• Scientists replicate Orca boat from ‘Jaws’ to study sharks

    Scientists replicate Orca boat from ‘Jaws’ to study sharks

    Hooper won’t be driving this boat, chief. Ocean conservationists are creating a replica of the Orca from the beloved film “Jaws” to conduct shark research and help educate the public about the sea creatures. The Orca III project is helmed by David Bigelow, who acquired an old lobster fishing vessel, called the Lydia, and is …
  • ‘Jurassic Park’ tops weekend box office, 27 years after original release

    ‘Jurassic Park’ tops weekend box office, 27 years after original release

    Steven Spielberg’s 1993 movie “Jurassic Park” was No. 1 for the fourth time in its release history this past weekend as movie theaters tried to have a semblance during the COVID-19 pandemic over what is typically a big moviegoing weekend, Father’s Day. While 2020 fare like Universal/Dreamworks Animation’s “Trolls World Tour” had been leading at a …
  • ‘Jaws’ actress Lee Fierro dead at 91 from coronavirus complications

    ‘Jaws’ actress Lee Fierro dead at 91 from coronavirus complications

    Lee Fierro, best-known as Alex Kintner’s mom in Steven Spielberg’s 1975 shark attack classic “Jaws,” died Sunday of complications from the coronavirus. She was 91. The actress was residing at an assisted living facility in Ohio when she died from COVID-19, the Martha’s Vineyard Times reports. “The one word I would think of when I …
  • ‘Jaws’ stage musical set for Paper Mill Playhouse in summer 2021

    ‘Jaws’ stage musical set for Paper Mill Playhouse in summer 2021

    Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the theater. “Bruce,” a musical about the filming of director Steven Spielberg’s 1975 horror classic “Jaws,” will hit the shores of the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey, from June 9 to July 4, 2021. A poster for the film “Jaws.”Everett Collection The …