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 ...

Multiple men who allege they were victims of sexual assault by Italian director Franco Zeffirelli explain how the news of his death opens old wounds: "I can forgive him." By Rebecca Keegan Senior ...

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 ...

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 ...

ROME —Italian director Franco Zeffirelli, who delighted audiences around the world with his romantic vision and extravagant productions, most famously captured in “Romeo and Juliet” and the miniseries ...

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 ...

Franco Zeffirelli, the famed film director and film, television and opera producer, died on June 15, 2019, in Rome at the age of 96. He was born out of wedlock near Florence, Italy, in 1923. His ...