Let's play spot the superstar.

Starring in a teen soap is simultaneously a launching pad and a dead end. Shannon Doherty got her own WB drama, Jared Leto gave us Requiem for a Dream, and Katie Holmes had a demon baby with America's most famous Scientologist. But Blossom hasn't been heard from, Brian Austin Green is doing uncredited extra work, and Sarah Michelle Gellar hasn't been relevant since celebs had three names. 

Then there is the next generation. While Famous and Canadian rarely end up in the same sentence, Degrassi: the next generation is an international hit on the N. While few fans bat an eye at cast members on Toronto's streets, the show's American success has catapulted a couple of its stars into post-secondary fame. 

Shanae Grimes skipped town, transferred to  West Beverly, and can now be seen carrying  cartons of cigarettes out of convenience stores on gossip blogs next to headlines like  "Shanae Grimes is an anorexic bitch!" Isn't Hollywood fun? Adamo Ruggiero moved from CTV to YTV, and now hosts a pint-sized American-Idol type show called the Next Star. He also  came out of the closet on E-Talk Daily, was a  Fab coverboy and has become a viable gay icon  online. 

But no celeb has made it until they're on  Page Six. And the first of the gang to make that tabloid splash is one Aubrey Drake. Now simply  "Drake", Aubrey is a budding musician who hangs with the likes of Kanye and is poised to become American's favourite Black-Jewish rapper. But lately it's his kissing lips, not his spitting lips, that are getting press. Drake has been spotted in an apparent heavy make-out session with a post-Chris Brown Rhianna. Drake has publicly played the "just friends" card, but let's face it: it's more fun to believe what's on Page Six than what's on a press release. 

Until the next episode, 

R

*nb: Yes, Shanae Grimes was probably on Page Six first, but not in a Rhianna item, and that's what truly matters