Rockin’ in the new year What did you do on New Year’s Eve? Celebs were working, or some of them were. Paula Abdul and Doja Cat performed on “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” on ABC. And Mayim Bialik joined a large cast to perform at Fox’s NYE bash, coincidentally promoting her new show (on…
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