Olivia Hussey, star of the 1968 film ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ dies at 73

Olivia Hussey, star of the 1968 film ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ dies at 73

LONDON —  Olivia Hussey, the actor who starred as a teenage Juliet in the 1968 film “Romeo and Juliet,” has died, her family said on social media Saturday. She was 73. Hussey died on Friday, “peacefully at home surrounded by her loved ones,” a statement posted to her Instagram account said. Hussey was 15 when … Read more

Sam Gold’s “Romeo + Juliet” Is Shakespeare for the Youth

Sam Gold’s “Romeo + Juliet” Is Shakespeare for the Youth

Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the best of The New Yorker in your in-box. Sam Gold has directed five Shakespeare tragedies, but his latest, “Romeo + Juliet,” is something different—a loud, clubby production designed to attract audiences the age of its protagonists. “It’s as if the teens from ‘Euphoria’ decided that they … Read more

Sukesh Chandrasekhar dedicates ‘Sajni’ song to Jacqueline Fernandez from ‘Laapataa Ladies’ in new letter from jail: ‘My heart beats for only one person…’ |

Sukesh Chandrasekhar dedicates ‘Sajni’ song to Jacqueline Fernandez from ‘Laapataa Ladies’ in new letter from jail: ‘My heart beats for only one person…’ |

Sukesh Chandrasekhar, who is currently in prison for a Rs 200-crore money laundering case, has written another letter to actress Jacqueline Fernandez. In the letter, he sweetly calls her his Baby Girl and dedicates the song ‘Sajni’ from Kiran Rao’s ‘Laapataa Ladies‘ to her. He also gave her a painting as a gift.In his recent … Read more