holywood model: Pamela Anderson and Martha Stewart Get Candid

Pamela Anderson seductively gyrates beneath blinding lights. Her jazzy ensemble—bedazzled pink hat, caked-on makeup—belies her nerves, yet she dances with self-assured authority. When a man demands to know how old she is, she coyly replies,

The Last Showgirl. As the film unfolds, it quickly becomes apparent that this is the role Anderson was born to play.

After being spotted on the jumbotron at a Canadian football game, the Ladysmith, British Columbia native was thrust immediately into the spotlight. She cemented her status as a sex symbol with Baywatch and Playboy, and became the subject of infamy over a stolen videotape and highly publicized split from musician Tommy Lee. The critically panned 1996 superhero flick Barb Wire may have temporarily ruined any chance of Anderson becoming a movie star, but she had a very memorable cameo in Borat, which also led to her breakup with Kid Rock.

And then something extraordinary happened." title="Pamela Anderson seductively gyrates beneath blinding lights. Her jazzy ensemble—bedazzled pink hat, caked-on makeup—belies her nerves, yet she dances with self-assured authority. When a man demands to know how old she is, she coyly replies, "A gentleman never asks a lady her age," flashing a megawatt smile. I'm in a screening room watching the pop culture icon play a Vegas has-been in Gia Coppola's quietly moving feature The Last Showgirl. As the film unfolds, it quickly becomes apparent that this is the role Anderson was born to play.

After being spotted on the jumbotron at a Canadian football game, the Ladysmith, British Columbia native was thrust immediately into the spotlight. She cemented her status as a sex symbol with Baywatch and Playboy, and became the subject of infamy over a stolen videotape and highly publicized split from musician Tommy Lee. The critically panned 1996 superhero flick Barb Wire may have temporarily ruined any chance of Anderson becoming a movie star, but she had a very memorable cameo in Borat, which also led to her breakup with Kid Rock.

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Pamela Anderson and Martha Stewart Get Candid—Read Their Conversation

Pamela Anderson seductively gyrates beneath blinding lights. Her jazzy ensemble—bedazzled pink hat, caked-on makeup—belies her nerves, yet she dances with self-assured authority. When a man demands to know how old she is, she coyly replies, "A gentleman never asks a lady her age," flashing a megawatt smile. I'm in a screening room watching the pop culture icon play a Vegas has-been in Gia Coppola's quietly moving feature The Last Showgirl. As the film unfolds, it quickly becomes apparent that this is the role Anderson was born to play.

After being spotted on the jumbotron at a Canadian football game, the Ladysmith, British Columbia native was thrust immediately into the spotlight. She cemented her status as a sex symbol with Baywatch and Playboy, and became the subject of infamy over a stolen videotape and highly publicized split from musician Tommy Lee. The critically panned 1996 superhero flick Barb Wire may have temporarily ruined any chance of Anderson becoming a movie star, but she had a very memorable cameo in Borat, which also led to her breakup with Kid Rock.

And then something extraordinary happened.