Meyer talked about the 1982 blockbuster at Italian Global Series, which this week celebrated 60 Years of ‘Star Trek.’ ...

Readers respond to a column by Bret Stephens and a letter about the Fourth of July. Also: Food education, for children and parents.

British youth are ignorant of their own history with fewer than half questioned knowing Sir Francis Drake defeated the Spanish Armada, according to a poll. Some 13% of 16 to 24-year-olds credited CS ...

LIEUTENANT HORNBLOWER (306 pp.)—C. S. Forester—Little, Brown ($3.50). Foul was the night, and black the situation. Four hundred desperate Spaniards, crammed captive in the hold, had rushed in dead of ...

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The exploits of one of Britain's greatest fictional naval adventurers have been filmed by Warner with spectacular success. Captain Horatio Hornblower has been brought to the screen as effervescent ...

LORD HORNBLOWER (322 pp.)—C. S. Forester—Liftie, Brown ($2.50). H.M.S. Flame, 18-gun brig, lies hove to near the French coast. “Insolent rascals, mutinous dogs,” splutters the First Lord of the ...

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 5-11: Oct. 5: Singer Arlene Smith of The Chantels is 84. Singer-guitarist Steve Miller is 82. Singer Brian Johnson of AC/DC is 78. Actor Karen Allen is 74.

Welsh actor Ioan Gruffudd, who is best known as Mister Fantastic, has appeared at the premiere for the newest instalment of the film series: The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Since wrapping up his role ...