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Buzz Feed
26-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Films And Shows That Awakened Viewers' Sexuality
We recently asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to tell us about the TV show, movie, or other piece of media they consider responsible for their sexual awakening. Some of the results really made me giggle. Here's what folks revealed: "The Hex Girls. Dusk, the angsty drummer, just did something for me." —monikap6 "Val Kilmer as Madmartigan in Willow. The hair, the declaration of love to Sorsha, holding Princess Elora Danan…Top shelf Daikini, that one." —luxahoy "Leah Remini on The King of Queens. She's still gorgeous, but in those early seasons, she was my first celebrity crush, and I realized what I wanted my wife to look like even when I was just a child. Now, that's still my type." —edgysealion411 "David Bowie in Labyrinth. I'm sure I really don't have to say much more than that." —padawanryan "The Bangles' video for 'Walk Like an Egyptian' was the first time I remember getting the tingle feeling. Susanna Hoffs' eyes and Debbi Peterson dancing with the tambourine. It still gets me!" —theplunger10 "Alan Rickman in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. And Alan Rickman in anything else. But that was the start." —pastelbutterfly37 "Possibly a bit weird, but Lola Bunny in Space Jam has to be up there. The eyes, the voice, the athleticism were —Anonymous "Catherine Zeta-Jones and Antonio Banderas in The Mask of Zorro. Especially when they spar in the stable and he slices off her clothes!" —Anonymous "Vanilla Ice, when he first came on the scene." —pepperopigeon "I must have been about 10 when I watched The Thorn Birds. I tried to watch it anytime it came on, just so I could watch Richard Chamberlain and Rachel Ward slow burn until they finally had sex. That was the only thing I cared about through the whole movie!" —ssstege11573 "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. Both the horse and Little Creek. But I think mostly Spirit and Rain's 'romance' really did it for me." —Anonymous "The Rocky Horror Picture Show exposed me to bisexuality AND introduced me to Tim Curry. Perfection!" —Anonymous "Walking past Le Senza in the mall (I'm Canadian) had me wanting to kiss girls, so I was then pretty confused when Don Juan DeMarco came out and got me wanting to kiss boys. Turns out, I'm bi!" —Anonymous "The Phantom of the Opera film." —Anonymous "I saw the movie Hellraiser at a slumber party when I was around 13, and DID NOT expect the wild sexual energy that this movie has. In retrospect, it's a pretty well-known fact that Hellraiser explores a lot of pain/pleasure dynamics, but at the time, I was just really confused about why this random horror movie was making me feel so many THINGS. Also, I had an immediate hard crush on both Pinhead AND Kirsty, so there's the added bonus of realizing I was bi." —mcrivellokhan "Jasmine and Aladdin kissing on the magic carpet." —Anonymous "I was watching Hackers with Angelina Jolie. She was so tough, cool, and sexy. I didn't even notice the guys in that movie. My fiancé commented on her beauty and then tried to pressure me into a threesome with another woman. I said I'd rather break up with him and just date a girl like Angelina. I still think about her in that film in ways I never think of my ex. That's when I knew I was not only bisexual, but also not into assholes." —Anonymous "Jacob Black from New Moon. To this day, I'm still Team Jacob. Those abs, man, SWOON!" —Anonymous "Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic." —Anonymous "It was an early TV show called T.H.E. Cat. The leading man was a handsome cat burglar and wore lots of black turtlenecks and black leather gloves and was always tying up bad guys. I wanted him to tie me up because it made me feel funny. I found out later that the leading man was Robert Loggia, who was the 'dancing boss' in Big." —Anonymous "Seeing Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully in The X-Files being a badass medical doctor and even more badass FBI agent when women in male fields weren't nearly as common. She was sassy, smart, and a bad bitch! She is also still one of the hottest women alive. Scully forever!" —Anonymous "Watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 3, with Eliza Dushku as Faith. I already knew I was straight and attracted to women, but seeing Faith kick ass in leather pants cemented the type of woman I'm interested in. And I am now married to one." —Anonymous "Jim from Treasure Planet. At the start of the movie, when he's flying on the hoverboard, something about the ponytail and ear piercing had me obsessed for years." —Anonymous "Elvira: Mistress of the Dark." —Anonymous "'Cecilia' by Simon & Garfunkel has a line, 'Making love in the afternoon with Cecelia up in my bedroom.' As a 12-year-old, I was shocked to learn that people had sex during the day. Everything I had been told up until then said it was a nighttime affair." —Anonymous "Star Trek: Voyager. Jeri Ryan joined the cast just before my 12th birthday. That was the first time I felt the stirrings of sexual attraction. No nudity, no sex scenes. Just a beautiful woman in a suggestively tight body suit. That was the first twinge." —Anonymous And: "Sting semi-naked in Dune. Lean but a little muscular guys are still my type!" —Anonymous What do you think is responsible for your sexual awakening? Was it a suggestive movie scene? A swoon-worthy TV character? Tell us in the comments or share anonymously using this form. Note: Submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.
Yahoo
05-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘80s Pop Beauty, 66, Still Has Fans Swooning At Rare Concert: 'I'm In Love With You'
'80s Pop Beauty, 66, Still Has Fans Swooning At Rare Concert: 'I'm In Love With You' originally appeared on Parade. Susanna Hoffs, 66, has never looked better. That's a strong statement about The Bangles' lead vocalist and guitarist, an '80s icon as sought after for her stunning looks as she was for her timeless vocal and guitar work. Hoffs shared a video of a recent solo performance at the Beach Life Festival in Redondo Beach, CA, which left fans swooning. One even commented on the video, 'I'm in love with you.' Hoffs' marriage to filmmaker Jay Roach is safe. The couple has been married since 1993 and share two sons, but Hoffs' beauty and poppy performances have always left fans crushing on her. Her recent performance at the Beach Life Festival was no the video, Hoffs shared she serenaded the crowd by walking out to the edge of the stage ramp, which she calls 'a highlight of my life.' Being that close to the Manic Monday singer left fans feeling like they were back in high school, heart fluttering over their favorite were in shock at the 66-year-old's youthful glow (seriously, what's her secret?). One wrote, 'Eternal flame from the eternal beauty ❤️😍🙌.' Another shared, 'You were my crush back in the day🔥.' Commenters weren't just focused on how good Hoffs looked or sounded. The Bangles fans went into action, calling for a tour. One wrote, 'You need to get the band together and go on tour.' We agree. 🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox🎬 '80s Pop Beauty, 66, Still Has Fans Swooning At Rare Concert: 'I'm In Love With You' first appeared on Parade on Jun 3, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jun 3, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
04-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Book Review: 'Eternal Flame' recounts The Bangles' turbulent run as all-female '80s pop sensations
For members of The Bangles, the quintessential all-female band of the 1980s, 'Walk Like An Egyptian' was an aberration — not just a departure from their rock-influenced roots, but running counter to it. How the quirky single would help propel them to international fame and earn Susanna Hoffs' flirtily darting eyes a place in music history is laid out in a new book, 'Eternal Flame: The Authorized Biography of The Bangles,' released last month. Author and rock historian Jennifer Otter Bickerdike takes 'the girls' from their origins as a teenage garage band in L.A.'s San Fernando Valley to international stardom, and on to their painful breakup in 1989. See for yourself — The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories. By signing up, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy. 'Eternal Flame' uses first-person access to three of the band members, photographs, diary entries and other source materials to shed new light on a largely underappreciated band. It gets a rocky start, in part due to excessive footnoting, and the storytelling can be at times choppy or long-winded, but the book leaves the reader with a poignant and more complex picture of The Bangles' difficult road to success. For anyone who binged MTV or frequented the nightclubs of the '80s, 'Walk Like An Egyptian' was a staple of the era. Scenes of the band's four members — Hoffs, sisters Vicki and Debbi Peterson, and Michael Steele — strutting their way across the screen in flashy Egyptian costumes are interspersed with video from a live performance of the song and street scenes of random individuals performing the signature hieroglyphic lope. Behind the scenes, the reader learns, the celebrity singers were longing for recognition as a serious rock band. Vicki Peterson, one of three band members to whom Bickerdike was granted 'unprecedented access' for the book, loved the Beatles, The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield and the Mamas & the Papas. Her younger sister Debbi's drumming heroes were Ringo Starr and Charlie Watts. Hoffs desired less to be 'the Rock and Roll Audrey Hepburn,' as one music promoter described her, and more the punk-poetess Patti Smith. Steele, who declined to be interviewed for the project, came to The Bangles from the hard-driving Runaways. With 'Walk Like an Egyptian,' 'Manic Monday,' 'Eternal Flame' and two other tunes, The Bangles became the only all-female rock band to sing and play their own instruments on five Top 10 Billboard hits. As they cut their teeth with changing line-ups and hard won gigs, the band encountered radio stations that would only play one girl band at a time and record executives who would encourage them to raise their hemlines and tease their 'dos to new heights. Cutting their first studio album, 'All Over the Place,' in 1984 was a grueling and somewhat demoralizing experience, band members recalled. 'I remember coming home one night and being in tears,' Vicki said. 'I just kept saying, 'How does anyone ever make a second record? Does anyone do that again?'' And the music press could be brutal, too — minimizing their musical talents while inventing rivalries with other all-female bands — particularly the Go-Go's — or nonexistent romantic sparks with Prince, who gave them his 'Manic Monday' to record on their second album, 1986's Different Light. But celebrity was also a rush of opportunities. Singer Cyndi Lauper took a liking to the band and tapped them to open for her 1984 Fun Tour, and Prince surprised audiences on occasion when he would appear unannounced on stage and play with the band. Hoffs calls those occasions 'magical.' After 'Different Light,' with 'Walk Like an Egyptian,' was released, The Bangles opened for rock giants Queen at Slane Castle in Ireland. A year later, their music was part of a movie soundtrack. Ultimately, the band met its end in 1989 amid exhaustion, internal rivalries and artistic differences with their record company. The Petersons describe being summoned to a meeting at their manager's house, where Hoffs and Steele dropped the bomb that they were unhappy. By the end of the conclave, the band was no more — though they did reform in 1998 to record a song for an 'Austin Powers' movie. The Bangles' last show was on Sept. 15, 2019. ___ More AP book reviews:
Yahoo
03-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Book Review: 'Eternal Flame' recounts The Bangles' turbulent run as all-female '80s pop sensations
For members of The Bangles, the quintessential all-female band of the 1980s, 'Walk Like An Egyptian' was an aberration — not just a departure from their rock-influenced roots, but running counter to it. How the quirky single would help propel them to international fame and earn Susanna Hoffs' flirtily darting eyes a place in music history is laid out in a new book, 'Eternal Flame: The Authorized Biography of The Bangles,' released last month. Author and rock historian Jennifer Otter Bickerdike takes 'the girls' from their origins as a teenage garage band in L.A.'s San Fernando Valley to international stardom, and on to their painful breakup in 1989. 'Eternal Flame' uses first-person access to three of the band members, photographs, diary entries and other source materials to shed new light on a largely underappreciated band. It gets a rocky start, in part due to excessive footnoting, and the storytelling can be at times choppy or long-winded, but the book leaves the reader with a poignant and more complex picture of The Bangles' difficult road to success. For anyone who binged MTV or frequented the nightclubs of the '80s, 'Walk Like An Egyptian' was a staple of the era. Scenes of the band's four members — Hoffs, sisters Vicki and Debbi Peterson, and Michael Steele — strutting their way across the screen in flashy Egyptian costumes are interspersed with video from a live performance of the song and street scenes of random individuals performing the signature hieroglyphic lope. Behind the scenes, the reader learns, the celebrity singers were longing for recognition as a serious rock band. Vicki Peterson, one of three band members to whom Bickerdike was granted 'unprecedented access' for the book, loved the Beatles, The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield and the Mamas & the Papas. Her younger sister Debbi's drumming heroes were Ringo Starr and Charlie Watts. Hoffs desired less to be 'the Rock and Roll Audrey Hepburn,' as one music promoter described her, and more the punk-poetess Patti Smith. Steele, who declined to be interviewed for the project, came to The Bangles from the hard-driving Runaways. With 'Walk Like an Egyptian,' 'Manic Monday,' 'Eternal Flame' and two other tunes, The Bangles became the only all-female rock band to sing and play their own instruments on five Top 10 Billboard hits. As they cut their teeth with changing line-ups and hard won gigs, the band encountered radio stations that would only play one girl band at a time and record executives who would encourage them to raise their hemlines and tease their 'dos to new heights. Cutting their first studio album, 'All Over the Place,' in 1984 was a grueling and somewhat demoralizing experience, band members recalled. 'I remember coming home one night and being in tears,' Vicki said. 'I just kept saying, 'How does anyone ever make a second record? Does anyone do that again?'' And the music press could be brutal, too — minimizing their musical talents while inventing rivalries with other all-female bands — particularly the Go-Go's — or nonexistent romantic sparks with Prince, who gave them his 'Manic Monday' to record on their second album, 1986's Different Light. But celebrity was also a rush of opportunities. Singer Cyndi Lauper took a liking to the band and tapped them to open for her 1984 Fun Tour, and Prince surprised audiences on occasion when he would appear unannounced on stage and play with the band. Hoffs calls those occasions 'magical.' After 'Different Light,' with 'Walk Like an Egyptian,' was released, The Bangles opened for rock giants Queen at Slane Castle in Ireland. A year later, their music was part of a movie soundtrack. Ultimately, the band met its end in 1989 amid exhaustion, internal rivalries and artistic differences with their record company. The Petersons describe being summoned to a meeting at their manager's house, where Hoffs and Steele dropped the bomb that they were unhappy. By the end of the conclave, the band was no more — though they did reform in 1998 to record a song for an 'Austin Powers' movie. The Bangles' last show was on Sept. 15, 2019. ___ More AP book reviews: Julie Carr Smyth, The Associated Press
Associated Press
03-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Book Review: ‘Eternal Flame' recounts The Bangles' turbulent run as all-female ‘80s pop sensations
For members of The Bangles, the quintessential all-female band of the 1980s, 'Walk Like An Egyptian' was an aberration — not just a departure from their rock-influenced roots, but running counter to it. How the quirky single would help propel them to international fame and earn Susanna Hoffs' flirtily darting eyes a place in music history is laid out in a new book, 'Eternal Flame: The Authorized Biography of The Bangles,' released last month. Author and rock historian Jennifer Otter Bickerdike takes 'the girls' from their origins as a teenage garage band in L.A.'s San Fernando Valley to international stardom, and on to their painful breakup in 1989. 'Eternal Flame' uses first-person access to three of the band members, photographs, diary entries and other source materials to shed new light on a largely underappreciated band. It gets a rocky start, in part due to excessive footnoting, and the storytelling can be at times choppy or long-winded, but the book leaves the reader with a poignant and more complex picture of The Bangles' difficult road to success. For anyone who binged MTV or frequented the nightclubs of the '80s, 'Walk Like An Egyptian' was a staple of the era. Scenes of the band's four members — Hoffs, sisters Vicki and Debbi Peterson, and Michael Steele — strutting their way across the screen in flashy Egyptian costumes are interspersed with video from a live performance of the song and street scenes of random individuals performing the signature hieroglyphic lope. Behind the scenes, the reader learns, the celebrity singers were longing for recognition as a serious rock band. Vicki Peterson, one of three band members to whom Bickerdike was granted 'unprecedented access' for the book, loved the Beatles, The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield and the Mamas & the Papas. Her younger sister Debbi's drumming heroes were Ringo Starr and Charlie Watts. Hoffs desired less to be 'the Rock and Roll Audrey Hepburn,' as one music promoter described her, and more the punk-poetess Patti Smith. Steele, who declined to be interviewed for the project, came to The Bangles from the hard-driving Runaways. With 'Walk Like an Egyptian,' 'Manic Monday,' 'Eternal Flame' and two other tunes, The Bangles became the only all-female rock band to sing and play their own instruments on five Top 10 Billboard hits. As they cut their teeth with changing line-ups and hard won gigs, the band encountered radio stations that would only play one girl band at a time and record executives who would encourage them to raise their hemlines and tease their 'dos to new heights. Cutting their first studio album, 'All Over the Place,' in 1984 was a grueling and somewhat demoralizing experience, band members recalled. 'I remember coming home one night and being in tears,' Vicki said. 'I just kept saying, 'How does anyone ever make a second record? Does anyone do that again?'' And the music press could be brutal, too — minimizing their musical talents while inventing rivalries with other all-female bands — particularly the Go-Go's — or nonexistent romantic sparks with Prince, who gave them his 'Manic Monday' to record on their second album, 1986's Different Light. But celebrity was also a rush of opportunities. Singer Cyndi Lauper took a liking to the band and tapped them to open for her 1984 Fun Tour, and Prince surprised audiences on occasion when he would appear unannounced on stage and play with the band. Hoffs calls those occasions 'magical.' After 'Different Light,' with 'Walk Like an Egyptian,' was released, The Bangles opened for rock giants Queen at Slane Castle in Ireland. A year later, their music was part of a movie soundtrack. Ultimately, the band met its end in 1989 amid exhaustion, internal rivalries and artistic differences with their record company. The Petersons describe being summoned to a meeting at their manager's house, where Hoffs and Steele dropped the bomb that they were unhappy. By the end of the conclave, the band was no more — though they did reform in 1998 to record a song for an 'Austin Powers' movie. The Bangles' last show was on Sept. 15, 2019.
