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New Year’s Eve in Times Square

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Confetti rains down on Times Square as the clock strikes midnight.

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Revelers cheer as they ring in 2012.

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Confetti rains down on revelers at midnight.

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People cheer as they watch fireworks go off and confetti rain down as 2012 begins.

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Fireworks and confetti fill the sky after the ball drops at midnight to signal the beginning of 2012.

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A group of people climb atop a structure in Times Square shortly after midnight.

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Earlier, Lady Gaga and Mayor Bloomberg pushed the button to start the descent of the New Year's Eve crystal ball.

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Lady Gaga even kissed the button.

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After midnight, though, she kissed Mayor Bloomberg! We hope their respective partners don't mind this New Year's smooch.

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Here's another photo of the kiss

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...and another one

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Lady Gaga also performed, which, of course, required another outfit.

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Another shot of Lady Gaga onstage, demure as always

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Bill and Giuliana Rancic ring in 2012 with a big kiss. Giuliana had a tough 2011, being diagnosed with breast cancer and having a double mastectomy.

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Ryan Keegan, from Queens, and his girlfriend Lauren Chicoine, of Bennington, N.H., share a kiss as they celebrate the new year shortly after midnight.

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Dick Clark and Kari Clark share a New Year's kiss on the 40th anniversary of Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve.

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An overhead shot of a jam-packed Times Square on New Year's Eve as seen from the Marriott Marquis Hotel.

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Hot Chelle Rae performs surrounded by confetti on at New Year's Eve.

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Perhaps saying, "forget you" to 2011, Cee Lo Green performs on Bill & Giuliana Rancic Ring In New Year's Eve 2012 With NIVEA.

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This couple can't wait for the ball to drop. They got their New Year's kiss in early.

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Ryan Seacrest's girlfriend Julianne Hough, no doubt in town for a New Year's smooch with the TV host, poses with guests during Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest.

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Justin Bieber performs amidst a shower of confetti last night.

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Bieber played piano alongside the legendary Carlos Santana.

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Yet another performer covered in confetti: Pitbull likely wants the crowd to give him everything tonight in Times Square.

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Drake smiles as he performs on stage during New Year's Eve 2012 With Carson Daly in Times Square.

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Revelers get ready to ring in the new year.

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It's a sea of blue in Times Square as a huge crowd gathers on a warmer-than-usual New Year's Eve.

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The calm before the storm: an overhead shot of Times Square before last night's celebrations began

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This group gathered in Times Square early Saturday, already sporting 2012 glasses.

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Looks like New Year's Eve has gone to the dogs.