We were distracted. For most of her life, Pamela Anderson was being upstaged by "Pamela Anderson." Then Gia Coppola sent her a screenplay by Kate Gersten, and now Ms. Anderson, having given one of the finest performances of this or any year,

Anderson plays an aging Vegas showgirl in the new movie from Gia Coppola. For so many reasons, it's a role only she could meaningfully deliver.

While Pamela Anderson gives a raw, poignant performance that’s likely the best of her career, ‘The Last Showgirl’ treads well-worn narrative ground.

The former “Baywatch” star marks a career high in Gia Coppola’s portrait of an aging dancer.

In the movie, which was released wide on Jan. 8, Pamela Anderson stars as an aging-out Las Vegas showgirl named Shelly, and she and her fellow dancers had the costumes to match. They wore a number of vintage-sourced pieces, including valuable finds created by legendary designer Bob Mackie.

Thursday’s premiere of the Anderson starring The Last Showgirl at the Chinese Theatre has been cancelled, we hear. With the former Baywatch actress’ performance receiving wide acclaim, the Gia Coppola directed film is set to be release nationwide by Roadside Attraction this Friday, January 10.

The intimate character study from director Gia Coppola of two women who find their time in the spotlight fading is a wistful, moving experience

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Nothing lasts forever, but in Las Vegas not much sticks around longer than a minute or two. Not your money, not the old casino hotels on the Strip, and not the topless revues that, for decades, defined Sin City in a rhinestone nutshell.