The niece of former President of the United States, Bush is a fashion model, social fixture, and wife of fashion heir David Lauren.

Once the most powerful Republican politician in New York state, Bruno is the former State Senate majority leader. The scandal-plagued politician announced his retirement in June 2008.

Known for her over-the-top dresses in floral and leopard prints, the queen of stylish excess is loved equally by prom queens, rock chicks, and bohos.

Kate Spade is the handbag designer whose simple but elegant purses have spawned countless knockoffs.

One of the most feared defensive football players of all time, Taylor, a Hall of Fame linebacker for the New York Giants, is remembered for his brutal effectiveness on the field and his drug problems off it.

Equipped with her mother's beauty and her father's charming accent, the still-ethereal Rossellini has been David Lynch's muse, Martin Scorsese's wife, and the face of Lancôme cosmetics.

The French-born "Get me Patrick" Demarchelier is one of the most famous fashion photographers in the world.

Beyoncé is the voluptuous chanteuse who left Destiny's Child behind to become a multimedia threat and a single-named force of nature. She's also married to hip-hop mogul Jay-Z.

Two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter William Goldman has written the scripts behind some of the most critically and popularly-acclaimed films of all time. Now an octogenarian, Goldman is still an active player in Hollywood, bringing close to 50 years of experience to consult on tomorrow's box-office hits.

The all-American Turlington has been a top model for almost 20 years, and the woman by Ed Burns' side for the past few.

Stipe is the former frontman of R.E.M., the band that launched a thousand college rock stations.

Fashion industry survivor Diane von Furstenberg presides over an empire that includes clothing, fragrances, and accessories. She's married to media mogul Barry Diller.

Danish-born Christensen was one of the top supermodels of the 1990s. Now semi-retired, she's branched out into photography, design, and activism.

Six-time Academy Award Nominee Glenn Close has been a steadfast presence in Hollywood since the early 1980s, but she will always be best known for her role as a vengeful jilted lover in Fatal Attraction.

Bon Jovi is the spectacularly coiffed lead singer of the band that bears his name. When he's not reminiscing about his glorious 1980s past, he's watching arena football.

One of the hottest artists on the contemporary scene, the heavily-tattooed Violette is known for his paintings and sculptures riffing on murder and teenage suicide.

A former child prodigy, Midori is a celebrated classical violinist from Japan who now makes her home in New York.

Pasquarelli is a principal at the buzzy downtown architecture firm SHoP. They're the firm responsible for the Barclay's Center—maybe you've heard of it.

The CEO of Dow Jones from 1991 to 2006, Kann is married to former Wall Street Journal publisher Karen Elliott House. He won a Pulitzer for reporting on the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971.

The former deputy managing editor of the Wall Street Journal, Lipman was editor-in-chief of the monthly business magazine Condé Nast Portfolio until it was shut down in April 2009.