By Wonderwall.com editors
15:15 PST, December 23, 2021
Wonderwall.com takes a look at some of the most famous New Year’s Eve moments in recent years, starting with the 1997 weddings of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith. The duo tied the knot in a secret ceremony at the Baltimore Cloister Mansion on December 31st. With the exception of a certain mess, they still remain strong more than two decades later. Now keep reading to get more of the most memorable celebrity moments of the past new year …
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We love to announce the New Year’s pregnancy! And so does America Ferrera. On December 31, 2017, actress and husband Ryan Piers Williams announced that they were expecting their first child together in a hilarious Instagram post. (Son Sebastian arrived the following May.) Then, on December 31, 2020, America went on Instagram to announce that she was pregnant with her second child. (Daughter Lucia Marisol arrived in May 2021.)
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While performing in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on December 30, 2012, Kanye West revealed that then-girlfriend Kim Kardashian West was pregnant with her first child. “Stop the music for a second. Can we make noise at my mother?” asked the rapper halfway through the show as Kim watched the audience. The next night, the couple sounded together on New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas: Kanye kept protection from the bump of the reality star’s bump when the photographers pulled away and almost six months later arrived his daughter, North West. They married the following year.
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On December 31, 1997, Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren made a knot with director Taylor Hackford after 11 years of dating. “So when I got to church, it was like six o’clock on New Year’s Eve … all the people living in the village had come to be outside the church to see me arrive. and look, ”he reminded Yahoo. “And since I knew we were so few in the church, I said,‘ Why don’t you all come in? Come, participate! They said, “Are you sure?” I said, “Yeah, come in.” So when I came in as a bride, they all came in, because I felt like they were sinking very quietly and respectfully into the church and filling the church. “
Maria Menounos and lifelong love Keven Undergaro surprised fans when they unexpectedly made the knot just before midnight during FOX’s 2017 New Year’s Eve live broadcast from New York’s Times Square. They celebrated it with a second wedding ceremony in Akovos, Greece, the hometown of Mary’s father, on October 6, 2018.
Here’s a euphemism: Mariah Carey’s performance during Dick Clark’s New Year’s Eve with Ryan Seacrest in 2016 didn’t go well. The problem began when the diva experienced audio problems while trying to perform her hit “Emotions” in New York City’s Times Square. When a vocal track was not played, he refused to sing and chose to walk awkwardly across the stage talking to the audience while his secondary track was played on live television. His team claimed his headset was not working properly and blamed the failure on the transmission producers. But they insisted they had nothing to do with Mariah’s problems. A nasty back and forth followed, and in February 2017, Mariah told Rolling Stone, “This was out of my control and if everything hadn’t been such a chaotic mess, I would have been able to make something happen. and all the dancers should have stopped dancing and helping me get out of the [expletive] stage. Sorry. It was a mess, and I blame everyone, and I blame myself for not leaving after the rehearsal. “
Britney Spears reportedly grossed $ 500,000 to play in 2007 at Pure in Las Vegas … and then fainted (or fell asleep, who do you think) in the center of the nightclub. The fact is that her high profile sonna party took place during the shaved stage of Britney’s life, so either scenario is plausible. One thing that is not debated, however, is that she was brought from the club that night.
Kaley Cuoco and former tennis professional Ryan Sweeting tied a knot at a fire and ice-themed wedding on New Year’s Eve 2013, just six months after they started dating. They stopped smoking after less than two years of marriage.
On December 31, 1974, Dick Clark became the mainstay of New Year’s Eve when he officially released “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Eve Rockin ‘Eve.” In December 2004, the legendary host suffered a stroke and was forced to sit in New York for the first time in 30 years. Regis Philbin took over that year and took us back to 2005. He did well, even joking about the fact that the hosting concert was the “best temporary job” in history, but only something was missing. without our old friend Dick telling us in the new year.
After a year out on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Eve, Dick Clark returned to the special he created on December 31, 2005. “Last year I had a stroke. He left me in poor condition, “he told the audience. on returning. “I had to teach myself to walk and talk again. It’s been a long, hard fight. My speech isn’t perfect, but I get there.” Ryan Seacrest replaced temporary host Regis Philbin that year, thus beginning his reign as the man who ushers in the new year for a new generation of spectators. Dick died in 2012.
Wow! Before leaving in 2009, Taylor Swift had an awkward television encounter with one of her first famous ex-boyfriends. In 2008 she dated Joe Jonas, who left her on the phone, a moment Taylor immortalized in the song. He quickly progresses to “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin ‘Eve with Ryan Seacrest,” which featured both Taylor and the Jonas Brothers. As the clock approached midnight, America received a terribly awkward moment as all the stars on stage hugged, except Joe and Taylor, who avoided each other … it was painful to see!
Kate Hudson married Black Crowes leader Chris Robinson on December 31, 2000, in a ceremony officiated by a Ute shaman in Snowmass, Colorado, home of the bride’s parents, Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell. Six years and a son later, they stopped smoking.
“Dick Clark’s New Year’s Eve” in 2018 was a little more dramatic than usual thanks to a downpour of rain in New York City. But despite the inclement weather, many stars still became stellar, albeit wetter, performances. A group that really delivered? New kids on the blog. The big boy band performed a combination of their big hits on a slippery red scale (the perfect place for their song “Step By Step”). It’s awesome now!
She’s tremendously unpredictable: While co-hosting the live CNN New Year’s Eve special with then-friend Anderson Cooper of New York’s Times Square on December 31, 2011, Kathy Griffin apparently thought it would be fun to throw to the bra and underwear. “Oh, my lord. Are you kidding?” Said an surprised Anderson. In 2017, CNN fired Kathy from her long live concert in New York after posing for a controversial photo with President Donald Trump’s fake, bloody boss. Following the scandal, Kathy fired Anderson from her bestie roles for not supporting her during the drama. Andy Cohen took over as Anderson’s co-host in New York.
This wasn’t Kathy Griffin’s only big New Year’s Eve moment: the comedy star married boyfriend Randy Bick shortly after midnight on New Year’s Day 2021, and Lily Tomlin officiated the 14-minute ceremony.
The marriage of Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne is broken, but never breaks up. The duo, who has overcome the rocker’s problems of addiction and infidelity, renewed their wedding vows in Los Angeles on December 31, 2002, in front of a crowd of stars that included their famous descendants: Kelly Osbourne , Jack Osbourne and Aimee Osbourne. as well as names with bold faces like Justin Timberlake and Chris Rock. Although they have faced more challenges since then, the couple renewed their wedding vows for the second time in Las Vegas on Mother’s Day 2017. They celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary two months later.
Brian McKnight and Leilani Mendoza tied the knot at Oheka Castle on the north shore of Long Island in New York City on New Year’s Eve 2017. The duo, who have been part of it since 2014, got engaged in May 2017.
The star of “The Real Housewives of New York City,” Luann de Lesseps and Tom D’Agostino, tied the knot in front of 250 guests on New Year’s Eve 2016. But it didn’t have to be : they stopped smoking less than a year later.
Despite a 60-year age difference, Hugh Hefner and Playboy playmate Crystal Harris got married on New Year’s Eve 2012 after a rocky two-year engagement. (They were initially scheduled to make the knot in mid-2011, but the blonde beauty settled in a few days before the wedding.) They remained husband and wife until her death in September 2017.
More New Year’s Eve weddings! The leader of The American Rejects, Tyson Ritter, married actress Elena Venine from “Revenge” in Seaside, Florida, on New Year’s Eve 2013.
Kellie Pickler and songwriter Kyle Jacobs fled at sunset on the ancient Caribbean island on New Year’s Day 2011.
Shania Twain completed a bizarre but successful exchange of relationships when she married Frederic Thiebaud in Puerto Rico on January 1, 2011. Here’s the story: For 15 years, the singer was married to producer Mutt Lange, who he had an affair with one of her. best friends: his assistant, Marie-Anne Thiebaud, who was then married to Frederic. He and Shania related to the breaking of the mutual heart and developed a friendship that eventually led to something more. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction.
The protagonists of “A Beautiful Mind”, Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany, tied the knot in Scotland on New Year’s Day 2003. The bride and groom went black to exchange vows in front of just 14 friends and family in the music room in Gilmerton candles. House near Edinburgh.
January 1, 2017 marked the date when former “The Hills” star Lauren Conrad traveled to Instagram to announce that she was pregnant with her first child, her son Liam James, and her husband William Tell. “Happy New Year! I have a feeling 2017 will be the best year yet …” he wrote next to a photo of his ultrasound. The couple, who made the knot in September 2014, welcomed another child, son Charlie, in 2020.
On January 1, 2021, “NCIS” actor Wilmer Valderrama proposed to his girlfriend, model Amanda Pacheco, in San Diego. “It’s just us now on 1-01-2021,” he posted a photo of the sweet moment on Instagram that same day. The couple was first seen together in April 2020.