Regan: Thug or Doyenne?

Lloyd Grove looks at Judith Regan’s imminent move to LA. Turns out I’m not the only one who’s skeptical about her plan to install herself as the Queen of LA Culture:

But not so fast, warned several Hollywood denizens I spoke with yesterday. They were weighing in on Regan’s announced ambitions to be not only a movie and television mogul, but a media personality and the doyenne of a literary salon.

“Judith has succeeded by going for the lowest common denominator,” said one movie-biz type. “While that makes her a standout in the book-publishing industry, it’s not really so special out here.”

According to Grove, Regan has also been pitching a lurid movie idea around town based on her alleged affair with former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik, supposedly titled ‘Thug: A Love Story’ (but as Grove notes, which one of them is the thug?):

A few Tinseltown types told Lowdown yesterday that Regan has indeed been pitching her idea for a movie – never mind her earlier denials to this column – about a glamorous media figure who has a passionate affair with a police chief gone wrong.

In a couple of the pitch sessions, I hear, Regan’s descriptions of the sex scenes were NC-17 and “people were horrified,” according to one knowledgeable source.

Okay, on second thought, I’m looking forward to attending her salons.

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