Ringing In the New Year
Mary Altaffer / AP
Star Power
Lady Gaga performs onstage during the Dec. 31, 2011, New Year's Eve celebration in New York City's Times Square. Lady Gaga and Mayor Michael Bloomberg led the crowd in the final-minute countdown of the famed crystal-paneled-ball drop.
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