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Watch your favorite Disney characters wish Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin a Happy 2009.

Samuel L. Jackson, Eva Mendes and many other celebrities send New Year's Eve shout outs to Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin as they host the New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square.

Times Square, New York City.

Anderson Cooper, Erica Hill and Don Lemon ringing in 2009.

Anderson and Kathy...'nuff said.

Cold and crazy crowds in Times Square - about 1 million people braved the temps to take part!

AC360°'s very own Erica Hill.

AC360° Coordinating Editorial Producer Kay Jones with Associate Producer Jack Gray.

Happy New Year from the CNN crew in Times Square!

Richard Morris (bottom right) plugging away in the control room.

Richard Morris
Associate Producer, Campbell Brown: No Bias. No Bull.

This should be an easy show, right? Nope. Between laughing from the Anderson and Kathy hysteria to technical issues, this is far from a midnight picnic. This show is classically orchestrated weeks before we go to air, and when it comes time for broadcast, well it goes you know where.

Nonetheless, this is a great group of people to ring in the new year. Fortunately for us, we are warm in the chaotic control room. Phones ringing off the hook, people yelling over the raucous crowds in the field and just looking forward to midnight. From 12 on, it is all warm and fuzzy, watching the east coast revelers, and watching the midwest getting ready for their countdown.

Stick around, there are many laughs to be had.

PS. Happy New Years!!!
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Kelly Daniel
AC360 Staff

There was plenty of chaos and yelling, and there’s more to come here in the New Year’s Eve show control room as we count down to midnight in the Central Time Zone. But under all that there’s plenty of excitement. And even though I’m working on New Year’s Eve, as we all took a sip of a fizzy drink at the stroke of midnight, I couldn’t help but think this ranks pretty near the top of my New Year’s celebrations.

It’s been a great year for AC360 and AC360.com, and there’s lots more to come in 2009.

Happy New Year!

THE GRAND CANYON SKYWALK

A Happy New Year wish from on the Grand Canyon Skywalk 4,000 up.
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NEW YORK CITY

Victor Tate, that is his wife Tina, of Virginia, spending New Year's Eve in Times Square for the first time.
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YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO

The power went out tonight and Lisa DiDomenico took pictures of her children - Michael, 12, Zoe, 10, and Robby, 8, playing Monopoly. The power came back on and they're waiting for the ball to drop.

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Zachary Wand, 3, and his younger brother Carter, 1, at a New Year's Eve party at home in Ontario, Canada.

ONTARIO, CANADA
AC360° mini fans!

Zachary Wand, 3, and his younger brother, Carter, 1, are ringing in the New Year at a party in their home in Brooklin, Ontario, Canada.

Their mother, Wendy Wand, says, "We're just really big fans of Anderson Cooper, watch it all the time."

They've been watching for four years. Happy New Year!
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Selling 2009 sunglasses: Robin Savage of San Juan Capistrano, California, visits the Irving Spectrum and interviews a Turkish sunglasses vendor. She wanted to help him send New Year's wishes across the water to his distant family.
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Rachel Sumner and her dog, Toby (the Shih-Tzu) wish you a Happy New Year!
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London rings in 2009 with fireworks over Big Ben.
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From Taipei Ciety

TAIPEI CITY
Neal Moore
iReporter

I've traveled the world from New York to Cairo to Cape Town to the jungle trains of South East Asia, but no other city's New Year's Eve celebrations have captured my heart like Taipei.

This is most definitely one city that knows how to ring in the New Year in style! And it's not even Chinese New Year yet! But that doesn't stop the celebrations.

With Taipei 101 as the city's centerpiece, the world's tallest occupied building, the inventors of all things firecracker light up this part of the world. They light up the entire city of Taipei and this, the Far East, shines!

Tonight on the streets surrounding Taipei 101 we heard well-wishes from quite literally all walks of life. Taiwanese, Chinese, the Japanese, from foreign expatriates from all over the globe. They're all here, they're most certainly all smiles, and wherever you are, we're wishing you well!

From Taipei with love - Happy New Year and all the best for 2009!

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Ringing in 2009...on a plane. Trevor Dougherty of Ithaca, New York, will spend his New Year's Eve on a plane. He sent this video from the plane this morning as the last dawn of 2008 arrived.

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QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES

Jv Abellar of Quezon City, Philippines, sends pictures of how he's been celebrating the New Year (also known as Medya Noche).

Anderson getting ready for the show.
COURTESY: Jack Gray

New Year's Eve revelers in Times Square.
COURTESY: Aspen Steib

The AC360° crew interviews people in the crowd.
COURTESY: Aspen Steib

CNN's Erica Hill and Aspen Steib in Times Square.
COURTESY: James Brierton

The media gaggle just near the stage.
COURTESY: Jack Gray

The stage in Times Square.
COURTESY: Aspen Steib

They are cold and crazy in NYC!
COURTESY: Aspen Steib

A reveler with a cause.
COURTESY: Aspen Steib

Behind the scenes in the control room with the crew for tonight's show.

CNN's Brooke Anderson interviews David Spade at Club CNN in Las Vegas about his new comedy show. The show debuts New Years Day.

The sign outside Club CNN in Las Vegas.

CNN's Brooke Anderson interviewing Coolio.

Check out Anderson and Kathy's view from the stage in Times Square.

Albert Lewitinn
Executive Producer, New Year's Eve with Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin

It has taken months of preparation, planning, technical support… but the moment will soon be here. Hundreds of CNN producers, technicians, and staff have come together to put on a great show for viewers to usher in the new year. The year 2008 has been one of epic history. An unforgettable election, a new President about to take office, an economy that has tested our resilience. Anderson and Kathy are excited. And so are we. Join us, and have fun. Fun is the theme of tonight’s show. Enjoy the show.