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Gorgeous combination of time-lapse photography and music capturing the excitement of thousands who gathered in Time Square to ring in 2015.
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Times Square, already packed, at noon today.
Sooooo happy to be home in front of the fire with a nice bottle of Chardonnay 🙂
It’s hard to beat Sydney, Australia, when it comes to full-on fireworks on New Year’s Eve.
Check out this fantastic light show from Down Under. Happy New Year’s Eve everyone!
Just a couple of astronauts floating around the International Space Station wishing you a Happy New Year:
Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 42 Commander Barry Wilmore and Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA wish the world a happy New Year during downlink messages from the orbital complex on Dec. 17.
Wilmore has been aboard the research lab since late September and will remain in orbit until mid-March 2015.
Virts arrived at the station in late November and will stay until mid-May 2015.
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| Kristin Chenoweth with audience member Ray Winters singing “For Good” from WICKED |
I had a great time seeing the fab Kristin Chenoweth in concert last night at the Smith Center here in Las Vegas.
One of the highlights of the evening came when Kristin, as she now famously does, asked if a member of the audience knew the words and music to the duet “For Good” from her hit Broadway show WICKED.
Immediately, a voice yelled out “I know it!”
A male voice.
Kristin engaged the young man, Ray Winters, asking a few question about him and his background (Las Vegas native, currently studying musical theatre in NYC) before she said “well, I have to sing with you now.”
Kristin shared that it was the first time in all the concerts she’s welcomed someone from the audience up to sing the song that she had a male duet partner.
Ray did great (appropriate green shirt and all); the audience loved it. Pretty fabulous moment.
Congrats Ray on a fine job.
Kristin sang a set-list that ranged the gamut from gospel, Christian, Broadway, country, disco and novelty numbers. My favorite moments were from the Broadway catalog. Highlights for me were “Bring Him Home” from Les Miserables; “Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again” from Phantom of the Opera; her songs from WICKED; a moving rendition of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You;” and a terrific “Over the Rainbow” for her finale encore.
Congrats to the luminous Kristin Chenoweth for a terrific evening directed by Richard Jay-Alexander. What a voice, what a night!
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| Just before the lights went down… |
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| Kristin singing with audience member Ray Winters |
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| At the end of the concert, Kristin popped open a bottle of champagne and shared with audience members |
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| Kristin and company toasting the audience on New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas |
Applebee’s restaurant in the heart of New York’s Times Square is offering a $375-a-person New Year’s Eve bash that’s billed as “a night to remember.”
Wait – $375 for one person at Applebee’s?
But wait – this isn’t your standard Applebee’s bill of fare, says the franchisee:
The party, which starts at 8 p.m. and wraps up at midnight, features an extensive buffet, a “premium” open bar, a house DJ, a dance floor, plus party favors galore.
And for those eager to see the ball drop, the restaurant lets patrons “make their way to the streets of Times Square.”
As for the vittles themselves, be prepared for “a ton of food” (steak and shrimp included) prepared by “some fairly sophisticated culinary people,” says Zane Tankel, who heads up all 38 Applebee’s restaurants in the New York metro area.
Add in the décor and “you wouldn’t know you were at an Applebee’s for that one night,” Tankel says.
Or you can sit at home with a nice bottle of wine, watch the ball drop on your 60″ TV and have a much more relaxing time – in my humble opinion…
(via NY Post)
For the past 27 years, Vanessa Williams has been a successful model, a television, stage and film actress, a producer and a singer.
Perhaps you saw her in Kiss of the Spiderwoman on Broadway in 1994, Into The Woods in 2002, Sondheim on Sondheim in 2010, in Eraser with Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1996, on Ugly Betty in 2006 or the past two years in Desperate Housewives. Or in ANY of the long list of credits she has amassed over a stellar career.
But it’s her singing career that brings her to Las Vegas this month. Williams is kicking off the New Year in Las Vegas, where fans can expect to hear her hits and more. She’s known in the singing arena for “The Way That You Love,” “Save the Best for Last,” perhaps her biggest hit, and “Colors of the Wind,” from the movie Pocahontas.
She has also been nominated and won more awards than I can count, and she’s still making fantastic music.
Don’t miss this opportunity for a fabulous New Year’s Eve. That’s where I’ll be. Singing along with a true diva.
The Riviera, 9:30 p.m. Dec. 31, $70-$150 plus tax and fee. 702-794-9433