Franco Zeffirelli, left, Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting attend a 1968 screening of "Romeo and Juliet" in Paris. (Eustache Cardenas / Associated Press) The son of "Romeo and Juliet" director Franco ...

The famed film, opera and theater director died on Saturday at the age of 96 Maria Pasquini is the senior news editor for the human interest vertical at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

Her passionate portrayal of Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 adaptation won enduring acclaim. In 2023, she sued over the circumstances of a nude scene. By Alex Traub The history and curiosity behind ...

Pippo Zeffirelli called the lawsuit filed against Paramount Pictures last month "embarrassing" and maintained that the nude scene at the center of the complaint was "far from pornographic." He said in ...

Italian director Franco Zeffirelli, who delighted audiences around the world with his romantic vision and extravagant productions, most famously captured in his cinematic "Romeo and Juliet" and the ...

Italian director Franco Zeffirelli, who delighted audiences around the world with his romantic vision and extravagant productions, most famously captured in his cinematic "Romeo and Juliet" and the ...

Franco Zeffirelli once said that when the curtain comes up "you have to give the audience a big thing to look at." The Italian filmmaker and opera director gave audiences plenty to look at — in his ...

When “Second Fame” author Ninette Lyon interviewed director-producer Franco Zeffirelli for Vogue in Paris in 1965, she described the effects of his volatile talents this way: “Violent as a street gang ...

The Metropolitan Opera’s production includes a lot of real food, even Oreos and bagels. And it’s Rex Marquez’s job to get it all on a shopping spree. By Adam Nagourney and Vincent Tullo Durante toda ...

Italian director Franco Zeffirelli, celebrated for his extravagant opera productions and popular film versions of some of Shakespeare’s most beloved works, died at his home in Rome on Saturday morning ...