Celeb inspired Halloween costumes like that loveable train wreck Amy Winehouse and Sarah Palin are always a crowd favorite!

All Sarah needs are frameless glasses, an updo, above the knee skirt with matching jacket and pumps. Say "maverick" a lot. Pile a bunch of hair on top of your head and carry around a whiskey bottle to channel Amy.

Dying for more? Here are even more famously-inspired costume ideas for a star-studded Halloween!

Fashion icon and SNL target Donatella Versace. Required: Extra long blonde wig parted in the middle, ultra tight strapless dress and a tan.

The Olsen Twins. Required: Long blonde wig, massive sunglasses, leggings, clunky shoes, bohemian tops.

One of the most popular guy costume is just as predictable as Palin: Heath Ledger's Joker. Required: Dark suit jacket, sloppy clown makeup and cool-aid green hair {yes, you can really dye your hair with cool-aid}.

If you really want to go all out with the movie hero theme, Iron Man is your best bet. For a comedic twist, a buddy of mine is going as a pooftah version, wearing brightly colored spandex and carrying around a flat iron and a curling iron. Get it? Iron. Man? Hilarity will ensue, trust.

Michael Phelps. For the more daring. Required: Olympic gold bling (any gold medallions on a string will do), blue speedo, short or buzzed dark hair.

Classic character faves are Freddy and Jason, natch. Required: hockey mask and a hatchet or red striped sweater and hand-claw glove thing (available in every Halloween store across the nation).

Kate Gosselin: Slap on a blonde reverse mullet and you're good to go.

Jon Gosselin: Ed Hardy tee shirt over belly padding, big clip-on diamond earrings, hold a prop cigarette in one hand, baby in the other!

Whether you're emulating a celeb or dressing like your favorite character, this is the one time of year it's ok to take candy from strangers!

Wes Ferguson is a lifestyle expert and entertainment writer living out the Young Hollywood dream in beautiful Westside Los Angeles.

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