The son of “Romeo and Juliet” director Franco Zeffirelli has responded to a child sexual abuse lawsuit recently submitted in Los Angeles County by the film’s stars, Leonard Whiting and ...

Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 adaptation of Romeo and Juliet sits at the center of a lawsuit from the film’s leading actors. Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting have sued Paramount Pictures for ...

Franco Zeffirelli, Oscar-Nominated Director for ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ Dies at 96. Franco Zeffirelli, whose opulent set designs and sweeping directorial style bolstered operatic films, religious ...

The son of the late famed Italian director Franco Zeffirelli, Pippo Zeffirelli is supremely unhappy with the $500 million lawsuit brought upon by "Romeo and Juliet" actors Leonard Whiting and ...

Pat Heywood, the veteran Scottish actress who made her film debut as Olivia Hussey’s nurse and confidant in Franco Zeffirelli's adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, has died. She was 92. Heywood died ...

Pippo Zeffirelli, son of Romeo and Juliet director Franco Zeffirelli, is criticizing the lawsuit brought by that film’s stars, Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting. The actors are alleging sexual ...

Romeo and Juliet won two Oscars, and both Hussey and Whiting won Golden Globes for their performances. Zeffirelli noted that Hussey went on to work in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1977 miniseries Jesus ...

Franco Zeffirelli’s son has defended the filmmaker over the nude scene in 'Romeo & Juliet; after the stars of the movie filed a lawsuit against Paramount Pictures for over $500 million.