Dec 31, 2024 · The city of Las Vegas has a mystique that’s difficult to define, and means different things for different people. In the mind and heart of Gia Coppola, it’s a special place with its own story to tell, and she’s brought that story to the screen in The Last Showgirl, an emotionally charged exploration of resilience, identity and nostalgia.

Jan 13, 2025 · After the director Gia Coppola watched Pamela Anderson’s Netflix documentary, it became abundantly clear who should star in The Last Showgirl, the story of 57-year-old Shelly Gardner, a seasoned Las Vegas dancer grappling with her past and future amidst the closure of Le Razzle Dazzle, the classic French-style revue she’s starred in for three decades.

3 days ago · Director Gia Coppola’s glittering new film “The Last Showgirl” opened in theaters on Jan. 10. In her return to screen, Pamela Anderson personifies the epitome of a star as a Vegas showgirl even while the film struggles to redeem a discursive narrative through its haze of stunning, artful visuals. The heart of the Las Vegas French-style revue “Le Razzle Dazzle” is Shelly Gardner ...

6 days ago · I ’ve never been married, but one time I was the groom in a Las Vegas wedding-themed photo shoot. Filmmaker Gia Coppola was the bride. We were shooting a fashion story for the May 2012 issue of ...

Jan 3, 2025 · The Last Showgirl director Gia Coppola explains why she went out of her way to cast Pamela Anderson and what Las Vegas represents in her new movie.

Dec 18, 2024 · Drawing inspiration from Lisa Eisner and David Hickey’s 2006 tome, The Book on Vegas, which captures the vivid, kitschy essence of the desert city, Coppola envisioned her film as a visually...

Jan 9, 2025 · Pamela Anderson is the indisputable heart of Gia Coppola’s film The Last Showgirl. As Shelly, a longtime showgirl facing down obsolescence, Anderson fully inhabits her character.

Dec 12, 2024 · In following a Vegas staple, the Last of the Showgirls, in its last days, Coppola isn’t just giving a voice to the working class women of that city, she’s showing yet another way artistry is being completely subsumed by a culture defined by disposability.

Dec 6, 2024 · For director Gia Coppola, who brought her 8-month-old along for the 18-day shoot, discovering the real Las Vegas was eye-opening. “The Strip is actually not where it’s at,” she laughs, noting the parking nightmare at the big hotel-casinos.

Nov 20, 2024 · On the surface, “ The Last Showgirl ” is about loss: After 30 years working in a classic Las Vegas feathers-and-spangles show in Las Vegas, a showgirl (Pamela Anderson as Shelly), learns the...