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3 Highlights of
ANDY
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‘Shallow’ Year
WALTER SCOTT ASKS...
MADELEINE
STOWE
—Julie N., Louisville
A: Schneider, 54, went
from sweet hunk Bo Duke
on Dukes of Hazzard to
devious Judge Jim Cryer
on The Haves and the Have
Nots (Tuesday nights on
OWN), created, written
and directed by movieTV mogul Tyler Perry. “I
come from a long line of
sarcastic people,” he says.
“We’re not mean, but
we’re fairly witty. So when
I get to turn that guy free
as Jim Cryer, I even make
Tyler Perry look out from
behind the monitor and
go, ‘Oh my,
gosh—did
you really
say that?’”
Does starring in
Girlfriends’ Guide
to Divorce give
newlywed Lisa
Edelstein second
thoughts about
marriage?
—Peter A., Burbank
Stowe, 56, took a break from playing Victoria Grayson
on ABC’s Revenge to take on a subject that strikes close
to home: multiple sclerosis.
1. Cohen, 46, rescued and
fell in love with a beagle/
foxhound mixed breed,
which he named
Wacha, after St. Louis
Cardinals pitcher
Michael Wacha.
This is the ﬁrst time you have spoken out publicly
about multiple sclerosis. Why now?
“My father suffered from it from the time I was
very young and he had a very rapid progression
of the disease. MS was very hopeless when I was
a child.”
What do you hope people take away from
Genzyme’s Lights, Camera, Take Action on MS
campaign? “We’re going to be having a series of
meetings around the country with MS patients and
their caretakers. It’s my hope that they can become
more informed about their options.”
You’ve had some heavy confrontations with costar
Emily VanCamp on Revenge. When you ﬁnish a
scene like that, do you laugh to break the tension?
“Sometimes it’s emotional, because after four years
of playing these characters, you start to take on
[their] darkness a little bit.”
What is on your bucket list of things still to do?
“I would really like to go to Patagonia. I would really
like to ﬂamenco dance. My daughter [May] is a great
ﬂamenco dancer. I would like to learn more about
that culture. My family all
descends from Spain.”
Email your questions for Walter Scott to
[email protected]
The host of Bravo’s Watch
What Happens Live gets
ready for 2015 by taking
stock of 2014 in his new
book, The Andy Cohen
Diaries: A Deep Look at a
Shallow Year.
A: No, but the former
House star, 48, who
married for the ﬁrst
time in May of this year,
says she has ﬁrsthand
experience when it comes
to divorce: Her husband,
artist Robert Russell,
was in the middle of a
marital breakup when
she met him. She
says her new show—
which airs Tuesday
nights on Bravo—is
"super smart, honest
storytelling.”
2. A baseball
fanatic, he
faced his fear of
looking inept and
played in a Major
League Baseball
celebrity
game.
3. He hung out with
Sarah Jessica Parker on
Broadway, Madonna on a
cross-country ﬂight, and
attended
Carnival in Rio
de Janeiro
with CNN’s
Anderson
Cooper.
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the commentary. During that same conversation, Seacrest
recalls, Clark said, “‘No one wants to hear your voice at 12
o’ clock. All they want to do is listen to the sounds in Times
Square and look at the faces. You can start talking at 12:02,
but from 12:00 to 12:02, shut up.’ I thought that was really
funny—and right.”
GIvE YOuR NEW YEaR’S EvE CElEbRaTION a fRESH TWIST
WITH THESE THREE SImPlE IDEaS fROm ExPERTS kNOWN
fOR bRINGING THE fuN TO fabulOuS fETES.
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Old-SchOOl
New YOrk BASh
The likeable on-air
A MeMOrABle
personality whose production company created
the TV hits Keeping Up
Ryan Seacrest doesn’t have
with the Kardashians,
many New Year’s Eve memories that don’t involve Dick
met Clark during AmeriClark, whether it was watching
can Idol ’s second season,
him host his famed show as a
and for a dozen years,
boy or joining him on-camera
as an adult.
Seacrest absorbed his
“One of my most memorable
idol’s wise counsel.
moments in Times Square was
“In the beginning,
after the first year that I had
what drove me was to be
hosted with Clark, who suffered
a stroke the year before [in
able to make enough to
2004]. I wasn’t sure what to expay my rent pursuing
pect,” he says. “I wanted to do
something that I love to
everything I could to give him
everything he needed, considdo,” he says. “Now my
ering how he was feeling, so I
motivation is to put on
was nervous about accomplishgreat shows and try and
ing that.
maintain some sort of
“When we finished, he gave me
balance in my life.”
this long look in the eye and
told me to come over. I came
For years, he wouldn’t
over and he looked at me again
stop for lunch, so he
and gave me this really big,
would eat while standwarm hug. He leaned into my
ear and said thank you. It was at
ing, walking or meeting
that point that I realized that he
with others. “Now I realfelt good about the night and
ize that it’s OK to take a
that I may have the opportunity
to do this again.”
second,” says Seacrest,
who remains a bachelor.
So, how would he celebrate if he weren’t hosting the
world’s biggest New Year’s Eve party? “I’d do something on
a much smaller scale,” Seacrest says. “A small dinner at
home with my family and friends. Nothing too crazy!”
mOmENT
Drink
Set up a champagne bar: Place ice buckets
filled with champagne on a table and line up
an array of liqueurs. Add a few drops to a
flute of sparkling champagne to make these
celebratory spirits just like they do at Le Cirque:
Kir Royale: Champagne and crème de cassis
on
celebrati
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celestial ring in the New
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Begin the night with cheese platters
combining soft, semi-soft, firm, blue
and fresh cheeses paired with thinly sliced baguette and grapes. Shrimp cocktail is
swanky and easy to prepare using precooked shrimp. Pre-made crab cakes only require heating. New Zealand lamb loin chops are an incredible value at Costco—
grill or broil with salt, pepper and fresh rosemary.
Play
Spin tunes by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and Nat King Cole, or stream swing
station WKHR in Cleveland, Ohio, to hear big band jazz.
Give
Outfit guests with celebrity event planner Mary Giuliani’s “Hangover Preparedness
Kits”—a wine gift bag filled with everything they will need to make the next day a
touch brighter: coconut water, Advil, a soothing eye mask and lip balm.
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ringing in the
2011 New Year.
Just blocks from Times Square, legendary
New York restaurant Le Cirque will commemorate New Year’s Eve with a menu featuring classic French food and live music
from Neil Sedaka. Co-owner Marco Maccioni advises bringing elegance to your home
party by inviting guests to dress their best.
“As a boy, I could not come to Le Cirque unless I was wearing my jacket and tie. Dressing
up is part of the excitement,” he says.
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FAMILY-FRIENDLY
FESTIVITIES
“As kids, my brother and I loved New Year’s Eve because my grandmother babysat us and my mother always bought us hors d’oeuvres,”
says Marcy Blum, whose New York-based event planning company’s clients include Billy Joel, and Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick.
“It was the only night of the year we had them—and on trays, no
less!” At this all-ages fete, Blum suggests giving kids their own space
“turned into something a bit glamorous.”
Eat
Serve food the whole family will enjoy: Mini pigs in blankets, tiny
vegetable egg rolls and 3-inch round pizzas are all available frozen
at the supermarket. “If you fancy up your trays with ﬂowers or ribbon, the kids will ﬂip!” Blum says. Another sure win is a “make your
own” station, such as a taco bar.
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Play
Visit commonsensemedia.org to ﬁnd New Year’s-themed, familyfriendly movies: Rudolph’s Shiny New Year (3 and older), Sleepless in
Seattle (11 and older), While You Were Sleeping (11 and older) and
The Poseidon Adventure (13 and older).
Make
Sally Schneider of Improvisedlife.com suggests everyone make a
noisemaker: Put a few tablespoons of rice or beans in a plastic cup,
top with another cup, lip-to-lip, seal with tape and decorate.
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MIDNIGHT BREAKFAST
DANCE PARTY
Mary Giuliani, who has organized celebrations for the Rolling
Stones, Stella McCartney and Carolina Herrera, likes to keep
things cozy on the big night. Her pajamas-optional theme
evokes the best of the morning after.
Ask Marilyn
By Marilyn vos Savant
Eat
Why, after even one sip of an
alcoholic beverage, do my
nose and cheeks turn red?
I have maybe one drink a
week but don’t enjoy drawing this kind of attention to
myself!
In addition to bacon, egg and cheese sandwiches, serve mini
waﬄes and breakfast sausages. Or try a “Hash Bash” (such as
the one pictured at right) with store-bought frozen hash browns.
“Line up mason jars with forks and have guests build their own
hash mash. Guests can spoon in sautéed onions, red pepper, sausage and hot sauce to their liking,” Giuliani suggests.
—P. H., Fort Wayne, Ind.
Drink
I’m sure you’ve heard of lactose intolerance, an inherited
condition that occurs when
a person lacks a certain
enzyme needed to digest
milk and other dairy products. Well, you’re describing
a classic case of alcohol
intolerance, which is also
inherited and very common.
With this condition, one is
missing a particular enzyme
required to process alcohol
efﬁciently, resulting in symptoms that range from mild
to severe. (Nausea, a drop in
blood pressure and a rapid
heartbeat may also occur.)
Check with your doctor to
see if the situation applies to
you and what steps you could
take, if any.
The Mimosa: Mix champagne or other sparkling wine (or ﬁzzy
cider for designated drivers) in a 1:1 ratio with fresh-squeezed
orange juice.
Play
Let’s face it: Once you roll up the carpet and get ready to
groove, the dance music you like will usually depend on the decade you were born. iTunes makes ﬁnding just
what you want easy: Simply search by decade (i.e. ,“70s Dance”).
Give
If you ﬁnd yourself feeling a wee bit under the weather come New Year’s Day, we
have just the tonic: This Bloody Mary recipe from New York’s St. Regis Hotel,
which counts itself among the many purported originators of the cocktail, along
with the legendary drinking hole Harry’s New York Bar in Paris.
ST. REGIS BLOODY MARY MIX
Juice of 1 lemon
3 1/2 cups tomato juice
3 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
3 dashes Tabasco
1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1 tsp cayenne pepper
1 tsp celery salt
1 tsp whole black peppercorns
Pour ingredients into a container
and shake well. Use immediately or
refrigerate. Strain peppercorns before using. Makes enough for
3 drinks. To prepare one drink, fill
glass with ice and add 1 oz vodka,
11 oz Bloody Mary mix, and garnish
with lemon.
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Send guests home with a pancake party favor: Fill extra mason jars with dry pancake mix, such as Whole Foods’
simple recipe for scrumptious Cinnamon Pancakes. Visit parade.com/cinnamonpancakes to ﬁnd printable jar labels.
Decorate each jar with a circle of iridescent tulle under the lid, then tie with ribbon.
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Run, Swim, Renew
How an act of rebellion became an annual
New Year’s Day celebration of health,
friendship & blessings. By Amby Burfoot
paint, and some are regulars like
Jan, the giant Scotsman, who
runs in a kilt.
Along the running route,
hundreds of locals welcome us
with hearty “Happy New Year”
greetings. We reply in kind, and
much louder.
The group hangs tight until
we’re just a block from the
beach, where the youngsters
break ranks to sprint toward the
frigid sound. They dash
single-ﬁle through a paparazzilike gauntlet of folks with smartphones who capture the
madness in photos and video.
We older, more wizened
participants slow to a walk.
What’s the hurry?
I can’t say for sure what others
think about our footrace/Polar
Bear Plunge. For me, it’s become
my favorite day of the year: I get
to act like a child, festooning
myself in Hawaiian leis and
tooting on horns. I see old
acquaintances, often for the only
time all year. I immerse myself
in freezing, 38-degree Jan. 1
waters, a baptismal if there ever
were one. I give thanks for my
family’s health, and my own.
Nothing is guaranteed
at this point. I am in my
late 60s, so I know this
too well.
Last November, I
came down with a rare
bacterial infection. Many
days I could barely get
out of bed. Websites
termed the condition
“potentially fatal.”
As Jan. 1 approached,
I mustered enough
resolve to attempt the
run, but decided to pass
on the swim—for the
ﬁrst time ever.
I showed up at the start, and
settled quietly into the middle of
the pack. It felt comforting,
familiar. As we approached the
shore, my mood brightened even
more. I slowly shed my sweats
and shoes. A moment later, I
bolted helter-skelter into the
waves. Just like every other year.
My wife has long treasured an
Isak Dinesen quote: “The cure for
anything is saltwater: sweat, tears,
or the sea.” In this case, it worked:
On Jan. 3, my illness lifted.
I don’t know what will happen
at this year’s event. We could get
smacked by a Polar Vortex or
need ice axes to hack through
frozen ﬂoes. Whatever.
I only know that I will be
there, to run and swim. And that
afterwards, I will feel resilient,
connected, energetic, optimistic.
I can’t imagine starting the
New Year any other way.
Runner’s World editor-at-large
Amby Burfoot is the 1968 winner of
the Boston Marathon, which he has
run roughly every ﬁve years since.
14 | DECEMBER 28, 2014
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PHOTOS BY NATALIE BILLING
n New Year’s
Day, 1969, two
buddies and I
ran ﬁve miles to
the Long Island
Sound near our hometown of Mystic, Conn.,
and then plunged into
its icy waters. We saw
this as an act of rebellion, a radical aerobic
protest against the day’s
empty resolutions. What
can I say? This was the
1960s, and we 20-somethings were all demonstrating against one
thing or another.
What started as a whim has
become a ritual: Almost 50 years
later, I’m still running and swimming on Jan. 1. But I’m no
longer protesting, I’m celebrating—my health, my friendships,
my many other blessings.
That ﬁrst time, we weren’t
sure we would survive the
plunge. I recall the knot in my
throat as I raced across the
beach, the sharp prick of frozen
sand against my bare feet. We
recovered by screaming as loud
as we could, cramming into my
VW bug with its heater blasting,
and slurping hot soup in a
friend’s kitchen.
In recent years, despite our
deliberate disorganization—no
entry form or fee, no website, no
Facebook page or Twitter
feed—our little duathlon of sorts
has drawn a ragtag group of over
200 participants, roughly ages 8
to 80. Some are still tipsy from
the previous night’s antics, some
are nearly naked high school kids
in Speedos, bikinis and body
Runners en route to their
New Year’s Day baptism;
the author emerges from
the Long Island Sound
in 2009 (below).
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