What's hot for Halloween (besides Barbie) and in Britney's book? It's news quiz time!

NPR | By Holly J. Morris

Published October 20, 2023 at 5:00 AM EDT

What's so hot right now? Britney, Barbie costumes and Pepper X!

Halloween is approaching all too fast. If you don't have the expendable income to assemble a full complement of inline-skating Barbie gear, here's some advice.

Also unstoppable is next week's release of Britney Spears' long-awaited, already chart-topping memoir. If you know — or can guess — how she felt about the python she wrangled 22(!) years ago, you may be on the way to pulling an 11/11 this week.

NPR is committed to covering the crisis in the Middle East and you can follow our reporting. This week's quiz will look at what else is making news this week.

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Holly J. Morris

Holly J. Morris works on NPR's Training team.

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