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ABC and Dick Clark Productions have announced the performers set for the 55th annual Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest special.  This year marks Seacrest’s 21st year hosting the event.

Organizers revealed that this year’s New Year’s telecast, with four countdowns in New York City, Puerto Rico, Chicago and Las Vegas, will be the longest in history with the most performers ever featured. In total, 85 songs will be performed in the broadcast.

Ejae, Audrey Nina and Rei Ami — the voices of the girl group Huntr/x from KPop Demon Hunters — will perform, alongside fellow K-pop group Le Sserafim. Other artists set to perform include: 4 Non Blondes, 50 Cent, Charlie Puth, Ciara, Demi Lovato, Busta Rhymes, T.I., Wyclef Jean, Goo Goo Dolls, Lil Jon, Little Big Town, Maren Morris, Mariah Carey, New Kids on the Block, OneRepublic, Pitbull, Rick Springfield, the All-American Rejects, 6lack, AJR, BigXthaPlug, Filmore, Jess Glynne, Jessie Murph, Jordan Davis, Leon Thomas, Madison Beer, Russell Dickerson, Tucker Wetmore and Zara Larsson.

As previously announced, Chance the Rapper and Julianne Hough join the co-hosting lineup for this year’s special, which will kick off in New York and continue through Las Vegas, Chicago and Puerto Rico. Seacrest will be ringing in the New Year as the main host of this year’s “Rockin’ Eve” in Times Square, with Rita Ora returning as his co-host for the third year in a row. Julianne Hough and former NFL player Rob Gronkowski will co-host in Las Vegas.

Chance the Rapper joins the Chicago broadcast as co-host, which will feature a midnight countdown for the Central Time zone for the first time in the show’s history. Brandon Johnson, the mayor of Chicago, previously said in a statement that “this is a fantastic opportunity to showcase the beauty and dynamism of our city and its people for the world to see.”

The largest lineup and longest telecast in the show’s more than 50-year history airs live Wednesday, December 31 at 8/7c on ABC, and streams next day on Hulu.

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Hilary Duff has announced her first new album in more than ten years, ‘Luck…or Something,’ arriving February 20, 2026.  To presave, head HERE.

Duff posted on social media: “my new album luck…or something is out on feb 20th so much love, late night anxiety and a little chaos went into making this album – hoping you see yourself in here the way I have I love you and excited is the largest understatement. psssst … you can pre-order it now!”

“I am often asked how I still have my head on straight after growing up in this industry,” Duff shared.  “The album title is my way of answering that question. It’s luck, but there’s also a lot of weight in the ‘…or something’. Many of the things I’ve been through along the way are held there, and I feel like ultimately that’s what’s shaped me.”

Duff kicked-off her new music era with the release of her first single in a decade, “Mature” – cowritten and produced by her husband Matthew Koma. ‘Mature‘ marked Duff’s first new original single since her 2015 album Breathe In. Breathe Out; she wrote in an Instagram post promoting the track that “‘Mature’ speaks to my mature self calling my not so mature self on the phone many years ago, and she’s letting her know we landed softly. This was a brief time with a lover that left me with so many questions… It felt like a good place to start. How are we feeling… Mature?  OUT NOW ”

“Mature’ is a little conversation that my present self is having with my younger self,” Duff  said in a statement. “The two of us are reflecting on a past experience and sending love to each other. It’s a chuckle, a wink and a sense of being grateful that we are sure footed in where we landed.”  ‘Mature’ arrived alongside the official music video for the track, which opens with the singer getting ready at her vanity. As the song continues, video see her performing the song in a glittering gold dress on stage. See the video – HERE.

Duff also announced she will launch her “Small Rooms, Big Nerves” mini-tour next year, kicking-off in London on Jan. 19, before heading to Toronto and Brooklyn and Los Angeles.

Additionally, a ‘limited-time engagement’ in Las Vegas is set to take place Feb. 13-15, 2006 (Valentine’s weekend) at Voltaire at The Venetian Resort.  Shortly thereafter, Duff announced an additional set of Las Vegas dates due to popular demand, set for May 22-24.  For more information and to purchase tickets, visit voltairelv.com.

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After news broke earlier in the week that Miley Cyrus was engaged to longtime boyfriend Maxx Morando, the singer has confirmed the happy news.

Cyrus, 33, said during an interview on Good Morning America: “My life has been perfectly aligned with the release of Avatar, my personal life — those two things kind of, I guess you could say marrying each other and harmonizing with one another.”

Cyrus recently released the song “Dream as One” for the new film ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash,’ which she co-wrote and co-produced with Andrew Wyatt and Mark Ronson. Engagement rumors began to swirl after the couple arrived at the film’s premiere and posed for photos together on the red carpet, where Cyrus could be seen wearing a glittery ring on THAT finger.

Morando, 27, proposed during the couple’s recent trip to Asia, according to Cyrus. She said: “I actually had never gone to Japan, which, I did that purposefully. I wanted one place in the world that could be my special place that I saved for me. I am not easy to surprise because I love to control every situation, and I had completely surrendered. And I’m telling you, I was so, so surprised.”

The singer also told People in an interview: “The detail that I can share is that for us, our privacy and us kind of keeping it small has been something that I’ve been astounded that I’ve actually been able to have and being able to kind of have more choice. I think it’s also being older, being more protective of what I’m open to sharing.”

Cyrus added that Morando “did good” with her engagement ring, a 14-carat cushion-cut diamond set on a chunky, 14-karat yellow gold band designed by Jacquie Achie.

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Zara Larsson has released an official remix for the title track from her latest project “Midnight Sun,” featuring Muni Long.

The original version of Midnight Sun earned a nomination for Best Dance Pop Recording at the 2026 Grammy Awards, a career-first for Larsson.

The album Midnight Sun was released earlier this fall, hitting the top of the Billboard Top Dance Albums chart, and the Top 25 of the Billboard Top Album Sales chart.

See the lyric video for the Midnight Sun remix – HERE.

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