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  • Paramount Sued for Child Abuse Over Underage Nudity in 1968's Romeo and Juliet

    01/04/2023 7:06:59 AM PST · by where's_the_Outrage? · 59 replies
    CBR ^ | Jan 3, 2023 | Emily Zogbi
    Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, who starred in 1968's Romeo and Juliet, filed a lawsuit against Paramount for child abuse over a nude scene in the film. Per Deadline, Hussey and Whiting filed the lawsuit in Santa Monica Superior Court on Jan. 3, accusing Paramount of sexual exploitation and the distribution of nude images of underage children. Now in their 70s, both actors were teenagers at the time they starred in the film; Hussey, who played Juliet, was 15 and Whiting, who played Romeo, was 16. The actors are seeking damages of over $100 million. "believed to be in excess...
  • Zeffirelli to help pope with image

    12/15/2007 3:51:34 PM PST · by DeaconBenjamin · 20 replies · 534+ views
    Japan Today ^ | Sunday, December 16, 2007 at 07:27 EST
    ROME — Italian film and opera legend Franco Zeffirelli has agreed to become an image consultant to Pope Benedict XVI, the director said in an interview published Saturday. The pope does not have a "happy image," Zeffirelli told La Stampa, adding: "Coming after a pope as telegenic as John Paul II is a difficult task." Benedict, elected in 2005, "comes across coldly, which isn't suited to his surroundings," Zeffirelli said, adding that the pope's wardrobe "should be reviewed." The pope's robes are "too sumptuous and flashy," the 84-year-old director of "Jesus of Nazareth" and "Romeo and Juliet" told the daily...