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Skyler Bible is lacing up his space boots for Universal Pictures’ Damien Chazelle-directed Neil Armstrong film First Man, joining Ryan Gosling, Jason Clarke, Brian D’Arcy, Claire Foy, Pablo Schreiber, Jon Bernthal, and Kyle Chandler. Bible will play Astronaut Richard Gordon, the backup pilot for Armstrong on Gemini 8, a commanding officer for the Apollo 12 mission, and one of the 24 astronauts that have flown to the Moon. The screenplay is by Josh Singer, based on James…...

When some children who receive free or reduced school lunch go home on Friday afternoons, they may not eat much - if at all - until they return to school the following Monday. On Thursday, in an effort to combat childhood hunger, mayors in 75 cities across the country took part in the third annual National Blessings in a Backpack Day, packing bags of food for students to take home on Fridays so they will have enough to eat over the weekend. "We know there are 31 million kids on the free or reduced lunch program," says Richard Gordon, who is on the non-profit's board of directors.

When some children who receive free or reduced school lunch go home on Friday afternoons, they may not eat much - if at all - until they return to school the following Monday. On Thursday, in an effort to combat childhood hunger, mayors in 75 cities across the country took part in the third annual National Blessings in a Backpack Day, packing bags of food for students to take home on Fridays so they will have enough to eat over the weekend. "We know there are 31 million kids on the free or reduced lunch program," says Richard Gordon, who is on the non-profit's board of directors.

A former Super Bowl champ says his face was busted open Bad during an NFL game -- opening a gash that needed 17 stitches to close ... and he blames the whole thing on a shoddy helmet. The guy behind the lawsuit is ex-Chicago Bears safety Ryan Mundy -- who says he was involved in a hit during a 2014 pre-season game against the Seahawks.  Mundy says as a result of the collision, the sharp plastic edge on the padding,...

Currently the theatrical toast of London for her Hedda Gabler at the Old Vic, Sheridan Smith is the best thing in two new British films this week. In the gynaecological oddity Hysteria she plays a cheeky former prostitute employed by Victorian surgeons to test the prototype of a vibrator to provide orgasms for troubled middle-class housewives. After this initial success, a commercial version provides satisfaction for Queen Victoria. Can you imagine a prequel to Naomi Wolf's Vagina: A New Biography with a screenplay by Richard Gordon, author of Doctor in the House? No, nor can I.

In the other and far better film Smith plays a tough single woman, one of the last remaining occupants on the top floor of a run-down tower block. One weekend they find themselves the target of an unseen marksman wielding an automatic rifle equipped with telescopic lens and silencer. Who is the killer?...