New Year's Eve signals the start of a new year, but also the presence of an old face — Dick Clark's.
The TV icon is preparing for his 36th year of Times Square ball-dropping revelry on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2009, and he's not letting anything stop him from going in front of the camera — not even his 2004 stroke.
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The 36th annual edition of Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve will kick off Dec. 31 at 10 pm/ET and again feature the (somewhat) ageless wonder alongside [insert your own adjective] wonder Ryan Seacrest. In addition to musical performances from Los Angeles and Times Square, this year's special adds Good Morning America's Marysol Castro reporting on other New Year's Eve happenings in the Big Apple.
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