A meeting between Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya and a delegation of UNICEF representatives was held on Saturday,  (December 20) at the Prime Minister’s Office. During the meeting, the Prime ...

When Apollo 13 claimed SAG’s outstanding ensemble in a motion picture award ­­— incidentally, in its first year of existence ­— the pieces seemed to lock into place. Never mind that THR had labeled ...

The Eaton and Palisades fires tragically exposed L.A.’s vulnerability. The Times looks back at a devastating year, scrutinizes official response and makes the case for being better prepared next time.

As the lights dimmed at Showbiz Cinemas here on a recent evening, Fred Haise, the last surviving member of the Apollo 13 crew, settled into a seat for a special 30th anniversary screening of Ron ...

I couldn't take my eyes off the screen, i was simply compelled to watch it until the end. I already knew how it ended so i was surprised it commanded my attention so intensely. The fact is the ...

Director Ron Howard's 1995 space rescue thriller lives on with a special anniversary edition for one week only starting Sept. 19. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Recently, yet another Apollo astronaut, Jim Lovell, passed on. Lovell’s fame was as defined by his role as a pop culture icon as it was by his astronaut heroics. Everybody who came of age during the ...

It’s one of the most famous space missions in history, and it almost ended in tragedy. In April 1970, Apollo 13 was headed to the moon when disaster struck. A critical failure crippled the ...

EXCLUSIVE: Apollo 13 mission commander astronaut Jim Lovell, memorialized through Tom Hanks’ performance in the Best Picture-nominated Ron Howard film, will have another screen moment. Days after the ...

Jim Lovell, an astronaut best known as the commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13, has died. He was 97. NASA announced his death Friday and included this statement from his family: “We are enormously ...

Jim Lovell, the astronaut who commanded the famous Apollo 13 mission, has died, NASA announced Friday. He was 97. Apollo 13, a 1970 flight to the moon, became known as a "successful failure" after the ...

The opening scene of Apollo 13, the film based on astronaut James Lovell’s harrowing space ordeal, doesn’t start with his transmission to mission control: “Houston, we’ve had a problem.” Instead, we ...