Judith Regan

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Judith Regan
Born (1953-08-17) August 17, 1953 (age 70)
Massachusetts, US
OccupationPublisher
Children2

Judith Regan (born August 17, 1953) is an American editor, producer,

book publisher, and television and radio talk show host. She is the head of Regan Arts.[1]

Early life and education

Regan grew up in

School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
.

In 1977, she was recruited by

The National Enquirer while working as a secretary at the Harvard Institute of Politics
.

Personal life

Regan grew up in a large extended

Sicilian and Irish family on a farm outside Fitchburg, Massachusetts
. Her parents Rita and Leo were both schoolteachers. She is the middle child of two brothers and two sisters.

With psychologist David Buckley, whom she never married, she had son Patrick in 1980[3] or 1982.[4] In 1987 she married New York City financial planner Robert Kleinschmidt. Their daughter Lara was born in 1991. The couple separated soon after, and were divorced in 2000.[4]

In 2001, she had an affair with

New York City police commissioner and aide to Mayor Rudy Giuliani.[1]

She lives in New York City and Los Angeles.

Career

In the early 1980s, Regan wrote for and edited a number of publications, including

Geraldo.[5]

In the mid 1980s, she signed a deal with

Dame Judith Anderson—-as well as new novelists such as Wally Lamb, Jess Walter, Walter Kirn, and Douglas Coupland.[6]

She set up the imprint Regan Books with

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. Additional books involved in publishing include Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, Wicked and Son of a Witch, also by Gregory Maguire; Stupid White Men by Michael Moore; Private Parts and Miss America by Howard Stern; The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists by Neil Strauss; Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting by Robert McKee
; Shabby Chic by Rachel Ashwell; She's Come Undone and I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb; Juiced by Jose Canseco; Domicilium Decoratus by Kelly Wearstler; Shampoo Planet and Girlfriend in a Coma by Douglas Coupland; Ruby Ridge, Citizen Vince, and Land of the Blind by Jess Walter; and American Soldier by Tommy Franks.

In 2006, Fox announced that Regan had interviewed

Fox Network, eventually pulping some 400,000 copies.[8] The interview would eventually air on the network in March 2018.[9]
Lorraine Brooke Associates, a company run by Simpson’s daughter, Arnelle, and whose main shareholders were the Simpson children, negotiated the original book deal with Regan and HarperCollins.[10]

After its publication was cancelled, rights to the book were awarded by court order to murder victim Ron Goldman's family to satisfy a $38 million wrongful death judgment against Simpson, after an earlier judgement by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Jay Cristol ruled that Lorraine Brooke Associates was a shell company formed to conceal Simpson's book earnings from them. Lorraine Brooke Associates subsequently filed for bankruptcy.[11]

The Goldman family published a revised edition of the book on September 13, 2007, changing the title to [If] I Did It: Confessions of the Killer, with the cover showing the "If" hidden in the "I" in the title. It became a #1 bestseller. News Corp. fired Regan; she sued and won a reported $10 million.[1]

From 1994 to 2004, Regan hosted a number of

Sirius and XM Satellite Radio.[12]

After losing a bidding war to buy Phaidon Press, in 2013 she became the head of Regan Arts.[1]

In popular culture

A 2007, season 17 episode of Law & Order titled "Murder Book" (episode 387–1716) features a character (Serena Darby) who is based loosely on Regan.[13]

In a 2005, season 4 episode of

My Good Name," the media adviser to a Bernie Kerik-like character takes a phone call from a woman named "Judith" modeled after Regan. [citation needed
]

In 2006, she was

MADtv
. In the sketch, two actors appear, one playing her and another playing O. J. Simpson.

In 2010, Regan appeared on The Millionaire Matchmaker (S3 E9) looking for a date.[citation needed]

In 2012, Regan appeared on

Dr. Drew on the issue of single mother child rearing.[episode needed
]

In 2012, Regan made several appearances on The Joy Behar Show.[citation needed]

Film and television production

  • Ruby Ridge. Executive Producer. CBS mini-series. 1996.
  • Living Out Loud. Actress, Cameo. 1998.
  • House Arrest. Executive Producer, HBO. 2005
  • Growing Up Gotti. Executive Producer, A&E. 2004–2006.
  • When the World Came to Town. Universal. (in turnaround)
  • Custody. DreamWorks. (in turnaround)
  • The Dive. Producer with James Cameron and Barry Josephson. (in development)
  • I Know This Much Is True. Producer. Fox Studios. (in development)

References

  1. ^ a b c d Bernstein, Jacob (February 6, 2015). "Judith Regan Is Back. Watch Out". New York Times.
  2. ^ "Hall Of Fame 2003". Bay Shore High School Alumni Association, Inc. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2006.
  3. ^ Grove, Lloyd (July 14, 2017). "Judith Regan on Millionaire Matchmaker, NewsCorp. and Her Love Life". The Daily Beast.
  4. ^ a b Gleick, Elizabeth (February 14, 1994). "Judith Regan". People.
  5. ^ a b Wolff, Michael (April 5, 1999). "Judith's Untold Story". New York Magazine.
  6. ^ Zoglin, Richard (November 1, 1993). "For Two Mouths, a Megaphone". Time Magazine. Archived from the original on October 13, 2007.
  7. ^ "Raw Data: Judith Regan Statement: 'Why I Did It'". Fox News. November 17, 2006. Archived from the original on December 11, 2006.
  8. ^ "News Corp. Cancels O.J. Simpson Book and TV Special". Fox News. November 21, 2006. Archived from the original on November 22, 2006.
  9. ^ Roberts, Johnnie L. (December 4, 2006). "Publishing: No More Free Rein For Regan". Newsweek. Archived from the original on December 2, 2006. Retrieved October 29, 2006.
  10. ^ "The Story of O.J. Simpson's Controversial Book, If I Did It, And Why It Was Canceled And Later Released". People. April 11, 2024.
  11. ^ "CORRECTED: Goldman family gets rights to O.J. Simpson book". Reuters. August 8, 2007.
  12. ^ "Judith Regan". Sirius XM Radio.[permanent dead link]
  13. ^ The Insider, "Defamer Casting: If He Did It, This Is How The Casting Notice Happened," Jan. 2007[permanent dead link]

External links

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