The 86th Annual Academy Awards are finally here! We’re anticipating the gowns, gossip and above all else the winners! Take a look at some of the nominees (and hopeful winners) before a certain gold statuette entered their lives.

Finally! It’s time for the Academy Awards’ more fun, much drunker cousin to grace our television screens. If you’re a television and film fan, you’ll scoff at the winners list and revel in the hosting of BFFs Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Fire up your Twitter feed and get your wine glasses ready for a longgggg night.

When Forbes magazine recently released their list of Hollywood’s Top-Paid Actresses for 2012, everyone was buzzing on who made the list and who didn’t even come close. While the following actresses in our gallery landed the coveted Top 10 spots, out of all of the big (and small) screen actresses out there, you may be surprised which newbie film star landed on the list and is ahead in earnings than a more established and well-known and beloved actress. But, these ladies all have one thing in common: before the fame, they all started somewhere, and often it was a high school drama club or early modeling gigs or taking on much smaller roles to pay the bills. Snakkle dug up pics of these top earners during their more humble beginnings.

National treasure, Meryl Streep turns 65 today! Take a look back at Meryl from her early acting days in high school to some of her most famous roles. Let’s be honest, Meryl has always been great in everything!

Making a list of the top voice cameos from The Simpsons is tougher than Homer trying to choose his favorite donut. So many great actors have made hilarious guest appearances during the series’ 22 seasons, so we just picked some of our favorites. (Season 23 begins on September 25, 2011.) Can you guess whose voice is behind these classic characters?

Check out Susan Sarandon and some of your other favorite leading ladies, like Kim Basinger, Goldie Hawn, and Demi Moore before they were stars! Which starlet daughters are famous mom look-alikes?

In the new movie Horrible Bosses, Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston and Colin Farrell make some hilariously terrible bosses, though they’re hardly alone. TV and movies have given us many memorable bad supervisors through the years. Here’s a look back at 10 of our faves.