Everyone loves a “rags to riches” story – especially in Hollywood and all its stories of a talented, young kid plucked from an underprivileged life and thrown into super stardom. But what about the “rich to richer” celebrities? Not every A-List actor or Billboard pop star waited tables to scrape by until they got their big break. Some of them had more than a little help from their well-connected family or a top-notch theater programs at elite (and expensive) colleges. Click through this gallery to find out who had it a tad easier breaking into the fame game over other stars who struggled to find fame.

Singer, actress, icon: Cher has had one heck of a career—and a love life. Snakkle celebrates Cher’s impressive array of fine fellas. Never shy about speaking her mind, Cher nonetheless demurred when David Letterman asked her just how many fellas: “We’re not talking Cleopatra numbers here.” Nonetheless, we’re impressed. So, Cher, this is your life… in men!

Who would have thought dippy Kelso from That ’70s Show would go on to become a Hollywood powerhouse? Ashton Kutcher has clearly proved he’s got the looks and brains to successfully navigate the mercurial tastes of Hollywood. He shifted his wild days as a model into TV sitcom stardom. Then he became a reality-TV force, producing MTV’s Punk’d and Beauty and the Geek. Box-office leading-man status followed with a slew of movies, as well as a high-profile marriage (now ended) to Demi Moore. Snakkle looks back at the birthday boy’s incredible journey…

Name: Ashton Kutcher Birthdate: February 7, 1978 Hometown: Cedar Rapids, Iowa Fansite: http://www.ashton-kutcher.us Before They Were Stars: Born to factory worker Larry Kutcher and Diane Finnegan, and raised in a small town with a population of 100, Christopher Ashton Kutcher was a wild child in high school and at the University of Iowa, where he […]

We’re really sad to have to say goodbye to Stephen Colbert’s brilliant The Colbert Report. Colbert’s come a long way from his high school days in South Carolina to his days performing with Second City in Chicago. Before he became our favorite faux-pundit, Colbert was our favorite high school teacher Chuck Noblet on the Comedy […]

Mark Ruffalo has blessed all of us today with a #TBT treat. The Foxcatcher actor linked to a Clearasil commercial that he did in as a young actor that he mentioned in a recent Variety interview with Jessica Chastain. Watch the commercial with Ruffalo’s poreless face below.

In episode 3 of season two of  city.ballet., we follow NYCB dancer Troy Schumacher as he receives the opportunity to choreograph a new piece for the Fall Gala. See how Troy does on opening night on city.ballet. here on Snakkle.

Reese Witherspoon is getting significant Oscar buzz for Wild–which hits theaters in New York and Los Angeles today–and will get wider release throughout December. Based on Cheryl Strayed’s 2012 memoir of the same name, Witherspoon plays Cheryl, who after the accumulation of many traumatic life events, went on a 1,100 hike on the Pacific Crest […]

Kevin Nealon couldn’t have picked a better teacher of sarcasm than the very funny Chelsea Handler. See how she fares with teaching children the very subtle craft of sarcasm on this episode of Laugh Lessons on Snakkle.

Not only did our all-time favorite sitcom Seinfeld make household names of Jerry Seinfeld, Michael Richards, Jason Alexander and our Queen Julia Louis-Dreyfus but it also launched the careers of some of the most fabulous women working in Hollywood. Celebrate the 25th anniversary (yes, we’re all that old!) of Seinfeld by taking a look back at some of the awesome ladies who dated Jerry, Kramer or merely graced us with their presence.