TODAY IS

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DIY host and singer Vanilla Ice -- aka Robert Van Winkle -- has a Halloween birthday and turns 48 today.
  • Isn't it about time he went back to just plain old Robert Van Winkle?
  • He'll celebrate with a cake, topped with lots of icing-icing, baby.
  • I don't know which not to believe -- that he's a rapper or that he's 48.

King Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys is 50. By that age, shouldn't they at least be Beastie Men?

Rob Schneider turns 52 today. He started on SNL and then went on... well, let's just say he went on. As a personal favor, we won't mention any of his movies.

Director Peter Jackson turns 55 today.
  • Although directing all three "Lord of the Rings" movies make him feel like 90.
  • He needs to lose some weight. If you haven't seen him lately, he's got an awful lot of "middle earth" going on there.
  • He has a way of making movies that are Hobbit forming.
  • He plans a quiet night at home, just playing Dungeons and Dragons -- the solitaire edition.

Xavier Roberts, the father of "The Cabbage Patch" kids, turns 61 today. We never did know who the mother was... probably, by choice.

Jane Pauley turns 66 today. She used to host the "Today Show." Seems like Yesterday. No, wait, that was a different show.

Country singer and Texas author Kinky Friedman turns 72 today.

Dan Rather turns 85 today. He plans a quiet evening at home with Kenneth. (You'll have to look that one up.) He plans to go "trick or treating" as a newscaster.

All Hallows Eve -- Wonder what your neighbors will be passing out this Halloween? Hershey Foods did a telephone survey to find out everything you ever wondered about the spookiest holiday of the year. Typically, 73% of American households will hand out chocolate, followed by lollipops, hard candy, bubble gum and gummy candy. Plus:
  • 86% will participate in Halloween festivities
  • 81% of parents will take their kids trick-or-treating in their neighborhoods
  • 46% of all homes will carve a pumpkin
  • 44% will decorate their homes
  • 25% of adults will dress up in a costume
  • 21% will visit a haunted attraction
  • 20% will attend a Halloween party
  • 16% will visit a mall for trick-or-treating


Additionally, 75% of Americans will buy candy treats for Halloween, but only 68% will actually give them to the kids.

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