Jennifer Lopez Welcomes New Year in Skintight Diamante-Studded Catsuit
Jennifer Lopez looked fabulous Thursday night as she helped welcome in the new year on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin Eve. Jennifer Lopez was wearing a skintight diamante-studded catsuit. JLo also had a Minx metallic manicure. She sang "Waiting For Tonight" and "Let's Get Loud" and "Louboutins" live in the cold rain on New Year's Eve in Times Square. The New York Daily Newssays JLo's daring outfit is already the talk of 2010.
You can find more photos of Jennifer Lopez's stunning figure here, here and here.
New Year's Identical Twins Born in Different Decades
The Tampa Tribune has a interesting story about two twins that were born in different years. Juan and Margarita Velasco welcomed identical twins into the world right around midnight on New Year's Eve at Tampa General Hospital.
Marcello was born 11:59:37 p.m. Thursday, 12-31-2009. His brother, Stephano, was born 12:00:02 a.m. Friday, 1-1-2010.
They were born just seconds apart but will be able to celebrate their own unique birthdays and also live with the knowledge that they were born in different years and different decades.
Chef Ed Brown of eighty one in New York shares some dessert recipes for the New Year. Ed whips up some Cranberry Bread Pudding. When he asked for some sugar, Ann Curry decided to kiss him on the cheek and he blushed beet red for the rest of the segment.
Take a look:
You can find recipes for all of Ed Brown's New Year's recipes, from crab cakes to cocktails to desserts here.
It's that time of year again when we make resolutions for the new year. But not everyone thinks that making New Year's resolutions is a good thing. Lauren Goode of The Wall Street Journal headed to Times Square in New York to
ask people what their goals are for 2010. While a number of people had standard responses, some felt that there's just no need to be resolute this year.
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Sanitation Crews Clean Up After Times Square New Year's Eve Celebrations
he New Year's Eve celebration went off without a hitch in Time Square last night. The worst job of the night goes to the New York City sanitation crew that had to clean up after more than 750,000 people. What an awful job. We hope your New Year's clean up is much easier than this. Take a look:
A crowd of hundreds of thousands watched the iconic ball drop in New York City's Times Square this year. 3,000 pounds of confetti were also dropped. Take a look:
London Celebrates New Year With Thames Fireworks Display
London celebrated the arrival of the New Year with a fireworks show above the London Eye. The BBC reports that 200,000 people lined the River Thames to watch the fireworks. Take a look:
Australian has already welcomed in the New Year. The fireworks in Sydney harbor are always impressive. You can watch a twelve minute video of the spectacular fireworks display from ITN below:
Lady Gaga is a Susan Boyle
fan. Gaga had this to say about the Scottish singing sensation:
"I love Susan Boyle. She is my woman of the year. She has achieved more in this year than most artists will in a lifetime.
"This time last year nobody even knew who she was and now she is knocking the world's most established artists off the album and singles charts.
Our styles are different. I don't know if we could work together, but never say never. It would be great to work with somebody of that talent."
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"I have watched the clip of her singing on BGT a thousand times and every time I see Simon Cowell's face it makes me laugh out loud. He thinks he knows everything but even he wasn't expecting that."
Both GaGa and SuBo landed high-profile gigs to bring in the New Year tomorrow.
Gaga will be performing at the Fontainebleau hotel in Miami for New Year's Eve, while Susan has already performed on Japan's hottest music show
Kohaku Uta Gassen. Susan was greeted at the Tokyo airport by lots of adoring fans.
We're still trying to wrap our heads around a Susan Boyle/Lady Gaga collaboration. But hey, why not? Gaga can play the piano and they can do a duet. It would be fab.
Susan's reaction to Japan is "Wow!" Susan is the first international singer to be invited on the show Kohaku Uta Gassen in many years. The show is watched by up to 40 million people.
Susan reportedly performed two songs, including a Japanese song that was included on the Japanese version of her album. Here's Susan's New Year's Eve performance of "I Dreamed a Dream":
Video: Students Put Finishing Touches on Rose Parade Floats
In Brookside Pavilion in Pasadena student volunteers work on the floats for tomorrow's Tournament of Roses Parade. The decorations are all natural: flowers, fruit, greenery, nut and anything natural or edible. The students designed, executed and decorated the designs. The parade starts tomorrow at 8 a.m. (PST). This year's theme is 2010: A Cut Above the Rest. Take a look:
This little piglets were recently presented at the Berlin Zoo. The Associated Press says that a German tradition means the birth of this breed of pig in the middle of Winter signals great luck for the upcoming year. They are cute little pigs. Take a look:
Video: Top Chef's Carla Hall Cooks New Year's Eve Finger Foods
Top Chef finalist Carla Hall, who owns a catering company, shares some cheap and cheerful ideas for New Year's Eve entertaining. Carla whips up Grilled broccoli pesto and cheese fingers,
Tomato soup shooters with bite-size grilled cheese and Parmesan cheese and walnut crisps. Take a look:
See the recipes for Carla's New Year's eve finger foods here.
