Dick Clark reacts to the death of his friend and fellow TV personality Ed McMahon. Continue reading to see other celebrity reactions to the passing of the TV legend.
After having a stroke four years ago, TV icon Dick Clark tells ET about his excitement to be back at Times Square for another New Years Eve special on ABC. And host Ryan Seacrest weighs in on having Clark on the big show this year!
It is only August, but "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest knows what he will be doing on New Year's Eve. He will return as the co-host of the newly titled "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest."
Ryan Seacrest fills ET in on this year's plans for "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve."
It will be a "New Year's Rockin' Eve" again this year when CARRIE UNDERWOOD, MILEY CYRUS and the JONAS BROTHERS join DICK CLARK and RYAN SEACREST in Times Square for a musical extravaganza.
DICK CLARK and RYAN SEACREST will be back as the hosts of the 36th "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve," kicking off the countdown to the New Year with a three-and-one-half hour special, starting at 10 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 31 on ABC.
RYAN SEACREST is best known as the host of "American Idol," but for the past several years he has also been a part of a New Year's tradition: "DICK CLARK's New Year's Rockin' Eve."
Seacrest began co-hosting the New Year's TV special, now in its 35th year, in 2005, a year after Clark suffered a stroke. Clark, of course, returned as the host of the show last year, and he will be back again this year.
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Meanwhile, WILL SMITH took time to sign a lot of autographs as he arrived solo for the Chicago premiere of his new movie 'The Pursuit of Happyness,' which opens in December.
"Late Night"'s CONAN O'BRIEN is this year's host for the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy® Awards, and he promises to do his best to make the show funny and to move it along.
"I think most people know my sense of humor," he says. "It's fairly silly. It's for the most part a waste of time. [My monologue] will be in that vein."
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Grammy-winning superstar Barry Manilow is hotter than ever! His PBS special, "Manilow: Music and Passion," was nominated for an Emmy award, and the performer plans to attend the awards show -- and sing a special song for a music industry legend.
"I'm singing to Dick Clark; that's going to be a cool moment," he says of the ailing "American Bandstand" icon, for whom he co-wrote lyrics to the "Bandstand" theme. "Yeah, it'll be emotional for me."
The buzz was big -- where would DICK CLARK be on New Year's Eve? With 2006 only hours old, the television staple, who was sidelined by a stroke, made his first public appearance to watch the ball drop in New York City!
From behind a desk inside ABC studios, Clark told the millions at home about the stroke that sidelined him last December. "Had to teach myself to walk and talk all over again," he said. "It was a long, long, hard fight, but I'm getting there."
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