new year's eve

Kissing someone at the stroke of midnight is a New Year’s Eve tradition and Lady Gaga kept it in tact when she planted a smooch square on the lips of New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg last night (Dec. 31) after pressing the button to drop the nearly 12,000-pound Waterford crystal ball. So when you see the photos, don’t worry! It’s not a “New Couple Alert.” It’s merely two New Yorkers spreading

Teenage superstars Justin Bieber and Jaden Smith followed up their hit song ‘Never Say Never’ and their cover of Frank Ocean’s ‘Thinking About You’ by offering their fans a “first listen” to a new song dubbed ‘Happy New Year,’ which The Biebs tweeted last night after midnight. He wrote: “thank you for 2011, lets have a better 2012! #happynewyear” and then treated fans to this sonic present. Read

While most of her fellow pop divas like Lady Gaga and Nicki Minaj worked on New Year’s Eve by performing, Rihanna took it easy. Sort of. The 23-year-old singer spent her NYE partying with rap mogul and Vodka purveyor Diddy. She hung out instead of rocking out and that’s quite okay, since she had such a busy year in 2011. She deserved a night off to have fun, toss a few back and mingle with other c

With New Year’s Eve vastly approaching, many are planning a night of revelry — one that usually includes alcohol. But have you figured out how you’ll get home?

Etsy New Year's Eve bashes can be pretty predictable: glittery paper hats, feathered boas, plastic champagne flutes, an off-key group rendition of 'Auld Lang Syne' or Abba's 'Happy New Year.' And, of course, blacking out and forgetting everything that just happened. This time around, why ... Read More ...

Here are a couple alternative ideas for fun New Year’s Eve that don’t require boozing it up …

The new holiday movie ‘New Year’s Eve’ stars just about every actor or actress currently working in Hollywood. Which gave the folks over at Funny or Die for a fake sequel to the flick titled ‘Christmas Eve.’  It has 76 characters, 41 plotlines, and probably a huge payroll.