Four years after a stroke, Dick Clark is relishing the prospect of another New Year's Eve celebration, determined to appear for his 36th year in Times Square. Clark, who turned 79 last month and has been in front of the cameras for 61 years, said in a recent interview by e-mail that his involvement in "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2009," diminished though it may be, is a labor of love and "not really a job." "Obviously, I'm not able to be as actively involved as I used to be out on the street, up on a platform and interacting with the crowds in Times Square" in New York, Clark wrote. "Thank goodness my friend Ryan Seacrest is able to handle that end of the activity on the show these days."
Washington » Arnold Schwarzenegger's famous line "I'll be back" will be forever immortalized with the nation's film archives. "The Terminator," the low-budget movie that set a new standard for science fiction and made the now-California governor a star, is one of 25 films being added to the National Film Registry, which will be preserved by the Library of Congress.
Miami Beach, Fla. » On recent New Year's Eves in Miami Beach, booking Diddy and Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine as the entertainment would have likely caused a ticket stampede -- regardless the cost. But with the economy in recession, that's not the case this year. The $300 individual and $500 couple tickets at the reopened Fountainbleu are moving slower than expected.
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