Be careful what you dress up as for Halloween if you decide to go trick-or-treating at the Vatican. The Catholic Church issued a warning through its official newspaper, declaring that Halloween “has an undercurrent of occultism and is absolutely anti-Christian.” It warns parents not to let their kids dress up as ghosts and goblins. It [...]

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Don’t wait until Saturday, start celebrating now:
Monday
Gossip Girl (9 p.m., CW): Rufus and Lily celebrate Halloween.
Castle (10 p.m., ABC): The body of a young man sporting vampire fangs is discovered with a wooden stake through his heart.
Tuesday
It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (8 p.m., ABC)
Scream 2009 (10 p.m., Spike)

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Halloween candy has been at the grocery store for at least a month now, so I figure it’s time to get into the Halloween spirit. Below are the 10 best Halloween sketches from Saturday Night Live (or at least the ones that are available online).

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NOW WE CAN TOTALLY HAVE A SILLY STRING PARTY!

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Bruce Springsteen hopes everyone has a rocking good Halloween. The singer has posted a free download of a new song, “A Night With the Jersey Devil,” with a cool video, on his Web site. Writes Springsteen: “If you grew up in central or south Jersey you grew up with the ‘Jersey Devil.’ Here’s a little [...]

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Tia, the fabulous waitress at Hooters Saugus (Mass.) decided to dress up as a fairy for Halloween. Smart choice. This is a big week for fairies. “Tinker Bell,” Disney’s straight-to-video computer animation movie, hit stores, and it’s been flying off the shelves. The big deal — Tink, who has been silent since her initial appearance [...]

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Most folks in my social circle are fully aware of my inability to watch scary movies. And it’s not that I don’t like them, because I very often think they’re fantastic, but my suspension of disbelief is so powerful that I become an 11 year-old girl when I watch a [...]

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