This year's Downtown Dubai New Year’s Eve Gala witnessed a dazzling never-before-seen show of fireworks, LED light and laser beam displays. The show, which was put on by Emaar Properties, has once again positioned Dubai on the global map with the world’s most-watched New Year’s Eve spectacle.

If you're like most of us, you've pushed your body to the limit this holiday season. You spent more time lifting cocktail glasses than weights and there was more debauchery going on than downward dogs. Now that we're into the new year, get a new you going with a trip to one of these San Francisco Bay Area spas.

The average American gains six pounds during the holiday season. We asked Mallory Gaston, co-founder and CEO of Body Mechanix Fitness Cooperative, to give us six tips for how to lose holiday pounds.

Iggy Azalea stood high above the rest (literally — 11 stories above the Strip) by hosting the first-ever live New Year’s Eve concert event at Drai’s Nightclub atop The Cromwell.

Love was in the air at Planet Hollywood Resort on New Year’s Eve when newly engaged actress Sofia Vergara, her fiancé Joe Manganiello, Arnold Schwarzenegger, his girlfriend Heather Milligan, Patrick Schwarzenegger and his new romance Miley Cyrus celebrated together.

Legendary musicians Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga took to the Mophie Stage at The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on Tuesday night for their first ticketed performance together in the United States of their Cheek to Cheek tour.

Khloe Kardashian celebrated the last Tuesday of 2014 with an all out girl's night in Las Vegas with her best friends Malika and Khadija Haqq.

Hair of the dog can be haute, we swear! Soak up the alcohol and indulge in what we think are the best New Year's Day brunches in Los Angeles. The fare (and morning cocktails) at these five eateries are truly awesome, and will definitely lighten the pain of too much NYE celebrating!

Being a champ on New Year's Eve comes with a price. Here's how to get back on track to have a great 2015.

Although the majority of people don't keep their New Year resolutions, that doesn't stop Burr Leonard, fitness expert and founder of The Bar Method and Bar Online, from making them—and it shouldn't deter you either. Below she suggests nine doable new year's resolutions: three for your body, three for your mind and three for your heart.

January 1 is a day where we can forget the past and make a fresh start. Rather than leave it all up to fate, how about eating a delicious meal to increase your chances of good fortune in 2015? Throughout the world, there are many foods that are believed to be lucky and to improve one’s odds for the next 365 days (and many are also foods that are good for you too). San Francisco Bay Area chefs are getting in on the action and offering up some dishes with good fortune foods to start the New Year on a tasty–and lucky–note (hey, it can’t hurt!).

Let's just be clear, there are no bad French Champagnes. But when only the best will do—look to these luxury bottles that are head and shoulders above the rest.