No holiday screams pop culture controversy quite like Halloween

No holiday screams pop culture controversy quite like Halloween.

So what’s the costume flap of the year? It might just be Ebola, as in Ebola zombies, bloody Ebola patients and faux protective gear.

Twitter and other social media were abuzz leading into the holiday with talk of hazmat suits and respirators. Too soon? How about just no, said Philadelphia physician’s assistant Maria McKenna.

One of her own, a Dallas nurse who at 26 is exactly her age, was diagnosed with the virus in the United States after she had helped care for a Liberian man who died at her hospital. Another nurse from Dallas has tested positive for the disease.

The idea of riffing on the crisis for Halloween “definitely rubs me the wrong way,” said McKenna, who works with post-surgical patients at a hospital.

“Normally I think that irony and humor is funny, but this thing with the costumes, is it really that funny? I mean, Ebola’s not even under control yet,” she said Monday by telephone.

Like it or not, some costume sellers have leftover yellow jumpsuits, rubber gloves and masks from the “Breaking Bad” craze last Halloween. Some sellers predict Halloweeners will repurpose those for takes on Ebola or make their own getups.

Halloween, falling on a Friday, is sure to be a big season for many costume sellers, including Ricky’s NYC.

Some revelers are notoriously last-minute on costumes, so it was a bit too early to tell whether all the talk about dressing up as Ebola something or other will actually take off. Talk, after all, especially on social media, is cheap.
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Is Hollywood doing a modern remake of Little Red Riding Hood

Is Hollywood doing a modern remake of Little Red Riding Hood? If so, Lucy Hale and Selena Gomez have both found the look.

The young actresses stepped out in identical Dior dresses with plunging necklines, tight waistlines and pulled-back hairstyles. They chose to keep their accessories to a minimum, both opting for a simple clutch and shoes.

Remarkably, their looks were relatively identical, although one of them did her Dior slightly better. Can you guess who?
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As cute as those metallic Brian Atwood sandals are on the Pretty Little Liars star, they distract us from the dress, and that black hemline just makes it look like her slip is showing from underneath.

The Wizards of Waverly actress, who is three years younger than her fellow Disney diva, appears more sophisticated with her black cap-toe Manolo Blahniks and a simple clutch. The fit of the dress hugs her curves in all the right places and flatters her cleavage, giving her the upper hand.

When it comes down to it, who do you think wore her LRD better?