The latest thing in cocktails is spicy and savory

LONDON (AP) – Spicy drinks are having a moment, and it’s no longer just standard spicy margs and bloody marys. Bartenders are getting experimental to create the perfect combination with a kick.

Paramount delays closing Warner buyout while judge considers states' challenge

NEW YORK (AP) – Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery have agreed to delay closing their $81 billion merger well into next year, a stunning move that arrives as a judge continues to consider a challenge from 12 states seeking to block the deal altogether.

White House correspondents' dinner, redux: What will Trump have to say?

When guests arrive for the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Friday at Washington’s Waldorf Astoria hotel, security will be much tighter, the guest list smaller, the partying pared down.

Singer Chris Brown pleads guilty over bottle attack at London nightclub

LONDON (AP) – Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown pleaded guilty Friday to brawling at a London nightclub in 2023 when he hit a music producer on the head with a bottle.

Brad Paisley blends old and new songs on 'Tacklebox' collection

Brad Paisley blends old and new songs on ‘Tacklebox’ collection

Comic-Con fans show off costumes in San Diego

Comic-Con fans show off costumes in San Diego

Celebrity giving is evolving: Ariana Grande's foundation shows how

For years, pop star Ariana Grande gave away money, mostly quietly and without much structure. There were annual gifts to England’s Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. Sometimes a night’s performance proceeds were handed to nonprofit groups. She anonymously funded a holiday gift drive for transgender young people in addition to launching a $3 million fundraising event for transgender youths in 2022.

Oasis, George Clooney among celebrities at Venice Film Festival

Oasis, George Clooney among celebrities at Venice Film Festival

Pompeii archaeologists reconstruct frescoed ceiling of a banquet hall, with more fragments to come

ROME (AP) – Archaeologists in Pompeii, the ancient city buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, have unveiled the partially reconstructed frescoed ceiling vault of a banquet hall featuring detailed images of Greek mythology.