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Pamela Anderson Sinks Her Cruelty-Free Claws Into Cate Blanchett

8:40AM Kyle Buchanan | The notable celebrity feuds of late have all been between well-matched pugilists: take the Battle of the British Funnymen (starring Ricky Gervais and Simon Pegg) or the Jewish Comic Conflict of ‘08 (pitting Sarah Silverman against Jackie Mason). Now, though, word has broken about a feud between two stars so different, it’s hard to imagine them even sharing airspace: fulsome serial divorcer Pamela Anderson and Oscar-honoured Cate Blanchett. More »

Big Brother Has Been Axed

8:09PM Jess McGuire | Behind Big Brother announced it, the news outlets are running with the story, and we just received an insider email from a Big Brother connection confirming it as true – Big Brother has been cancelled by Channel Ten. Were radio duo turned television hosts Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O the kiss of death for the Big Brother franchise, or was the loss of Gretel Killeen more to blame? Did the downhill slide kick off after the debacle that was Turkeyslapgate? Or was it over and out for the Gold Coast based reality extravaganza when Lefty Tim was robbed by the Logans during the 2005 finale (no, I’m still not over it)? Who knows. All we can be sure of is that the last few years of the program have felt like producers were going through the motions, and audiences were slowly but surely finding better things to do than stay in and watch sun-loving bogans party pashing in the spa and talking rather ignorantly about world affairs. The show’s ratings have been poor since radio jocks Kyle and Jackie O replaced previous host Gretel Killeen as the faces of this year’s series. Big Brother was even beaten in the ratings by Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan’s Budget speech in May. Ratings bounced back to more than 1.4 million this week with the appearance on Wednesday of former Playboy Bunny Pamela Anderson. Look, Pamela’s appearance on the show absolutely worked for me – she was great, charming, and funny – but it wasn’t ever going to be enough to redeem the show in the eyes of the viewing public. Rumours that the show will return in 2010 may thrill some fans (and chill the blood of Big Brother haters…) but whether a year’s break will be enough to reinvigorate the program remains to be seen. That said, a hiatus was something I suggested earlier this month – relax, kittens, I’m not egotistical enough to think my daft memo to Big Brother producers was influential in any way – so fingers crossed my other suggestion (Charlotte Dawson as host! YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO!) is taken on board as well. I suppose the big question is – how on earth are Channel Ten going to fill their schedule between April and July next year? M*A*S*H re-runs? They’d better not invest in local drama, or I may very well pass out in shock. I suggest buying up as many cheap reality shows featuring Jillian Michaels as you can get your paws on, dudes. Vale, Big Brother. We knew you all too well. More »

BB Producers Surprised To Find That Exceedingly Large Amounts Of Money Will Not Stop Pamela Anderson Fighting For Animal Rights

10:54AM Clem Bastow | Surely they must’ve seen this one coming – Pamela Anderson, in the country to film a stint in the Big Brother house, and apparently paid loads to do so – has continued her animal rights campaigning for PETA while down under, requesting meetings with Kevin Rudd to discuss live exports, and so on. But, somewhat deliciously, her main target is KFC, otherwise known as one of Big Brother’s major sponsors. Suddenly BB are wishing they’d gone with Tara Reid. 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. The 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.” Awesome, I love Pammy – pocketing the cash, saying she doesn’t care who sponsors the show, and staying true to what she believes in. That’s the spirit! More »

E! Continues Its In-Depth Exploration Of Slut Culture With Upcoming Pam Anderson Reality Show

4:15AM Molly Friedman | Pamela Anderson is planning yet another small-screen comeback, but this time she’s throwing out the scripts and going the reality route. The E! network —where they hand out shows to just about anyone with a sextape (or that sleeps with the boss)— is set to debut the half-hour Pamela this summer. The tagline? “The real woman behind the famous breasts” [Ed. Note - We would've gone with "The real woman behind the fake breasts", but that's just us]. As loathsome as this sounds, it’s admittedly preferable to watching Anderson attempt to act (remember Stacked?), especially if E!’s cameras where there to film Pammy’s behavior at Hugh Hefner’s 82nd birthday party the other night. More »