The Times Square ball measures 3.7m in diameter and weights 5,386 kg and can be seen mid-way atop the pole, raised at 145m above. Since 2009, the ball became a permanent fixture lighted up.

If you want to be on Times Square for the event, you must be there the day before and get a place to view the dropping or go there early since millions of people go to NYC just for this.

Many TV networks will feature this event and one of those is ABC’s Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2012 with Ryan Seacrest. NBC also has their New Year’s Eve with Carlson Daly, CNN has their New Year’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin.

If you only want to watch the Ball Drop 2012 live online, then please do check back this site for streaming. Earthcam will also have this event as well as lots of other sites. Let’s all celebrate New Year together. Let’s watch live ball drop 2012 on Times Square for the New Year’s countdown.

NORAD is the way to track Santa online. The site, which uses Google Earth to track Santa Claus so you can go to 2011 NORAD Santa Tracker to know. There are lots of ways to do this now such as online via your PC, your mobile phone, follow Santa through twitter and Facebook. You can begin tracking at 6am. See Santa leave the North Pole as he goes to different parts of the world.

You can also track Santa via the Santa Update website. Check out the site for more updates on Santa as well. It sure is an exciting event for kids!

This year, you can see Santa on your mobile phone. Open google maps on your mobile phones on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2011 and search for “Santa” to see his whereabouts.

Walmart, Best Buy, Target and other major retailers were closed last year and this year is not going to be an exception, most likely. But stores which serves lots of consumers such as convenience stores, grocery stores and gasoline stations might be open.

If you want to grab some coffee, Starbucks is open as well as some other local stores. But to be sure, better check it out with your local newspapers. Some restaurants open on Christmas too as well as some movie theaters.

If you happen to know and be sure on what stores are open on Christmas Day 2011, please do leave a comment so that we could update this post, thanks!

The Academy Award-winning actress and Grammy Award-winning recording artist has performed in different events, including singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl. Can’t wait to see her performance? If you could watch the live ball drop 2011 on Times Square but not her performance, we’ll post the video here.

Watch out who will be the list of nominees this year in the 25 categories as announced by the hosts. Which among the movies this year and television shows this year made it to the nominees?

The full list of nominations for 2011 will be posted here. Please bookmark this page.

Golden Globe Award Nominees 2011

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Best Actress in a motion picture, musical or comedy
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Anne Hathaway, Love and Other Drugs
Angelina Jolie, The Tourist
Julianne Moore, The Kids Are All Right
Emma Stone, Easy A

Best Actor in a motion picture, musical or comedy
Johnny Depp, Alice in Wonderland
Johnny Depp, The Tourist
Paul Giamatti, Barney’s Version
Jake Gyllenhaal, Love and Other Drugs
Kevin Spacey, Casino Jack

Best Supporting Actor in a motion picture
Christian Bale, The Fighter
Michael Douglas, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Andrew Garfield, The Social Network
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech

Best Supporting Actress in a motion picture
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech
Mila Kunis, Black Swan
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom

Best Director – motion picture
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
David Fincher, Social Network
Tom Hooper, King’s Speech
Christopher Nolan, Inception
David O. Russell, The Fighter

Best motion picture, musical or comedy
Alice in Wonderland
Burlesque
The Kids Are All Right
Red
The Tourist

Best Actress in a motion picture, drama
Halle Berry, Frankie and Alice
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

Best Actor in a motion picture, drama
Jesse Eisenberg, Social Network
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours
Ryan Gosling, Blue Valentine
Mark Wahlberg, The Fighter

Best motion picture, drama
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The King’s Speech
The Social Network

Best foreign language film
Biutiful, Mexico, Spain
The Concert, France
The Edge, Russia
I Am Love, Italy
In a Better World, Denmark

Best animated feature film
Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Tangled
Toy Story 3

Best original score – motion picture
Alexandre Desplot, The King’s Speech
Danny Elfman, Alice in Wonderland
A.R. Rahmin, 127 Hours
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, The Social Network
Hans Zimmer, Inception

Best screenplay – motion picture
Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy, 127 Hours
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg, Kids are All Right
Christopher Nolan, Inception
David Seidler, The Kings Speech
Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network

Best original song – motion picture
Bound to You, Burlesque
Coming Home, Country Strong
I See the Light, Tangled
There’s a Place for Us, Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me, Burlesque

TELEVISION

Best Actor, TV series comedy
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Steve Carell, The Office
Thomas Jane, Hung
Matthew Morrison, Glee
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Best Actress in a TV series, drama
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Piper Perabo, Covert Affairs
Katey Sagal, Sons of Anarchy
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

Best Supporting Actor in a series, mini-series, or TV movie
Scott Caan, Hawaii Five-0
Chris Colfer, Glee
Chris Noth, The Good Wife
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
David Strathern, Temple Grandin

Best Supporting Actress in a series, mini-series or TV movie
Hope Davis, The Special Relationship
Jane Lynch, Glee
Kelly MacDonald, Boardwalk Empire
Julia Stiles, Dexter
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family

Best TV Series, comedy
30 Rock
The Big Bang Theory
The Big C
Glee
Modern Family
Nurse Jackie

Best Actress in a TV series, comedy
Toni Collette, United States of Tara
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Laura Linney, The Bic C
Lea Michele, Glee

Best TV movie or mini-series
Carlos
The Pacific
Pillars of the Earth
Temple Grandin
You Don’t Know Jack

Best Actor, TV series comedy
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Steve Carell, The Office
Thomas Jane, Hung
Matthew Morrison, Glee
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Best Actress in a TV series, drama
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Piper Perabo, Covert Affairs
Katey Sagal, Sons of Anarchy
Kyra Sedgwick, the Closer

Best Supporting Actor in a series, mini-series, or TV movie
Scott Caan, Hawaii Five-0
Chris Colfer, Glee
Chris Noth, The Good Wife
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
David Strathern, Temple Grandin

Best TV Series, comedy
30 Rock
The Big Bang Theory
The Big C
Glee
Modern Family
Nurse Jackie

Best Actor in a mini-series or TV movie
Idris Elba, Luther
Ian McShane, Pillars of the Earth
Al Pacino, You Don’t Know Jack
Dennis Quaid, The Speicla Relationship
Edgar Ramirez, Carlos

Best Actress in a mini-series or TV movie
Hayley Atwell, Pillars of the Earth
Claire Danes, Temple Grandin
Judi Dench, Return to Cranford
Romola Garai – Emma
Jennifer Love Hewitt, The Client List

Best Actor in a TV series, drama
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie – House

Best TV series, drama
Broadwalk Empire
Dexter
The Good Wife
Mad Men
The Walking Dead

Well, let’s wait for some announcements if it will also be declared a holiday. I’ve been hoping it would be though. I just want to have a long vacation and spend more time with my family.

The movie Up in the Air led the nominations having six nods, followed by the musical Nine having five nods.  For television, Glee led the contenders with four nominations, followed by 30 Rock, Damages, Dexter and Big Love with three each.

Who do you think will be the winners?  Will Avatar be the big winner as it happened in the 2010 Critics Choice Movie Awards?  Find out tonight the 2010 Golden Globe Awards Winners and Results here to be highlighted in RED.

Golden Globe Awards 2010 Winners

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BEST DRAMA
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
Precious
Up in the Air

BEST MUSICAL OR COMEDY
(500) Days of Summer
The Hangover
It’s Complicated
Julie & Julia
Nine

BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
James Cameron, Avatar
Clint Eastwood, Invictus
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino, Inglorious Basterds

BEST ACTOR – DRAMA
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Tobey Maguire, Brothers

BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA
Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria
Sandra Biullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabire Sadibe, Precious

BEST ACTOR – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Matt Damon, The Informant
Daniel Day Lewis, Nine
Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes
Joseph Gordon Levitt, (500) Days of Summer
Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man

BEST ACTRESS – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Sandra Bullock, The Proposal
Marion Cotillard, Nine
Meryl Streep, It’s Complicated
Meryl Streep, Julie and Julia

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Matt Damon, Invictus
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Christopher Waltz, Inglorious Basterds
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo-Nique, Precious
Julianne Moore, A Single Man
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Penelope Cruz, Nine

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
District 9
Hurt Locker
It’s Complicated
Up in the Air
Inglourious Basterds

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Baaria (Italy)
Broken Embraces (Spain)
The Maid (Chile)
A Prophet (France)
The White Ribbon (Germany)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Coraline
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
The Princess and the Frog
Up

BEST SONG
“I Will See You,” Avatar
“The Weary Kind,” The Crazy Heart
“Winter,” Brothers
“Cinema Italiano,” Nine
“(I Want To) Come Home,” Everybody’s Fine

BEST SCORE
Up
The Informant!
Avatar
A Single Man
Where the Wild Things Are

CECIL B. DEMILLE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Martin Scorsese

TELEVISION

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
Big Love
Dexter
House
Mad Men
True Blood

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
30 Rock
Entourage
Glee
Modern Family
The Office

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
Glenn Close, Damages
January Jones, Mad Men
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Anna Paquin, True Blood
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
Simon Baker, The Mentalist
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House
Bill Paxton, Big Love

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Toni Collette, United States of Tara
Courteney Cox, Cougar Town
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Lea Michelle, Glee

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Steve Carell, The Office
David Duchovny, Californication
Thomas Jane, Hung
Matthew Morrison, Glee

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Georgia O’Keefe
Grey Gardens
Into the Storm
Little Dorrit
Taking Chance

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Kevin Bacon, Taking Chance
Kenneth Branagh, Wallander: One Step Behind
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Endgame
Brendan Gleeson, Into the Storm
Jeremy Irons, Georgia O’Keefe

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Joan Allen, Georgia O’Keefe
Drew Barrymore, Grey Gardens
Jessica Lange, Grey Gardens
Anna Paquin, The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
Sigourney Weaver, Prayers for Bobby

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Michael Emerson, Lost
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
William Hurt, Damages
John Lithgow, Dexter
Jeremy Piven, Entourage

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Jane Adams, Hung
Rose Byrne, Damages
Jane Lynch, Glee
Janet McTeer, Into the Storm
Chloë Sevigny, Big Love

Tony Awards 2009 Winners List

Best Play:
Dividing the Estate
God of Carnage
Reasons to be pretty
33 Variations

Best Musical:
Billy Elliot, The Musical
Next to Normal
Rock of Ages
Shrek The Musical

Best Book of a Musical:
Billy Elliot, The Musical
Next to Normal
Shrek The Musical

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre:
Billy Elliot, The Musical
Next to Normal
9 to 5: The Musical
Shrek The Musical

Best Revival of a Play:
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
Mary Stuart
The Norman Conquests
Waiting for Godot

Best Revival of a Musical:
Guys and Dolls
Hair
Pal Joey
West Side Story

Best Special Theatrical Event:
Liza’s at The Palace
Slava’s Snowshow
Soul of Shaolin
You’re Welcome America. A Final Night With George W. Bush

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play:
Jeff Daniels – God of Carnage
Raul Esparza – Speed-the-Plow
James Gandolfini – God of Carnage
Geoffrey Rush – Exit the King
Thomas Sadoski – Reasons to Be Pretty

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play:
Hope Davis – God of Carnage
Jane Fonda – 33 Variations
Marcia Gay Harden – God of Carnage
Janet McTeer – Mary Stuart
Harriet Walter – Mary Stuart

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical:
David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, and Kiril Kulish – Billy Elliot, The Musical
Gavin Creel – Hair
Brian d’Arcy James – Shrek The Musical
Constantine Maroulis – Rock of Ages
J. Robert Spencer – Next to Normal

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical:
Stockard Channing – Pal Joey
Sutton Foster – Shrek The Musical
Allison Janney – 9 to 5: The Musical
Alice Ripley – Next to Normal
Josefina Scaglione – West Side Story

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play:
John Glover – Waiting for Godot
Zach Grenier – 33 Variations
Stephen Mangan – The Norman Conquests
Paul Ritter – The Norman Conquests”
Roger Robinson – Joe Turner’s Come and Gone

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play:
Hallie Foote – Dividing the Estate
Jessica Hynes – The Norman Conquests
Marin Ireland – Reasons to be pretty
Angela Lansbury – Blithe Spirit
Amanda Root – The Norman Conquests

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical:
David Bologna – Billy Elliot, The Musical
Gregory Jbara – Billy Elliot, The Musical
Marc Kudisch – 9 to 5: The Musical
Christopher Sieber – Shrek The Musical
Will Swenson – Hair

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical:
Jennifer Damiano – Next to Normal
Haydn Gwynne – Billy Elliot, The Musical
Karen Olivo – West Side Story
Martha Plimpton – Pal Joey
Carole Shelley – Billy Elliot, The Musical

Best Scenic Design of a Play:
Dale Ferguson – Exit the King
Rob Howell – The Norman Conquests
Derek McLane – 33 Variations
Michael Yeargan – Joe Turner’s Come and Gone

Best Scenic Design of a Musical:
Robert Brill – Guys and Dolls
Ian MacNeil – Billy Elliot, The Musical
Scott Pask – Pal Joey
Mark Wendland – Next to Normal

Best Costume Design of a Play:
Dale Ferguson – Exit the King
Jane Greenwood – Waiting for Godot
Martin Pakledinaz – Blithe Spirit
Anthony Ward – Mary Stuart

Best Costume Design of a Musical:
Gregory Gale – Rock of Ages
Nicky Gillibrand – Billy Elliot, The Musical
Tim Hatley – Shrek The Musical
Michael McDonald – Hair

Best Lighting Design of a Play:
David Hersey – Equus
David Lander – 33 Variations
Brian MacDevitt – Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
Hugh Vanstone – Mary Stuart

Best Lighting Design of a Musical:
Kevin Adams – Hair
Kevin Adams – Next to Normal
Howell Binkley – West Side Story
Rick Fisher – Billy Elliot, The Musical

Best Sound Design of a Play:
Paul Arditti – Mary Stuart
Gregory Clarke – Equus
Russell Goldsmith – Exit the King
Scott Lehrer and Leon Rothenberg – Joe Turner’s Come and Gone

Best Sound Design of a Musical:
Acme Sound Partners – Hair
Paul Arditti – Billy Elliot, The Musical
Peter Hylenski – Rock of Ages
Brian Ronan – Next to Normal

Best Direction of a Play:
Phyllida Lloyd – Mary Stuart
Bartlett Sher – Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
Matthew Warchus – God of Carnage
Matthew Warchus – The Norman Conquests

Best Direction of a Musical:
Stephen Daldry – Billy Elliot, The Musical
Michael Greif – Next to Normal
Kristin Hanggi – Rock of Ages
Diane Paulus – Hair

Best Choreography:
Karole Armitage – Hair
Andy Blankenbuehler – 9 to 5: The Musical
Peter Darling – Billy Elliot, The Musical
Randy Skinner – Irving Berlin’s White Christmas

Best Orchestrations:
Larry Blank – Irving Berlin’s White Christmas
Martin Koch – Billy Elliot, The Musical (tied with)
Michael Starobin and Tom Kitt – Next to Normal
Danny Troob and John Clancy – Shrek The Musical