Holly reveals Halloween secret as Angel Believe countdown reaches Day 8

By Robin Leach (contact)

Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008 | 2:19 p.m.

It’s definite -- and it’s exclusive news on Day 8 of our Criss Angel countdown! Girls Next Door star Holly Madison will be back for his world premiere Believe show next Friday on Halloween! She’ll walk the red carpet at the Luxor with her Playboy co-star Bridget Marquardt as her “date” -- before joining Criss after the show at his celebration party! Holly herself told me the news when I joined her on the outdoor patio at the new LAVO restaurant in the Palazzo after her dinner with Palms hotel tycoon George Maloof -– and before she went off to meet up with Criss after one of his preview performances.

Clutching her “party pug,” she said excitedly: “Criss has invited me for the premiere -– and I’m coming back for that. This weekend I have the last Halloween party up at the mansion -– and then I’m coming right back to Vegas.” She and Bridget will host their own “Trick ‘em and Treat’em” Halloween bash at the Playboy Club at the Palms -- and then stay on for Criss.

Our Luxe Life readers loathe my description of the fond relationship between the blond bombshell Madison and the Mindfreak magician. They hate the word “romance” and dislike the word “dating” and have bombarded our blog postings accordingly. So, for the record, I’ll describe it as a “hot singles fling” -– OK? However, I can tell you from Holly herself that she’s delighted with her newfound single status. She is a really nice, sweet, kind, genuine woman- smart attractive but not flashy! Holly told me: “I’m in a really good place right now emotionally. Criss is a great friend to have and we’re having fun. I had a wonderful run with Hef and he will always be a very special friend for the rest of my life -- even though we’re no longer together. It was good for me to be with friends here in Vegas after we decided to split up.”

Holly flew back from Vegas yesterday (Wednesday) to Burbank after yet another long weekend in Sin City, with two consecutive get-togethers with Criss. Several spywitnesses reported them “kissing, cuddling, hand-holding and making out like high-school sweethearts” at the Cathouse ultra-lounge in the Luxor. “Criss was in a great mood, happy and relaxed -- and even told the only photographer around to get the photo of the two of them,” one of them told me. “He generously told the photographer to make himself a quick $10,000 selling it.”

That photo -- contrary to the fans who posted blog remarks stating it didn’t exist -- has now been posted on an Internet photo agency download link accessed by worldwide publications and Internet showbiz news sites! The evidence of the cozied-up couple as a torrid twosome is there for everyone to see now – but sorry, I just don’t have the big bucks budget to buy the rights!

Luxe Life will return tomorrow with Day 7 of our countdown and we’ve got a private peek inside the daily diary of the miracle magician and his hour-by-hour pressure packed schedule!