The resurrection of Demi Moore and Pamela Anderson: Hollywood and its second chances

 

Pamela Anderson and Jamie Lee Curtis at the Toronto Film Festival last September.GARETH CATTERMOLE (GETTY IMAGES FOR IMDB)

The resurrection of Demi Moore and Pamela Anderson: Hollywood and its second chances 

‘The Substance’ and ‘The Last Showgirl’ placed their bets on stars who had disappeared from the A-list but are now back in the spotlight

ENEKO RUIZ JIMÉNEZ

Madrid - JAN 25, 2025 - 23:30 COT

Jamie Lee Curtis said it best upon being nominated for her 2023 Oscar for Everything Everywhere All At Once: “I’m 64 years old. I’ve been an actor since I was 19. I made horror films and sold yogurt that makes you shit. I never thought I would hear my name at the Oscars.” This year, after winning the award and enjoying a career renaissance, Curtis is back in the headlines for her work on The Last Showgirl. That film stars Pamela Anderson, another actress who is back in the spotlight after surviving the release of biographical miniseries Pam and Tommy, which brought the lurid moment of her sex tape back into public discourse. “This is the best payback,” Anderson has told the press. “I’m being seen and recognized for my work and not these tawdry moments.”

Jennifer Lawrence wears Coat Loewe. Earrings (worn throughout) Jennifer’s own.

Jennifer Lawrence and
Cameron Diaz Get R-Rated

By Cameron Diaz

Photographed by Collier Schorr

Styled by Mel Ottenberg

June 20, 2023

It’s Friday afternoon, and Jennifer Lawrence is waiting for a phone call from Cameron Diaz. Cameron Diaz, meanwhile, is on Zoom waiting for Jennifer Lawrence. “I didn’t realize I had to sign into a link,” Lawrence says when she finally logs on. They’re here because she, after taking a step back from her career, has fully reentered movie star mode, first with last year’s indie drama Causeway, and now with this summer’s No Hard Feelings, an R-rated comedy starring Lawrence as an Uber driver who dates an awkward teen for money. So who better to break down the art of being raunchy than the star of There’s Something About Mary and Bad Teacher? The answer is no one.

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CAMERON DIAZ: Hello!

JENNIFER LAWRENCE: Hi Cameron! How are you?

DIAZ: Good! How are you?

LAWRENCE: Good. Thanks for doing this. Are you in England?

Hugh Hefner / Leonardo DiCaprio, Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz have replaced the rat pack of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin

Hugh Hefner

Leonardo DiCaprio, Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz have replaced the rat pack of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin

Monday 9 April 2001 01.19 BST

The Playboy bloke? The porn king? 

I'll have you know Playboy is full of serious features and interviews.

No one reads it for those. 

On the contrary. Thousands of blind readers peruse the Braille edition every month.

To learn about beauty queens? 

No, for in-depth pieces about top personalities such as Fidel Castro, John Lennon and Jesse Jackson.

But there are dirty pictures, aren't there? 

A few tasteful photos, or so we're told. Marilyn Monroe was the first centrefold in 1953 - a shoot that launched her on a megabucks career and hedonistic lifestyle. Brigitte Bardot, Vanessa Redgrave and Cindy Crawford have all followed as pin-ups.

Isn't he famous for sleeping with his centrefolds? 

None of the above, but does claim to have slept with more than 1,000 women - with a little help of late from Viagra.

So what's the old dog up to now? 

It's his 75th birthday today, and he's coming to London to celebrate it.

Wearing pyjamas? 

That's his business wear. This is relaxation. He'll be shopping, eating and partying his way round town.

Who does he hang out with? 

He has plenty of bunnies to choose from. Plus the parties at his LA mansion are back in fashion. Leonardo DiCaprio, Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz have replaced the rat pack of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. It's all part of retro cool - cigars, martinis and Playboy.

Has no one got any morals? 

Al Gore declined an invite - but look what happened to him.

But the rabbit is just ridiculous, isn't it? 

Hugh thought it gave Playboy a frisky, playful, yet sophisticated image. He drew it in half an hour, but it became so well known that a reader's letter once reached him with just the bunny's head for an address. He even had a rare rabbit named after him - Sylvilagus palustris hefneri .

Most likely to say: "I'll pay you $100,000 to take your clothes off."

Not to be confused with: Richard Desmond, Peter Stringfellow, Larry Flynt.

THE GUARDIAN

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