Cheryl Cole enjoys a gory Halloween party: She told in a recent interview how excited she is to 'have my social life back,' after the birth of daughter Betsy six months ago. And Denise van Outen was certainly in the festive mood as she joined a host of UK celebrities getting into the Halloween spirit. The TV presenter dressed up as a zombie cheerleader in a red and yellow costume with gory blood and bruising on her face and leg to attend a star-studded party in London over the weekend.
The bash, at Maggie's Club in Chelsea, has a strict full costume dress code for the A-list guests, who embraced the opportunity to look less than perfect for once. Alexandra Burke put a sexy twist on a Freddy Krueger costume from Nightmare on Elm Street. The slashed outfit, which costs just £40, included a mini dress version of Freddy's striped jumper, hat and knife-fingered glove. The Halloween spirit from Saturday night's show was felt all around the X Factor corridors, with judge Dannii Minogue dressing baby Ethan up in a pumpkin costume.
Meanwhile Cheryl Cole went straight from the ITV studios to band mate Sarah Harding's fancy dress bash at her Buckinghamshire home. A mysterious purple figure covered head to toe as the Grim Reaper is alleged to be the singer, who celebrated her number one single Promise This with fellow Girls Aloud members Kimberley Walsh and Nicola Roberts, who arrived dressed as Marie Antoinette with boyfriend Charlie Fennell. X Factor Creative Director Brien Friedman and Pussycat Doll Carmit Bachir went together in an old-fashion theme with gothic make-up.
But the hottest ticket in town was undoubtedly Jonathan Ross' annual Halloween bash at his North London home. Ross' Film 2010 replacement Claudia Winkleman in fluffy cat ears, Michael Mcintyre and his wife and singer Jarvis Cocker all attended, as well as a Stephen Fry in a ghoulish mask and comedian John Bishop. Some celebrity guests chose not to get in to the festive spirit, with rapper Dizzee Rascal opting to stay in regular clothing. Xtra Factor host Konnie Huq had an excuse, arriving straight from work in the dress she wore on air. The host, dressed as the devil, was inundated with trick or treaters as hundreds of local children knocked on his door.
Ross was swamped by crowds of young fans every time he opened the door to welcome partygoers. However, Ross and wife Jane Goldman are used to dealing with a crowd every October 31st, and go out of their way to ensure the young crowds are catered for. Speaking recently, Jane explained: 'Halloween is my favourite seasonal holiday, so it's fun to celebrate it and it's fun to dress up - it's the most fun kind of fancy dress.
'The only thing is, because our house is decorated for Halloween, we're always the ones who get the entire community come round for trick-or-treat. 'Because we always get all the kids from the neighbourhood, and now it seems actually most of north London.
'So we tend to focus a lot on trying to make it nice and fun for them because a few people have come from quite far away to trick-or-treat at our house. 'So we try to make it worthwhile for them by making the front of our house look good and scary and making sure we've got plenty of sweets and Krispy Kremes and chocolates for them and hire an entertainer.' And the couple went all out for tonight's event, hiring a candy floss machine as well as a Johnny Depp/Captain Sparrow lookalike entertainer.