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Tommy Lee Wants Pamela Anderson to be his Wife Again

Behind-the-scenes details on unwanted police attention, actors and that abduction.

by Larry Carroll
Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat (David Livingston/ Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES — Over the weekend, millions of moviegoers were introduced to a new kind of comedy, courtesy of an inept reporter from Kazakhstan and the confused, foot-in-mouth Americans who found his cameras pointed in their direction. On
   

the way out of the theater, many of them most likely cleared their hoarse-from-laughter throats and then asked: Who was in on the joke?

What follows is a spoiler-heavy dissection of the behind-the-scenes details that translated into “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.” Because, although you may have figured out by now that you’ll never be able to attend the Running of the Jew, some of the other phony moments in the flick might be a bit more surprising.

Getting anyone involved with “Borat” to discuss the film’s production is like trying to get a magician to give away his secrets — especially since star Sacha Baron Cohen has done every interview for the film in character. The studio’s official press notes, however, reveal a few tidbits: “Peter Baynham, Anthony Hines and Dan Mazer were drafted to write an outline for the film,” the notes explain. “There was no script. The movie is an experiment — a new form of filmmaking for an age in which reality and entertainment have become increasingly intertwined. Real events with real people push the film’s fictional story, and when scenes played out in unexpected ways, Baron Cohen and his colleagues had to rewrite the outline.”

Executive producer Monica Levinson further explained the irreverent shoot with the following statement: “All we had was an eight-person crew, including Sacha, a sound person, camera people, [director] Larry Charles and a production assistant. We all traveled around in a van, followed by a pickup truck that carried the equipment.”

These are fascinating explanations, but neither is completely true. “I’m very pleased to be affiliated with it,” grinned Luenell Campbell, a veteran comedian who is very much acting when she pops up as the African-American hooker Borat takes to a proper Southern dinner. “Borat and I go back a long way. We knew each other before Kazakhstan.”

Slightly less surprising is the inauthentic presence of Borat’s rotund producer Azamat Bagatov, who in reality is 53-year-old Ken Davitian — a veteran of dozens of movies and TV shows including “ER,” “S.W.A.T.” and “Gilmore Girls.”

With convincing, obscure character actors like Davitian and Campbell (who had small roles in “The Rock” and “So I Married an Axe Murderer”) assisting Baron Cohen during his interviews, director Larry Charles is understandably careful while answering questions about just how genuine the reality-show-like movie really is. “Almost everybody in it are real people,” Charles insisted. “They didn’t follow any script.”

Which brings us to the biggest question of all: How on earth did Sacha Baron Cohen manage to walk up to one of the most desirable female stars in the world, put a giant sack over her head and not get beaten to a bloody pulp and/or shot by her bodyguards?

“I love Sacha, he’s such a nice guy,” said a smiling Pamela Anderson — who might just give the best performance of her career in the film while playing herself.

“All I can say was that she was extremely good-humored about what happen to her,” Charles said of the shocking scene in which Borat tries to abduct Anderson after he’s fallen in love with her. “She ultimately, ultimately, had no problem.”

“I think it’s a huge compliment,” Anderson said of Borat’s obsession with her. “It was great.” Asked how she got involved with the film, the former “Baywatch” star turned away for a moment to think, then replied, “I can’t really say. I’m sworn to secrecy.”

In real life, the legally questionable activities of Baron Cohen and his colleagues often attracted the attention of local authorities. A warrant was issued for the actor’s arrest in New York, and Baron Cohen was advised by police to leave the state when he tried to secure a room in a fancy hotel while his underwear was hanging out of his pants. Through it all, the actor remained in character as Borat — even when the Secret Service detained him outside the White House (see “Borat Not Amusing Kazakhstan Leaders, White House Secret Service”).

Levinson, meanwhile, was arrested along with production manager/ first assistant director Dale Stern when they took a phone, alarm clock and comforter from a New York hotel (the studio claims it going to use the items as props and then return them). While New York’s Finest questioned the pair, Stern even went so far as to eat a list of crew names and phone numbers to protect them from legal action. Both spent the night in a New York jail.

It’s hard to imagine that the Anderson abduction went down without the actress’ knowledge — no media outlets reported the ruckus — but what is quite likely is that Baron Cohen and Anderson arranged the ruse together, and then hired unknowing guards to react to the events.

“His whole movie was a mind-blowing experience,” was all Anderson would say when asked if the guards were real. “It’s breaking new ground. He’s the new Monty Python.” The actress added that she trusts her cameo won’t encourage other love-struck fans to try to throw potato sacks over her head. “I hope not,” she grinned.

For now, what we do know is that Anderson said she hopes to work with Baron Cohen again someday, Davitian is putting the finishing touches on a crime drama called “South of Pico,” and Campbell is currently on tour — and swearing up and down that she has no actual hooking experience. “Ooh, naughty-naughty,” she smiled, and then began sounding like Pamela Anderson. “I can’t tell you about any of the inner workings. I’m sworn to secrecy. I can just say I hope you enjoy the film as much as we enjoyed making it.”

Bleached blonde, buxom, but slender bombshell Pamela Anderson stands out in any crowd as one of the sex symbols of the mid-’90s. Known first as a spokesmodel for Labatt beer, then as one of
Playboy magazine’s most popular models, Anderson gained international recognition after she was cast as C.J., the sweet but tough lifeguard in the impossibly tight red bathing suit in the phenomenally popular syndicated television series Baywatch. Her popularity has led to several film roles, notably that of the black leather bustier-wearing title heroine in the comic-book actioner Barb Wire (1996). The role was appropriate, for there is something indeed cartoonish about Anderson, who had enhanced her petite frame with big hairdos, surgically inflated lips, and silicon breast implants (since removed).

Wearing a skimpy red mini dress, the 41-year-old busty blonde made her surprise entrance from the diary room.

Initially, the housemates saw her from behind a glass screen and assumed she was a celebrity impersonator.

Pammy’s entrance follows the surprised mid-week eviction of another busty blonde and self-confessed drama queen, Brigitte.

The housemates were doing their weekly task - dressing up as paparazzi and taking pictures of celebrity impersonators when Pamela joined them.

Big Brother then called bricklayer Rory to the diary room to introduce her to the rest of the contestants.

Student Cherry said: “Dude, she is smokin’”.  The housemates then took the star on a tour of the house and sat down to a sumptuous meal in a “banquet room”.

Unfortunately for the males of the house, Pamela did not stay overnight. Though for viewers, it was probably not a bad thing, as the show didn’t need to be drawn out any further.

After leaving the house Pamela plans to visit a KFC restaurant to protest against the company’s treatment of chickens.

Yesterday, after checking into a luxury condo at Palazzo Versace hotel, Pammy emerged a few hours later for a 10-minute media conference.

Dressed in a candy yellow micro mini, the serial Playboy bunny admitted she had agreed to appear on Ten’s reality TV show because she was being paid “a lot”.

“Much more than I’m worth. I had to come. I can’t believe it,” she said. Asked if her pay cheque of was in excess of $500,000, she replied: “I don’t want to say how much, but it was a lot.”

But apparently it appealed not only to her bank account but also to her naughty side. “I think it’s a lot of fun and I like doing things people tell me not to do and this is definitely one of those things,” she said.

Along with queries about her unlikely Big Brother cameo, Pammy was also asked everything from pick-up tips to a plea by one radio jock to demonstrate the correct procedure for mouth to mouth, “maybe on me?”. (She refused).

Ten’s Gold Coast reporter Amelia Charlton asked for advice for her impending nuptials. “Keep the ring,” Pammy quipped.

Smart girl. As for her plans to protest KFC for their treatment of chickens today, Pammy admitted she had no idea the food chain was a major sponsor of the show.

“Well, you know, I didn’t know that KFC had anything to do with the show,” said Pam, who is planning to stage a protest at KFC Southport today.

PAMELA Anderson has made a career out of flaunting her figure, but the Hollywood sex siren won’t be stripping off in the Big Brother house.

The former Baywatch babe has ruled out a return to her days as a nude model, declaring she won’t be showering naked or sunbathing topless.

It was a blur of hair, heels and, er, boobs yesterday as Anderson arrived on the Gold Coast for her Big Brother pay day.

She jetted into Queensland yesterday for a three-day fling in the Channel Ten house which she began last night.

And it was a move that payed off for the struggling TV show, with more than 1.4 million people tuning in to watch Anderson enter the house.

It was the first time this year that Big Brother beat all its competitors and won every major demographic.

But dropping the blonde bombshell into the house backfired when the buxom animal rights activist said she was lodging a protest against the show’s biggest sponsor - KFC.

Less than five hours after arriving in Australia yesterday, the 41-year-old ambassador for animal welfare group PETA announced that tomorrow she would deliver a letter protesting KFC’s treatment of chickens to a Gold Coast KFC outlet.

he letter and accompanying video - addressed to Albert Baladi, the managing director of KFC’s Australian parent company - claims the fast food chain’s suppliers scald chickens to death in defeathering tanks.

The serial Playboy bunny admitted she had agreed to appear on Ten’s reality TV show because she was being paid “a lot”.

“Much more than I’m worth. I had to come. I can’t believe it,” she said. Asked if her pay cheque of was in excess of $500,000, she replied: “I don’t want to say how much, but it was a lot.”

But apparently it appealed not only to her bank account but also to her naughty side.

“I think it’s a lot of fun and I like doing things people tell me not to do and this is definitely one of those things,” she said.

Anderson hosed down speculation she had requested a private meeting with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to discuss mulesing.

“No, that wasn’t going to be for this trip, but I would love to meet him in the future because that’s a very important issue, too,” she said.

Anderson did however condemn farmers who continue the action of mulesing, where skin is removed from the backsides of sheep to prevent blowflies from laying eggs on their skin, calling it cruel.

“The whole wool trade … it’s so awful,” she said.

“You don’t want to get me started on that one now, I am focused on KFC.”

As Network Ten went into damage control, Anderson didn’t really care.

“Sponsorship is something you don’t look into when you are offered a job,” she said before entering the house.

“Canada has already turned their practices around for KFC. It was so simple for them to do.

“I think if the bosses of KFC (in Australia) knew how these animals were treated they would want practices to change.

“When I enter the Big Brother house I won’t have my legs broken or be scalded to death in a tank of hot water. It’s cruel.”

KFC’s parent company Yum! Restaurants International refused to be drawn on the implications of Anderson’s actions.

- with The Daily Telegraph

I was a little skeptical about this blonde haired beauty, mostly because I’ve never really been one for the superficial look (think Paris Hilton), but I just heard about her endorsement for PETA the other day

Apparently they’re doing this end animal homelessness campaign that I’m completely supportive of. They argue that spaying and neutering your pet will end this destructive cycle of us abandoning orphaned pets,and essentialy buying from the breeders. Animal overpopulation is completely under our control, and while it’s a slightly questionable approach at first, the consequences in the future are far worst.

PETA is an organization of bottom feeders who wait for someone to do something that upsets them and they sue. They use underhanded methods to get their beliefs across and are therefore not credible to anyone with any level of maturity. Pamela Anderson being a part of an organization like that makes me have less respect for her.
Yeah, pet lives. Peta only only cares about animals and not humans. They’d save a animal’s live before a human! Peta’s cause is to inflict their uneeded opinions on innocent people that are doing nothing but minding their own. If a person wants to wear a nice fur coat, because they ARE warmer than that *beep* they pass for coats or if a person want eat meat because they simply CANNOT do the vegan or veggie lifestyle, which is VERY POSSIBLE then so be it! That is NONE of your business and none to call your own! They freaking make me sick with of this. We got BIGGER problems on this earth than some people making do cage fights, which isn’t even a popular thing. We got pandemics such as AIDS, TB, Cancer, Malaria, etc, we got economy problems, natural disasters, and a BAD homeless person problem. A animal can survive homeless before a human can while you’re so worried about them.

Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee are one of the famous couples who never seem to break up all the way. Sure, they have a messy divorce, but somehow they always seem to find comfort in each other’s loving arms.
But recent rumors that say the two are getting married again aren’t true, according to Pamela. She says Tommy Lee asks her to marry him all the time, but she won’t do it, according to Now Magazine.

“Tommy asks me to marry him every single day,” she says. “He’s the love of my life, much as I’d like to deny that at times.

:It’s far from perfect but we’re rebuilding a great friendship. It’s confusing when he keeps asking me to marry him and I say no.”

Pamela Anderson isn’t exactly sitting at home pining away for Tommy Lee either. According to several reports, she’s now dating a member of the Abu Dhabi royal family. Going from Tommy Lee to a rich royal would be quite a step up for the blond beauty.

For divorcees, Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee sure do hang out a lot. The two were seen spending time at her house in Malibu over the weekend, and the cameras just so happened to be there, taping her upcoming reality show for E! Based on the horrible reviews Denise Richards’ show is getting, maybe Pam’s can be the mid-season replacement!

Pam Anderson is currently in the Middle East to host a Make-A-Wish Foundation gala in the United Arab Emirates. And she was personally invited to event at the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi by His Highness Sheikha Sheikha Bint Saif Al Nayan. Maybe he has a thing for blondes? Pam says, “I am thrilled to be flying to Abu Dhabi, a place I’ve heard so many things about but have never seen. I am especially excited to be doing this to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Organization, an organization that I have long admired, and I have always enjoyed helping them raise money in the past. We are planning to have a lot of fun and make a lot of money for the cause.” Their mission is to bring joy into the lives of children while setting an example of strength and courage. They’re also trying to make the foundation more international through the United Arab Emirates.

Marriage-addict Pamela Anderson swore off marriage after her last mistake (aka: Rick Salomon) but she’s hinted that she might be making one more trip down the aisle. Pam, who is currently shooting her reality show, Pam: Girl on the Loose, says, “You’ll see men around. We haven’t had any weddings yet while filming, but I won’t rule it out because sometimes I can’t control myself.” Might as well shoot for 4 failed marriages right?