Comedian Scott “Carrot Top” Thompson said he plans to dress up as a woman this Halloween. “Any time I get a chance to dress like a chick, I’m on it,” he said.
Monday, Oct. 31, 2011 | 2 a.m.
In a town that indulges in dress and dining, Halloween gives us license to really play with our costumes and endure sugar rushes reminiscent of our days in junior high school. And it’s a holiday that is celebrated by most all of us, including our celebrity neighbors and our neighborly celebrities. Here’s to a safe evening, macabre makeup, a bottle of antacids.
And in Las Vegas, you never know who might be behind the mask shouting, “Trick or treat!”
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/CourtesyMac King - Harrah’s magician
The master comic-magician has long said that he has the best gig in town, performing daily afternoon shows (dark Sundays and Mondays) and having nights free for his family. So, on Halloween, he’s performing his traditional role as daddy and helping his daughter make candy disappear at neighbors’ houses.
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Photo by Mona Shield Payne/Special to the SunDwight Jones, Clark County schools superintendent
Schools boss Dwight Jones will be taking his 8-year-old son trick-or-treating. Back home, they will be giving out full-size candy bars. Jones likes Snicker bars, and his son favors milk chocolate Hershey bars.
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Photo by Tiffany BrownJim Livengood, UNLV Athletic Director
UNLV Athletic Director Jim Livengood and his wife, Linda, will spend the evening at home giving out candy — Linda distributing Almond Joy candy bars and bags of Skittles, Jim disbursing M & M’s and Sour Patch Kids. While Linda hopes all of the candy is gone by evening’s end and the home is free of temptation, Jim is hoping for a quiet evening so he can indulge in leftovers for the rest of the week.
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Photo by Tonya HarveyFrank Marino, impersonator and star of “Divas Las Vegas”
“Actually, I’m going to be in New York, to a big pumpkin festival in Hudson Valley in upstate New York. It’s a big, big thing — I had to get tickets in August. They do a thing where the ride of the headless horseman is re-enacted. But I’m having someone babysit my house here in Vegas and handing out candy. We have a big thing of candy with a lot of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, which is my favorite.”
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/CourtesyCarlos Enriquez, Corporate pastry chef for Block 16 Hospitality
Carlos Enriquez, a top finalist of Bravo’s “Top Chef Just Desserts” is going trick-or-treating with his “munchkins” and hitting Fright Dome at Circus Circus one last time. He joked that back home, trick-or-treaters would get his PBJ macaroons and Cap’n Crunch lollipops. Those are the items he made on “Top Chef Just Desserts,” and they’re on the menu at Holsteins in Cosmopolitan.
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Photo by Sam MorrisDave Rice - UNLV Rebels head basketball coach
It’ll be a full-court press for candy in the neighborhood with his 9-year-old son, Dylan, while 14-year-old Travis plays candy host back home.
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Photo by Christopher DeVargasSteve Ross, Las Vegas city councilman
Councilman Steve Ross will be celebrating Halloween and Nevada Day today with his family — including eight grandchildren under the age of 4. “Our house becomes a giant toy box when the whole family gets together,” Steve said. The adults will pass out candy while the little ones parade around in their costumes. Ross’ favorite candy? He’s been addicted to Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups since he attended Gibson Middle School.
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Photo by Steve MarcusRick Faugno, Las Vegas Hilton Shimmer Cabaret headliner
For Rick Faugno, Halloween will play out more like Valentine’s Day — his wife, Joyce, returns today from her lengthy Broadway stint in “Anything Goes.”
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Photo by Christopher DeVargasCarrot Top - Luxor prop comic
Carrot Top (real name: Scott Thompson) will be attending a private party held by pop artist Michael Godard. Carrot Top’s girlfriend, Amanda Hogan, is dressing as the bandana-, tattoo- and jewelry-decorated painter. Carrot Top is dressing as Godard’s girlfriend, saying, “Any time I get a chance to dress like a chick, I’m on it.”
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/Courtesy of ChippendalesJaymes Vaughan, lead singer/host of Chippendales at the Rio
Jaymes Vaughan said that because he has just released his first radio single, “Vampire,” he’ll perform it today at the Beaux Arts Ball at Studio 54, where proceeds will benefit Golden Rainbow. At his home tonight, the trick-or-treaters will get the proceeds — bags of candy with the admonition, “take as many as you want.” “I’m pretty popular on Halloween,” he said.
Next to the candy will be a stack of Chippendales calendars “so the moms don’t hate me as much for the nasty dentist bills.”
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Robin Leach, Celebrity journalist
After celebrating in the Dominican Republic with a host of Hollywood stars, Leach is returning to Las Vegas in time for the Oct. 31 wrap-up. First up, dinner at Nove Italiano in the Palms with two female magic assistants from Hogwarts, and Robin will be dressed as Professor Dumbledore. He’ll hit every Halloween party at the Palms so that he can write about it Tuesday morning! For trick-or-treat goodies, Leach plans to hand-out traditional grab bags and an assortment of British candy and chocolate. One bag only also will contain an English Christmas pudding made last Dec. 26 that includes silver trinkets.
Wayne Newton, Mr. Las Vegas
Wayne and his wife, Kat, are taking their 9-year-old daughter, Lauren, trick-or-treating. They will all be in costume, but those costumes are a secret. Suffice to say, if you happen to hear a family humming, “Danke Shoen,” they are probably the Newtons.
Jeff Timmons, Entertainer
98 Degrees founder and singer Jeff Timmons is a family guy and is planning on taking his kids around the neighborhood “Ol skool style!” They’re putting the usual suspects in the trick-or-treat bags: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Whoppers, Kit Kats ...“You know the drill!”
The Mayors Goodman, Carolyn and Oscar
Says Oscar of his wife: “The mayor is guarding the fort, selectively handing out her ‘Good Luck Mayor’ gambling chips. The former mayor will be down on Fourth Street as grand marshal of the Halloween parade, and my Halloween costume is that I’m going as the mayor.”
Frank Moreno, Stratosphere headliner
To tie into a song inspired by a drink made by RM Seafood Chef Rick Moonen, titled “Tangerine Honey,” Moreno says he plans to hand out Bit-O-Honey candies and tangerine Jolly Ranchers.
Andrew Ragone, Raoul in “Phantom — the Las Vegas Spectacular” at the Venetian
Ragone celebrated Halloween on Saturday night at Studio 54 with Holly Madison and Josh Strickland at their party. Tonight, he will be performing in Phantom and scaring people with a falling chandelier.
Penny Pibbets, "Absinthe" at Caesars Palace
Penny says she’ll spend tonight “watching a scary movie alone with my dog. Probably “House of 1,000 Corpses” or “Yentl.” And what is she giving out when the doorbell rings? “Insulin.”
Criss Angel, Luxor headliner
Aside from celebrating the third anniversary of “Believe,” Halloween is also Angel’s taped appearance with Rosie O’Donnell’s “The Rosie Show” on OWN. He also promises, “I’ll be doing a little trick-or-treating.”
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