Take Bernie With You

Is it mere coincidence that two weeks after being named #48 on our "50 Most Loathsome New Yorkers" list, publisher Judith Regan is packing her bags?

Well, probably. Her announced move to Hollywood makes perfect sense. Regan-who, with her HarperCollins imprint Reganbooks, let her inveterate starfuckery run hog wild with an endless series of sex-drenched instabooks by "celebrities" like Amber Frey, Jose Canseco and a hundred others-announced on Monday that she's moving the entire operation out to Hollywood. With easy access to even more quasi-celebrities, Bernard Kerik's former mistress will not only be able to continue her tireless crusade to murder off what little is left of serious American publishing, she also plans to start turning her latest crapfests into quickie made-for-tv movies. It's Regan's trademark brand of garish whoredom at its sleaziest. She'll feel right at home out there.

On the bright side, at least now we can still keep our fingers crossed for The Dark Side of Pat Hingle.