Pamela Anderson has spent much of her life being the best-looking woman in whatever room she happens to be in. She’s weathered some seriously strange life events, many of which would have reduced a lesser woman to living a life as a hermit. But not Pam. Despite the leak of an X-rated video featuring then-hubby Tommy Lee, multiple marriages/divorces, and who knows what else, Ms. Anderson has stayed successful and stunningly gorgeous. Now she’s—wait for it—45 years old. No. Way. Let’s look back at some delightful snapshots from Pam’s past while we wish her the happiest of birthdays.

Many know him as the hilarious alien Dr. Dick Solomon from 3^rd Rock from the Sun or the chilling Arthur Mitchell, a.k.a. Dexter’s “Trinity Killer,” but there is much more to this award-winning actor of stage and screen.  In his autobiography Drama hitting shelves this week, Lithgow lets readers into his rich personal and professional history.

Viva the World Cup! We have soccer on the brain this summer as we watch our favorite soccer stars battle for the highest prize. While they may not have been World Cup qualifiers, some of our favorite celebrities kicked around a ball or two back in their high school days.

The 2013 awards season has arrived, and the nominees include a batch of fresh new faces in Hollywood (and singers!) as well as lots of A-List stars, who all stand out for their Oscar-nominated performances. Snakkle tracked down the pre-fame photos of many of the 2013 Academy Awards nominees as we lead up to the show, but can you guess the famous actors or actress, before the fame?

It’s nice to know that some of the biggest stars—musicians, politicians, comedians—were just as geeky and awkward in high school as we were. What—you don’t believe us? Before they went on to fame and fortune, these celebrities wore dorky uniforms and made music with their classmates. Who played the clarinet, the drums, the saxophone? Read on to find out…

Someone once said you can’t buy love… but you can buy someone a private island! In this hot photo gallery, Snakkle rounds up a list of celebrity musicians who own property on or own an entire private island. Whether it’s for R&R or play, these singers sure know how to get out of the limelight.

At some point or another, every guy thinks, “I bet I’d look awesome if I just grew out this thing…” and of course, cute as they may be, they’re not always right. Then again, some stars rock their mustaches so hard, they look, frankly, kind of naked without them. However, in Movember it doesn’t matter whether or not if a guy is pulling off his ‘stache, it’s the statement he’s making about men’s health. In solidarity with Movember, check out these stars whose follicular follies occurred long before their fame—and some whose ‘staches were smashes.

We know you can’t wait to see shirtless Tom Cruise rocking some serious ’80s hair, so we whipped up this collection of hair band icons before they were famous!

Celebs are worldly people by occupation, but some are more well traveled than others. Take a look at some of your favorite actors and actresses who started out their lives very far away from Hollywood.

Doesn’t it sometimes seem like celebrities all know each other? Well, that’s probably because most of them do. Off the top of your head, you can probably name any number of famous Hollywood families—the Gyllenhaals, Baldwins, Arquettes, Robertses—but the connections aren’t always so obvious. Can you guess, for example, who Mirror Mirror star Lily Collins’ famous parent is?