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New year, new you… but that doesn't mean you can't have a little fun. Why not carve out some "me time" and get lost in a few hours of nail-biting suspense on Netflix?

The streamer is starting 2026 strong with a fresh lineup of thrillers that will keep you guessing the whole way through. From the violent and disturbing moments of Fox's *The Following *to the unpredictable chaos of films like *Wild Things *and *Green Room*, these titles (and more) will keep you hooked from start to finish.

If you're up for some nonstop twists and turns, here's your cheat sheet for the best thriller movies and TV shows coming to Netflix this January.

Green Room (2015)

Anton Yelchin as Pat in 'Green Room'.

**Available to stream: Jan. 1**

A24's *Green Room* is a high-voltage thriller that never lets up. What starts as a typical gig for the punk band the Ain't Rights quickly descends into pure terror after a show at an isolated neo-Nazi bar takes a deadly turn. With no escape, the young band members (played by Anton Yelchin, Alia Shawkat, Joe Cole, and Callum Turner) are forced into a vicious fight for survival against merciless extremists, led by Patrick Stewart's sinister Darcy Banker.

**Director:** Jeremy Saulnier

**Cast:** Anton Yelchin, Patrick Stewart, Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, Callum Turner, Joe Cole, Mark Webber, Eric Edelstein, Kai Lennox, Macon Blair, David W. Thompson

Man on Fire (2004)

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**Available to stream: Jan. 1**

Denzel Washington brings undeniable force to *Man on Fire*, anchoring the film with a performance that turns an ordinary revenge story into something brutal and emotional. The two-time Oscar winner stars as John Creasy, a broken former CIA operative drowning in regret and alcohol, now working as a bodyguard. When the young girl (Dakota Fanning) he's sworn to protect is abducted, Creasy unleashes a relentless campaign of vengeance to get her back.

**Director:** Tony Scott

**Cast:** Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, Dakota Fanning, Marc Anthony, Mickey Rourke, Giancarlo Giannini, Radha Mitchell, Rachel Ticotin

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Wild Things (1998)

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**Available to stream: Jan. 1**

Neve Campbell, Matt Dillon, and Denise Richards lead the way in *Wild Things*, a seductive flick that's more than just its steamy scenes. It's a twisting, backstabbing thriller where no one can be trusted. Everyone has an agenda, loyalties change on a dime, and just when you think you've got it all figured out, * *reminds us that "*Wild Things* never stops pulling the rug out from under you."

**Director: **John McNaughton

**Cast: **Neve Campbell, Denise Richards, Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon, Theresa Russell, Carrie Snodgress, Robert Wagner, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Bill Murray, Jeff Perry

The Following (2013–2015)

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**Available to stream: Jan. 3**

On Fox's hit crime thriller *The Following*, danger lurks in every corner. Joe Carroll (James Purefoy) is a brilliant deadly serial killer, and his devoted cult will go to any lengths to carry out his twisted plans. The only one who can stop him is Ryan Hardy (Kevin Bacon), the former FBI agent who thought he put a stop to Joe's reign of terror years ago. But as Joe's web of violence continues, Ryan is stuck chasing a notorious killer who's always one step ahead.

**Creator:** Kevin Williamson

**Cast:** Kevin Bacon, James Purefoy, Shawn Ashmore, Connie Nielsen, Natalie Zea, Nico Tortorella, Valorie Curry, Jessica Stroup, Sam Underwood, Annie Parisse, Kyle Catlett

James Franco as Jake Epping on '11.22.63'.

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**Available to stream: Jan. 7**

Based on Stephen King's bestselling novel, Hulu's *11.22.63 *is a heart-pounding thriller that throws James Franco into a race against time. He plays Jake Epping, a high school teacher who finds a portal to 1960 and takes on the daring mission of stopping John F. Kennedy's assassination. The past refuses to be changed, and every move Jake makes could have serious consequences.

**Creator:** Bridget Carpenter

**Cast: **James Franco, Sarah Gadon, Chris Cooper, Josh Duhamel, Cherry Jones, George MacKay, Lucy Fry

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A Disney World cast member was injured after a massive prop dislodged from its track during the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular! show.

The moment was captured and uploaded to TikTok on Dec. 30. During the stunt show, which takes place at Disney's Hollywood Studios, a worker stepped in front of a 400-lb prop boulder that came rolling toward the audience.

The video shows the cast member pushing the rubber boulder to stop it from reaching the seated visitors. He is seen falling backward after stopping the ball and has a bloody gash on his head when he stands back up.

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A Disney World representative confirmed that the cast member was injured after a prop moved off its track.

"We're focused on supporting our cast member, who is recovering," a spokesperson said in an email. "Safety is at the heart of what we do, and that element of the show will be modified as our safety team completes a review of what happened."

The Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular! features Indy, played by a stunt actor, cracking his whip, dodging spikes, and escaping that iconic boulder. Actors prepare for "dozens of contingencies" because every performance may play out differently, according to the Disney Parks blog.

"The performers form a backup plan for just about every possible scenario — and even learn how to improvise while staying in character," the blog continued.

A Disney World spokesperson said the cast member is 'recovering'.

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While this likely wasn't a scenario anyone was expecting, spectators at the event could be heard expressing their gratitude toward the cast member in videos uploaded to social media.

"That guy literally saved our lives," the man behind the camera of one viral TikTok said.

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Glinda may be known for her "toss toss," but she's not the only one with hair game in the *Wicked* world.

From the minute he arrived at Shiz University, Jonathan Bailey's Winkie prince had an envious coif. But when it came time for hair and makeup department head Frances Hannon to design the character's look for *Wicked: For Good*, she wanted to reflect Fiyero's evolution in the time that passed between films.

Taking inspiration from Fiyero's Gale Force regalia, Hannon tells ** she crafted a "large toupee" for Bailey with "blocks of gold through it to emulate the gold on the uniform."

When Fiyero becomes the Scarecrow (a four-hour process), "I kept the same shape of the hair but put all the textures of the field in — straw, hay, and dry grass," Hannon explains.

Prosthetics makeup designer Mark Coulier also sourced many types of burlap to create a flexible prosthetic that still allowed for subtle facial expressions. No simple sack for Bailey.

They also spent a significant time discussing the Scarecrow's nose.

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"How should it end? How dark should the brown be on the little end? What's distracting? What's not?" Hannon says. "We looked at various shades. 'Should it just be burlap like the rest of it? Should it be brown? Should it be a lighter, darker shade?' So it was tiny nuances."

And ironically, Fiyero becoming nonhuman freed more of Bailey to surface: "We used Jonathan's natural dark-brown eyes to represent the earth of the field, whereas he had blue eyes as Fiyero. You could really see it was the Sexiest Man Alive coming through," Hannon says with a laugh.

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But it wasn't just Fiyero's wardrobe, hair, and makeup that Hannon and her team took such care with. They also were meticulous in preparing his horse — or should we say horses, since four were used in the film, each for different purposes.

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Because the horses were different colors ("One was white, one was brown, and one dark brown…"), Hannon says the team had to shave them down before applying a dye brought in from Japan, which they knew would be safe for the steeds.

"Then all the horses were painted with iridescent color," Hannon continues. "[SFX makeup artist] David Stoneman and I designed it, because it had never been done before — using horse oil as the base and the iridescent added to it, which also came from Japan."

Talk about a horse of a different color.

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Ethan Slater has something to confess-a about his worst audition story.

The *Wicked: For Good* star recently revealed that, early on in his career, he auditioned for a role that he was "20 years too young" to play. Unfortunately, he didn't know that at the time.

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"Early on, I had an audition where I left the room — I'm going to say no specifics — but I left the room and before the door closed, the director said, 'Why did you even bring him in?'" Slater said at an event at his alma mater, Vassar College, on Dec. 10, where he received the Young Alum Achievement Award.

While the comment hurt at the time, especially since he was so young and green in his career, Slater later found out that it was because he was too young to play the role.

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"I know exactly who they cast, and I know everybody else they auditioned," he said. "But at the time, I left that room and I was like, 'I'm never going to work.' That is the worst thing. I was 23 years old."

Slater added that he now has a much different perspective on that audition faux pas.

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"Having the experience of getting to be on the other side of it, which has only happened professionally for me more recently, has been pretty great," Slater said. "Now I'm like, 'Oh, first of all, inappropriate. That was on them, but also they probably didn't even mean anything by it.'"

Slater broke out with his Broadway debut in 2017 starring in *The SpongeBob Musical*, which earned him a Tony nomination. He went on to star in the two *Wicked* films as munchkin-turned-Tin Man, Boq, with sequel* Wicked: For Good* now available to stream online.

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She's died a handful of times before in movies — stabbed to death in *Caligula*, shot in the head in *Shadowboxer*, strangled in *Excalibur* — but Helen Mirren "didn't like" how her character was going to meet her end, director Kate Winslet tells **, in *Goodbye June*.

"She did say quite early on, 'I don't really want to be doing this at all, but I'm doing it for you and I'm doing it to support you,'" Winslet, making her feature directorial debut with the movie in which she also stars as one of Mirren's daughters, recalls of their early conversations. "I felt so grateful, but also, I didn't want to be putting her through something."

In the movie (streaming now on Netflix) written by Winslet's now 22-year-old son Joe Anders, Mirren's character, the titular June, discovers her cancer has returned. This time, it's terminal, and doctors say she doesn't have much time to live...in fact, she probably won't make it until Christmas, which is just two weeks away. So her four adult children, two of whom — Winslet's Julia and Andrea Riseborough's Molly — have a fraught relationship, her grandchildren, and her husband, Bernie (Timothy Spall), gather to be with June in her final days.

Helen Mirren and Kate Winslet in 'Goodbye June'.

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As June's health declines, though, Mirren — who Winslet says has a personal rule of not playing characters with dementia or cancer, but broke that rule for her director — preferred not to discuss the ins and outs of the illness.

"The way that she kind of managed herself, really, was that she didn't actually wanna talk about anything until we got there on the day. So she would get there, she would be prepared, but then she would just say to me, 'I don't like it today. I don't like, I don't like the gown and the wig and the thing. I don't want to get in the bed. Okay, right, I've got that off my chest. What shall I do?'" Winslet recalls. And I would say, 'Get in the bed. lie down, don't move your head. Okay, action.' And I just had to be very practical with her. What more do you offer someone like Helen Mirren who is going to instinctively respond to whatever's in front of her in brilliant ways?"

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Winslet went the extra step to create a set that was free of as many distractions as possible, "not by way of direction or things or words or clever tricks or s---, I didn't wanna do any of that 'cause she would've sniffed that out a mile off and become incredibly suspicious of it, as would I, and as I have done when directors have tried that with me," Winslet says. That meant making herself, the production equipment (cameras, lighting, microphones, etc.), and crew out of sight, however she could.

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"Film sets are really busy places, lots of coming and going and people and chaos and crew, and everyone's trying to do their job. So I worked very closely with our crew in finding ways to make the space as empty as possible. So we didn't have any overhead booms; we had hidden microphones everywhere, and everyone was radio mic'd," she explains. "So the boom operator who would normally hover in the corner and just catch that one line, that person wasn't there at all. The children were completely free and wandering, no one hitting marks, just playing and just being."

Winslet says she and the crew also used various hand signals with the adult actors to know they were rolling, so they could start naturally interacting with the children for the scenes — especially important for one particular sequence that comes at the end of the film, when they stage the Nativity play for June in the hospital.

Helen (Toni Collette) and her nieces and nephews perform the Nativity play in 'Goodbye June'.

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"I also was able to lock off our cameras at times and have nobody in the room at all. So the actors would show us how they wanted a scene to be, and we would set our camera, set our focus, and then I'd say to the actors, 'Okay, we'll leave you to it.' And they'd go, 'Where are you going?' And I would say, 'I'm gonna be just out there. You don't need us.' And we'd leave everyone. Everyone, camera operators included, would walk away, and these actors would be alone with cameras silently rolling, and no people in the space at all," she says. "It really made a difference to how they all felt. It gave that sense of realism and intimacy, and the smallness of it was really meaningful for them."

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While June's children spend their time by their mother's side, it's her husband who seems to be in denial about her condition — watching football on TV or going to the local pub rather than face the reality of the situation. But after his son yells at him for seemingly not caring, he realizes the depths of his heartbreak when he finds him singing Ray Charles' "Georgia" — one of the couple's favorite songs — at the local bar, but changing the lyrics to "Junie."

Kate Winslet and Timothy Spall on the set of 'Goodbye June'.

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"That was the only scene in editing when I just literally could not stop crying," Winslet admits, "because even though I'd seen it, and I was there on the day, and it was incredibly moving on the day, actually really shaping it and sculpting it in the edit, oh my God, it's just extraordinary.... How much that Bernie is hiding and concealing even from himself, existing in a state of denial and regret about his own life and the impact that that has on him, being able to just communicate on even a very basic level, it's completely heartbreaking."**

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Which Carley Fortune Books are Being Made into Movies and TV Shows? Christina IzzoDecember 31, 2025 at 7:10 PM 0 When it comes to authors, Carley Fortune is a relative newbie in comparison to decadesspanning scribes like Elin Hilderbrand andKristin Hannah. But though the 40yearold Canadian writer only started publishing books in 2022 — kicking off her authorial career with the beloved beach readEvery Summer After — she's quickly cranked out four novels in the time since: Meet Me at the Lake (2023), This Summer Will Be Different (2024), One Golden Summer (2025) and the upcoming Our Perfect Stor...

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When it comes to authors, Carley Fortune is a relative newbie in comparison to decades-spanning scribes like Elin Hilderbrand andKristin Hannah. But though the 40-year-old Canadian writer only started publishing books in 2022 — kicking off her authorial career with the beloved beach readEvery Summer After — she's quickly cranked out four novels in the time since: Meet Me at the Lake (2023), This Summer Will Be Different (2024), One Golden Summer (2025) and the upcoming Our Perfect Storm, set for release on May 5, 2026.

In a half decade, Fortune has become one of the most popular names in the contemporary romance genre, with her books making bestseller lists in both the U.S. and her native Canada and even earning the attention of, yes, Hollywood. Several of her stories — emotionally rich explorations of romantic relationships and women's identity, usually set in scenic Canadian vacation spots like Barry's Bay (the lakeside setting for both Every Summer After and One Golden Summer) — have already been optioned for page-to-screen adaptations.

One such impending adaptation is of her first novel, Every Summer After, which Fortune announced in July 2024, sharing in a public statement that she was excited to partner with a major streamer (more on that in a minute!) to take Sam and Percy's love story "even further—beyond the pages of the book, onto the screen, and into the hearts of audiences across the globe."

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Here's a look at every Carley Fortune adaptation currently in production (or at least announced), including a Prime Video series with a freshly announced cast.

All of the Carley Fortune Books Being Adapted into Movies and TV Shows

Sadie Soverall attends the Omnes VIP Screening of "We Live In Time" at The Cinema at Selfridges on December 4, 2024 in London, EnglandHoda Davaine/Dave Benett/Getty Images for OMNESEvery Year After (2026)

Expected to arrive on Amazon Prime Video next year is Every Year After, a series adaptation of Fortune's second-chance romance novel Every Summer After, which sees its leading lady Persephone "Percy" Foster return to the lake town of her childhood to attend a funeral and confront her past choices and present feelings regarding old friend Sam Florek.

The Every Year After cast was announced in July 2025, with Sadie Soverall as Percy and Matt Cornett as Sam; Aurora Perrineau, Abigail Cowen, Michael Bradway, Joseph Chiu and Elisha Cuthbert round out the ensemble. "I couldn't be more excited about this fabulous cast!" Fortune told Variety. "This is an enormously talented group of actors, whose auditions made me laugh, swoon, and cry. I know they'll have fans of Every Summer After falling in love with their favorite characters all over again."

And if you're wondering about that title change, Fortune cleared that up in an interview with Swooon: "The thinking behind that was that Every Summer After was, like, too confining as a season for a series, and Every Year After allowed them to open this up to a broader story."

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex attending the 2025 Invictus Games in Whistler, Canada. Picture date: Monday February 10, 2025Aaron Chown/PA Images via Getty ImagesMeet Me at the Lake (TBD)

Fortune's 2023 novel Meet Me at the Lake — centered on Fern Brookbanks, a thirtysomething woman left to run her family's lakeside resort after her mother's death, and Will Baxter, the man she had an amazing date in Toronto with a decade earlier who unexpectedly shows up to help — got major attention when it was optioned by Archewell, the production company of none other than Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

The royal duo has plans to turn Fern's story into a Netflix movie, though in the years since the project was formally announced back in August 2023, there has been no director or cast attached, no release date announced and no official word of production beginning any time soon, so you might be waiting a bit for this one.

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What About One Golden Summer, Our Perfect Storm and the Rest?

As of press time, there are no book-to-screen adaptations announced for Fortune's other novels This Summer Will Be Different, One Golden Summer (which is connected to Every Summer After, recounting the love story of Sam Florek's brother Charlie) and Our Perfect Storm.

However, all of those titles are fairly recent, so there could be early rumblings around studios that just haven't been officially announced yet. As always, Parade will keep you Carley Fortune fans up to date about any and all adaptations of the author's beloved books.

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- *Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve *airs live at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

- Ryan Seacrest and Rita Ora return to cohost the special from Times Square.

- The 2026 edition will be the longest broadcast in the show's history.

*Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve* has been playing in the background of booze- and snack-laden New Year's Eve parties for decades now, and it's not going anywhere.

The 2026 edition is bigger than ever. Not only is it the longest broadcast in the show's history, but it features satellite parties throughout the country and performances from the storied likes of Diana Ross and Mariah Carey.

Here's everything you need to know about this year's *Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve *broadcast, from the hosts and performers to how and where you can watch it live.**

What cities are part of *Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve *2026?

Dayanara Torres onstage at 'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest' in Puerto Rico.

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This year's *Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve *is headquartered, as always, in Times Square. It will also include check-ins from Puerto Rico and Las Vegas.

This year's celebration also includes a Central Time Zone countdown on the Chicago Riverwalk hosted by hometown hero Chance the Rapper.

Who's hosting *Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve *2026?

Rita Ora and Ryan Seacrest on 'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest'.

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Ryan Seacrest and Rita Ora are back as cohosts for *Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve*, leading the Times Square countdown into 2026.

Meanwhile, Chance the Rapper will present the show's first-ever live countdown from his hometown of Chicago.

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*Dancing with the Stars *host Julianne Hough will make her *New Year's Rockin' Eve* debut, joining forces with NFL legend Rob Gronkowski to host the Las Vegas extravaganza.

Who's performing at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 2026?

Diana Ross; Post Malone; Chappell Roan.

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Global music icon Diana Ross will headline *Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve. *"Together we begin a new year," Ross said in a statement. "Let's embrace a new beginning, new opportunities, new joy — a celebration of love, where we all come together as we begin 2026."

Joining Ross is a lineup of high-profile performers, including a handful of pop icons in Mariah Carey, , Chappell Roan, and Demi Lovato. Other notable names performing include Zara Larsson, 50 Cent, Post Malone, Charlie Puth, Madison Beer, Leon Thomas, AJR, Little Big Town, Russell Dickerson, The All-American Rejects, and Maren Morris.

Elder millennials will be happy to see New Kids on the Block, 4 Non Blondes, the Goo Goo Dolls, Lil Jon, and Ciara on the roster, while their parents will most certainly pump their fists to "Jessie's Girl" rocker Rick Springfield.

Rounding out the lineup is Jordan Davis, 6lack, Tucker Wetmore, Pitbull, Jessie Murph, BigXthaPlug, OneRepublic, Jess Glynne, Filmore, and LE SSERAFIM.

In Las Vegas, *DJ Cassidy's Pass the Mic Live!* will feature Busta Rhymes, T.I., and Wyclef Jean.

Finally, EJAE, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami — the singers powering *KPop Demon Hunters*' girl group HUNTR/X — will also hit the stage for a special performance.

What time does *Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve *2026 start?

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This year, *Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve* gets underway at 8 p.m. ET and continues all the way until 4 a.m. ET, making it the longest broadcast in the show's history.

Where can I watch *Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve *2026?

A view of the ball drop in Times Square on Dec. 31, 2024.

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*Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve* will air live on ABC from 8 p.m. ET to 4 a.m. ET.

Can't catch it on TV? You can also listen in on more than 150 iHeartRadio stations, including Z100 New York, KISS FM Chicago, Q102 Philadelphia, KIIS-FM Los Angeles, and more stations through the iHeartRadio app.

For anyone who can't watch *or *listen live, the show will be available to stream on Hulu starting New Year's Day.

Those hoping to celebrate in person can join *Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve* in Times Square for the iconic ball drop. Attendees should bundle up for the cold and arrive *very *early to beat the crowds and secure a good spot.

Chicago's New Year's Eve countdown is also free and runs along the Chicago Riverwalk at Wacker Drive from Wells Street to Lake Street.

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