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Ryan White did not set out to make a tearjerker, yet audiences watching "Good Night Oppy" may want to have tissues ready. "Not a chance in hell did I think this would be as emotional," White said.

This week’s new entertainment releases include an live posthumous album from Tom Petty, the criminal profile spinoff series “Criminal Minds: Evolution,” a documentary about the plucky Mars Rover Opportunity and a TV series that focuses on the backstage melodrama at the Chippendale’s male strip clubs.

The remarkable drama of NASA’s never-say-die Opportunity rover finally hits the big screen

Director Ryan White shares his thoughts on new documentary, "Good Night Oppy," the story of a Mars robot that refused to die and the NASA team that kept it going.

Your opportunity has arrived to get a peek at a new film about a groundbreaking Mars journey. Amblin Entertainment and Amazon Studios have debuted the trailer for "Good Night Oppy."

Elton John called his White House show "A Night When Hope and History Rhyme," a reference to a poem by Irishman Seamus Heaney that President Biden often quotes.

Elton John is set to perform at the White House on Friday night as part of his farewell tour. John last performed at the White House in 1998.

Elton John says he has played in some beautiful venues, but the stage in front of the White House on Friday, beneath a massive tent on a perfect autumn night, was “probably the icing on the cake.”.

Wild rice, or manoomin in Ojibwe, is sacred to Indigenous peoples in the Great Lakes region because it’s part of their creation story and because for centuries, even a handful made a difference between life and starvation during harsh winters.

New documentary 'Good Night Oppy' explores the intrepid Opportunity Mars rover's 15-year odyssey on the Red Planet.

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White died in Indianapolis at age 18 on April 8, 1990. He had contracted HIV years earlier through a tainted blood transfusion.

Elton John credits teenage AIDS victim Ryan White and his family with saving his life.

The singer told the crowd at his concert at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Friday that spending time around White’s family caused him to make changes in his life. White was from Indiana. White died in Indianapolis at age 18 on April 8, 1990.

As New York inches toward launching a retail marijuana market, sales are flourishing on some Native American territory in the state.

"Good Night Oppy," an upcoming documentary from Amazon Studios and Amblin Television and directed by Ryan White, will tell the story of NASA's Opportunity Mars rover and the people who created it. "Good Night Oppy," an upcoming feature-length documentary produced by Amazon Studios, Film 45, Amblin Television and Tripod Media, will tell the story of Opportunity, one of NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers, and the connection that grew between the robotic explorer and the people who built and ran it. The story of "Good Night Oppy," according to Amazon Studios, is "one of a robot traveling a planet on her own, but driven (literally) by the connection and extreme bond that formed between human and machine." Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) is creating visual effects for the documentary, which promises to transport viewers to Mars alongside Opportunity. "The innovation and determination that made Oppy's journey possible, and the spirit of discovery that drives the team at JPL, are an inspiration," said Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon Studios.