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[Still from Little Women 1994, Columbia Pictures]

On October 19, people will be evaluating their lives for Evaluate Your Life Day. People will break up with unhealthy partners, take up new exercise routines, and go back to school to pursue their dream jobs. We have compiled a list of some characters who should evaluate their lives, and we have provided a few suggestions to help them get back on track.

[Still from Interview with the Vampire, Warner Bros]

It's that time of year again—the time to watch Interview with the Vampire. It makes us wonder what would happen if vampires were interviewed by journalists for teen magazines. We created our own interviews with our favorite vampires. Just be sure to read them in the sunlight.

Beginning with The Sound of Music LIVE! a few years ago, TV networks have slowly but surely been working to bring stage musicals both classic and modern into our living rooms. The first couple productions were more miss than hit, but TV musicals finally seemed to hit their stride with 2015's Grease: Live and The Wiz Live! Soon, we will be getting a new version of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, followed not long after by Hairspray Live! And after that – we hope — the sky's the limit.

While some musicals might not necessarily work on network TV, either due to the content of the show or the complexity of the staging, below are ten shows that would thrive in this format, along with suggestions for who the networks could tap to star in each one. Are you listening, TV executives?

[Still from Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, 20th Century Fox]]

As you may imagine, we at Quirk Books have been struck by Peculiar Fever since the movie adaptation of Ransom Riggs’s Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children came out. But when I saw the movie, I was focused on more than just the story: I couldn’t get enough of Miss Peregrine’s look. The steely blue hair! The perfect eyeliner! The sculpted curls! I knew I had to try the look myself, especially since Halloween is coming up. After some experimentation on my patient roommate, Priya, may I suggest that an Alma Peregrine Halloween costume is just the ticket?

Read the tutorial below to learn how to achieve Miss Peregrine’s style!

[Photo by Pisit Heng on Unsplash]

Dictionary Day, October 16, is a day to celebrate Noah Webster's birthday—the Father of the American Dictionary. It's a day to learn a new word and increase your vocabulary, a day to say your favorite silly word aloud as many times as you want, and a day to see which words fictional characters probably love saying aloud.