January 8-12 – Even with all their money and fame, Jay-Z and Beyonce Knowles stuck around freezing New York this holiday season, just like us average folks. We checked in with the hip-hopping pair on Christmas day (see below), and on January 8 they seemed in good spirits at Madison Square Garden, even though the Houston Rockets trampled the Knicks, 111-79. Of course, with chauffeured limousines and penthouses, their city existences are not exactly like our subway-riding, slush-trudging ones. Frankly, we love them and all, but we’d have dumped them for a warm beach in a New York minute.

Some celebrities even had to work outside in the arctic cold this week. Pierce Brosnan and Julianne Moore were re-shooting some wedding scenes from their upcoming Laws of Attraction on Saturday, and with a high of 13° Fahrenheit, we’ve never seen a film crew move so quickly. Ironically, to match the scenes shot last summer – we were on the set with them in August when the lights went out – they strew flowers along the frozen street, and the extras had to take their coats off. Between shots, Brosnan kept warm inside a red Humvee and Moore in a limo. Susan Sarandon was shivering not far away in lower Manhattan, shooting Noel.