David Tutera

When it comes to advice on throwing your New Year's Eve party this week, look no further than party planner David Tutera, who’s planned star-studded events for the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey, and Star Jones, to name a few. He's given me a few tips on ringing in the New Year with your cohorts in style.

• Create a sexy centerpiece. Tutera recommends using "every glass you own — martini glasses, wine glasses and champagne stems martini glasses, wine glasses and champagne stems — and place them down the center of your table filled with water." Then, he says to "add drops of pink food coloring in varying amounts so that there are different shades in each glass," and float votives in each glass for a colorful, sparkling centerpiece.

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What do Chris Daughtry, Debra Messing, Natalie Portman, Stanley Tucci and Marisa Tomei have in common? Well besides being celebrities, they are all part of the new Barilla Celebrity Italian Table cookbook. The five famous faces contributed their favorite pasta dishes, which were then recreated by Mario Batali. They were then given special treatment by party planner David Tutera. The end result is six stunning menus — Batali also put together his own — and party plans for each of them.

The best part about the book is that it's absolutely free. That's right you can preview it online or download your own copy. For each copy downloaded, Barilla will donate $1, up to $100,000, to America's Second Harvest. So what are you waiting for?