Just one week until Halloween and I'm sure most of us haven't gotten together our costumes yet. Well, your resident TV expert is here to help. I have scoured the channels up and down from reality TV to dramas and sitcoms to find the ten best TV-themed Halloween costumes of 2009. Happy haunting.

 

#10 Barney Stinson/Don Draper

Its a tie for No. 10 as it's all about the suit for this spiffy Halloween look. For Barney you'll be the most legendary person at the party and all you need to do is 'suit-up' to play the "How I Met Your Mother" womanizer. For Don just look for a vintage 1960s suit and slick some dark hair back to play the suave "Mad Men" ad man. Some scotch in a glass and a lit cigarette complete the look. Just don't take a puff because unlike the ' 60s, we now know smoking is bad for you!

 

#9  Kim Zolciak

Sure "The Real Housewives Of Atlanta's" Nene is a trip and fun to watch but Kim's signature looks screams Halloween. Just grab a Barbie doll blonde wig, some trashy looking (but designer, of course) duds and a huge fake diamond for your ring finger to show everyone how you are now engaged to Big Poppa. Walk around all night singing "Don't Be Tardy For The Party" and getting into cat fights and you are officially a Real Housewife!

 

 

#8 Adam Lambert

The "American Idol" runner-up's signature look has Halloween written all over it from the jet black dark hair to the guyliner. Throw a streak of blue in the hair, find your best sexy rock and roll duds, add some KISS style boots and you're all set.   

 

  

 

Well, you need only to have been at the Greek Theater in LA on Saturday night to know that vampires are Hollywood's hottest commodity. The Spike TV "Scream 2009" awards brought together bloodsuckers and mortals from every hot vamp property in one venue. Various cast members from CW's "The Vampire Diaries", HBO's "True Blood" and the highly anticipated "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," as well as the upcoming "Vampire Assistant," all came together for one night to celebrate all things horror, sci-fi, fantasy and comic book. Let me tell you it was a bloody good time!

 

This was my first time ever covering the Scream Awards and it was certainly an experience. When I arrived to the Greek Theater it was like Halloween had come early. Fans were lined up waiting to head into their seats dressed in the most elaborate costumes I've seen since Comic Con - everything from sexy vampires to undead pirates and mutilated corpses.

 

The celebrities on the red carpet of course kept it more tame in typical designer duds (while I tried rocking a faux leather, spiked mini). Stars from all the good gory shows, as well as other fan boy favorites were on hand. Julie Benz from "Dexter" was the first to arrive. Both she and her co-star Jennifer Carpenter informed me that the season finale is going to be unbelievable, and according to Jennifer, "will change Dexter forever." The script was missing the last five pages and Jennifer was so curious to see what was going to happen, that she headed down to the set to watch even though she wasn't in the scene. You'll have to wait until December though for it. 

"Hot Dork" - remember that term. I'm going to take credit for coining it to best describe Jake Pavelka, who has officially been chosen as ABC's new "Bachelor." I'm not sure what it is about this guy that rubs me the wrong way. Oh wait. Yes I do. He's got Eddie Haskell syndrome -- a phrase my brothers used to describe my boyfriend the year I graduated college.
 
Remember how on "Leave It To Beaver" every time that troublemaker Eddie would come over to the Cleavers' house, he would totally kiss a** to Ward and June and make it look like he was mister goody two shoes. "Golly gee Mrs. Cleaver, you look quite lovely today and those cookies you are baking sure do smell delicious."
 
I don't know if that was actual dialogue from the show, but that's about how it went. Jake is the goody two shoes without the trouble. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that he was a quiet, shy dorky kid in high school who never got the girl. Then all of sudden, he woke up in his late twenties and turned out to be a pretty good looking dude. Unfortunately, it was too late to morph out of the dorky guy he always was and into a confident, suave player. OK, OK, I know someone is reading this and thinking how mean it sounds. I'd bet my favorite pair of Manolo Blahniks I'm right on the money though... hence why I will forever refer to Jake as a "Hot Dork."  This is not to be confused with a "Hot Nerd," a much better breed of hot guy.

 

Today I learned my lesson in 'Don't sit on a good idea' - courtesy of Donald Trump. You see, about a year ago, a couple of months after I had broken up with my last boyfriend, I was talking to young Billy Bush here about how I wanted to do a dating reality show. I said to him, "Maybe I should enlist the help of Donald Trump?" Trump has had some luck in reality TV finding good employees with "The Apprentice" so maybe he would have some luck finding me a good man. Perhaps I could pitch him a reality show where I use his money and influence to find my future husband? I recall Billy thinking it was a pretty good idea, but after I walked away from him I did nothing. I sat on the idea and went on with my life. Well, this morning (as I sit here still single) I was perusing the reality casting sites and find this casting notice looking for bachelors 21 and over.

 

'THE ULTIMATE MERGER'  
'THE ULTIMATE MERGER' Donald Trump Productions (NBC's The Apprentice) and Juma Entertainment (ABC's The Superstars) are casting a new reality dating show, The Ultimate Merger, in which Donald Trump takes on the role of matchmaker to help a well known bachelorette achieve the "ultimate merger," a successful relationship. Donald Trump, prod. Bachelors will stay at Trump International Hotel and Tower in Las Vegas for the filming.

I love when cute boys come visit me in the Access Hollywood offices - especially when I'm feeling under the weather! This morning "Glee's" Cory Monteith, who plays jock-turned-lead-male-glee-club-singer Finn, cheered me up by swinging by for a chat after he hit Billy Bush's radio show studio.

 

"Glee" is the first of this fall's crop of new shows to get a full season pick-up but they won't go back into production until January as they have already finished shooting the first 13 episodes. So, the cast has some time on their hands, which is how I got so lucky to have a visit from Cory.

 

Rather than chat about a show he's not currently taping I decided to put his skills to the test and see if he has learned anything about his co-stars while filming and promoting the show. Take the quiz along with Cory and then watch the interview to see if you knew the answers. Good luck! 

 

THE CORY MONTEITH "HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR 'GLEE' CO-STARS" QUIZ:

 

1. WHAT HIGH SCHOOL DID CHRIS COLFER ATTEND? 

 

"High School Musical" star Ashley Tisdale pays a visit to a deserving family in this Sunday's episode of ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." The teen (and tween) favorite is the next celebrity to take part in the show's "Get On The Bus" program, for which stars volunteer to take part in the home building process.

 

Ashley traveled to Green County, Missouri to help the Hampton family move out of their 800 square foot cramped cottage, where eight of them had been living together after the parents graciously agreed to take in their four nieces and nephews rather than let them go to foster care.  

 

"When I saw the family and the reaction to the house I just, like, started tearing up," she admitted. "It's like this really great deserving family and then also you see like all these volunteers and their family members and their friends just all getting together helping them. It's just such a great feeling to be part of that."

All over town leading up to Emmy night the stars were hitting up gifting suites to get in on the latest and greatest products from shoes to jewelry, clothes, skin care products and more. I spent Friday and Saturday doing a little lounge hopping and nowhere was more star-studded than the Lipton VitaliTea Gift Lounge produced by On 3 Productions. That's because while other lounges hold their events off site, this lounge was right downstairs, inside of the Nokia Theater -- the one place where all the nominees and presenters were sure to be.

 

I arrived on Saturday to find Jennifer Love Hewitt, looking lovely in a long black sundress, with her boyfriend Jamie Kennedy by her side, just finishing up making the rounds through the lounge. All the weekly magazines had their microphones out trying to get the scoop on their romance. They seem like a cute couple to me and at Comic Con in July Jamie said a proposal is definitely not out of the question for them. He joked Access Hollywood would be the second to know (besides J-Love) when he did pop the question.

 

Now, for every celeb that stopped by the lounge Lipton Green Tea made a donation to the CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates - http://www.nationalcasa.org/). All they had to do was compete in a little challenge - a blind-fold taste test of their green teas and a virtual basketball game. J-Love and Jamie were in the lead with 17 points but they doubled up their points I heard. That's cheating! I apparently scored more points than J-Love did on her own. Take that Jennifer Love Hewitt! In the end it was "Gossip Girl" Blake Lively who won the competition. 

12:35 - And that's a wrap on Emmy's '09

 

12:15 - The stunning Mariska Hargitay arrives and is immediately accosted by Andre Leon Talley for a photo. At the same time Chevy Chase sneaks out of the party.

 

11:51 - Jane Krakowski arrives and chats with Kathy Griffin.

 

11:50 - Twilight hottie Kellan Lutz arrives to the HBO party. He's yummy.

 

11:00 - Nia Vardalos steps on my train. She apologizes and I tell her, "Nia Vardalos you can step on my train any day."

 

10:30 - AnnaLynne McCord hits the dance floor with her look-a-like sisters. She's wearing a very, very short dress where you can almost see her lady parts!

 

10:16 - All at once I spot Anne Heche, Kate Walsh, Gabriel Byrne, Chevy Chase and an entire table of "True Blood" cast members enjoying the festivities.

 

10:00 - Arrive to the party and walk the red carpet only to be outshined when Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick arrive moments later. I wind up sitting and grabbing some food and they are at the table next to me.

 

9:25 - The driver picks me up and cracks me up with hysterical stories about when he drove Barbara Streisand, Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson on various assignments. Juicy stuff that I shall respectively keep to myself.

8:45 - Hair and makeup touchups and then its off to the HBO party!

 

8:06 - Toni Collette comes into the gift lounge clutching her Emmy trophy. Kevin Dillon comes in with his gal at the same time. Vanessa Williams comes in with I think the actor who plays Adrian's dad on "Secret Life Of The American Teenager." Her new beau?

 

8:00 - Mary-Louise Parker from "Weeds" hits the gift lounge. Love her! Their season finale this year was brilliant.

 

7:18 - I spot Chris O'Donnell backstage getting ready to go onstage.

 

7:15 - Back at the theater door where celebs are gathered I see Jim Parsons. I tell him how sad I am he lost and he said, "That's OK we have other years." I tell him it was obviously the hex Alec Baldwin put on him. He agrees!

 

7:00 - I walk back upstairs only to pass Kevin Dillon again. I see Maksim Chmerkovsky in a tuxedo and tell him I like the look he had earlier (no shirt). He says he likes that look better too. I head outside to get some cell service. A fashion expert from that other show tells me I look like a movie star! So sweet. A few minutes later Christina Applegate leaves the theater. Some fans ask for a photo and she obliges.

 

6:45 - Kristen Chenowith comes into the gift lounge. She's not feeling well and complains of a migraine headache. She sits for awhile and then paramedics come to check on her.

 

6:29 - OK, random Emmy moment of the decade. I just walked by Maksim Chmerkovsky's dressing room. He was sitting there shirtless staring at himself in the mirror! I popped in to say hello and stole a carrot from his vegetable plate.

 

6:00 - I arrive at the Lipton VitaliTea Gift Lounge backstage where "Dexter's" Michael Hall and Jennifer Carpenter are shopping. Charlie Sheen comes in with his wife and the four chat together for a few minutes before they shop. His wife Brooke seems to do most of the shopping while Charlie hangs back.

 

5:50 - So the best place to hang out is apparently the stage left door. While waiting for a commercial break so they can head back to their seats I spot Drew Barrymore hanging out with her beau, Justin Long. Long then chats with Olivia Wilde from "House." Sally Field is deep in conversation with Shirley MacLean. "'Mad Men's' Jon Slattery waits for his wife who is in the bathroom. Rob Lowe comes over to shake his hand and says to him "you're killing it!" Jason Segal grabs a drink and when he returns he says hello to Fred Armisen and meets his fiancé, "Mad Men's" Elizabeth Moss. Amy Poehler shares her husband Will Arnett's water. Jon Hamm also shares a water with his girlfriend Jennifer Westfelt. They are so cute together. Despite being together over ten years they still seem so in love and hold hands the whole time as they chat with Will. Kiefer Sutherland arrives just in time for the doors to finally open.

 

5:45 - I head down to the backstage area and Kevin Dillon and Kevin Connelly walk by me followed by Jamie-Lynn Sigler and her boyfriend Jerry Fererra.

 

5:03 - Finally got to my seat inside the show. Last year I was sitting behind the cast of "Saturday Night Live." This year I'm sitting with the seat fillers in the back. I decide to ditch after Jim Parson loses to Alec Baldwin. Noooooo!!!! Must have been the hex Alec put on him worked.

4:48 - My interview with Randy Jackson gets interrupted when he spots our executive producer Rob Silverstein who he proceeds to interview. Gotta head into the show now!  

4:32 - Kim Kardashian says to press, "I'm not doing any interviews tonight." OK well, then why did you come to the Emmy red carpet?

4:30 - Blake Lively looks simply stunning in a red Versace gown. She says she picked it because she thought it was young and modern and loved the color.

4:20 - After I tell John Krasinski he should gain sympathy weight to go along with Pam's pregnancy he says he's glad I'm not writing for the show.

4:15 - Julia Louis-Dreyfus in a stunning Vera Wang dress jokes that she botoxed her whole body so she would not sweat today.

4:00 - Tina Fey and Jane Krakowski did their dress fittings across from each other for today. So they knew what each other was wearing. Tina says she has a knife hidden under her dress in case anyone pulls a Kanye on her.

3:48 - Karina Smirnoff says there will be no fighting on stage with her ex-fiance Maksim Chmerykovsky. They are professionals and will be just fine.  

3:45 - Jamie Lynn Sigler fills me in on her role on "Ugly Betty." She says she sports a mohawk in the show!

Just two days until the Emmy Awards and this year I've decided to throw my hat in the Emmy prediction ring. After all, I am a TV Expert. So, why leave it up to others to decide what the purveyors of TV taste will want to honor? I've chosen the 'probable winner' as well as the 'wanna be' winner - which is my own special combination of who I think should get the award, who is the dark horse or who is more deserving.

 

Best Series, Drama

 

"Big Love"

"Breaking Bad"

"Damages"

"Dexter"

"House"

"Lost"

"Mad Men"

 

Winner:  "Mad Men"

There is pretty much no competition here. "Mad Men" won this last year and will again this year due to the combination of the terrific writing and stellar acting (which captures older voters) and the hip period noir vibe (which catches the younger voters). 

 

Wanna Be:  "Lost"

There is no other show on TV like this one (well, until "Flash Forward" starts next week). As we inch closer to knowing what this show is all about it just keeps getting better and better. Unfortunately, you have to be a faithful week-to-week watcher to "get" this show and many voters are not.

 

Best Series, Comedy

 

"30 Rock"

"Entourage"

"Family Guy"

"Flight Of The Conchords"

"How I Met Your Mother"

"The Office"

"Weeds"

 

Winner:  "30 Rock"

It's the best written and most consistently funny comedy on TV hands down.

 

Wanna Be:  Tie: "How I Met Your Mother," "The Office"

Why it has taken voters four seasons to find out what a gem "HIMYM" is I don't understand. I'd love to see it pull an upset but I just don't see the traditional four-camera comedy taking this category. On the flip side, "The Office" had one of its best seasons with Michael falling in love with Holly Flax (guest star, Amy Ryan)

 

Best Actor, Drama

 

Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad"

Michael C. Hall, "Dexter"

Hugh Laurie, "House"

Gabriel Byrne, "In Treatment"

Jon Hamm, "Mad Men"

Simon Baker, "The Mentalist"

 

Winner:  Jon Hamm

Probably one of the tougher categories to predict - All these men have fantastic material this season but it just seems like Hamm is overdue for a win here especially after the Bryan Cranston shocker last year.

 

Wanna Be:  Simon Baker

Simon's certainly a dark horse here but the telecast is on CBS this year and he was on the number one new show of last season. It could happen.

 

Best Actor, Comedy

 

Jim Parsons, "The Big Bang Theory"

Tony Shaloub, "Monk"

Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock"

Jermaine Clement, "Flight Of The Conchords"

Steve Carell, "The Office"

Charlie Sheen, "Two And A Half Men"

 

Winner: Jim Parsons

Hopefully the good luck charm I gave him last week comes through for him. Although I don't think he needs it. Parsons turn as nerdy scientist Sheldon Cooper is so spot on that the industry could not help but take notice. Going up against Hollywood heavyweights Baldwin, Sheen and Carell could prove tricky but almost everyone is predicting a surprise here for Parsons. 

 

Wanna Be: Alec Baldwin

He's just so good on "30 Rock" but he did win last year and the voters sure do love them some "30 Rock"

 

Best Actress, Drama

Elisabeth Moss, "Mad Men"

Glenn Close, "Damages"

Mariska Hargitay, "Law & Order: SVU"

Holly Hunter, "Saving Grace"

Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer"

Sally Field, "Brothers and Sisters"

 

Winner:  Glenn Close

OK, I'm just gonna say it. This category won't even be... Close. She's just that good.

 

Wanna Be:  Elisabeth Moss

Moss submitted the episode where she tells Pete about the baby, certainly her best work to date on the series. Unfortunately, it won't be enough to knock off Close but there is always next year and so far season three is looking good for Peggy Olson.

 

Best Actress, Comedy

Tina Fey, "30 Rock"

Christina Applegate, "Samantha Who"

Toni Collette, "United States of Tara"

Julia Louis Dreyfus, "The New Adventures Of Old Christine"

Mary-Louise Parker, "Weeds"

Sarah Silverman, "Sarah Silverman Project"

 

Winner:  Tina Fey

Another surefire win for Fey who took the trophy last year as well as one for her Sarah Palin impressions on "Saturday Night Live" at last weekend's Creative Emmy Awards

 

Wanna Be:  Mary-Louise Parker

Always a bridesmaid, never a bride. Oh wait she was a bride this season on "Weeds" but when it comes to being an Emmy bride, Parker just can't seem to make it all the way down the aisle.

 

Best Supporting Actor, Drama

William Shatner, "Boston Legal"

Christian Clemenson, "Boston Legal"

Aaron Paul, "Breaking Bad"

Michael Emerson, "Lost"

Jon Slattery, "Mad Men"

William Hurt, "Damages"

 

Winner:  Aaron Paul

Certainly the toughest category to call but I feel like every year a relatively unknown name bests the biggies and I think Paul's turn as a drug dealing drop-out could be the one. 

 

Wanna Be:  William Shatner

It's his last year to win in this category and voters may feel obliged to let cranky Denny Crane finally have his moment.

 

Best Supporting Actress, Drama

Cherry Jones, "24"

Rose Byrne, "Damages"

Hope Davis, "In Treatment"

Chandra Wilson, "Grey's Anatomy"

Sandra Oh, "Grey's Anatomy"

Dianne Wiest, "In Treatment"

 

Winner:  "Cherry Jones"

Another tough category to call but Cherry Jones as a tough as nails female president on "24" was certainly the stand out this year.

 

Wanna Be:  Chandra Wilson

The "Grey's" cast is going through some tough times behind the scenes and I think voters may choose to steer clear no matter how deserving Wilson might be, or that she is not among that fray.

 

Best Supporting Actor, Comedy

Neil Patrick Harris, "How I Met Your Mother"

Rainn Wilson, "The Office"

Jack MacBrayer, "30 Rock"

Jon Cryer, "Two And A Half Men"

Kevin Dillon, "Entourage"

Tracy Morgan, "30 Rock"

 

Winner:  Neil Patrick Harris

Barney Stinson will win and it will be, wait for it.... Legen-dary!

 

Wanna Be:  Kevin Dillon

I'd love to see Drama cause some well, drama in this category and pull an upset. It would just make Ari Gold so darn mad!

 

Best Supporting Actress, Comedy

Kristen Chenowith, "Pushing Daisies"

Kristen Wiig, "Saturday Night Live"

Amy Poehler, "Saturday Night Live"

Jane Krakowski, "30 Rock"

Vanessa Williams, "Ugly Betty"

Elizabeth Perkins, "Weeds"

 

Winner:  Amy Poehler

An interesting mix of women in this category but Poehler takes the cake when it comes to the funny.

Wanna Be:  Jane Krakowski

No one plays clueless better than Krakowski and the fact that "Parks and Recreation" lacks any buzz could ultimately knock Poehler out.