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Daily Mail
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Pamela Anderson wears glam makeup after years of vowing to go bare faced as she steps out in a bold white and red pencil skirt and blouse in New York
Pamela Anderson made sure to turn heads in a white and red rose co-ord as she departed her hotel in New York City on Wednesday evening. The movie star, 57, looked incredible in the figure hugging flared pencil skirt which she tucked a matching bold long sleeved blouse into. Pamela made the rare move of wearing a glamorous palette of makeup complete with black liner, glossy pink lipstick and blushed cheeks, after embracing her natural beauty on magazine covers and at public appearances. The Baywatch legend wrapped her newly short blonde tresses in a chic white head scarf and elevated her frame in a pair of red stilettos. Pamela flashed her gorgeous smile as she waved to waiting fans as she exited her hotel and headed to the Meatpacking District. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. She added a pair of stylish pink framed sunglasses as she stepped out of her car and was greeted by a small crowd. Just days earlier, Pamela made an epic return to her signature 90s makeup look after years of embracing her natural beauty. While she entered her fresh-faced era back in 2023 to feel more comfortable in her own skin and reject societal beauty standards, the star made the rare move of wearing full glam. In a post, uploaded by Los Angeles-based makeup artist David Velasquez, the actress wore a red Versace robe, charcoal black liner, overlined beige lipstick and a dramatic pair of fake eyelashes. 'Rock N Roll like the 90s,' Velasquez, who previously did Anderson's makeup for a 2022 Paper Magazine shoot, captioned the image. Although it is unknown when the stunning snap was taken, fans of the Baywatch legend were quick to praise her blonde bombshell comeback. 'I love her no makeup look but this feels like home,' one fan commented. Another gushed: 'Wow! She looks even better than she did in the 90s! Sheesh!!' Pamela looked incredible in the figure hugging flared pencil skirt which she tucked a matching bold long sleeved blouse into 'Pammy out here reminding us she can eat us all up with or without makeup,' a third wrote underneath the post. Others thanked Velasquez for giving Anderson 'a full face just to remind the girls who THE OG is!!!' Anderson is best known for starring on Baywatch for five seasons, from 1992 to 1997, as the iconic role of C.J. Parker, a stunning lifeguard. Last year, she received critical acclaim for her 2024 drama The Last Showgirl and earned a Best Actress nomination at the Golden Globes and SAG Awards. Earlier this year, a source told that Pamela is delighted that she is 'being applauded for her toned-down looks and recognized for her true talent.' They said: 'Pamela has gotten so much positive feedback from women all over the world for her natural glow up. 'She has become an icon who is now known for baring her all-natural self. 'While Pam recognizes that a little more make up would have gone fabulous with her gown, she also realizes that this is not true to who she is anymore. 'To do herself up – whether at the awards or anywhere else for that matter – would make her not true to herself.' The insider added that 'part of her motivation' to cut back on her glam was because she wanted to 'strip away her Barbwire image and Baywatch personification' - and be viewed 'as a serious actor.' 'When she went into this, part of her motivation was to strip away her Barbwire image and Baywatch personification. Shew wanted to be taken as a serious actor,' they continued. 'Pamela realized her true talent when she played Roxy Hart on Broadway. This was life changing for her. 'Never in a million years did she think that she would have been nominated for an award like this.' Another source close to the star confirmed that she 'still wears light makeup from time to time' and that she has not sworn off make-up forever, instead just changing her relationship with it.
New York Times
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
‘White Lotus' Ladies, Tom Sachs and Reality Stars Lit Up the Whitney
The stars gathered at the Whitney Museum of American Art on Tuesday night for the institution's annual spring gala. Actresses, reality stars, conceptual artists, fashion designers, stylists, curators and R&B icons came together to celebrate the 95-year-old museum. During cocktails in Kenneth C. Griffin Hall, the actress Claire Danes chatted up a gaggle of men with a drink in hand. 'I love the Whitney,' Ms. Danes said, clad in a red dress by Max Mara, a sponsor for the evening. On the opposite side of the hall, the philanthropists Kathy and Rick Hilton, and their daughter Nicky Rothschild, collected fizzy drinks from a bar. 'They're here visiting from L.A., so it's a little family outing,' Ms. Rothschild said. Nearby, the actresses Leslie Bibb and Michelle Monaghan held court, fresh off their run on the third season of 'The White Lotus.' 'When you come at night and get to go around and look at art and then come out into the Meatpacking District,' Ms. Bibb said, 'it's very sexy.' In front of the large, freightlike elevators, Ubah Hassan, a star of the 'The Real Housewives of New York City,' spoke with the stylist June Ambrose. Ms. Hassan, who wore a light blue Pamella Roland dress, said it was her first gala at the Whitney. 'I'm not very familiar with it,' Ms. Hassan said of the museum. 'Whenever I'm getting invited, I'm like 'I gotta go!'' The night's honorees included Amy Sherald, the contemporary artist whose first solo show at the Whitney, 'American Sublime,' opened on April 9. The artist is probably best known for her portrait of the former first lady Michelle Obama. But reviewing the show for The New York Times, the critic Deborah Solomon described Ms. Sherald 'as a painter of one-frame short stories, of fictions that bestow recognition on people you would not recognize.' The contemporary artist Glenn Ligon, who had a retrospective at the Whitney in 2011, said he felt it was urgent for Ms. Sherald's work to be shown at the museum. 'It's important that a museum like the Whitney is showing portraits of people that look like her at this moment when there's such, you know, demonization of D.E.I., artists of color and Black representation,' Mr. Ligon said. 'It's important that the Whitney has made this commitment.' After cocktails, guests were shuffled to dinner on the seventh floor of the museum. The large elevator doors opened to rows of tables in front of a gold, curtain-like back drop. The artist Jeff Koons, who presided over a table at the side of the stage, said Ms. Sherald's work is about sharing her personal growth with the world. Ms. Sherald's career opened up after she painted Ms. Obama, and her trajectory into museum shows followed. 'Amy has transcended herself,' Mr. Koons said. 'She's transcended her own life, and she's shared that with the community and that's what we feel when we look at her work.' Richard DeMartini, a member of Whitney's board since 2007, was also recognized alongside Barbara Haskell, a curator at the museum for about 50 years, who was celebrated for her longevity and her eye. 'The museum has changed so much, but in some ways, it hasn't changed at all,' Ms. Haskell said. 'I mean, visually, it's got bigger, more important but it's the fundamental values that first attracted me and have kept me here for 50 years.' The event raised about $6 million and midway through dinner, Judy Hart Angelo, a Whitney trustee, pledged another $1 million to support the Museum's free admissions program, which provides free entry to visitors under 25. The initiative started in December and has resulted in 400,000 free visits. It has also helped bring the number of visitors, which dropped because of the pandemic, back to about a million a year, according to Scott Rothkopf, the museum's director. The Hiltons sat together close to the stage. Nearby, Tom Sachs, the New York-based artist, chatted with a friend. 'The legacy of The Whitney is important,' Mr. Sachs said. 'When I first moved to New York, I always felt welcomed by the Whitney and its programs to help make art accessible are essential to the city. It's a place that embraces artists and art, going public equally and there's nothing more important than that for creating a sense of community in the arts institution in the city.' After dinner was served — filet mignon, of course — and the honorees gave speeches onstage, there was a final surprise. From the right side of the room, the remaining members of TLC, Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins and Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas, appeared and the opening horns of their 1994 hit single, 'Creep' began to play. Two-thirds of the room seemed a bit confused as to who was performing and why. But at the foot of the stage, the artists, including Ms. Sherald and Jordan Casteel, sang along with the group's three-song medley, word for word.
