Tonight from the heart of times square, this is cnns new years eve live with appearances by usher, ellie golding, kevin hart, patti lupone, Patti Labelle, jean smart, john stamos, jennifer lewis, amy sedaris, tenacious d, nick cannon, ava max, samuel l. Jackson, plus more surprises. And now live from new york city, your hosts, Anderson Cooper and andy cohen. And welcome, everybody, to times square in new york city. Anderson cooper here. Im andy cohen. They brought us back for another year. They did. Yes, they did. With stipulations. Some stipulations this year. Well get into that. Yeah. Theres fine print. Yes. It is a balmy night here in new york. Its almost like 50 degrees. Yes, it is. I was schmitzing. I got rid of my coat. We were all prepared for it to get colder. The crowd has been assembling for hours here in times square. Very wet very wet. I would call them flaccid, the crowd. Okay. Its early. Not the word i would use. And a little early for that word. Okay. Theres plenty of time for them to bone up. So okay. Were kicking it off. Yes. Were started. Yes. Yeah. You do want to talk about the Elephant In The Room . Okay. We cant drink. We cant drink. We havent been drinking. But its fine. Yes, its fine. And i dont normally drink, sos not a big deal for me. We know, as we see every year. Thats the thing. Are you going to be able to make it . You know, thats the question. We will see. Do i have a pocket full of edibles . I do. Will i take them . I dont think so. I dont know. Its a long night. This is a telethon with no disease. Do you understand . Were here all night passing time. Were not passing time. Were enjoying time. Were enjoying every minute. We are. And were excited to be here. And we will exciting lineup of people this year. I got to say great guests. And patti lupone who is about to come out on the stage. We have a lot of guests with us on the riser in the rain which is exciting. I want to say, it has been our tradition to toast with you at the top of every hour. We will be doing that at the top of every hour. Heres how this is going to work you dont know this, okay . Okay. Not alcohol not alcohol. See, i like this because theres a lot of people not drinking at home a lot of people are, but people arent. They can you all can take a toast with us at the top of every hour. What we are is doing we are taking a mystery shot. Heres how this is going to work anderson and i will put on our ramona eyes what are ramona eyes . They are ramona eyes, and they block us out. They cant see what do they look like . Dont worry about it. I cant see anything . Thats the point. Okay. Put your hand out and take this shot. We are going to do a mystery shot. On the screen it will say what we are doing. We will take the shot, and then we will guess what it was. Sound fun . I think so. It could be whats the smell . Im not going to smell it. I am not going to smell it because im freaked out. To me alcohol is disgusting. You at home know what it is, we dont. At the count of three were going to do it. Cheers, you guys, Happy New Year. Our first shot of the night. You guys at home, play along. One, two, three oh, i hated that. Was that that was tomato juice . I hate tomato juice. Wait, what was it . Tomato juice . Its on the screen. Pickle juice . Ive never had a pickle. Youve never had a pickle never had a pickle before. Sweetie, you got a pickle. Listen, take the ramona glasses i brought us i stole from i brought us chasers. Disgusting. Okay. Thats good. Sorry, ben. I took this from you. You stole your childs i did because i knew we would need them for the mystery shot. Okay. That was fun. We have four more mystery shots. I prefer tequila, but whatever. Wow. You know, it wasnt until im definitely going to have to pee tonight. It wasnt until tenth grade of high school that i learned that pickles are actually cucumbers. Wow. Yes. Youre just admitting that. Okay. That was fun. Did you like it . I feel we can share that. Yeah. Yeah. Although now i dont have the excuse of having drunk alcohol to share no, no. Weve had an amazing year. We had an amazing year. I mean, it was a rough year. A lot happened. But personally i think both of us can say we were standing here last year with yes babies on the way. My son sebastian was born february 7th. When we were here last year, i knew i was about to have him but didnt publicly say it. My daughter lucy was born on april 29th. Ive got to say, that pickle juice is like disgusting disgusting. Theres lucy. Aw. She i love putting the little barrettes in lucys hair. Its my new obsession. I feel like i love lucy. I think she is going to run the place. Without question. In a very short amount of time. No, no, no. She is in charge i think you have no idea what youre with about to get into. Ben is watching. Hey, ben. You say hey to my we talked earlier. Whats sebastian like . You want to tell a story about him . Sebastian is adorable. Theres sebastian when he was first born. Is that what you look like when you sleep . Yeah, basically, yeah. Like you dont know. Okay. Yes. Oh, my god. Look at that stink eye. Wow. Sebastians great. He just this week crossed some sort of a rube con. He made some sort of leap. Hes like a little person all of a sudden. I feel like hes theres ben meeting sebastian. For the first time. I brought you were in ukraine yes we brought wyatt and ben into the clubhouse. There they are. I love this picture so much because ben looks just like me, and hes looking at wyatt with this devilish look hes looking at you like i look at you like why did i agree to come on this set and be on this show. Very sweet. There you go. Were not going to talk about our babies the whole time. I promise. Dont drink pickle juice at home in the next hour if youre going to do another shot with us. If youre thinking about the pickle juice weighing heavily. Yes. Should we go to break . Patti lupone is coming, the legendary patti lupone is joining us on the riser. And were going to hear new years resolutions from so many big stars that have come to watch what happens live and visited us over the past year. And theyve got a lot to say. Well take a short break. Well have a great night. And by the way, if you thought i was a truth bomb yes whats drunk, wait until you see me sober. I got stuff to say. Thats what concerns me. This is my time. I dont know if im going to be back next year. Thats what concerns me. It should. Yes. They didnt want you drinking so you wouldnt go on a rant about something, but they dont realize the alcohol controls you. It keeps you keeps me, yes, yes this may be the longest ive been on Television Without drinking. Going to White Knuckle it . 4. 5 hours. Yes. Anyway, were going to be right back. Happy new year, everybody. Were here all night. Pull up a chair, pull up a shot. Well be right back. 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My new years resolution is boring, but it will be to just chill out more and take more time off and not feel the need to be obsessively working all the time. I have a big resolution, and that is to approach life and this new year with the buoyancy that jen shaw has as shes headed toward the clink clink. And i would like to celebrate myself the way that Ramona Singer celebrates herself 100 times in one month for her birthday. My new years resolution, and try this every year and always fail, i want to start saying no more. My new years resolution is to put out my own music. My new years resolution is to not eat as many sweets as i ate last year. And i say that every single year, but this year im going to stick to it hopefully. Keep associating with Things In My Life And Work and stuff that are i feel very deeply about. I dont want to say passionate but everybody says passionate. Yes passionate. You know what im saying. Things that i love. Stay off my phone well, not completely, but im going to have to reduce my phone time and all social media because its not good for my mental health. I want to stop focusing on the fact that my ass might be too big. And welcome back. We are live in new yorks times square. Joining us now, one of our favorite people really. The queen of broadway. And there are a lot of queens on broadway. Patti lupone. Patti is doing a sold outshow called songs from a hat. And tomorrows performance will be streamed on line. Hey, patti. Hi, guys. How you doing . So great to see you. Happy new year. Happy new year. You smell so good. Thank you. We smell like pickles. We did a pickle shot. Oy. Nasty you have to drink. Its too crazy down here. I know. How can you not drink . Have you been in times square for new years eve ever . No. Really . Your career on broadway youve no. Also they stopped we stopped doing broadway shows at night years ago. But also i like it better when when people werent in pens. In depends. Theyre Say Something wear diapers. No ones ever copped to it. I believe it. I do, too. My mom wanted to meet somewhere what . Why . She was worried good where im going to pish. Patti, you won your third tony this year. Amazing. I did. Congratulations. Thank you. Is there one tony you won for compani. I know you won for evita and gypsy. I saw the original evita with you in it. Incredible. Is there one tony that means the most to you . Probably evita because it was the toughest job. In what way . There was pressure on me because it was so hyped from england, and everybody wanted the role. And then i couldnt sing it forever. And there was a lot of competitions that year. What do you mine you couldnt sing its a really hard score. I was in danger of losing my voice every night. Wow. And then when i won it, i went, oh, thank god. Because also i didnt get good reviews. Really . No. I got lousy reviews. But the i distinctly remember sitting in the audience, and it was electric. It was one of those Theater Experiences thats just like extraordinary. At that time i think it was clive barnes. Wow. Somebody said i have ice water running through my veins. From l. A. To San Francisco to new york that a bad thing . For evita it is hi, you guys. Look at us. Oh, my god, times square. I know. Guess what . What . Remember what we did almost a year ago. Yes. Almost a year ago we were in a podcast in my closet. Literal flow andys closet literally in andys closet, a big closet. We reported a podcast. With anderson, shes Directing Anderson this is a scripted podcast of plays that you and your son we made a little sound booth. Thats what when does it come out . Its out now. Its broadway podcast new york, on broadway podcast new york or any podcast, radio play revival. Its american Short Stories read by american actors, gentlemen. The two of you actors. And you did an original, the last take. Yes. Im in it, youre in it. Yes. And i dont know what episode that is, but the first one came out on christmas day. Awesome. Yeah. That was so much fun. Loved doing that. You were fantastic. Youre part of the family now. We have to do more. Yes. You know, as a thespian i feel you have railed on broadway, broadway audiences, youve said broadway has been kind of actively dumbed down. Yeah. What do you think is the biggest thing that is happening that if you could change things you would change it immediately . I dont know broadways in transition right now. I dont think plays can last on broadway. I think i think what happened somebody said the other day, my friend said it, when mama mias advertisement was you know you know youre going to like it because you know the music, people want to see what they know. They dont want to see what they dont know. So a lot of the shows that are new are going to have a problem or having a problem selling. By the way, this is a great opportunity to plug, since you mentioned mark, i last saw you at the opening of some like it hot. So wonderful. Which is so good. So fantastic. My god, you go crazy for a big tap dance number. Youre going to love this show. Wonderful. Tractorit is so funny. If youre coming to new york see some like it hot. I want to play a game we played before on this show do we drink . You know, i brought tequila for the crew. Im sure we can find some. Patti wants a shot. I want a shot of tequila. It is for the true, it is not for the crew, it is not for house. Were going to play does patti give a damn. Im going to give you Pop Culture Items and anderson will, too. Tell us if you give a damn about them. You start. Do you give a damn about the Phantom Of The Opera delaying its closure by two months after rocketing ticket sales . What was that again . Do you give a damn about the Phantom Of The Opera delaying its closure by two months after rocketing ticket sales . It should just die. Should just i do dye sh ju die she says. I think there should be term limits on judges, members of congress, and broadway musicals. Do you give a damn that you no longer have your actors equity card . I dont give a damn. Do you give a dam in about lea michele starring in funny girl . I think so. Do you give a damn about Wicked Being Split into two movies. I didnt know that. A big tequila cheers, everybody. Happy new year. What do you mean two movies . Theyre making two movies out of wicked k. Do you give a damn about elon musk being booted from i dont give a damn. Do you give a damn about the scandal at Good Morning America with the affair its juicy, isnt it . Its fabulous. I wish them the best of luck. Do you give a damn about Jennifer Lopez and ben affleck getting back together . I dont give a damn. Did you give a damn about the latest season of The White Lotus . It was fabulous. Do youadamn about Britains Prince and Meghan Markles series . I dont give a damn. What about twitter . I dont give a damn. What about Ticket Microsofter being sued over the taylor i do. Ticket master. I didnt do it. It wasnt me. It wasnt me. It was patti. That didnt happen. Do you give a damn about avatar 2 . I dont. I didnt see avatar 1. Im not sure i did. We have to 54 below, and theyre Live Streaming it tomorrow night. How do people find it . You go to 5 4below. Com and i leads you to the link. Its an 8 00 what are you singing . I sing everything that ive ever sung calls songs out of a hat. She passes the hat. Theres how many songs . 43. Had 3. They pick a song and shell sing whatever comes out of the hat. Its amazing. Theres 13 new ones. Its fun. Were having a blast. Is that terrifying for you . It is. Completely. So many lyrics. Think about 43 songs worth of lyrics. Do you still get nervous performing . Yes. Yeah. Youre amazing. So are you. I love you. Happy new year. Happy new year. Happy new year. 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