Knight-Ridder Tribune

Marvel has cast a wide web as it trolls for profits from "Spider-Man 2." The marketing web reached from Major League Baseball to Dr. Pepper to Kraft Lunchables--all hoping to...

One of the biggest mistakes people make with their outdoor living space, says television host Susie Coelho, is not filling it with enough stuff. In her HGTV show "Outer Spaces,"...

If you thought cupcakes were just for kiddie birthday parties, think again. At Billy's Bakery in New York City's trendy Chelsea neighborhood, pink, yellow and blue pastel-tinted buttercream bonnets are...

Are you bored with avocado? Do you find kiwi just so ho-hum? Do you roll your eyes at plain old grapefruit? Stock up on the cherimoya. Or maybe the Cara...

The Bible is getting a makeover. New versions of the Good Book look like teen magazines, with colorful covers that promise beauty tips for girls and ask, "Are you dating...

Great news for bridesmaids: no longer must they look like bridesmaids. The development has been a long time coming. There are still plenty of flouncy, shiny horrors that are essentially...

The U.S. officially ended its occupation of Iraq on Monday, handing sovereignty to an interim Iraqi government during a hastily arranged, five-minute ceremony that came two days ahead of schedule...

The world has changed since Helen Fielding introduced Bridget Jones. That's why the fortysomething novelist features a tougher protagonist in her new novel, "Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination." Olivia,...

Summer is the season when pop music won't go away even if you want it to. And this will be the summer when Usher is unavoidable, when Kanye West follows...

Four years ago, the only ones who could tell them apart were, possibly, their parents. Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Mandy Moore and Jessica Simpson looked alike, sounded alike and even...