New York, December 31 – Talk about an inconvenient location. Where was MTV’s “Iced Out” New Year’s Eve show, featuring Ashanti, Snoop Dogg, Christina Milian and others? At their headquarters building, smack in the middle of Times Square. On New Year’s Eve. Hello.

Anyway, we thought MTV had invited a bunch of short-order cooks, but it turned out that the theme was to wear white. Times Square was awash in Discover Card corporate sponsorship, and their logo was everywhere around the ball-drop. Lindsay Lohan performed outside in Times Square, amidst all the madness, but not until crews had taken down the Discover banner behind the stage. They replaced it after her set. Lindsay was relaxed and laughing and looked to us like she was actually singing.

Earlier in the day, Bill and Hillary Clinton were at a Buddhist temple in Queens, where religious leaders were organizing goods to be shipped to victims of the tsunami disaster in Asia. Hillary did most of the talking, but Bill got all the applause.