Seacrest's secret wish: kissing Christina Aguilera

Seacrest's secret wish:kissing Christina Aguilera
LOS ANGELES -- Pucker up, Christina Aguilera. Ryan Seacrest hopes to plant a New Year's kiss on you.
Aguilera will be performing on "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 2007," hosted by Clark and Seacrest from Times Square in New York tonight. Other performers on the three-and-a-half hour ABC broadcast include Rascal Flatts and the stars of Broadway's "Jersey Boys."
"Last year I got lucky with Mariah (Carey), so hopefully at that moment she's right there," Seacrest, 32, said of the 26-year-old pop singer, AP Radio News reported Friday.
Clark, 77, missed the show two years ago when he suffered a stroke, but returned to the holiday staple last New Year's Eve. Seacrest took over much of the broadcast for Clark, who has reported on the madness in Times Square for viewers nearly every year since 1972.
Last year's "Rockin' Eve" was Clark's first national TV appearance since his stroke. Seacrest said the former "American Bandstand" host is "obviously still recovering but I think you'll see improvement on the New Year's Eve show."
Today's birthdays
Actor Sir Anthony Hopkins is 69. Actor Tim Considine ("My Three Sons") is 66. Actor Ben Kingsley is 63. Pop singer Burton Cummings (The Guess Who) is 59. Singer Donna Summer is 58. Actor Joe Dallesandro is 58. Rock musician Tom Hamilton (Aerosmith) is 55. Actress Bebe Neuwirth is 48. Actor Val Kilmer is 47. Singer Paul Westerberg is 47. Rock musician Ric Ivanisevich (Oleander) is 44. Rock musician Scott Ian (Anthrax) is 43. Actress Gong Li is 41.