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Together again? ...
Pamela Anderson is shacking up with Tommy Lee again — but not like that.
The 41-year-old former “Baywatch” star is living with her ex-husband and their two sons — Dylan, 10; Brandon, 12 — in Lee’s Calabasas enclave while her new Malibu mansion is under construction. Anderson says the pair aren’t an item again. But she isn’t ruling out the possibility.
“The dream would be that all of us could really be together, but we’re better friends,” Anderson told the Associated Press during an interview at manager Peter Asher’s house.
Anderson said her new series “Pam: Girl on the Loose,” was supposed to document her preparing for a glitzy peep show-style production helmed by Broadway director Jerry Mitchell at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. However, Anderson decided against trading Malibu for The Strip full-time.
Instead, “Girl on the Loose” provides a look at Anderson’s everyday life.
Health scare ...
Frasier star Kelsey Grammer nearly died after suffering a heart attack in June, he has revealed.
A spokesman for the actor told press at the time that the attack had been “mild” but Grammer has now revealed that his heart stopped beating. He told Entertainment Tonight: “They had to blast me twice and get me started all over again.”
The 53-year-old played psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane for 20 years on the TV shows “Cheers” and “Frasier.”
The actor said he started to suffer from chest pains when out paddle-boarding with his wife in Hawaii. He said it felt “like somebody was actually trying to tear my chest apart with, like, the jaws of life.”
Daddy’s girl ...
While his ex-girlfriend Madonna has been facing accusations of an “affair of the heart” with Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez, Carlos Leon tells People magazine that things are drama- free with their daughter, Lourdes.
“She’s at that point where she can call me and say, ‘Hey Dad, what’s up? What time are you going to get me?’ It’s really cool. We talk every day,” he said.
Their daily chats, however, do not include doses of daddy discipline. “It’s hard for me to be the tough guy with my daughter,” says Leon, an actor and personal trainer. “Maybe I should work on the discipline stuff, but I could leave her mother to do that!”
Still, he says, despite her well-known parents, Lourdes, 11, remains a grounded kid. Lourdes shares Dad’s taste in music, too, Leon says — taking out his iPhone to show off some music she’s downloaded. “Alicia Keys, Audioslave, Beck. I like everything she listens to!”
Bale comments ...
Batman star Christian Bale asked for privacy Thursday in his first comments since allegations he assaulted his mother and sister at a London hotel, saying the incident was personal.
The Welsh-born actor brushed off questions about the alleged family dispute, saying he preferred to focus on the blockbuster movie “The Dark Knight,” which had its premiere in Spain on Wednesday.
“It’s a deeply personal matter,” Bale told the Associated Press at a news conference at a luxury hotel in Barcelona. “I would ask you to respect my privacy in the matter.”
The 34-year-old actor spent four hours talking to British police Tuesday following allegations he assaulted his mother and one of his three sisters in his suite at London’s Dorchester Hotel two days earlier. He was released on bail, but not charged.
Bale has said through his lawyers that the assault allegations were false.
