New York, NY (WFN) -- The Backstreet Boys have given some pretty strange things to fans -- such as pneumonia. That's the claim of one Canadian BSB fan who tells the upcoming "CosmoGirl" magazine that she came down with pneumonia after Nick Carter tossed her a sweat-soaked towel during a concert.

NEW YORK -- Antonio Banderas claims he's haunted by a phantom bedspring. He tells the upcoming "Biography" magazine that when he was a struggling actor, he slept on a couch with a broken spring which still haunts him to this day. He claims he can still feel the phantom bedspring poking his back, even while lying on a cozy mattress.

LAS VEGAS -- Blood isn't the only thing that was sucked up by Halloween vampires this year -- money went down the drain too. According to a survey by Halloween Magazine.com, 20 percent of Americans spent more than $250 on Halloween costumes and decorations this year.

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