Katie Holmes to Neil Diamond: Celeb playlists for New Year’s
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The GazetteDecember 30, 2016 | updated 10 years ago
KATIE HOLMES: "I think Whip and Nae Nae, because how great to dance to that on New Year's Eve." (The Associated Press)
by Leanne Italie, The Associated PressNEW YORK ÔÇö New Year’s Eve is the party of the year, so what’s on the playlist of Neil Diamond? How about Amy Adams? We asked celebrities for their ideal jams to ring in 2017.For more lists, check out our lists page.Associated Press writers Jon Carucci, Bruce Barton and freelancer Jill Dobson contributed to this report.
KATIE HOLMES: “I think Whip and Nae Nae, because how great to dance to that on New Year’s Eve.” (The Associated Press)OCTAVIA SPENCER: “I love Katy Perry ‘Roar.’ Roarrrrrrr. Oh ah ah ah ah.” (The Associated Press)WILL SMITH: “I want to be moved physically by the music, so Calvin Harris would be up in that kind of tempo, joy, energetic range.” (The Associated Press)JENNIFER ANISTON: “I let Justin Theroux take care of the music. We hear a lot of Steely Dan.” (The Associated Press)LUCAS HEDGES: “James Blake, the new Bon Iver album (’22, A Million’), classic Joni Mitchell and Neil Young, ‘Harvest Moon.’ Yeah, I mix it up.” (The Associated Press)EDWARD NORTON: “If you’re walking around Greenwich Village in the late night — I’m often walking the dog and singing ‘Hamilton’ too loud in my earphones. I’ve seen people going, ‘Is that Edward Norton screaming the lyrics to ‘Hamilton’ across the street?'” (The Associated Press)CARLY RAE JEPSEN: “There’s an artist named Andy Shauf who has a song called ‘The Magician’ that I think you should listen to.” (The Associated Press)DAVID OYELOWO: “Nothing probably in the charts right now. We’ll probably end up singing ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ very loudly throughout my house.” (Wikipedia)GAEL GARCIA BERNAL: “Oh man, I’m so promiscuous with music. In ‘Mozart in the Jungle’ we perform (Olivier) Messiaen, a French composer from early 20th century. I’ve been rediscovering him.” (Wikipedia)CRAIG ROBINSON: “Michael Jackson, Nile Rodgers, Earth, Wind & Fire and Prince. Those are definites.” (Wikipedia)KATE McKINNON: “Well, there’s only one and it’s Beyonce.” (The Associated Press)
