retirement

Eddie Irvine clashed with Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna during his F1 career before establishing huge wealth and dating famous women after hanging up his helmet

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62 h. ago 'I was Michael Schumacher's teammate and dated celebs – I’ve made millions in retirement'

Eddie Irvine led a wild life during and after his F1 career, clashing with Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna, dating the likes of Pamela Anderson and becoming a multi-millionaire

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63 h. ago 'I dated Pamela Anderson and clashed with Michael Schumacher – now I build houses'

Ex-F1 star Eddie Irvine has led a wild life in and out of the cockpit, clashing with Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna, dating the likes of Pamela Anderson and becoming phenomenally wealthy

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3 d. ago BRIAN VINER reviews The Last Showgirl: Pammy razzle dazzles as an ageing Vegas showgirl

BRIAN VINER: Widely regarded as a comeback vehicle for Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl, as vehicles go, is less a gleaming Rolls-Royce than a truck.

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4 d. ago Pamela Anderson is a dramatic revelation in the raw, honest The Last Showgirl

In her first serious film role, the ‘Baywatch’ star plays a dancer left adrift as her nightly Vegas show draws to a close – and there’s a shocking vulnerability to her performance

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5 d. ago The Last Showgirl review – Pamela Anderson dazzles as Vegas dancer hitting midlife

Anderson’s depiction of an older performer’s struggles, as youth slips away and family fractures, rivals Demi Moore’s in The SubstanceWarm and generous performances carry this good-natured movie from director Gia Coppola; it’s actually the sort of approachable, actor-led drama for grownups that pundits complain Hollywood doesn’t produce any more. Pamela Anderson stars as Shelly, a middle-aged Las Vegas showgirl and 30-year veteran of a cheesy spectacle called Le Razzle Dazzle, gamely putting on the feathers and the sparkly rhinestones and revealing costumes alongside dancers in their teens – all for dwindling audiences who are looking for novelties and more overtly sexualised shows elsewhere.Shelly is stunned to learn that the show is getting canned and must now figure out what to do with her life and how to repair relations with her grownup daughter Hannah (Billie Lourd), who always felt she came second in her mother’s life to the pseudo-glamour of her nudie showbiz vocation. It is...

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7 d. ago Pamela Anderson, 57, gives verdict on 'my young Baywatch body' 28 years after last show

Hollywood star Pamela Anderson shot to fame after appearing on Baywatch in the 1990s as CJ Parker, but it turns out she still has the killer physique she did 28 years ago

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7 d. ago Now Meghan is accused of ripping off Pamela Anderson: Fans claim trailer for royal's Netflix series is a 'straight copy' of 2024 promo for Baywatch star's lifestyle show

Pamela's cooking show launches this week - but some fans have been left outraged on the Hollywood icon's behalf after spotting the similarities between the trailers for her series and Meghan's.

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8 d. ago Pamela Anderson, 57, shows off her natural beauty as she goes make

Pamela Anderson stuck to her make-up free style as she stepped out while promoting her new film, The Last Showgirl, in Paris on Sunday.

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8 d. ago ‘I stripped away this caricature that I created’: Pamela Anderson on makeup, activism and gardening

The star of Baywatch and The Last Showgirl answers questions from Observer readers and famous fans including Stella McCartney, Liam Neeson, Ruby Wax and Naomi KleinPamela Anderson, makeup-free and beautiful in a floral Westwood suit, is making a fuss of my dog. My dog likes her. I’m not a particular believer in the idea that animals are great character judges but, in this case, me and the dog are aligned. I like Anderson too. She combines openness with a kind of vulnerability, and you warm to her immediately.Settled on a sofa in a small dressing room off a photography studio, she asks for a coffee and promptly spills it everywhere. “I strive for imperfection,” she jokes. “I strive for it, and I just hit it every time.” Cortado mopped, she takes a breath, before talking excitedly of a new phase in her eventful life. “A door opened, and I walked through,” she says. “It’s hard to believe.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Pamela Anderson admits she 'begged her sons for forgiveness' after they were hurt by her being sexualised during her career

The Baywatch star, 57, shares two sons with ex-husband Tommy Lee, Brandon Thomas, 28, and Dylan Jagger, 27.

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1 week ago Pamela Anderson admits she 'begged her adult sons for forgiveness' after being 'sexualised' during her career 'hurt' them

The Baywatch star, 57, shares two sons with ex-husband Tommy Lee, Brandon Thomas, 28, and Dylan Jagger, 27.

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1 week ago This Morning fans seriously distracted by Pamela Anderson's appearance as she promotes new film The Last Showgirl

The 57-year-old appeared on the ITV show to chat to presenter Alison Hammond about taking on the role of Shelly in the movie.

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2 w. ago Baftas 2025: Conclave beats The Brutalist to best picture as Mikey Madison scoops best actress

Both Edward Berger and Brady Corbet’s dramas take four awards while Demi Moore denied comeback prize as competition heats up for next month’s OscarsFull list of winnersBaftas after-parties: Pamela Anderson, Selena Gomez and Ariana Grande – in picturesRed carpet, ceremony and winners – as it happenedConclave, Edward Berger’s Vatican-set thriller starring Ralph Fiennes as a cardinal overseeing the election of a new pope, went into this year’s Bafta ceremony with a dozen nominations – the most of any contender. It ended up with four awards: for best picture, outstanding British film, adapted screenplay and editing.Accepting the second of those, Berger – who swept the board at the awards two years ago with his remake of All Quiet on the Western Front, which won seven prizes – said: “We live in a time of a crisis of democracy. Institutions used to bringing us together are used to pull us apart. Sometimes it’s hard to keep the faith, and that’s why we make movies.” Continue reading...

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