DENVER -- Heather Poli wasn't quite sure how to react when her friend's cellphone informed her she was drunk. The 27-year-old ad-agency worker had bee...
AMC | Posted 12.31.2009 | Style
If there's one thing the characters on Mad Men know how to do (besides keep secrets) -- it's how to celebrate. The Draper clan and the Sterling Cooper...
Posted 12.31.2009 | World
(AP) - SYDNEY - Under explosive bursts of crimson, purple and blue, more than 1 million New Year revelers in Sydney got one of the world's biggest par...
Posted 12.31.2009 | Home
Still deciding on your New Years resolution? Need a few words of wisdom? These quotes, both inspirational and motivational, may help. Here's a coll...
Posted 12.31.2009 | Entertainment
In case you are still figuring out how to drink yourself into the New Year, Gwyneth Paltrow presents some cocktail recipes via her newsletter, GOOP. ...
nytimes.com | AL BAKER | Posted 12.31.2009 | New York
At Times Square, the revelers will be made to forgo backpacks, large bags and alcoholic beverages. Hundreds of city police officers will have devices ...
Huffington Post | Lindsay Armstrong | Posted 12.31.2009 | Green
As we get ready to ring in 2010 with champagne, noisemakers, parades, and lots and lots of party hats, we don't want to forget our animal friends.They...
Posted 12.30.2009 | Los Angeles
Do not despair if you have not yet made plans for your New Years Eve. We have compiled a list of NYE round-ups from our content partners to offer opti...
Jon Chattman | Posted 12.30.2009 | Entertainment
Here's the brief but delightful chat I had with Gabourey Sidibe about her brutally honest portrayal in Precious and what it's meant for her ...
Posted 12.30.2009 | New York
Hip hop impresario, marathon runner, and entrepreneur Diddy wants you to be safe this New Year's Eve. In fact, so much so that he's gonna pay to help...
Posted 12.31.2009 | New York
So you've had a year to prepare and you're still stuck without New Year's plans? Have no fear, HuffPost is here! Aside from the obvious choices of s...
AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 12.30.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — A white van without license plates parked in the heart of Times Square caused a security scare Wednesday that rattled New Yorkers and...
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 12.30.2009 | Media
What are you doing watching New Year's Eve? While some will brave the crowds and make a night of it, many others will stay home and ring in the new y...
AP | ALICIA CHANG | Posted 12.29.2009 | Green
LOS ANGELES — Once in a blue moon there is one on New Year's Eve. Revelers ringing in 2010 will be treated to a so-called blue moon. According t...
Ari Bendersky | Posted 12.29.2009 | Chicago
You don't have to splurge on Champagne (but you'll enjoy it if you do), and can find some great deals with wine from Alsace to New Mexico (yes, you read that right).
AP | KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 12.29.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — Want to forget 2009? Shred it. Scores of New Yorkers and tourists seeking a fresh start in 2010 came to Times Square on Monday to pu...
Bill Lucey | Posted 12.29.2009 | Politics
Since President Obama is in Hawaii with his family, I guess he'll be on his best behavior this New Year's. We'll have to wait for another administration before we hear about any lamp shades on heads.
Posted 12.30.2009 | Entertainment
Whether or not you have a real-life man to kiss when the clock strikes midnight New Years Eve, here are some fantasy make out partners to consider. Wi...
nydailynews.com | By Simone Weichselbaum and Katie Nelson | Posted 12.29.2009 | New York
The razzle-dazzle Times Square New Year's Eve celebration is going more green and global than ever. The ball's 288 crystals will be lit by 32,256 LED ...
Cicily Janus | Posted 12.28.2009 | Impact
I resolve to make a list this year of things that will lessen my personal ignorance to larger issues at hand.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 12.28.2009 | Los Angeles
There are New Year's Eve risks besides making a fool out of oneself -- getting into a drunk-driving accident or getting pulled over by breathalyzer-wielding law enforcement officers.
AP | KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 12.28.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — The New Year's Eve crystal ball that drops in Times Square will have a new kind of sparkle when it descends at the stroke of midnight...
Posted 12.28.2009 | Denver
Still trying to figure out your plans for New Years Eve? For those of you who are watching your dollars after the gift-giving season, we put together ...
Eat | Posted 12.24.2009 | Los Angeles
Save the diet resolutions for January 1 and leave the cleanup to someone else. Spend this New Year's Eve at one of a zillion restaurants around town p...
AP | LEANNE ITALIE | Posted 12.23.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — The decade's end was supposed to finish off those wacky, year-shaped glasses favored by the reveling seas on New Year's Eve in Times ...
wsj.com | By STEPHANIE SIMON | Posted 12.31.2009 | Technology