(ARA) – With 2010 right around the corner, many Americans are ready to put 2009 behind them and ring in the New Year.

But before we kick the year to the curb, the celebrity-watchers at Wonderwall.com remind Americans that there are too many memorable Hollywood moments to ignore.

Hookups and breakups
Twilight stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart kept fans guessing about whether or not their onscreen romance equaled real-life love. But grainy tabloid photos revealed that the duo were anything but platonic, warming the hearts of Twi-hard fans.

What were they thinking?!
Tiger Woods was slapped with a measly $164 fine for careless driving when he crashed right outside his Florida mansion. No big deal, right? Wrong! It’s rumored that his wife and alleged mistresses may be costing him a pretty penny – ouch!

Famous farewells
Every year, we read about the loss of beloved entertainers, but 2009 was unusually tough with the passing of either the too young or those of Hollywood legend. Americans were left in disbelief when Michael Jackson, Farah Fawcett, Natasha Richardson, Ed McMahon and Patrick Swayze passed.

Catch up on all the latest celebrity gossip and to take a look back at the top entertainment headlines from 2009, check out wonderwall.msn.com/movies/year-in-review.

(ARA) – The bills are coming in, complete with due dates, minimum amounts due and debt dollars adding up. Sure, you had a great time over the holidays, but now it’s time to figure out how you can prepare yourself to start the new year off right with your finances.

Equifax Debt Wise can help you to overcome one of the biggest challenges to paying off your debt – getting started. The Fast Pay Plan Wizard makes it easy because it automatically imports debts from your Equifax Credit Report so that you can easily select which debts to include in your plan.

This allows you to select the debts that you want to include in your plan. You determine how much money you have available to pay toward your debt each month. The Fast Pay Plan Wizard selects a target account to be paid off first, and you pay the minimum balance – plus any additional amount you are able to over the minimum payment – while continuing to pay the required minimum payments on your remaining balances. Once your target account is paid off, the payments (including the first target account’s minimum balance) are then applied toward the next debt on your list.

(ARA) – For many small businesses who weathered the economic storm in 2009, 2010 represents a new beginning to return to growth and jump start projects put on hold during the recession.

If you are a small-business owner or manager, the Staples stickK to it! Business Challenge is a free, online tool that can assist in developing business goals for the year, and more importantly, gives professionals an easy formula to ensure success. Users can register at www.staples.com/goals and receive encouragement from fellow colleagues to keep commitments on track. The platform even offers incentives toward reaching goals in the form of EasyPoints, redeemable for Staples products.

Some goals that you might consider to get your employees or career moving in the right direction include:

* Eliminate paper clutter and reduce the amount of time it takes you to find important information.

* Set a timeline to update your resume, or start setting up informational interviews through networking.

* Maximize your bottom line with smart tax preparation or better money management.

* Look into whether wireless networking, better lighting or even better furniture can help increase productivity and improve communication among workers and clients.

(ARA) – Having a family meal isn’t easily accomplished these days. Busy schedules, long work hours and even technology make it feel easier to simply grab a meal and go, rather than take the time to sit everyone down together around the table.

But American families really do miss coming together around the table. In fact, 93 percent of Americans acknowledge dinner time as the best way to connect as a family, according to a study conducted by Barilla. Americans who eat with others more frequently are more satisfied with every aspect of their own lives, including their relationships, their physical and mental health and their level of achievement in life.

Families can discover many ways to fill their meals with boisterous conversation, meaningful interactions and flavorful food at www.sharethetable.com. For every family who joins in the movement to create meaningful family dinner time by registering on the Web site, Barilla will donate $1 to Meals on Wheels Association of America, up to $150,000, to support home-delivered and congregate meal programs. Share the Table families can gain access to more than 700 Barilla recipes get tips from family experts, design custom weekly dinner plans and dining placemats and share their own dinnertime stories and pictures with others.

For centuries, people have expressed their words of love and affection through love letters, a meaningful tradition that continues to this day. Though much has changed since the days of Shakespearean sonnets, love letters are still a personal and inexpensive way to show someone special you care this Valentine’s Day. Today, jobs, family and jam-packed schedules mean that not everyone has time to sit down and pen the perfect sonnet – which helps explain the recent trend of love letters going digital.

Today, animals help out in educational and health care settings so often that the wide array of roles they play can be a bit confusing. For example, within the ranks of assistance animals, there are therapy dogs like Sunny and also visiting animals, which visit the sick in hospitals or nursing homes, providing a warm, soft head to pat.

Enjoy life pain free
(ARA) – Millions of people live with pain every day. Whether the pain is the result of exercising, playing sports, picking up children or just living busy lives, it can affect your day-to-day lifestyle and become a burden.
Many individuals are under the impression that certain types of common spinal and orthopedic pain [...]