Hollywood on Regan

Hollywood locals talk to Lloyd Grove about Judith Regan’s upcoming move to the Hills:

“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.”

“A few Tinseltown types,” however, do find Regan “special” enough to be “horrifying.” Acording to those insiders,

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.

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