This + candy = win. Thank you, Halloween. (Photo by Tony Tran | SpyOnVegas.com)

Every Oct. 31, a very special day rolls around on the calendar. You know what we’re talking about. Rob Schneider’s birthday. So while we know you’re going to spend the night at home watching Deuce Bigalow and The Hot Chick, just in case you were looking for something to do for Hallowhatever, there are eight million things going on that might tickle your fancy. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

We think she’s supposed to be the aftermath of the Blues Brothers car chase.

Dan Akroyd was at Blush inside Wynn Las Vegas for Mingle and Mayhem last night. It’s kind of awesome to be Dan Akroyd at a costume party, because he can just tell everyone he went as Joe Friday, and what are they going to say to him. Other than, you know, “Wow, you look just like him!”

By Jason Scavone

At least Holly Madison will love it. (Photo by Bryan Steffy)

Did you come away from your last Cirque show thinking, “That was good, but it needed more dick jokes?” Of course you did. Well your prayers have been answered, because Believe has six of ‘em. Six dick jokes. In a Cirque show. It’s about time.

So, here’s the deal. Criss Angel comes out and does a little audience warmup, and then they play the Mindfreak theme song and a montage of clips from the show on a video screen. The screen rolls up, and there’s Angel levitating in a beam of light in a callback to his Luxor levitation. This is about as Mindfreak-y as it’s going to get.

He launches into a spiel about how he’s going to re-enact the show’s Tesla coil trick on stage and something goes horribly awry. There’s your framing device. Cut to the dream world that’s the bulk of our show, and our first stop along the way involves cannibal rabbits. Well, not technically cannibals, we suppose. More like man-eating rabbits, like the one from Holy Grail. Admittedly, they would’ve made Donnie Darko actually tolerable, but it’s a strange way to lead off here. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

This is much better than pics of Maxwell, right? (Photo by Tony Tran | SpyOnVegas.com)

Maxwell stopped in at Tao inside The Venetian last night for Taolloween 3. (For full-on Tao madness, check the SpyOnVegas galleries here, here, here, here and here.) He started out at Lavo inside The Palazzo with his entire band and entourage for dinner. The R&B singer is currently on tour and plays The Pearl at the Palms tonight. R&B for Halloween: It’s pretty much what Vincent Price would’ve wanted.

Adrien Brody, at Lavo for the second straight night, stopped by Maxwell’s table before stepping outside with the crew to smoke a hookah. He’s thinking about having his Oscar retrofitted with pipes and a water basin. It should be pretty sweet.

Also at the restaurant were Gregory Smith of Everwood and poker pro Antonio Esfandiari.

By Jason Scavone

(Photo by Tony Tran | SpyOnVegas.com)

Their costume … is Oompa-Loompas … dressed in Halloween costumes. That is so meta our head just exploded. You guys win at life. Augusts Gloop never would have gone into the chocolate river if there was a Freddy Krueger Oompa-Loompa around.

By Jason Scavone

Don’t miss out on a chance to rock this hard. (Via myspace.com/eaglesofdeathmetal)

You used to get candy for free on Halloween, but we’ve got something better. OK, that’s a lie. Nothing is better than candy. We do, however, have free stuff. If you want to win Eagles of Death Metal swag to go with their Election Night show at the Beauty Bar (517 Fremont St.), including VIP passes, T-shirts and Eagles of Death Metal CDs, we can totally make that happen. Only, though, if you promise not to egg the FiascoCave.

To win, send us your best re-enactment of the cover of Death By Sexy. We’ll send the top entries to our panel of blue-ribbon judges and hook up the winners with stuff that, for better or worse, will not be coated in delicious, delicious chocolate. Sorry.

By Jason Scavone

That dude makes a great Dai– oh. Oh wait. Nevermind. (Photo by Hew Burney | SpyOnVegas.com)

The VH1 dating show machine just keeps grinding on and on. Real and Chance have their own show. Ray J is getting a show. Now Sobby McFakeboobs herself, Rock of Love 2 runner-up Daisy de la Hoya is doing a second night of casting, going from Rok Vegas Wednesday to the Double Down Saloon tomorrow night.

Wednesday’s tilt at Rok drew members of Trapt, Hinder and Rev Theory along with former Steelers great Jerome Bettis and Big Brother’s Dick Victorious. Don’t expect that kind of celeb turnout at the Double Down. She’ll be there from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. looking for rocker dudes who want to go live in a house with a bunch of meatheads and try to keep her from bawling her eyes out for 10 lousy minutes. Good luck, intrepid soldiers. You’ll need it.

By Jason Scavone

Nurse Joker, sexy Riddler, sexy Joker, Batman and the pilot from Airplane!.(Photo by Al Powers | SpyOnVegas.com)

You should be plenty warmed up by now with the early-week Halloween parties. Now the big guns are starting to come out. Tryst at Wynn Las Vegas kicks out $20,000 in prizes tonight for Hero-Ween, where the Joker-to-other-costume ratio is going to be set a precipitous 1:5. Hopefully, someone will be tasteless enough to go as Prescription Drugs Joker. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

No amount of 50 First Dates can take away Spies Like Us. None. (Photos by Scott Harrison | Retna)

The man who had to spend more time with Rosie O’Donnell in bondage gear than anyone else on the planet, Dan Akroyd, was at Lee’s Discount Liquor (4427 E Sunset Road) today to promote his new vodka, Crystal Head. It’s called Crystal Head becomes the bottle is a crystal … head. Now you can re-enact all your favorite scenes from Indian Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. It should take about five minutes and you’ll need a stiff belt of vodka afterward, so everyone’s a winner.

Also at the store was Congresswoman Shelley Berkley. Wait, there was a liquor promotion in town with a Blues Brother and Mayor Oscar Goodman was nowhere to be found? Wow, he really is dedicated to gin.

By Jason Scavone

Now where is the ghost of Dean Martin going to hang out?

AJ’s Steakhouse, after 10 years of dishing up steak with a side of swank, will shut down on Dec. 13. The ’60s retro restaurant was a frequent spot for Richard Cheese & Lounge Against the Machine to play, and will bring in Peter Radd to tickle the ivories with mid-century classics every Friday and Saturday night from 9 p.m. to close. Plus, they’ll roll the menu back to ’99 prices, which is cool, but for a real retro feel, they should dial it back to 1969 prices. Eight-dollar filet mignon for everyone!

By Jason Scavone