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.

Sometimes Cupid has a sick sense of humor. Or maybe he’s just bored. Judging from the random celebrity hookups and romances, it is hard to tell the difference. One thing is for certain: Beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder when it comes to these romances.

You may recognize these celebs from the red carpet, but they started out on the small screen way back in the day! Snakkle looks back at A-list stars’ early TV roles!

We’re calling out some of the best movie comeback roles in a town where there’s always a second act.

Whether you’re a man or a woman, from the ’80s or from today, mom jeans do not look good on anyone. And actually they look worse on celebrities because we expect more from them! We’re looking at some of the mom-jeans looks stars tried to rock through the years.

Whether these couples remain together or are a thing of the past, we’ll always remember their strange love (and all the tabloid stories that went with it). Check out these vintage pics of weird celebrity couples!