| Search Term | Change | Last WK | #WKS |
| 1 | Poker Televised Tournaments |
| 2 | Paris Hilton Celebrity Heiress BFF |
| 3 | YouTube All Things Video |
| 4 | Golf Hole in one |
| 5 | Sarah Palin On the road to 2012 |
| 6 | Britney Spears Comeback Queen under Circus Big Top |
| 7 | Clay Aiken Finally Comes Out |
| 8 | Pamela Anderson Favorite pin-up girl |
| 9 | Facebook Zillions of Friends |
| 10 | Holly Madison Hef's House Bunny |
| 11 | Kim Kardashian From Reality TV to Dancing Queen |
| 12 | The U.S. Economy Brother can you spare a dime |
| 13 | Presidential Election '08 History is Made |
| 14 | NBA Slam Dunk |
| 15 | Tina Fey I can see Russia from my House |
| 16 | Lindsay Lohan On again off again with Samantha Ronson |
| 17 | Naruto New King of Anime |
| 18 | Angelina Jolie Never a dull moment |
| 19 | Halloween Scary Stuff |
| 20 | Dragonball The movie's coming |
| 21 | WWE Wrestlemania Central |
| 22 | Pokemon Monster Media Franchise |
| 23 | DIY Home Improvement Home Depot & Lowe's |
| 24 | Jessica Alba Beauty |
| 25 | Carmen Electra Fantasy Girl |
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Look out Nerd Herd! Nicole Richie, up 280% this week, is scheduled to guest star on NBC's geek-spy extravaganza "Chuck." Nicole plays a "sarcastic and spiteful girl who tortured Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski) in high school," according to NBC. The two women meet again at their 10-year reunion and the TV girl-fight of the season ensues. "Chuck" executive Josh Schwartz said "Nicole auditioned for the part and was very funny. This role is a great opportunity for her to show off her comedic skills and be diabolically evil and kick some butt." The episode called "Chuck vs. the Cougars" airs October 20 at 8pm ET on NBC. Other TV gals round out this week's shaking ladies list with 80's icon Joan Jett, up 467%, appearing on "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" and Pussycat Dolls star Nicole Scherzinger, up 386%.
TV men also made waves last week as the fall TV season got into full swing, including a bump for actor Jenson Ackles, up a hefty 282%. According to TV Guide online last week, "Supernatural," now in it's 4th season, is the 2nd most popular show after "Dancing with the Stars," and has had the highest ratings gain so far the fall, up 42%. The season 4 premiere of "Supernatural, Lazarus Rising," pulled in 3.96 million viewers - a 33 percent increase over the season 3 premier, and the best numbers the show has ever had on the CW, according to BuddyTV.
With Halloween fast approaching, it's no surprise the term gained 555% on this week's Movers and Shakers. Costume Ideas are quick to follow with a 395% gain.
The top Halloween costume searches were influenced majorly by popular movies including Batman (#1) and Indiana Jones (#2). Don't forget the young ladies costumes such as Hannah Montana (#7) and Sharpay (#8) from the High School Musical series. Funny man Mike Myer's character Love Guru comes in at #9 and the red-faced Hellboy costume finishes the list off at #10. This marks the first year Harry Potter costumes didn't make the top 10.
The top 10 Halloween costume character searches are:
