Celebs... now & then, remembered & forgotten.

Whenever I am bored, I tend to surf google or yahoo for interesting stories, and more often than not, I come across some famous faces from the past or present and see how they have evolved since their glory days.

So to get you thinking and hopefully to surprise you with some forgotten faces, here are a few people you may or may not recognize...

1. Jaleel White...

aka... Steve Urkel from Family Matters

2. Kelly McGillis...

aka... Tom Cruise's hot co-star in Top Gun (which was only 24 years ago!!!)

3. can't you just guess from the lips?

aka... Angelina Jolie

4. the ever-popular Lizzie McGuire...

aka... Hilary Duff

5. another famous teen queen who then fell off the tracks...

aka... Lindsay Lohan

6. the James Bond of our younger days...

aka... Pierce Brosnan

7. Twilight's star...

aka... Kristen Stewart (ugh)

8. scary actress that I only recognize by her plastic surgery...

aka... Meg Ryan

9. pop music's not-so-innocent girl...

aka... Britney Spears

10. everyone's favourite annoying little brother...

aka... Jake Thomas

11. who could forget Kevin McCallister's antics in Home Alone?...

aka... Macaulay Culkin (mug shot anyone?)

As I was doing this, I sensed a theme among most of these celebs... some have inadvertenly destroyed their careers (or at least seriously damaged them) beyond the point of no return.  It just goes to show how much celebrities can change in such a short time, but despite what they go through later on in life, they are always remembered as the ultimate pop culture icons from our pasts.  Icons that gave us special moments in our lives.

xoxoxo, melissa