Onetime “Baywatch” babe, reality star and ’90s sex symbol Pamela Anderson (also: activist, best-selling author and mother) has spent much of her career shoved into boxes beyond her control. But the Pam-aissance she’s undergone in recent years,

Canadian-American actress Pamela Anderson’s new film The Last Showgirl is being lauded by critics and audiences and is generating some serious Oscar buzz. Directed by Gia Coppola, the film centres on a Las Vegas showgirl faced with an uncertain future after learning her long-running show is set to close.

The mob-run city of the mid-20th century gave way to "legitimate" business moguls taking control of the casinos, which in turn led to a pivot toward making the Strip "family friendly," before a return to the "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" mantra in megaresorts run by corporations.

Pamela Anderson makes herself small in "The Last Showgirl," director Gia Coppola's intimate portrait of an aging idealist hanging on to the last vestige of Las Vegas glitz in a world that has long since passed her by.

Shot in Las Vegas over 19 days in February 2024, this indie drama is a compassionate study of families, both found and biological.

How Pamela Anderson's critique of ageism in 'The Last Showgirl' parallels Maureen O'Hara in Dorothy Arzner's 1940 'Dance, Girl, Dance.'

In one way, “The Last Showgirl” comes across as a very personal production for its star. At the same time, there is a universality to the story that will reach a large audience. This duality makes for a production that is intimately touching while feeling emotionally massive.

There was a time when the iconic showgirl ruled the Las Vegas Strip before those productions came to an end. The Last Showgirl, starring Pamela Anderson and Jamie Lee Curtis, opens in movie theaters on Jan.

Nothing lasts forever, but in Las Vegas not much sticks around longer ... In “The Last Showgirl,” Pamela Anderson plays Shelly, the longest-running cast member in the longest-running retro ...

Talk about a role of a lifetime. This is Pamela Anderson’s finest moment as “The Last Showgirl,” a story about dreams, sacrifice and regret. Gia Coppola directs the story that focuses on Shelly (Anderson,

Onetime “Baywatch” babe, reality star and ’90s sex symbol Pamela Anderson (also ... a bubbly 50-something Las Vegas showgirl who’s poured her life into the once spectacular, now tired ...

After “Baywatch,” that “Pam and Tommy” miniseries and a documentary on Netflix, Pamela Anderson was ready for a change. She gets it with "The Last Showgirl."