"Don't you know that you're toxic"

On this day in 2002, Britney launched her acting career with the release of "Cross Roads".

Perhaps she will get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame too! Perhaps not...her acting's TOXIC!

"Ooh you make my motor run, my motor run"

Unfortunately Doug Fieger's motor stopped running today at age 57. Lead singer of The Knack, he died today as a result of lung cancer.

"There's a starman waiting in the sky"

Today in 1997, David Bowie got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Can't have been for his acting career...

"You know I'm not gonna diss you on the internet"

Happy 29th birthday Kelly. Shame you're not as talented as Beyonce.

"When you want to come"

Congratulation Holly (in the middle) on reaching your half century.

"I'm such a good good boy, I need a new toy"

Vince Neil turns 49 today...he's the one with the big hair (the blonde with the big hair).

"The day the music died"

Buddy Holly's funeral was held on this day in Lubbock, Texas in 1959.

"It was twenty years ago today"

Twenty years ago today : Billy Idol had an MBA in which he sustained a number of fractures. As a consequence, he couldn't appear in Oliver Stone's movie about The Doors. He'd recovered by 1998 so he could appear in The Wedding Singer as himself.

"Rise up, gather round, rock this place to the ground"

Today in 1983, Pyromania began a run of 92 consecutive weeks on the US charts. It sold over six million copies in the US, despite not reaching no.1.