golden globe nominees: Elegant Abigail Breslin steals the spotlight as she joins New Year's Eve co-stars at NYC premiere

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Elegant Abigail Breslin steals the spotlight as she joins New Year's Eve co-stars at NYC premiere

By Chris Johnson

Last updated at 8:10 AM on 8th December 2011

At 15 years old she still has youth on her side.

But while Abigail Breslin's older female co-stars may have been on a quest to look 10 years younger on the red carpet tonight for the NYC premiere of New Year's Eve, the child star looked far more mature than her teenage years.

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All grown up: Abigail Breslin attended the New York premiere of New Year's Eve tonight looking elegant and older than her 15 years in a glittering black dress teamed with beige heels

Abigail - who stole the world's heart playing the adorable Little Miss Sunshine back in 2006 - looked elegant in a glittering black dress as she made her arrival to the Ziegfeld Theatre.

It is the second showcase for the all-star movie this week, following the Los Angeles world premiere on Monday where the Breslin dazzled in a white fairy dress.

Indeed her role in the movie - as a frustrated teen who is desperate to go out and celebrate New Year and be treated like an adult - mirrors her real-life transition from girl to woman.

Love interest: The teen actress posed alongside her on-screen love interest Jake T. Austin

Glamorous: The actress pictured, right, on Monday at the Los Angeles premiere of the movie

Cute: Abigail rose to fame in the 2006 film Little Miss Sunshine

In one scene Breslin's character - who shares her first on-screen kiss with co-star and love interest Jake T. Austin - flashes her bra at Sarah Jessica Parker, who plays her mother, xclaiming: 'I want to go to Time Square tonight. I'm 15. This is not a training bra.'

A stern SJP - who attended tonight's screening with husband Matthew Broderick in a full-length print dress - responds by scolding Breslin: 'This is not girls gone wild.'

New Year's Eve, which opens in cinemas on Friday, is the Garry Marshall directed follow up to Valentine's Day.

Its cast includes the likes of Katherine Heigl, Halle Berry, Michelle Pfeiffer, Zac Efron, Lea Michele, Ashton Kutcher and Robert De Niro.

Pfeiffer - who was also at the LA premiere earlier this week - was in attendance tonight and looked her usual fabulous self in black, belted button-up dress.

The 53-year-old brought her husband David E. Kelley - an acclaimed Hollywood TV writer and producer - but also found time to pose with her young co-star Efron.

Lovely ladies: Breslin poses with her co-star Carla Gugino, Jessica Biel, Michelle Pfeiffer and Sarah Jessica Parker, who plays her on-screen mother

Speaking on the Today Show earlier, High School Musical actor Zac revealed he was thrilled to share an on-screen kiss with Pfeiffer.

Appearing alongside the actress, he told host Matt Lauer it was the 'best part of the film'.

When host Lauer quizzed the co-stars, asking them if their near 30 year age gap made it an awkward moment, Efron immediately jumped in.

Affectionate: SJP's husband Matthew Broderick puts a loving arm around his wife

Stylish: The actress donned a full-length print dress while the luminous Michelle Pfeiffer slipped into a sexy buttoned-up black number

Happy couple: She attended with husband David E. Kelley, an acclaimed Hollywood TV writer and producer

'Are you kidding? It's the best part in the movie!' he exclaimed.

The co-stars revealed that the kiss was originally not scripted, and it was them who came up with the idea themselves.

'It turned out to be really fun. It was kind of our idea,' explained Efron. 'We really wanted to spice it up.'

Co-stars: High School Musical star Zac Efron buddied up with Michelle, who he shares a kiss with in the film

Dapper: Co-star Efron and Jon Bon Jovi were suited and booted and teamed their outfits with scarves

Family affair: Bon Jovi brought along his wife Dorothea and their four children, from left, Jesse, Stephanie, Romeo and Jacob

Michelle said at first she was a little nervous about the scene.

'It is always a little bit nerve racking those scenes,' she said. 'I think we we started out thinking it was going to be a little more of a shock than it ends up being.'

The stunning Jessica Biel also leant her support to the NYC event tonight, changing out of her form-fitting white dress from earlier in the day and opting for a shimmering champagne ensemble.

Changing outfits: Jessica Biel wowed in a champagne gown, pictured right earlier in the day in New York in a form-fitting white dress

Hand in hand: Robert De Niro, who stars in the movie, posed for the cameras with second wife Grace Hightower who went for a full black ensemble

It was a family affair for Jon Bon Jovi - who brought along his wife Dorothea Hurley and their brood of four children.

Meanwhile DeNiro's date for the night was wife Grace Hightower, who opted for a full black outfit.

New Year's Eve opens on December 9 in the U.S. and tonight in the UK.