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News Articles: Halloween costumes

Phyllida Swift posing with her scar.

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  • Perspective

Should my Halloween costume include a fake scar? This activist says no

For some, scars aren't just Halloween costumes. One activist asks us to think twice before using them.

October 27, 2023
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By:
  • Claire Murashima
A Halloween reveler participates in New York City's 48th annual Greenwich Village Halloween Parade, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021, in New York.

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  • Arts & Life

SAG-AFTRA issues Halloween costume guidance for striking actors

The union says actors should stick to generic characters, like a ghost or zombie, and not those in struck content.

October 20, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
Janelle Monae Halloween '22

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  • Arts & Life

PHOTOS: GPB News shares their favorite Halloween '22 celebrity costumes

GPB News shares some of their favorite Halloween 2022 celebrity costumes.

October 31, 2022
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  • GPB News Staff
Halloween revelers dressed in costumes march in New York City's 48th annual Greenwich Village Halloween Parade, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021, in New York.

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  • National

These are the Halloween costumes you may see a lot, based on people's Google searches

This year, the search engine Google composed a map of its most popular spooky searches. The results, broken down by geography, may be surprising.

October 27, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
A dog dressed in a turkey costume at the 2013 Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade in New York City.

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  • Animals

It's cute, but is it safe to put your dog in a Halloween costume?

Dogs may seem to enjoy it but playing pretend once a year could put your pet under physical and psychological stress, according to some experts.

October 22, 2022
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By:
  • Giulia Heyward
Children wear face masks to protect them during the pandemic while trick-or-treating on Halloween night in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada, on Oct. 31, 2020.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Timely Halloween costumes

NPR's Scott Simon muses on some of the costumes he'd like to see this second pandemic Halloween.

October 30, 2021
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  • Scott Simon
Children's Halloween costumes hang on a wall at Spirit Halloween costume store in Easton, Maryland, in October 2013. The stores offer seasonal Halloween supplies for a limited time during the season.

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  • Business

How Spirit Halloween takes over retail space this time of year

Seasonal retail company Spirit Halloween has reopened stores in towns across the U.S as Halloween approaches. Here's why they seem to be everywhere.

October 05, 2021
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  • Sean Saldana
Halloween is one more thing being upended by the pandemic. Federal guidelines advise against traditional trick or treating, but parents across the country are trying to make the holiday special for their children anyway.

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  • Business

No Trick Or Treat: Americans Get Creative To Celebrate Halloween Safely

The CDC is advising against the door-to-door candy quest during the pandemic. So parents are coming up with alternative ways to bring the spooky season to life. How about sending candy down a chute?

September 24, 2020
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By:
  • Adedayo Akala
Model wears a creation as part of the Gucci women's Fall/Winter 2018-2019 collection

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  • Race

Could Georgia End Up With Its Own Blackface Scandal?

In 1832, playwright and peformer Thomas Dartmouth Rice used theatrical make-up to create a supposedly black character. The character's name was Jim Crow...

February 19, 2019
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By:
  • La'Raven Taylor and
  • Virginia Prescott

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