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A sex symbol is a celebrity of either gender, typically an actor, musician, supermodel, teen idol, or sports star, noted for his or her sex appeal. The term was first used in the mid 1950s in relation to the popularity of certain Hollywood stars, especially Marilyn Monroe and Brigitte Bardot.
According to Rotten Tomatoes, the 1930s cartoon character Betty Boop is "the first and most famous" sex symbol on animated screen. After Betty Boop, there was Jessica Rabbit (voiced by Kathleen Turner) from the 1988 live-action/animation crossover film Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Contemporary fashion models who are cited as sex symbols include Marisa Miller and Heidi Klum.
Sex symbolism in music has been taken on by the likes of Britney Spears ever since she burst on to the pop music scene as a young and innocent 16 year-old in 1998. Some examples of musicians who became sex symbols include Janet Jackson,Christina Aguilera and Jon Bon Jovi.Rolling Stone described Beyoncé as a "crossover sex symbol".
Video games have had a few characters that are considered sex symbols; one example would be Lara Croft, who has had several appearances in mainstream media. Nell McAndrew, who portrayed Lara from 1998 to 1999 in media appearances, appeared in Playboy on August 1999, although the magazine was prevented legally from displaying the name "Lara Croft" next to the model.
Norma Jeane Mortensen Baker (June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962), professionally recognized as Marilyn Monroe, was an American actress, model, and singer, who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s and early 1960s.
After spending much of her childhood in foster homes, Monroe began a career as a model, which led to a film contract in 1946 with Twentieth Century-Fox. Her early film appearances were minor, but her performances in The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve (both 1950) drew attention to her. By 1953, Monroe had progressed to a leading role in Niagara (1953), a melodramatic film noir that dwelt on her seductiveness. Her "dumb blonde" persona was used to comic effect in subsequent films such as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) and The Seven Year Itch (1955). Limited by typecasting, Monroe studied at the Actors Studio to broaden her range. Her dramatic performance in Bus Stop (1956) was hailed by critics and garnered a Golden Globe nomination. Her production company, Marilyn Monroe Productions, released The Prince and the Showgirl (1957), for which she received a BAFTA Award nomination and won a David di Donatello award. She received a Golden Globe Award for her performance in Some Like It Hot (1959). Monroe's last completed film was The Misfits, co-starring Clark Gable with screenplay by her then-husband, Arthur Miller.
Larry King (born November 19, 1933) is an American television and radio host whose work has been recognized with awards including two Peabodys and ten Cable ACE Awards. He began as a local Florida journalist and radio interviewer in the 1950s and 1960s and became prominent as an all-night national radio broadcaster starting in 1978. From 1985-2010, he hosted the nightly interview TV program Larry King Live on CNN.
King was born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger in Brooklyn, New York City, to an Austrian immigrant Edward Zeiger, a restaurant owner and defense plant worker, and his wife Jennie Gitlitz, a garment worker, who emigrated from Belarus. King grew up in a religiously observant Jewish home, but in adulthood became an agnostic.
King's father died at 44 of heart disease, and his mother had to go on welfare to support her two sons. His father's death greatly affected King, and he lost interest in school. After graduating from high school, he worked to help support his mother. From an early age, however, he had wanted to go into radio. King is a fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Genres: Drama, Short,[Verse 1:]
Your lusting for me
Like your posters on the wall
Your touching yourself but
I rather be involved with you
Create a sweet escape for you
Tonight
You see me in clothes
But you rather see me bare
Making your way there while
Pulling down your hair telling me
You wanna give it to me like you dream
Girl I know how you feel
Cause I got that appeal
To make your body melt
When you see me appear
The model of a man
You'll be their crave
The image of your fantasy
[Chorus:]
Cause I'm your...
Sex sex sex
Symbol
Sex sex sex
Symbol
Sex sex sex
Symbol
Sex sex sex
Symbol
Sex sex sex
Symbol
Sex sex sex
Symbol
Sex sex sex
Symbol
Cause I love the freak in you
What you need
Can become reality
What you want me to be
I'm right here
[Verse 2:]
You picture me there
Like I'm sweating on the stage or in a magazine
But I'm coming out the page for you
I'll shoot my motion picture with you
Tonight
You google my name
When you search me on the web
You pull up my picture
Girl while I'm running down your bed
I'm doing what you like to do to get it wet
Tonight
[Chorus:]
Cause I'm your...
Sex sex sex (cause I'm your symbol)
Symbol
Sex sex sex(yeah)
Symbol
Sex sex sex(wanna fulfill your dreams tonight)
Symbol
Sex sex sex(oh whoa)
Symbol
Sex sex sex(so glad to be your)
Symbol
Sex sex sex(be your)
Symbol
Sex sex sex(symbol baby)(oh whoa)
Symbol
Cause I love the freak in you
Tell me what you wanna do
I symbolize the freak in you
You got me where you want me to
Do the things you came to do
Tell me what you wanna do(tell me yeah yeah)
I symbolize the freak in you
You got me where you want me to(got me going)
Do the things you came to do(ahaha)
[Bridge:]
Girl you know I got that yeah
(I've got that swagga and the sex appeal you want)
I'm gonna make your visions came to life (I know I'll make her visions come to life)
Come to life
[Chorus:]
Cause I'm your...
Sex sex sex
Symbol
Sex sex sex(I'll be there)(girl)
Symbol
Sex sex sex(I'll make your visions come to life)
Symbol
Sex sex sex(and all you gotta do is call my name)
Symbol
Sex sex sex(and baby I'm a step right off this date)
Symbol
Sex sex sex(and bring it right straight to your room)
Symbol
Sex sex sex(girl so I can love you love you)
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