A look inside Hollywood and the movies. : HOT SPOTS : Hmmm. Must Be the Night Life

It had to happen, given the headlines. The newest trend in movie-making is setting a screenplay in Palm Beach, Fla. The first to come out of the blocks will be the Samuel Goldwyn Co., which is readying a thriller set in that sun-sex-and-cents capital with Dennis Quaid penciled in to star. Columbia also is considering a Palm Beach-set screenplay. And producers are clamoring to get their hands on the recent gossipy cover story that appeared in New York magazine titled “The Palm Beach Story.” So far there’s one thing to be thankful for: No story lines bear any resemblance to the ongoing Kennedy rape scandal.