Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Franco Zeffirelli

‘Beautifully, awfully funny’: why Withnail and I is my feelgood movie

The latest in our ongoing series of comfort movies is a pick for Bruce Robinson’s cult British comedy

The Guardian - US

Lee Montague obituary

Actor who toured with Laurence Olivier and Peter Brook, starred on Broadway and had a long career in film and TV

The Guardian - UK

Joan Plowright, celebrated star of stage and screen, dies aged 95

Actor helped shape British postwar theatre through her performances at the Royal Court, National Theatre and in the West End

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Olivia Hussey, 'Romeo And Juliet' Star, Dies At 73

Olivia Hussey, renowned for her role as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet,' has passed away at 73. Explore her career, legal battles, and lasting legacy.

Top News

Withnail and I creator Bruce Robinson adapts film for the stage

Play based on the beloved 1987 comedy will open at Birmingham Rep next year directed by Sean Foley

The Guardian - UK

Judge dismisses Romeo and Juliet teenage nudity case brought by stars of 1968 movie

Hussey and Whiting’s attorney denounced the judge’s decision

The Independent UK

'Romeo & Juliet' stars' lawsuit over 1968 film's teen nude scene tossed

A Los Angeles County judge says she will dismiss a lawsuit that the stars of the 1968 film “Romeo and Juliet” filed over a nude scene shot when they were in their mid-teens

The Independent UK

Romeo and Juliet movie child abuse lawsuit to be thrown out by judge

The stars of Franco Zeffirelli’s Oscar-winning film have tentatively lost their battle to receive damages over a sex scene filmed when they were teenagers

The Guardian - US

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Los Angeles Times

Son of director Franco Zeffirelli slams 'Romeo and Juliet' child sex abuse lawsuit

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 Olivia Hussey.

The Guardian - UK

Franco Zeffirelli’s son criticises Romeo and Juliet actors for nudity lawsuit

Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, who were 15 and 16 when the film was made, are suing Paramount Studios for child abuse

Irish Mirror

Romeo and Juliet stars sue Paramount over nude scene in 1968 film

Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting filed the suit alleging sexual abuse, sexual harassment and fraud

The Guardian - UK

The $500m Romeo and Juliet case opens a new frontier for #MeToo reckoning

The question of informed consent on Zeffirelli’s 1968 film has revived the historical abuses argument – will movie production companies be hit by a tidal wave of lawsuits?

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Wales Online

Teenage Romeo And Juliet stars sue Paramount over nude scene in 1968 film

Olivia Hussey was just 15 and Leonard Whiting 16 when they appeared in the Franco Zeffirelli movie

Evening Standard

Romeo and Juliet stars Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting sue Paramount Pictures over 1968 film’s nude scene

The actors claim director Franco Zeffirelli made them feel they had ‘no choice but to act in the nude’ and have suffered emotional damage and mental anguish for decades as a result

The Independent UK

Romeo and Juliet stars sue Paramount for child abuse over nude scene from 1968 film

Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting starred in the 1968’s feature film adaptation of ‘Romeo and Juliet’

The Independent UK

Romeo and Juliet stars are suing Paramount over 1968 film’s nude scene

Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting starred in the 1968’s feature film adaptation of ‘Romeo and Juliet’

Los Angeles Times

Stars of 1968 film ‘Romeo and Juliet’ sue studio for child sexual abuse over nude scene

LOS ANGELES — The stars of the 1968 movie “Romeo and Juliet” have submitted a lawsuit in Los Angeles County accusing Paramount Pictures of sexually abusing them by filming their nude bodies without their knowledge when they were children.

The Independent UK

'Romeo & Juliet' stars sue over 1968 film's teen nude scene

The stars of the 1968 film “Romeo and Juliet” have sued Paramount Pictures for more than $500 million over a nude scene shot when they were teens

WEKU

Angel Blue plans to bow out of an opera after the venue staged a blackface show

The U.S. singer says she won't perform at Verona's Arena this month because the theater recently mounted another opera that had performers in blackface.

1 2

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.