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Britney Spears Halloween costumes from each period of her life are extremely popular for different reasons. Fans who really like Britney Spears or who want a very sexy Halloween costume usually dress like Britney 
Spearks from the beginning of her career. The schoolgirl outfit she wore in the Baby One More Time video is a great Halloween costume when combined with a blond pig tailed wig. As Britney got older and started exploring her sexuality her style got a lot sexier but in a very unfashionable way. Fashion analysts trashed her choices of vinyl catsuits and leather bondage gear but they make great Halloween costumes. The personal and professional breakdown that followed is the inspiration for many Halloween costumes worn by people who aren’t fans of the pop tart.
Britney Spears h it big while she was still very young, which is sometimes blamed as the reason for her eventual breakdown. But she trained from early childhood for show business success. She spent years taking gymnastics and also taking singing and dancing lessons. She tried out for the Mickey Mouse Club when she was eight but the producers thought she was too young. Undaunted she tried out for Star Search, a popular talent competition in the 80s. She won the first round but lost in subsequent rounds. When she was older she tried out for the Mickey Mouse Club show again and made it along with several of her peers who would also go on to be huge pop successes like Christina Aguilera.
Her first pop single was Baby One More Time. It was written and created for a young adult market but women of all ages embraced it and the single went platinum fourteen times, meaning more than fourteen million copies were sold. Almost instantly young Britney Spears became a pop sensation. Parents and legislators were concerned with the over-sexualization of the underage star and there was a lot of controversy about Britney Spears’ music videos, photographs in magazines, and fashion choices.
Britney’s downfall continued through the years. Two failed marriages led to two children who were nearly taken away from her after a photo surfaced in the media of her driving a car with one of the babies in her lap instead of in a car seat. Other questionable parenting practices were given as the reason for a Department of Family Services investigation although the children were left in her care. Mediocre album sales and continued stress in her personal life led her to have some type of a breakdown eventually. The court intervened and appointed her father to manage her estate and look out of her. After a lot of drama and months of recovery she started working on a new album and started trying to stage a comeback. After a few false starts she launched a new album and a new tour. The media criticized her ballooning weight and costume changes, and she continues to battle bad press but it seems as if her fans still support her and she still wants to make music.
The characters from the TV show True Blood are sure to be some of the most popular Halloween costumes this year. True Blood is an HBO TV series that was created and is mostly written by Alan Ball. Alan Ball is most famous for his TV show Six Feet Under which chronicled the life and family relationships of the Fischer family and their family owned mortuary. Six Feet Under was wildly popular with fans and won a lot of critical acclaim for its brilliant writing and sharp cinematography. 
True Blood has shown to have the same grit, wit, humor, insight and edgy darkness that Six Feet Under had. True Blood has developed a loyal cult of followers who are hooked on the show. The unique characters on this Southern Gothic steeped vampire show are ideal for Halloween costumes.
The show is based on a series of books called the The Southern Vampire Mysteries. The show is built around a young telepathic waitress, Sookie Stackhouse, who works in a bar called Merlotte’s in the small town of Bon Temps Louisiana. In the True Blood world vampires and humans live side by side because of the creation of a synthetic blood substitute that the vampires use to survive instead of human blood. Some humans aren’t exactly comfortable with this arrangement but they tolerate it as long as the vampires and other creatures of the night don’t cause a lot of trouble. Sookie’s boss at the bar is Sam Merlotte, a shape shifter. Sam is protective of Sookie and often changes form into that of a big black dog and watches over her. Jason Stackhouse, Sookie’s brother, eventually joins an anti-vampire church and begins flirting with religious zealotry and starts to develop a deep hatred of vampires. Bill Compton is Sookie’s love interest, a vampire who has remarkable compassion for humans. Bill was turned into a vampire during the Civil War Era but has never lost his love and empathy for humans. Originally Sookie is drawn to him because she cannot read his thoughts the way that she can read other people’s thoughts. Eric Northman, another vampire, is interested in Sookie. Eric is the sheriff of one of the five local vampire precincts and is known for his vehement punishment of any crimes against vampires.
Other important human and vampire characters in Bon Temps include Jessica Hamby who is a teenager that was turned into a vampire by Bill Compton at the end of season 1 of the show. Bill was forced to turn Jessica after he killed a vampire who threatened Sookie. Sheriff Bud Dearborne, a human, is prejudiced against vampires and was very good friends with Sookie’s parents so he takes a special interest in her and her brother Jason and is not happy about Sookie’s relationship with Bill Compton. Another human, Tara Thornton, is Sookie’s best friend and an important part of the story.
Like Six Feet Under True Blood has gathered viewers from many different social groups. The quirky, edgy characters and Southern Gothic roots of the stories appeal to old and young alike.
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