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Clark celebrates 40 years rocking New Year's Eve

Forty years ago, Dick Clark's New Year's Eve special was created to give young people an alternative to bandleader Guy Lombardo.

12/30/2011 12:00 AM

Best new restaurants of 2011: Your meal tickets

You've probably already had your fill of "Top Ten" lists this year, and we still have two full days left for more recaps.

12/29/2011 12:00 AM
Ruby Dee to speak at Capital City Kwanzaa Festival

On Saturday, the Elegba Folklore Society will hold its 21st annual Capital City Kwanzaa Festival in honor of the traditions, principles and artistic expressions of Kwanzaa.

12/29/2011 12:00 AM
Page Bond opens "ILLUMINATE" group show

The Page Bond Gallery recently opened "ILLUMINATE," a group show of painting, photography, ceramics and sculpture. Twenty-five local, national and international artists are participating. They include Dragana Crnjak (originally from Bosnia), Will Berry (Mexico City), Piero Fenci (Texas) and Mira Hecht (Northern Virginia). Eleanor Rufty, Tanja Softic and Andy Bality are among the Richmond artists represented.

12/29/2011 12:00 AM
Table Talk: New Year's Eve specials

Rowland Fine Dining (2132 W. Main St.) will host a New Year's Eve dinner with seating from 5 to 8 p.m. Entree choices are pan-roasted duck breast, grilled hanger steak with herb gnocchi, ratatouille ravioli or roasted bronzini. The cost is $60 per person plus tax and gratuity. For reservations, call (804) 257-9885.

12/29/2011 12:00 AM
Clare's Kitchen: New Year's Eve entertaining - an elegant dinner

It may be no coincidence that my favorite way of ringing in the new year these days is by having an elegant dinner party at home.

12/28/2011 12:00 AM
Practical Nutrition: Be S.M.A.R.T. about your weight-loss resolution

We're only four days away from the New Year. Have you made your resolutions yet? One common resolution people make is to lose weight.

12/28/2011 12:00 AM
Short Pump shop to compete on 'Cupcake Wars'

Frostings, a cupcake shop in Short Pump, will be featured on the Season 4 premiere of the Food Network's "Cupcake Wars" at 8 p.m. Sunday.

12/28/2011 12:00 AM
Feed a crowd simply, cheaply with beef tenderloin

The key to a great holiday party is a relaxed host. And that is easier than it sounds. All it takes is a little planning.

12/28/2011 12:00 AM
Cruise's 'Mission' accomplishes box-office win

Studios generally underestimated the size of their movie audiences over the weekend, and they're now revising the holiday revenues upward.

12/26/2011 2:25 PM
Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta dies at 80

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta has died at the age of 80....

12/30/2011 8:14 PM
Queen's honors list includes actress Bonham Carter

LONDON (AP) -- Oscar-nominated actress Helena Bonham Carter, famed for playing quirky characters as well as British royalty, joins a former prisoner, a reality TV guru and several Olympics organizers on the list of people being awarded honors by Queen Elizabeth II this New Year....

12/30/2011 7:02 PM
Icons of 2011: A 'winning' actor, a runaway bride

NEW YORK (AP) -- Sure, we had wars, natural disasters, a growing populist movement and a presidential race heating up, not to mention the deaths of a technology icon, a silver-screen goddess and a couple of shadowy dictators....

12/30/2011 4:58 PM
APNewsBreak: Russell Brand, Katy Perry to divorce

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Russell Brand and Katy Perry are getting a divorce....

12/30/2011 2:37 PM
APNewsBreak: Russell Brand, Katy Perry to divorce

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Russell Brand and Katy Perry are getting a divorce....

12/30/2011 2:30 PM
Deschanel, Gordon-Levitt post New Year's Eve duet

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are curious about your New Year's Eve plans....

12/30/2011 1:59 PM
Deschanel, Gordon-Levitt post New Year's Eve duet

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are curious about your New Year's Eve plans....

12/30/2011 1:59 PM
Hugh Hefner, Playboy ready for their next chapters

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- On the second floor of the Playboy Mansion, beyond the seemingly endless hallway lined with photos of the famous folks who have visited the legendary party playground, is a narrow staircase that leads to a small loft....

12/30/2011 12:39 PM
Executive change at ABC's `This Week'

NEW YORK (AP) -- After bringing back George Stephanopoulos to replace Christiane Amanpour on Sunday's "This Week" political talk show, ABC is making a change behind the scenes as well....

12/30/2011 11:28 AM
HK builder's investment in Legendary East on hold

HONG KONG (AP) -- A Hong Kong construction company said Friday that a plan to invest $220.5 million in a Hollywood-China movie production venture is on hold because of rocky financial markets....

12/30/2011 6:56 AM
The gift of giving

There are never enough ways to help those in need, so do what you can, whenever you can.

12/30/2011 12:00 AM
Carytown ball will bring in new year

For the fifth year, Byrd Theatre General Manager Todd Schall-Vess is taking the ball to the roof of the historic theater.

12/30/2011 12:00 AM
Singer, actress Kaye Stevens dies in Florida

THE VILLAGES, Fla. (AP) -- Singer and actress Kaye Stevens, a longtime South Florida resident who was a frequent guest on Johnny Carson's "The Tonight Show," has died at a central Florida hospital. She was 79....

12/29/2011 9:59 PM
Va. agency objects to "Moonshiners" portrayal

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- Virginia alcohol regulators say the Discovery Channel's "Moonshiners" television show is misleading viewers into thinking the state is tolerating illegal booze manufacturing and that it wouldn't have participated if they knew how the episodes would turn out....

12/29/2011 5:30 PM
Wynonna Judd to marry for a third time

NEW YORK (AP) -- Wynonna Judd is celebrating an engagement this holiday season....

12/29/2011 5:00 PM