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The Best Cities in the Country for Your Exercise Goals, Ranked

How are those New Year’s fitness resolutions looking? Are you eight from eight and looking great for 2020? Or have your sweatpants already been consigned to the bottom of the washing basket, never to be seen again?

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Because it turns out a lot of your success at sticking to your fitspo goals may not actually be down to you. Instead, it could be all about where you live. A new study has identified the best and worst cities in the United States in which to maintain an active lifestyle. And the gap between the haves and have-nots is pretty stark.

The Winners

The research comes via personal finance website Wallethub, which compared the 100 biggest cities in the U.S. based on 38 key indicators of an active lifestyle. The data set ranges from average monthly gym fees and bike scores to a city’s share of physically inactive adults. It even looks at who has the most basketball hoops per capita. In short, it’s pretty comprehensive.

Source: WalletHub

So, where to live for daily fitspo? Well, it maybe depends on two key considerations around which the study was based — ‘Sports & Outdoors’ and ‘Budget & Participation’ — but in short, everyone should pack up their belongings and move to Hawaii. Honolulu was rated as the best overall city for an active lifestyle, topping the ‘Sports & Outdoors’ rating and coming in 52nd on a ‘Budget & Participation’ rank.

That meant Honolulu was top of the three cities in the country for exercise facilities such as swimming pools, soccer fields, basketball hoops and tennis courts (it actually has the most tennis courts per capita in the U.S.). And it rated in the middle of the pack in terms of the cost of exercise and participation rates across its population.

Chicago was listed as the second best city in the country to get your sweat on, coming in second in the ‘Sports & Outdoors’ metric and 53rd for ‘Budget & Participation’. From there, you start to see a trend of bigger and wealthier cities dominating the rankings. San Francisco, Seattle, San Diego, NYC, Denver, and DC all made the top 10 – even if where they sat on ‘Sports & Outdoors’ and ‘Budget & Participation’ varied a little.

The research weighed facilities as more important than budget and participation concerns, so the cities that rated highly on ‘Sports & Outdoors’ tended to come out on top overall.

San Francisco, for example, had the most fitness centers per capita, while NYC boasted the most playgrounds, making them great cities to live in if you want to be active. As long as you can pay the rent. And the gym fees.

The Biggest Losers

So which locales didn’t rate so highly?

Taking out the last place was North Las Vegas, the city ranking lowest of all for budget and participation, and sixth lowest for facilities. Other cities that didn’t stack up to Wallethub’s research were Irving, Arlington and Laredo in Texas, and Bakersfield and San Bernardino in California.

But what about a city that rated highly in both exercise facilities and participation? The only town to make the top 10 in both metrics AND be in the top 10 overall was Portland, OR (surprise, surprise), but Minneapolis and Denver weren’t too far behind, coming in at eighth and ninth overall, with the former being stronger in terms of exercise facilities and Denver coming in at number three for its participation stats.

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This Company Wants to Pay You $1K to Go on a Star Wars Binge

Let’s be honest, you’re probably going to watch hours upon hours of “Star Wars” this December anyway. So you might as well get paid for it.

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That’s the deal from CableTV.com, the cable and streaming review site, which wants to give one Twitter user $1,000 just for watching all 10 “Star Wars” films back-to-back. The only catch? You need to provide a running commentary of the films on social media. But is that even a catch these days?

Yes, You Have to Watch 'The Phantom Menace'

To some, this will be pennies from heaven. For others, their “Phantom Menace” PTSD might already be kicking back in.

Either way, it’s a straightforward proposition: you watch the original three films – “Star Wars,” “The Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi,” the prequels (“The Phantom Menace,” “The Attack of the Clones” and “Revenge of the Sith”), and two of the three sequels (“The Force Awakens,” “The Last Jedi”), along with the two “Star Wars”-universe entries – “Solo” and “Rogue One” – and you get to knock them off in any order you like. 

For those counting along at home, that’s 22 hours and 25 minutes of “Star Wars.” And for those who don’t have a calculator – or, a job – you’re getting paid around $45 an hour to do not much more than watch Luke, Leia, Han, Obi-Wan and the gang lark about in a galaxy far, far away. You’ll also get to keep all the films on Blu-ray and receive some “Star Wars” swag, including a Chewbacca onesie, a Han Solo Nerf blaster and an R2-D2 popcorn machine.

To Enter

It's pretty simple, really – just head to Cable TV and write 200 words on why you’re the Jedi for the job. You need to be 18 years or older and a U.S. citizen, and you need to have an active Twitter account. The deadline is 7 p.m. eastern time, Wednesday, December 11, so start drafting.

And yes, your marathon will wrap up before you have to push off and see the new film, “The Rise of the Skywalker,” when it’s released on December 20.

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Boston Celtics Jayson Tatum Saves All of His Multi-Million NBA Salary

What would you do if you earned $7.83 million every year? Because for basketball star Jayson Tatum the answer was always going to be simple: you save every single penny.

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After a single season with Duke University, Tatum declared for the 2017 NBA draft and was signed by the Boston Celtics to a lucrative $30.1 million contract, to be distributed over four years… straight into his savings account, CNBC reports.

Instead, for living expenses he survives off endorsement deals with Gatorade, Imo’s Pizza and Honey Dew Donuts. 

Here’s why.

TOMORROW IS NOT PROMISED

We can’t all be young and athletic NBA superstars, of course, stashing away millions of dollars every few months. But Tatum’s reasoning is universal: he’s using his youth to save for his future, in case that future ever goes pear-shaped.

“When I picked my agent, I told him I want to do as much off-the-court stuff as I can,” Tatum told the Boston Globe. “Right now I’m young, so I try to do everything as much as possible … Tomorrow is not promised. You’re not promised the next contract. You want to save all the money you can.”

And Tatum’s not alone. Warren Buffett, Ed Sheeran and Dave Grohl are all known for either saving or living relatively frugally. 

FROM FRUGAL BEGINNINGS

Tatum knows how not to spend, having grown up in a household that lived paycheck to paycheck while his mother put herself through law school. Now his mom acts as his financial and business advisor.

“She started talking to me about the importance of balancing all of this money,” Tatum said during an episode of Uninterrupted’s Kneading Dough.

Still, there are occasional spends, he told the show’s host, Maverick Carter, such as an Escalade for his mom and lots and lots of clothes for him. The man’s human, after all.

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Matthew McConaughey Has Helped Design an Australian Eco-Friendly Tiny Cabin

When Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey isn’t teaching film at the University of Texas or owning soccer teams or just generally being alright-alright-alright at making movies, it turns out he’s designing eco-cabins in Australia.

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On November 20, McConaughey launched The Reserve, a Wild Turkey-sponsored collaboration between the actor and Australian twin brothers Chris and Cam Grant of the Australian tiny-home start-up, Unyoked.

The launch took place outside the Sydney Opera House, but come December this solar-powered tiny tot of a cabin will be on the New South Wales central coast, north of Sydney, and available to rent for as little as $150.

That’s a pretty sweet price, particularly when you take into account some of the nifty features.

NO WI-FI, NO WORRIES

You read that correctly — you’ll have to tether your internet in this humble abode (not that you’ll necessarily be able to get any bars on the New South Wales central coast, to be honest).

But the point of The Reserve is to disconnect, and perhaps drink a lot of bourbon while you’re at it. To that end, McConaughey has added a minibar, no doubt stocked with Wild Turkey (for whom he’s a creative director). The 50-year-old film star has also supplied a range of vintage books and a stack of cassette tapes that can be played on the cabin’s vintage radio system.

Indeed, McConaughey was involved in the whole process, from the conception right through to construction.

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“We're all on the same wavelength,” Chris Grant said in a media release on the project. “McConaughey was like one of the team during the whole design and build of The Reserve. He brought super creative energy and helped develop the philosophy behind the concept, while still helping people get unyoked, they'll be doing it in a distinctly McConaughey and Wild Turkey way.”

“I’ve always been in awe of Australia's natural beauty,” McConaughey added. “My hope now is that The Reserve will inspire Australians to reconnect with nature as an antidote to the frenetic pace of life.”

WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT

The Grant brothers’ Unyoked start-up has been a hit in Australia. The tiny cabins it rents on the web sit in the country on private land and are designed to help their occupants disconnect from the hustle and bustle of modern life.

The Reserve was released as part of Wild Turkey’s ‘With Thanks’ initiative, that aims to get more people to reconnect with the natural wilderness while helping protect the environment.

The Grants met McConaughey during the filming of “Talk Turkey,” Wild Turkey's global online series that looked at individuals who “have an uncompromising conviction to do what they do.” The Grants were among just a handful of people selected to appear.

A percentage of the proceeds of The Reserve — along with $1 from every bottle of McConaughey's own Wild Turkey Longbranch brand sold in November and December — will be donated to Unyoked’s charity partner, the Australian-based Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife.

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Purpose Beats Passion When It Comes to Finding Success, Science Says

Do something you love and you won’t work a day in your life. It’s a great adage, wheeled out by every well-meaning grandparent and school counselor, but Harvard Business School professor Jon Jachimowicz is here to tell you it’s total BS.

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Instead of passion and focusing on what you think is fun, Jachimowicz writes in a Harvard Review blog post, you should be focusing on what you care about.

Confused? Here’s what he means.

PASSION VERSUS PURPOSE

Forget passion and focus on purpose is how Inc neatly sums up Jachimowicz’s advice, which taps into numerous studies that have looked at the pursuit of passion.

What that means is: Don’t focus on what you find fun but what you care about. “The distinction is subtle but meaningful,” Jachimowicz writes. “Focusing on what you love associates passion with what you enjoy and what makes you happy, whereas focusing on what you care about aligns passion with your values and the impact you want to have.”

In a study looking at several hundred employees, Jachimowicz and his fellow researchers found that those who believed pursuing passion meant finding a job that brings them joy were more likely to fail in their pursuit and quit nine months down the line than those who believed passion was about focusing on what one cares about.

In another set of studies, Jachimowicz found that passion alone is only weakly related to employees’ performance at work. Instead, it was the combination of passion and perseverance and the particular employee’s capacity to stick to their goals in the face of adversity that led to better performance.

A related finding by Jachimowicz is the misconception that you either have passion for something or you don’t — that it’s a fixed emotion. Passion, it turns out, is something you develop.

“As a result, we may try many different jobs looking for the right ‘fit,’ the role that instantly flips the passion switch,” Jachimowicz writes, “and we may not take into account the fact that it often takes time to develop one’s passion for a job, along with the skills, confidence and relationships that allow one to experience passion for work.”

He points to research that shows believing passion is fixed can make people less likely to explore potential new sources of passion. The same people will also give up on new pursuits more quickly if they seem difficult.

THE OTHER PASSION PROBLEMS

There are other pesky issues with passion, Jachimowicz writes.

First of all, even when applied correctly at work, there are limits on how helpful it is. Passion will only be beneficial if others agree with your passion and if it is expressed in an appropriate context. Passion can also make you overconfident, and leave you open to being exploited by others who extract extra work from you via your goodwill for the job.

In short, you need to think less about what brings you joy when it comes to work and more about what will you give you purpose, and maybe take the long road to your passion.

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Disney Plus Has Rare Deleted Scenes From Star Wars and Marvel

The recent launch of Disney Plus came with good news (10 million subscribers in one day. Yes!), and some bad news (“The Mandalorian” is just… OK). But 48 hours in and we’re starting to get a deeper understanding of the kinds of more specialized content the streaming service is offering.

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Take the Star Wars and Marvel film franchises, for example — both already have a clutch of cool little curios for you to explore.

NEW NEW HOPE

Some of the most fascinating content is a collection of deleted scenes and rough cuts from the original Star Wars trilogy. 

In “A New Hope” there’s Luke at Tosche Station, where you might remember he wanted to go to pick up some power converters; and a meeting with Biggs Darklighter, an X-wing ace who takes part in the iconic Death Star raid — here, he’s preparing to defect from the Empire.

There’s also a rough cut of the Cantina scene that features the infamous “Han shot first” moment.

“The Empire Strikes Back” features a romantic scene between Leia and Luke (before we knew they were brother and sister), and “Return of the Jedi” has Death Star Commander Jerjerrod questioning Emperor Palpatine’s order to destroy the Endor moon (while there are still Imperial troops on the ground) and Luke building his new lightsaber.

ENDGAME’S MANY ENDGAMES

But Star Wars isn’t the only franchise to get some extra content. Remember the theatrical re-release of “Avengers: Endgame” that included a bunch of extra scenes? Well it turns out Marvel isn’t done just yet.

The Disney Plus release of “Endgame” features an emotional scene between Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark and an adult version of his daughter, Morgan (played by Katherine Langford from “13 Reasons Why”), in which Tony questions his decision to put on the Infinity Gauntlet.

In the context of the film, the scene would have taken place just after he snaps his fingers while wearing the Gauntlet, with Stark transported to what’s known as the Way Station, a realm where he must “confront or reconcile something that's unresolved in yourself, in your soul,” Anthony Russo says in the accompanying director’s commentary.

“I’m scared I made a mistake,” Stark tells Morgan, who has previously only been seen has a child.

“I know,” she responds. “And I know it's going to be tough for you to let go, but if someone had to do that so the rest of us could [live]... I'm proud of you. I’m strong, like mom. And I'm happy. I'm happy that we had the time that we did and that you were there for me — until you couldn't be.”

It’s pretty intense stuff, and you might wonder why it was left out of the final cut. But as the Russo brothers explain, it both had the potential to hurt the film’s momentum and confuse viewers (who were only familiar with a young Morgan).

Also, it felt like “Endgame” was starting to have too many endings, particularly when Tony delivers his own eulogy in a following scene. “When you have too many sequences in a row, you can dilute the value of each one of them,” Joe Russo says.

If you’re interested in checking out these scenes for yourself, Disney+ has a 7-day free trial offer.

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Men Are More Fond of Their Exes Than Women, Says Study

Breakfast with the ex. It’s a post-break-up tradition.

And why not? You guys spent a big chunk of your lives together. You were friends first, lovers second. You have a lot in common. And all those other things you tell yourself. Why not catch up every now and then?

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But here’s the thing. Your glowing memories of her might be shaded by the difficult times, but new research suggests she’s even less into giving you a glowing reference. The study, published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science found that, contrary to popular perception, men tend to view their ex-partners more fondly than women view theirs.

So maybe cancel breakfast. And then we can let you know what’s going on.

A CONFUSING RESULT FOR EVERYONE

Surprised by this result? Because a survey attached to the study showed that most of its participants were too. Only 24 percent expected men to look on their exes more favorably than women do. The researchers themselves anticipated there would be no difference between genders.

To arrive at this result, researchers enlisted 295 people who had been in a heterosexual relationship for at least four months and had broken up with their partner within the last five years. Participants then noted on an 18-item Ex-Partner Attitudes Scale how much they agreed with statements such as “My ex-partner has many positive traits,” “I avoid touching my ex-partner” and “When I think about my ex-partner, I get angry.”

And the researchers found that men tended to have more positive attitudes towards ex-partners than women did.

HERE WHAT’S PROBABLY GOING ON

An additional survey of 612 people reproduced the result and looked to gain additional insights by asking questions about relationships, coping style, attitudes towards love and sex, and reasons for breaking up.

Answers suggested men received more emotional support during their previous relationship than women. They were also more into experimenting with other sexual partners. Which led the researchers to think that men perhaps look more fondly on there exes because a) they don’t want to walk away from the emotional support they received during a relationship and b) they’re hoping breakfast with the ex might lead to sex with the ex.

“Let’s say that men might be open for more sexual intimacy, more than women might be,” lead author Ursula Athenstaedt, a social psychology professor at the University of Graz in Austria, told Today. “But it could also be that they are simply missing the person who had supported them well during the relationship, and thus appreciate the friendship.”

WHAT ABOUT WOMEN?

As for your former better half, the study found that she’s likely less fond of you but better at dealing with a break-up, and better at developing coping strategies such as seeking support from friends. Very sensible. Men’s coping strategies? Excessive work, excessive booze and excessive rebounding. 

Also, while men have absolutely no idea why the relationship broke up, women “might have found good reason to break up the relationship and, thus, blame the breakup on their ex-partner,” Athenstaedt told Today. Oh man.

And finally, pining for your ex will likely affect your next relationship, meaning your next entanglement will be colored by your inability to get over the last one. 

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Movember Study Indicates Mens Troubled Ongoing Relationship With Masculinity

We know by now how important it is for men to approach their mental health in honest and productive ways.

But new research, commissioned by Movember, suggests that too many men are still wrestling in relative silence with issues such as masculinity, anxiety and depression. 

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In perhaps the most alarming revelation, a third of men still feel pressure to be masculine or manly, while approximately half see masculinity as advantageous in landing a partner, dealing with day-to-day life and getting or keeping a job.

And while men definitely do see the benefits of talking about their issues, far fewer end up actually opening up about what’s bothering them.

WE NEED TO TALK

Movember’s ‘Perceptions of Masculinity & the Challenges of Opening Up’ report was built on research conducted by Ipsos Mori. The market research company conducted online surveys with men aged 18 to 75 in the United States, Canada, Australia and the U.K., with 1,000 subjects involved from each country.

Compiling the stats led to some eye-opening results. It seems that men as a whole still have some way to go before they’re on top of their mental health, particularly when it comes to dealing with issues of masculinity. 

Movember summarised the results as follows:

Three quarters of men across all countries describe themselves as masculine with nearly half describing masculinity in terms of being strong.

Approximately half of men identify masculinity as important in helping them get a partner, deal with day-to-day life and landing or keeping a job.

A third of men feel pressure to be masculine or manly and more than a third have avoided talking about their issues in order to avoid appearing unmanly.

Perhaps most worryingly, more than half of men think they’re expected to be emotionally strong and not show weakness.

Importantly, these figures affect not only how men feel but how they act, with one in ten saying they always or frequently change their behaviour to appear more masculine, and over a quarter doing so occasionally.

“To be manly/masculine is to be physically strong, mentally tough, resourceful,” wrote one participant from the United States.

A U.K. participant added that: “To be manly/masculine is to always try to act tough even when you feel like you just want to break down and cry.”

It’s not all bad news, though, with more than three quarters of men thinking that talking is an effective way to deal with problems and that discussing them can have positive impacts on mental health. And the perceived need for manliness — or at least a bracing version of masculinity — seems to wear away as men age.

“Young men have huge pressures and often feel the need to look strong in order to avoid unwanted attention/violence,” an older participant in the U.K. wrote. “It gets easier from this perspective as one ages.”

Movember members, too, relate to these struggles. When asked how the idea of being manly has changed over the past decade, Mo Bro Matt Skinner had this to say:

“I always believed being “Manly” was only about physical strength. Since asking for help was considered a form of weakness, for me, being “manly” was a term of division instead of cooperation. Although we still have a long way to go, I believe being “manly” is now about lifting up those around us, the importance of communication and learning that the power of men working together is better than any individual’s old “manly” strength.” 

WHY IT MATTERS

These are important topics because suicide remains a stubbornly common cause of death in countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom.

One of the best ways to deal with mental health issues is to simply talk about them. And that, clearly, is what men need to start doing more of.

When asked what advice he would give to men who are feeling pressured to appear more masculine, Mo Bro Jovis DePognon had this to say: “Before man, you're first a human. And there's no confusion in that. So when you start to feel that pressure, just focus on the things that would make you a good human being and then build on that. On top of that list should be to treat others the way you want to be treated. (What could be more manly than that?) Be able to have empathy. Own up to and/or admit to your mistakes and learn from them.”

Roll on Movember.

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Dwayne The Rock Johnson Has Finally Named His Tequila and Given It a Release Date

First, it was George Clooney with his tequila. Then Ryan Reynolds got involved in the gin game. And then Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul revealed they’d developed their own mezcal. For an actor in 2019, it seems breaking into films and cable television is just the first step — the second is releasing your own spirit.

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Now Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is getting in on the action. For some time, the film star has been working on releasing his own tequila. And finally, it has a name — Teremana Tequila — The Rock announced the news on Instagram on October 30.

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Tere What Now?

The Rock has been developing a tequila brand for years, and made waves earlier in 2019 when he Instagrammed himself tasting a bunch of batches fresh out of the barrel. Back then, it looked like we might get to taste it ourselves before the new year — but the spirit still didn’t have a name.

Now, The Rock is back on the ‘Gram to introduce the world to Teremana Tequila. The actor explained the branding in the post: “TERA means of the earth and MANA is our powerful Polynesian spirit that guides us. Spirit of the earth.

“Our goal is to create a tequila that is the best of quality and taste, but done the right way — by hand,” he continued. “Small batch, handcrafted tequila from our Teremana blue agave, maturing in the highlands of Jalisco [a western Mexican state that fringes the Pacific Ocean], for everyone to enjoy.

“After years of hard work, this blessing is truly a dream come true — but it’s just the beginning and there's much work to be done. I’m committed with my team to bring you the best tequila, because quality and legacy are what matter most.”

The accompanying photo shows the Rock standing out the front of the newly named distillery with a crowd of Teremana staff.

The name is actually different to what The Rock originally intended, after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office rejected his 2018 application to title the brand “Mana”, The Blast reported at the time.

You Just Have to Wait a Little Bit Longer...

The (slightly) bad news is that you’ll now have to wait a little bit longer to try this superstar tipple, with the post ending in #Q12020 to indicate its release date has slipped into next year.

Oh well, back to the Dos Hombres in the meantime.

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Google Unveils 2019's Most Popular Halloween Costume Searches

Who or what should you be for Halloween this year? Or perhaps the question is, who or what should you not be?

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Because Google has crunched the numbers on Halloween costumes of 2019 to compile Frightgeist, a list of the most-searched-for outfits both nationally and in your neighborhood.

Have some tabs open? Good. Because here’s what’s on-trend.

COSTUME WIZARD

Frightgeist has an appealingly simple set-up. Presented in the style of blocky 1980s-style graphics on a wobbly CRT television, it consists of a simple list of the top costumes, a costume wizard and a map of the top costumes across the United States. It looks ace but a Google engineer probably threw it together in half an hour or so.

The wizard is pretty neat. It allows you to fiddle with a bunch of parameters to deliver a costume idea. There’s a Spookiness Level bar, a Uniqueness Level bar, the choice of style between Classic and Modern, and a choice to drill down on either local or national trends.

Google Trends

So a modern, highly trending and highly spooky costume is the Demogorgon from “Stranger Things,” for example. While a costume with low spookiness, a high level of uniqueness and classic style is Elmo from “Sesame Street.”

TOP-RATED COSTUMES

Still, we’re really here to see what people are wearing in 2019. And there are some obvious and not-so-obvious characters topping the list, both specific and generic.

Pennywise, the clown from “It,” is the most searched for costume this year, which isn’t surprising given that we’re coming off the back of the recently released “It: Chapter Two.” Spider-Man has also proven popular in 2019. After the second standalone installment in the Tom Holland reboot of the character, and a subsequent back and forth between Sony and Marvel over financing and profit-sharing of a third film, Spidey comes in at number three on the list.

Google Trends

Other character or franchise-specific outfits that are currently ranking highly on the list include “Descendents,” “Fortnite,” “Stranger Things,” DC’s Harley Quinn and Chucky from the “Child’s Play” franchise. In terms of more general searches, dinosaurs, witches, unicorns, rabbits, the 1980s and clowns all appear among the top 20. Some of the more esoteric top searches include fairies, angels, bears and cheerleaders.

Looking to go for something off the beaten path? Well, ranking down around the 300 mark are Logan from the “X-Men” franchise, Captain Hook and “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Head out as one of these characters and you’re less likely to clash with Josh, Nick and Kyle.

Of course, if you (and your best pal) really want to win Halloween, you could just emulate these two legends.

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Mans Rare Digestive Disorder Caused Him to Get Drunk From Carbs

Auto-brewery syndrome. No, it’s not what explains your buddy’s misguided masterplan to open his own brewpub.

It is being used, though, to describe how a 46-year-old man was arrested for drunk driving when he hadn’t consumed a drop of alcohol. Turns out, the poor guy was suffering from excessive fermentation in the gut.

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Ethanol is a normal byproduct of our body’s efforts to break down carbs and sugars, but this 230-pound 6-foot-2 dude was booked for a blood alcohol level of 0.2 percent — close to double the legal limit.

What a superpower.

Turning Bread into Booze

So what’s going on here?

The man’s quest to find out led him to a bunch of doctors at New York’s Richmond University Medical Center, who have since authored a study on his condition in BMJ Open Gastroenterology.

The condition typically presents itself in patients with diabetes, liver problems or chronic intestinal obstructions, according to further research conducted by researchers from Panola College and Stony Brook University Hospital. But it can also appear in people with otherwise normal health. In this particular case, the Richmond University Medical Center doctors traced the condition back to a 2011 script of antibiotics prescribed to treat a thumb injury. The medication likely altered the man’s digestive tract and led to what is now known as auto-brewery syndrome.

The Treatment

While getting boozed on bread and pasta might seem a bit of a lark, untreated auto-brewery syndrome can have serious consequences beyond getting busted by the cops.

“Even after symptoms have resolved, the long-term exposure to endogenous ethanol can result in addiction to and cravings for alcohol with subsequent drinking,” the Panola and Stony Brook authors write. “Patients should be educated about the possibility of alcohol addiction after symptoms are resolved and be given referrals for alcohol treatment if needed.”

Treatment involves probiotics to help repair the intestinal microbiome. Otherwise, patients are advised to avoid sugars and carbs and opt instead for proteins.

As for our hero? He’s beaten the syndrome and is back living his normal life and eating a normal diet — although he’s still breathalysing himself every now and then just to be sure.

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This Is Us Actor Sterling K. Brown Plans on Living to 100 Heres How

We all want to live to a ripe old age. Sterling K. Brown, though, has a plan to achieve it.

The 43-year-old “This Is Us” star has a strict hour-long workout that he runs through every day. His aim? To live to 100. Why? Because when he was young, he saw his father die of a heart attack aged just 45.

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“I think when Pops passed, I had sort of a recognition of the fact that 45 was young,” Brown told Men’s Health.

Here’s his game plan for making a century.

THE WORKOUT

Let’s be clear: the six-foot, 190-pound Brown is no slug. The guy played football, basketball and ran track at school and has been entering triathlons for the past eight years. 

So it’s fair to say his hour-long workout is a bit of a burn. It involves a “vigorous” several-mile run on the treadmill, calisthenics, strength-training exercises such as chin-ups and Russian twists, and dumbbell lifts.

The elder Brown’s diabetes-induced heart attack is one reason for this dedication to fitness, but so is nutritionist John Robbins’s well-known book “Healthy at 100,” which the actor read when he was in his early 30s. In the book, Robbins examined the habits of countries and cultures such as Abkhazia and the Okinawan Japanese, which boast more than their fair share of centenarians. 

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Hence the exercise regime heavy on calisthenics and hoops, and hence Brown’s yearly birthday present to himself of a 10-mile run – which sounds like something his on-screen persona Randall Pearson would do, too.

WHAT ELSE?

But exercise is just the start. Brown also meditates 20 minutes every day and follows a diet that is rich in greens and grains — all in an effort to beat the average U.S. life expectancy for men of 79 years.

“I just don’t want to give in to the statistical analysis that says that is my fate,” he told Men’s Health. “So I try to do things as proactively as possible to ensure that I’m around to see my children’s children and be of value to them when they come into the world. There’s so much to live for, and I don’t want to sell myself short by thinking I don’t have a right to longevity and vitality any more or less than anyone else.”

Fine advice.

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