Stevie Wonder's been all over the world in his long and storied career, but this was a first Christmas on the beach, and not just any beach, but the world-famous Copacabana in Rio De Janeiro.
The singer-songwriter gave the crowd and himself a holiday present by performing with Gilberto Gil, an icon of Brazilian Popular Music.
Recording artist Jessica Simpson has made it official.
She is pregnant again.
The singer, actress and fashion designer did not announce a due date.
Simpson gave birth to her first child, daughter Maxwell, on May 1st this year.
She got engaged to NFL tight end Eric Johnson in May of 2010.
Blockbusters like "The Avengers", "The Dark Knight Rises" and the new James Bond adventure "Skyfall" got movie-goers excited this year, and that's made Hollywood happy.
1.36 billion Americans went to see movies this year, that's up nearly 6% from 2011.
Family films like "The Hunger Games" and "the Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part Two" also helped bring people back into movie theatres, despite the appeal of cozy home theater set-ups and the gaggle of personal entertainment gadgets.