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Ann S. Moore

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:38PM

The steward of brands like Time, Sports Illustrated and People, Moore is chairman and CEO of Time Inc. and one of the most powerful people in publishing. She's expected to head off into retirement at the end of the year.

Stephon Marbury

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:38PM

"Starbury" is the temperamental former Knicks guard, who went from being a highly-touted NYC schoolboy prospect to one of the most reviled athletes in New York City, before leaving the Knicks and joining the Boston Celtics for a quick stint in 2009. In an unconventional move, these days he plays for the Beijing Ducks in China.

Beth Ostrosky

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:38PM

Beth Ostrosky is the blonde pinup model and TV "personality" who has her shock jock husband Howard Stern to thank for any measure of fame she now possesses.

Patrick McCarthy

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:37PM

The protégé and successor of John Fairchild, McCarthy is chairman and editorial director of Fairchild, a division of Condé Nast. Reporting to Si Newhouse, he's responsible for overseeing fashion bibles like W and WWD as well as slightly less glamorous trade publications like Supermarket News and Footwear News.

Joan Rivers

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:37PM

Until recently, the well-preserved queen of catty commentary and long-time Hollywood Squares fixture was celebrities' worst nightmare on the red carpet. Fortunately, she has a chintzy jewelry and beauty line and E!'s Fashion Police to fall back on.

David Letterman

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:37PM

America's second favorite late-night talk show host, the gap-toothed Letterman has been getting medium-sized yuks for decades.

Fern Mallis

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:37PM

A longtime fashion insider, Fern Mallis spent years as the executive director of 7th on Sixth and senior VP of IMG Fashion before stepping down in early 2010. She's since launched her own consulting and advisory firm, Fern Mallis LLC.

Alessandra Ambrosio

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:37PM

Alessandra Ambrosio is a leggy fashion model and veteran of numerous Victoria's Secret ad campaigns.

Stephanie Seymour

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:37PM

Seymour is a model most recognizable for her scantily clad Victoria's Secret ad campaigns, her nude portfolio in Playboy, her series of rock star boyfriends, and her home-wrecking skills.

Iman

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:37PM

One half of the couple with New York's best cheekbones, exquisitely-preserved supermodel Iman is the wife of David Bowie.

David Blaine

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:37PM

David Blaine is known for "magic tricks" that bear a suspicious similarity to fraternity hazing rituals, including being locked in a Plexiglass box and frozen in a block of ice.

Lucy Sykes Rellie

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:37PM

A social fixture and fashion maven, Lucy Sykes Rellie is the twin sister of Plum Sykes (the author of Bergdorf Blondes).

Graydon Carter

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:37PM

Edward Graydon Carter doesn't have the pedigree you'd expect from the editor of one of the most popular and profitable fashion magazines around. The foppish, bon vivant editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair is the pal of countless celebs and moguls. One of his latest hobbies involves serving up mediocre food to the same crowd as the co-owner of the Waverly Inn and Monkey Bar.

DMX

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:37PM

Earl Simmons—otherwise known DMX—is a rapper and actor with a tiny little problem with authority.

Petra Nemcova

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:37PM

Petra Nemcova is the busty model who landed in the headlines after she told her tale of surviving the 2004 tsunami in Asia.

Kevin Bacon

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:37PM

Bacon's puppy-dog looks made him a teen idol and an inescapable supporting actor. And as everyone who lived through 1997 knows, he's connected to you by six degrees of separation or less.

Stefani Greenfield

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:37PM

Since opening the first branch of NYC-based Scoop at age 28, Greenfield has energetically climbed her way to the top of New York's fashion-and social-food chain.

Frank Rich

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:37PM

The formerliberal pundit-in-residence for the Times' "Week in Review" section, Rich preaches to the choir about American politics and its' current "editor-at-large" at New York Magazine.