Given her fabulously successful career and red-hot romantic life, Julianne Hough has a lot going on these days. The former “Dancing with the Stars” starlet is featured in a new interview with Parade magazine in which she opens up about her charmed existence.

Making for quite the star-studded spectacle, Times Square was the place to be as the New York City locale played host to the annual Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2012 festivities on Saturday night (December 31). In its 40th year, the program was co-hosted by Dick Clark and Ryan Seacrest with Jenny McCarthy also helping out with reporting duties while Stacy “Fergie” Ferguson of the Black Eyed Peas hosted the affiliated Los Angeles celebration. With the scenic backdrop including 22,000 LED lights embedded in Waterford Crystal, attendees and viewers were treated to performances by top acts including Justin Bieber alongside Carlos Santana, as well as Lady Gaga , Nicki Minaj , Pitbull, The Band Perry, Florence + The Machine, Hot Chella Rae, One Republic and LMFAO.

Drawing out quite the illustrious lineup of star power, The Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, California was the place to be on Sunday evening (December 4). As for the big draw, celebrities such as Stacy “Fergie” Ferguson , Josh Duhamel, Christina Hendricks , LeAnn Rimes , Eddie Cibrian and Dianna Agron were on-hand to support The Trevor Project’s Audi of America and ING sponsored Trevor Live fundraising event honoring Lady Gaga and Google Inc.

Every year it’s a sight to behold, and the 45th Annual CMA Awards definitely didn’t disappoint tonight (November 9). With hosts Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley helming the ceremony, the evening was packed full of great music, banter, and plenty of celebrity sightings. Stars like Taylor Swift, Sugarland, Kenny Chesney with Grace Potter, Rascal Flatts with Natasha Bedingfield and the Zac Brown Band all took the stage for fabulous performances while Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert nabbed Male and Female Vocalist of the Year honors, respectively, and Taylor Swift took home the grand prize of Entertainer of the Year

We’re still a couple months away from the big night, and this morning (November the nominations for the 2012 People’s Choice Awards were announced in Beverly Hills. Stars like Joe Jonas , Elisha Cuthbert , Julianne Hough , Jennifer Morrison , Kaley Cuoco , Sharon Osbourne, and Busy Phillips showed up at the Paley Center For Media to unveil this year’s hopefuls. From here, fans will be permitted to vote for their favorite nominees until December 6th, though Favorite New TV Drama and Favorite New TV Comedy will be open for voting until the night of the show

Conjuring up a top-earning spot as it made its way into theaters, “Puss In Boots” out-dueled the competition at the box office over the weekend of October 28-30, 2011. The Salma Hayek /Antonio Banderas voiced cat caper film raked in $9.8 million on Friday while expected to garner a solid $37 million opening weekend total

Bringing an end to this year’s Hollywood Film Festival, Tinseltown’s brightest stars took to The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on Monday night (October 24) for the 15th Annual Hollywood Film Awards Gala. Topping the list of honorees at the Starz sponsored event were Hollywood Actor of the Year winner George Clooney , who showed up alongside new girlfriend Stacy Keibler , as well as Hollywood Actress of the Year selection Michelle Williams , with the “My Week with Marilyn star telling the audience upon acceptance, “All that Marilyn Monroe ever really wanted was to be taken seriously as an actress. She never got the recognition she craved.”

Spooking up a top-earning spot as it made its way into theaters, “Paranormal Activity 3″ wiped out the competition at the box office over the weekend of October 21-23, 2011. The third offering in the horror genre film raked in a powerful $26.2 million on Friday followed by $18.2 million on Saturday while expected to garner a franchise best $55 million opening weekend total. Settling for runner-up position after spending two weeks in the pole position was Hugh Jackman’s “Real Steel” - with the DreamWorks/Disney picture conjuring up $3 million on Friday and another $4.9 million on Saturday to pace towards a weekend take of $10.9 million.

She’s captured the attention of adolescents everywhere, and Victoria Justice says she’s trying to live up to her role model title. While talking with Ryan Seacrest , the “Victorious” star dished about the pressures of keeping a squeaky-clean image, telling the host, “I’m not perfect but I’m gonna try the best that I can.” Turning to her music, Seacrest pressed the starlet about the possibility of a solo album, however, Victoria says it’s still up in the air, telling, “I’m not really sure…I want it to be personal and be proud of the songs that I put out so I’m gonna take my time.” In the meantime, fans can catch Miss Justice singing her version of “Almost Paradise” in the upcoming Julianne Hough flick “Footloose,” along with her role in “Fun Size,” which stars both Johnny Knoxville and Chelsea Handler

Among the many classic remakes to be hitting theaters these days, Paramount Pictures has just released the first full length trailer for “Footloose”. Taking the same plotline as the 1984 original dance-heavy picture, “Footloose” is about “a city boy names Ren MacCormack who moves to the small town of Bomont to discover that the local reverend has banned loud music and public dancing.” With Kenny Wormald taking the lead role of MacCormack, the film also stars Dennis Quaid as Reverend Shaw Moore and Julianne Hough as Moore’s daughter. With director Kenny Ortega dropping out of production, “Footloose” is directed by Craig Brewer with a release date set for October 14, 2011.