News about Bob Guccione

Despotic, debauched and deranged: the Roman Emperor Caligula was a cruel sadist who reputedly slept with all three of his sisters and wanted to make his horse a consul. He was also so touchy about his bald spot that if he saw anyone standing on higher ground than him, looking down on it, they were sentenced to death. He was similarly sensitive about his excessive body hair and declared that if anybody ever mentioned goats in his presence, whatever the context, they too would die. Yet for his insane levels of depravity, Caligula surely ranks as the 'GOAT' (greatest of all time) - a term we can safely use since the emperor's assassination in 41AD aged just 28. It comes as no great surprise, therefore, that the 1979 biopic Caligula, starring Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, John Gielgud and Peter O'Toole - produced and bankrolled by Bob Guccione, the American founder of the soft-porn magazine Penthouse - remains perhaps the most controversial and notorious movie ever made.

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: If the King's course of care requires it, it is likely that he would stand in for him. And as we reported on March 7, she might be heading to France for the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Unusual? Camilla's sole overseas visit since marrying the King in 2005 - to Paris in 2013. In the same way, Kate is a tumultuous solo overseas traveler. Edward and Sophie are often split up to broadcast the royal spotlight in foreign countries. Edward has visited South Atlantic, Uganda, and South Africa this year, while Sophie went to France and Switzerland. With a paucity of available personnel, are they the ideal duo to keep the flag flying overseas?

Anneka Vasta, a native of Marjorie Lee Thoreson, lived a life of relative luxury in the 1970s and 1980s. She rose to fame after being named the 1975 Penthouse Pet of the Year under the name Anneka Di Lorenzo, and then appeared in Bob Guccione's fabled film Caligula. But in January 2011, two joggers discovered the 58-year-old's naked body in a restricted area on a Marine training beach in Camp Pendleton, California. As an episode of Lethally Blonde unfolds, FEMAIL has laid bare the sordid information.

Haludovo Hotel was a haven of hedonism in the 1970s. Hostesses in corsets, bringing champagne to guests, were intrigued with and bankrolled by Bob Guccione, one of America's most popular porn barons. Saddam Hussein will remain in the master suite...

A shocking new documentary has provided a grim insight into the life of Penthouse magazine mogul Bob Guccione (seen left), revealing how he talked to young models into doing lewd sex acts and kept them residing in his sprawling New York City mansion. Secrets Of Penthouse is a four-part limited series that airs on A&E that sheds light on the sleazy American baron who launched the magazine in 1965 to rival Hugh Heffner's Playboy. At his height of fame and fortune, multimillionaire Guccione lived with his third wife, Kathy, in the city's biggest private residence, which measured 22,000 square feet.