New York, Dec 12 : With New Year round the corner, it's that time of the year when D-list celebrities make a few bucks by offering to host New Year''s Eve parties, however, this year round, making moolah in such a fashion would be tough - all thanks to recession.

Hilton and her sister Nicky are reportedly hosting the Bongo Virus New Year''s Eve party in Sydney, Australia, however, its doubtful that they would get 500,000 dollars, the amount paid for Las Vegas venture last year, reports the New York Post.

Charlie Sheen''s ex, Denise Richards, will apparently pocket more than five figures to host New Year''s at Prive in Vegas, now that her reality show "It''s Complicated," is unlikely to be renewed.

New York, Dec 12 : It seems that no one wants to pay for photos of Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz's baby boy Bronx Mowgli.

According to the sources, the couple has approached every single celebrity magazine with the offer to sell the first pics of their newborn, but the efforts seems to have gone in vain.

"Pete and Ashlee have approached every single celebrity magazine with offers to sell their first photos, but nobody wants them," the New York Post quoted a celebrity weekly insider as saying.

"Covers of them tend not to sell well," the insider added.

However, Simpson's rep has denied any such reports.

New York, Dec. 12 : Hillary Rodham Clinton will earn 4,700 dollars less if confirmed as secretary of state than Condoleezza Rice, her predecessor, due to an obscure rule on compensation for public officials.

According to The Telegraph, the US Congress has lowered the salary for America''s most senior diplomatic post to keep Clinton''s nomination within the US Constitution.

New York, Dec 11 : A new survey has discovered that more and more teen girls are sending out scantily dressed pictures of themselves to guys through cyberspace, without fear of them being made public.

According to the survey, more than 20 per cent teenagers have admitted to e-mailing or texting nude, or semi-nude photos and posting them on online.

While most snaps are meant solely for the recipient, research shows that they often get passed around among friends with one-third of teen boys, and one-quarter of teen girls saying they have seen other people''s raunchy shots.

New York, Dec. 11: Desperate for sales of their cars in the wake of the Wall Street meltdown, car dealerships in the Apple City, are offering huge and deep discounts.

According to the New York Daily News, the dealerships have come up with options like "Buy one get one free!", and the deal is reported as being offered across the country.

"We''ve heard about the buy-one-get-one-free ads in Florida, Ohio and Texas," the NYDN quoted Richard Arca, a senior analyst at Edmunds. com, as saying.

"The first thing people think when they come in is ''It''s a fake ad. It''s a normal car dealer ad. It''s a gimmick.'' But it''s not," said Ali Ahmed, a Dodge dealer in Miami who offered a buy-one-get-one-free deal.