Juvenile delinquent, track star, Olympian, war hero — Louis Zamperini lived a life that seemed like something out of a movie. Fittingly, his story will finally come to the silver screen later this ...

The World War II hero and the director of the film based on his life story were unknown neighbors before Jolie started working on the movie. By Hilary Lewis Deputy Editor, East Coast When Angelina ...

The film “Unbroken” opened in theaters on Christmas Day. Directed and produced by Angelina Jolie, it is the amazing true story of Louis Zamperini, who died in July at age 97 while Jolie was editing ...

That thought has warmed Evanston native Naber’s heart since Zamperini, the 1936 Olympic hero, died from pneumonia on July 2 at age 97 — just a few months away from seeing his life story, as directed ...

Torrance icon Louis Zamperini, the Olympic speedster and World War II hero whose personal story of sacrifice and resilience resonated worldwide, died Wednesday, just months before he was hoping to see ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Seventy years ago, the world was convinced that Louis Zamperini was dead. There had been no word of the track star and former Olympian since his World War II bomber crashed into the ...

Angelina Jolie's newest film Unbroken has been getting the attention it deserves from critics, although unfortunately not from the Golden Globes for her masterful directing, but that's neither here ...

The 2014 movie "Unbroken" ended with Olympic athlete and Army Air Forces officer Louis Zamperini returning home after surviving his incarceration in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. It was a Hollywood ...

A handshake and the words "The boy with the fast finish": That's how Nazi Chancellor Adolf Hitler, presiding over the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, congratulated Louie Zamperini of Torrance, Calif., when ...

World War II hero and Unbroken inspiration Louis Zamperini has died at age 97, according to a spokesperson for Universal Pictures. A statement released by the studio on Thursday morning included a ...

LOS ANGELES -- Seventy years ago, the world was convinced that Louis Zamperini was dead. There had been no word of the track star and former Olympian since his World War II bomber crashed into the ...