“The Shark Is Broken” Circles the Guts of “Jaws”

[ad_1] Forty-eight Junes ago, summer changed. A twenty-seven-year-old, as yet unknown Steven Spielberg released a shark movie, and thanks in part to some stunning casting choices—Roy Scheider as a decent police chief, Richard Dreyfuss in peppery scientist mode, the flinty British actor Robert Shaw as the Ahab-like fisherman Quint—the result ate the box office. “Jaws”… Continue reading “The Shark Is Broken” Circles the Guts of “Jaws”

Theater Review: ‘The Shark Is Broken’

[ad_1] You should probably come into The Shark Is Broken knowing your lore. The play is set during the infamously troubled production of Jaws, the 1975 Steven Spielberg shark film that helped birth the modern blockbuster but seemed potentially dead in the water as it was being made. As you’ll at least infer from the… Continue reading Theater Review: ‘The Shark Is Broken’

Former ‘Shark Tank’ contestant sentenced to prison

[ad_1] Nate Holzapfel, a former contestant on the reality TV show “Shark Tank,” was sentenced to up to 15 years in prison for multiple counts of fraud and sexual battery. Utah Fourth District Judge Thomas Low rejected a probation recommendation for Holzapfel, 44, overturning a plea agreement his attorneys negotiated with prosecutors. In June, Holzapfel,… Continue reading Former ‘Shark Tank’ contestant sentenced to prison