Sept. 26, 2026

Taylor Swift Halloween Costume Idea Tops 2026 Picks

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The episode delivers five upbeat Halloween items: Variety’s 2026 costume ideas, including Nikki from “Obsession,” Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl bushes, Athena or Odysseus from “The Odyssey,” Madison Square Garden Knicks celebrity row (highlighting a Taylor Swift Knicks shirt), doctors from “The Pit,” and Dolly Parton. Chicago Cat Tours announces a Halloween neighborhood cat-walk event on Saturday, October 10, featuring costumed cats and a block party, with registration due by Wednesday, September 30, and cats like Professor Meatloaf and Mr. Flufflepants. Dairy Queen introduces a Halloween menu with the Enchanted Oreo Blizzard using purple yam, the Bubble Brew DQ Sparkler drink, and ghost pepper sauce for a chicken strip basket. A Halloween II Michael Myers Chia Pet is released, with licensing explained and the mask’s William Shatner connection noted. Crocs debuts horror clogs: Saw’s Billy and a Michael Myers clog.

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Hello! The scary music's back. You know what that means?

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It's five good news Halloween stories. Yes, the tradition is back.

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Let's take a look at the best Halloween costumes for 2026,

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says Variety, in no particular order. Maybe you'd like to

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go as Nikki from Obsession. What do I have to do, John? Well,

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you'll need some red and black zebra halters, black bottoms

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and plenty of gold jewelry. Plus, you got to put

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some fake blood on your face. I don't know about

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that one. What if you went? as the Super Bowl

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bushes from Bad Bunny's halftime show. Remember there was, like,

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fake grass, and we found out there were humans in it?

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This is an actual costume you can get. That's amazing.

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How about Athena or Odysseus from the Odyssey? I guess

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the Athena costume, you just get yourself a robe of sorts,

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not too hard. The Odysseus part, I don't know, maybe

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you get a great beard. Not really feeling that one,

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telling you that variety. A little easier, and I think

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more fun, go as Madison Square Garden's celebrity row at

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a Knicks game. What you do is you wear a

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Knicks shirt like Taylor Swift did. She's there with one

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of her friends, has one that says Stevie Knicks. Knicks

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spelled like the basketball game. You know, that's kind of fun.

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You could get that and get two other friends to

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wear stuff like that. Some people are going as the

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doctors from the pit. Now, I don't know how I

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would know you're the doctor from the pit, but I

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guess you could go as a doctor. Variety tells us,

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grab some medical scrubs, an ID badge, and a stethoscope.

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Then spend the evening looking exhausted. All right, maybe that

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would work. Some people want you to go as Dolly Parton.

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Some people host podcasts and say, too soon. But get

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big blonde hair, big lashes, rhinestones, and enough fringe. Also

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might want to carry a microphone. Might be a little

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too soon. I think the best idea there is the

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Taylor Swift one. Are you in Chicago? Well, Chicago Cat

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Tours is hosting a special Halloween event today. Saturday, October 10th,

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cat tours are neighborhood walk events where participants stroll along

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a route greeting local cats. This is fun. So for

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this next one, they will feature cats decked out in

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Halloween costumes. Plus, there's a neighborhood block party following the walk.

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Dozens of local cats have already signed up, including Professor

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Meatloaf and Mr. Flufflepants. If you want to be part

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of this, you have to register by Wednesday, September 30th.

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So get on this thing. Dairy Queen is adding a

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Halloween menu because why not? Hey, I'll go. I'm always

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looking for an excuse to get a Blizzard. The new

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Halloween Blizzard combines Dairy Queen's soft serve with Oreo cookie

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pieces and some sort of flavor to make it purple.

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They're using some sort of purple yam that has been

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long time used in Filipino desserts. It has a naturally

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sweet flavor. It apparently tastes a little nutty and a

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little vanilla. It's called the Enchanted Oreo Blizzard. They also

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have the Bubble Brew DQ Sparkler, a drink made with

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blood orange and lemonade flavors, sparkling water, and cold foam.

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DQ says the drink changes when it's stirred, creating more

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bubbles and more foam. Then, and this is a stretch,

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Ghost Pepper Sauce, bringing some spice to the four-piece chicken

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strip basket. I mean, yes, there's a thing called ghost peppers, but,

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you know, ghosts, a bit of a stretch there, Dairy Queen,

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but I'll go. Hey, remember Chia Pets? Things where you

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would grow plants? I don't know how you explain a

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Chia Pet. So it would be like a thing that

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resembled a head, and instead of hair growing out of

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the head, plants would grow out of the head. Remember that? Well,

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there's a new version for Halloween. This is, after all,

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five Good News Halloween stories. This one is a Chia

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Pet based on Halloween's Michael Myers. The Halloween 2. So

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it's not from Halloween. It's from Halloween 2. The Halloween

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2 Michael Myers Chia Pet includes a unique pottery planter.

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That's what I was fumbling for before. A convenient plastic

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drip tray. I'm glad it's convenient. And chia seed packets

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for three plantings. Owners can expect full growth in one

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to two weeks and almost no time at all. Your

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Halloween 2 Michael Myers Chia Pet will achieve maximum growth

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and enjoy a luscious green coat. Each Chia Pet Contains

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a simple six-step care instruction on how to grow your

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own miniature embodiment of evil. That's what's in the copy there.

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I didn't expect the second half of that sentence to

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go that way because I've grown a Chia Pet. It's

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not hard. Just throw the seeds on and water the thing.

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But I didn't know about creating my own miniature embodiment

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of evil. Now, this article points out there are no

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Star Trek Chia Pets. However, fun fact, Michael Myers' mask,

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this is true, is based on William Shatner. So you

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could just pretend it's a Captain Kirk Chia Pet and,

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you know, don't ask any questions. Now, you might be wondering, John,

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why is it a Halloween 2 Chia Pet and not

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just a Halloween Chia Pet? Well, the original John Carpenter

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Halloween from 1978 is a separate license from Halloween 2,

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which was released by Universal Pictures. You will now notice

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as you head forward in your life that most Michael

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Myers merchandise says Halloween 2 on the box and not Halloween.

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And do you like horror? Do you like a good scare?

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Do you like Crocs? Can I interest you in Crocs

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Horror Clogs? That's right. Crocs has released two new classic

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clogs just ahead of Halloween. It's the Saw Billy Clog

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and the Halloween Michael Myers Clog. Now, interesting. Is this

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a Halloween Michael Myers Clog or a Halloween 2 Michael

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Myers Clog? The copy says Halloween. We're told the Michael

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Myers Classic Clog is inspired by the Halloween movie franchise.

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Ask the lawyers. I'm not getting into that. Also, if

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you prefer your Saw movies, you can get the Crocs

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Billy Classic Clog, created with the Jigsaw Killer and his

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haunting puppet Billy in mind. This shoe has a puzzling

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design and includes the memorable reverse bear trap as the

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heel strap. And those are your five good news Halloween stories.

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Have a great day.