[DOC] [TLE] SLEAZY WRITER - The Washington Post [PAR] Oct 25, 1997 ... "I wrote Showgirls' at the single most turbulent moment of my life," he says in a ... 
MacDonald had left Naomi to take up with "Basic Instinct" star Sharon ... by a 
psychic who said Stone and MacDonald were lovers in a former life. .... to signal 
a desire to step back from controversy, to evaluate his own past and,... [DOC] [TLE] Revenge of Hollywood's bad boy | Film | The Guardian [PAR] Jul 1, 2000 ... Or this supposed comment from one of Stone's former agents: 'We ... critically 
acclaimed author of Dish: the Inside Story on the World of ... hits Flashdance , 
Jagged Edge and Basic Instinct , Eszterhas's star had burnt out following a string 
of embarrassingly bad movies, among them the notorious Showgirls . [DOC] [TLE] Articles about Joe Eszterhas - latimes [PAR] June 26, 1990 | NINA J. EASTON, TIMES STAFF WRITER ... Former gambler now 
in the chips ... No journalism at all, but instead a tabloid clip job? ... 1992 erotic 
thriller "Basic Instinct" and MGM/UA's controversial upcoming release "Showgirls"
... [DOC] [TLE] Elle (film) - Wikipedia [PAR] Elle is a 2016 French-German-Belgian psychological thriller directed by Paul 
Verhoeven and .... Sony, who had previously acquired Verhoeven's Black Book, 
said in a ... Stphane Delorme of Cahiers du cinma wrote the film was "a striking 
return for .... "'Elle' Review Roundup: Paul Verhoeven's Controversial Return 
Draws... [DOC] [TLE] "Showgirls' stripped of reality - SFGate [PAR] Sep 27, 1995 ... Basic Instinct" made a pile of money, and now Eszterhas and ... screenwriter Joe 
Eszterhas runs around telling journalists that the story is really ... Historic Los 
Gatos lodgeand former nudist campgroundasks $3.2 million - Photo ... "What 
potentially controversial new movie by the writer / director team of... [DOC] [TLE] New Movie About Jesus by Director of "Showgirls." What Could Go ... [PAR] Jun 21, 2012 ... CS Lewis famously wrote of this line of thinking: ... But come on, this is the 
director of Showgirls and Basic Instinct. ... And he wants everyone to be outraged 
and he wants the media to glorify him as a controversial brilliant artiste and he .... 
He is a former journalist who left the newspaper business to raise his... [DOC] [TLE] Eszterhas, Joe 1944- (Josef Antony Eszterhas, Joseph A. Eszterhas ... [PAR] Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH, reporter, c. early 1970s; Rolling Stone, San 
Francisco, ... Eszterhas wrote two additional books on controversial social 
themes while ... panned by the critics, among them Basic Instinct, Sliver, 
Showgirls, and Jade. .... produced a lengthy satire about former President Bill 
Clinton and Hollywood. [DOC] [TLE] Eszterhas, Joseph A(nthony) 1944- (Joe Eszterhas) - Dictionary ... [PAR] Oct 8, 2016 ... Education: Ohio State University, degrees in English and journalism, 1966. ... 
Eszterhas wrote two additional books on controversial social themes while ... 
panned by the critics, among them Basic Instinct, Sliver, Showgirls, and Jade. .... 
a lengthy satire about former President Bill Clinton and Hollywood. [DOC] [TLE] The fate of the $26m scripts Joe Eszterhas sold in the 90s | Den of ... [PAR] Jul 16, 2015 ... Furthermore, projects that were previously live and kicking were being swept 
under the carpet. ... Basic Instinct, though, blew the ceiling off what writers could 
... Then Showgirls happened, and the film quietly disappeared (it's not related to 
... It centred on a 22-year old reporter whose actions covering a story... [DOC] [TLE] Good taste beware - the creator of Showgirls is back - TG Daily [PAR] Sep 10, 2011 ... A former writer for Rolling Stone, he moved into features with the first Sylvester ... 
The Music Box, before hitting the motherlode with Basic Instinct. ... and 
Hollywood Reporter quoted the ADL's Abraham Foxman as stating, ... For a guy 
that has always thrived on controversy, there's sure to be more to come

Question: This controversial writer of "Showgirls" & "Basic Instinct" was formerly a journalist
Answer: Joe Eszterhas