A former outfielder for New York Yankees, Matsui was the first Japanese power hitter to successfully make the jump to American baseball. However, after the Yankees cut him loose, he's played on the Angels and Athletics.

Cross is the comedian and TV actor best known for cult fave Mr. Show, his cameos on The Colbert Report, his role as neurotic "never-nude" wannabe thespian Tobias Fünke on Arrested Development, and most recently, IFC's The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret.

If you're appalled by the bottle-service trend, direct your ire to David Sarner: The promoter and nightlife guru claims he pioneered the set-up at his clubs in the early 1990s. Now a certified nightlife geriatric (he's in his 40s), Sarner is still active on the scene as a co-owner of the clubs Pink Elephant and Cain.

Mop-topped Martin is a stand-up comedian and regular on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He also had his own show on Comedy Central, Important Things with Demetri Martin, which fizzled after two seasons.

Jones is the loudmouthed former co-host of The View, archenemy of Barbara Walters, and former wife of the exceedingly masculine Mr. Al Reynolds.

One of the biggest names in indie film production, Vachon and her company, Killer Films, have backed a long list of indie hits including Happiness, Boys Don't Cry, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and I'm Not There.

Jim Nelson is the tight-suited, skinny-tied editor-in-chief of GQ.

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Generously proportioned and sexually ambiguous, Queen Latifah is a rap star and actress.

Despite a difficult childhood and adolescence, Blige has topped the R&B charts for years.

Dillon is a heavy-browed actor, serial dater, and ex-teen idol.

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.

Lopez is a pop singer, dancer, and actress known as much for her generous backside, tabloid romances, and contract riders as for her music and acting careers.

The character actor of choice for directors like Spike Lee and the Coen Brothers, Turturro has appeared in nearly five dozen films over the past 25 years.

An actor's actor, Norton's known for playing the disturbed, tortured, and homicidal on screen. A political liberal and environmental activist, he's much less menacing in real life.

The brooding, square-jawed Schreiber is known for his roles on both stage and screen, as well as for being Naomi Watts' babydaddy.

Ashman is a nightlife vet who used to run the Plumm on West 14th Street.

Wynton Marsalis is a well-known trumpet-player and composer, and the Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Former Yankee Willie Randolph abandoned the Bronx for Queens in 2004 when he became manager of the Mets. He was dismissed by Omar Minaya in June 2008, and he has since coached for the Milwaukee Brewers and Baltimore Orioles.

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