tonight from the heart of times square, this is cnn s new year s 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. i m andy cohen. they brought us back for another year. they did. yes, they did. with stipulations. some stipulations this year. we ll get into that. yeah. there s fine print. yes. it is a balmy night here in new york. it s 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. it s early. not the word i would use.
Each day is going to be our last. that s true, you know? tomorrow is never promised, as i ve really learned. it s about grace and gratitude. that s what the new year is going to be for us, kaitlin? definitely, gratitude s the word. john, how s it going touring with the beach boys? great. we just did a bunch of christmas shows. we were in new york at carnegie hall, which was a huge deal for me. what s that? want to tell them about the cruise? there s a cruise coming up, which should be fun. a beach boy cruise. billy, are you enjoying he finally started to get on the drums and play with me a little bit. do you like playing with the beach boys, bill? he s not very boug gee, he s eating caviar this evening. nice outfit. by the way, john, you have had, you know, great achievements in hair artistry over the years. and i see that your son is really following in your footsteps.