Julianne Houghis ready for all the new beginnings 2020 brings.
The actress, singer and dancer, 31, co-hosted NBC’sNew Year’s Eveevent alongsideCarson Dalyand performed inNew York City’s Times Square on Tuesday nightto ring in the start of the new decade.
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She also chalked up the surprise weather to fate, saying, “It’s no accident that there wasn’t a drop of rain the entire day until the moment of our performance, and it stopped right as we finished. A sign from the universe that the elements are with us. … I literally felt the old being released and an allowance of spacefor the new year to begin.”
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Hough continued, “To be able to start the new year with this performance after taking a break from music for the past 10 years felt like a dream come true. I feel grateful. I feel alive. I feel open and READY for all that 2020 has in store. Bring it on.”
Aside from Hough serving as co-host for Daly, 46, on Tuesday night,Stephen “tWitch” Bossacted as correspondent, with both breaking it down during a “dances of the decade” segment as the clock ticked toward midnight.
Other artists includingX Ambassadors,Brett Eldredge,NE-YO,Blake Shelton,Gwen Stefaniand The Struts also took the stage for performances, whileKeith Urbancalled in live from theJack Daniel’s Music City Midnight: New Year’s Evein Nashville, Tennessee, with a special performance.
While Hough has been largely off the singing radar since her2008 self-titled albumandholiday EP, releasing her last singlein 2010, she has starred in music-focused movies likeBurlesque,Footloose(2011) and Rock of Ages.
She also played Sandy in 2016’sGrease: Live— and this past November, teamed up with her costar (and fellowDancing with the Starsalum),Jordan Fisher,for a holiday track titled,
“I couldn’t imagine a better stage,” the star told reporters ahead of theAGTfinale. “This is where people’s lives begin, and I feel like I’m justgetting started with my music again.”
source: people.com
