Redgrave brings the personal onstage One-woman play mixes Shakespeare with own biography By John Mangum No matter how broad her experience as an actress becomes, Tony award-winning Lynn Redgrave always returns to Shakespeare. Read more...

Sebadoh has goods on ‘Bakesale’ Singer/songwriter Barlow follows classical tradition By Michael Tatum That Lou Barlow ­ he’s such a perfectionist. Barlow, co-front man of the indie-rock band Sebadoh, has in the past been the subject of much celebration in the rock press, and his band’s latest full length release, "Bakesale" (Sub Pop), has had the critics once again gushing with superlatives. Read more...

One-act puts twist on classic ’40s Ingenious direction and comic acting make for appealing "Tangled Snarl" By Jennifer Richmond Daily Bruin Staff Theater is at its best when it’s short, sweet and unbelievably funny. Read more...

By Stephen Richardson As a budding young bookworm, Michael Silverblatt was attempting to wriggle away from reality, rather than toward enlightenment. But since 1989, he has hosted KCRW-FM’s "Bookworm," a weekly program in which he speaks with contemporary authors. Read more...

By Lael Loewenstein In 1895, when future MGM mogul Louis Mayer was in grade school and Warner Bros. scion Jack Warner in diapers, a young French visionary named Léon Gaumont took over a photographic equipment firm and created what was to become one of the world’s foremost film companies. Read more...

By Jennifer Richmond Daily Bruin Staff Death can be a scary thing. But the revelations about oneself and one’s family that come with impending demise can be the most wonderful experiences in life. Read more...

By Judith Newman The New York Times NEW YORK — Worried that the Menendez brothers’ trial, violent movies and talk-show depravity have numbed the nation’s sense of moral outrage? Read more...