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San Diego police are investigating the death of 58-year-old Caligula actress Anneka Di Lorenzo (aka Anneka Vasta), whose body was found Jan. 4 by joggers on a military training beach in San Diego County. Di Lorenzo appeared in a handful of "exploitation" movies of the '70s, most notably as Roman Empress Messalina in both Tinto Brass' Caligula and Bruno Corbucci's Messalina, Empress of Rome. Investigators [...]

Joe Dallesandro, Maria Schneider in Jacques Rivette's Merry-Go-Round (Photo: Des Filles des Garçons) Maria Schneider Obit Pt.2: Ingmar Bergman – LAST TANGO IN PARIS "About Homosexuals" In fact, bouts of mental illness and drug addiction, and even a suicide attempt — Daniel Gélin had similar problems in his life — helped to prevent Schneider from forging ahead professionally. Compounding matters, she also feared being typecast [...]

Malcolm McDowell, Caligula Penthouse founder Bob Guccione died of cancer on Oct. 20 at a hospital in Plano, Texas. He was 79. Best known for the explicit sexual content found in his magazine, a Playboy rival that began circulating in England in the mid-60s and in the United States near the end of the decade, Guccione (born in Brooklyn on Dec. 17, 1930) also produced [...]

Malcolm McDowell in Caligula Avatar's 3D success has had some far-reaching effects. First, Warner Bros. announced that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Part II and Clash of the Titans will be converted to 3D. Now comes erotic filmmaker Tinto Brass, 76, who says he'll produce Italy's first-ever 3D movie — which will also happen to be the world's first-ever 3D pornographic [...]