Debbie Gibson turns 42 on August 31, 2012. Yes, the ’80s pop sensation who told you to “Shake Your Love” is over 40—and looks fabulous, if we may be so bold. In honor of Debbie’s birthday, we decided to deliver unto you a list of lovely ladies to whom the years have been quite kind—Alanis Morissette, Shirley Manson, and many more—along with “then and now” photos to prove it.

Celebs have been tweeting like crazy this past summer, and many of their Twit-pics show them cavorting on beaches and on vacations in the teeniest, tiniest bikinis (hello, LeAnn Rimes!). But our favorite beach-ready stars are those 40-and-fabulous stars who have been spotted in bikinis looking stunning and who inspire us to aim for their same fit frames. While summer may be coming to a close, this crop of beauties will keep us inspired well into the New Year to hit the gym and pick healthy fare over our favorite junk foods!

We all know it is not hard for rock stars to meet the ladies. Heck, that is why some of them even started bands in the first place (Hel-LO, Mr. Gene Simmons!). But what about finding that special singular love that makes even the biggest rock god get down on his bended knee to propose? Snakkle takes a look at some of the sweetest couplings in hard rock to reveal how these rock stars met their match!

Whether you busted out your bra straps and track pants and banged around to No Doubt’s “Just a Girl” or put down your convertible top and blasted through your painful breakup to Alanis Morissette’s “You Oughta Know,” the ’90s produced a treasure trove of various hitmakers. Come with Snakkle as we catch up with some of our favorites now!

Time to put on that lip ring and dust off that copy of Donnie Darko while you fire up some punk metal! Before these celebs were famous—and glamour-pusses on the red carpet— they had donned goth clothes, punky hair, and some seriously alternative looks. Now excuse us while we put on The Cure and curl up into the fetal position.

Being a tomboy means embracing an empowered and confident girlhood. But it doesn’t mean you can’t also be all things sassy and girly. Several of Hollywood’s cutest current stars cop to embracing a tomboy lifestyle as girls. Just who are the happening hotties who went from kicking the soccer ball to kicking up their heels? Snakkle investigates.

If there’s anything Hollywood hates more than rain, it’s aging. Wrinkles and a sagging anything are more terrifying than long-term unemployment, so it’s no wonder celebs young and old are always trying to keep the march of time off their faces. They’ll tell you the secret to the fountain of youth is the right makeup artist, some subtle plastic surgery, and a great personal trainer, and then it doesn’t matter how many candles are igniting that birthday cake. Snakkle is seeing a whole lot of mature faces looking way better than they did in their youth, so we honor the celebs defying their digits with some stellar DNA… (wink!)

Snakkle unearthed these funny, poignant, and in some cases wildly inappropriate messages from celebrities to their classmates!

It’s a rite of passage: playing sports in high school. Even some of the biggest Hollywood celebs did it, back before they were stars—though some might prefer to forget the uniforms. Can you guess who these sporty stars are?