There's something loaded about the concept of a commercial. Read more...

The oft-cited explanation for band breakups, memorialized in the rockstar mockumentary "This Is Spinal Tap," is "artistic differences." Read more...

Audiences recognize Sweeney Todd for raising his razors to the throats of his scruffy victims, but in the touring production of the Tony Award-winning 2005 Broadway revival of Sondheim's macabre musical, "Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street," Todd also raises his trumpet, bells and glockenspiel. Read more...

Instead of pointing out the usual suspects, Michael Pollan makes the case in his new book "In Defense of Food" that it is our country's obsession with health and nutrition that has ironically undercut our nation's dietary well-being. Read more...

Rather than flier on Bruin Walk or welcome guest speakers to their weekly meetings, many political-action clubs on campus have found a new way to spread the word about their cause. Read more...

Getting into character is not just about putting on a costume and painting on makeup, it's about understanding characters from the way they talk and think down to their movements and actions. Read more...

When thinking about western sculpture, we tend to visualize the timeless white marble and bronze figures from Greece and Rome, separated from reality by their idealized bodies and beauty. Read more...