Zaslav is the CEO of Discovery Communications, which owns cable channels like The Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and TLC.

Prolific saxophonist Zorn is known as the ringleader of the downtown avant-garde music scene.

Rock 'n roll and Jersey legend Springsteen is still going strong, even past his 60th birthday.

Close is a superstar artist known for his larger-than-life portraits of art-world figures and his improbable comeback from medical calamity.

Julianne Moore is one of those rare Hollywood chamelians who year after year turns out just as many mainstream blockbusters as critically-acclaimed indie flicks. Such performances include Nine Months, Boogie Nights, The Hours, The Kids Are All Right, and Crazy Stupid Love, making her Hollywood's most sought after redhead.

The foul-mouthed Bernhard is a standup comic, occasional TV actress, author, and lesbian icon. She also happens to be patient zero for Kabbalah, having hooked Madonna on all the silliness.

This emo singer-songwriter, who records under the name Bright Eyes, has enthralled a generation of teenage girls with his plaintive, confessional anthems.

The founder of the once uber-hip lastnightsparty.com, party photographer extraordinaire Merlin Bronques snaps shots of the city's inebriated hipsters in various stages of undress.

An influential African-American religious leader, Flake is a former congressman and currently the senior pastor of the Greater Allen African Methodist Episcopal Cathedral.

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.

Touby is the founder of Mediabistro.com, which she sold off for a pretty penny in July 2007. She still refers to herself a "cyberhostess" despite the fact that no one else has used the prefix "cyber" in half a decade.

A longtime NBC veteran and former CEO of AOL, Falco is the CEO of Univision.

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The chief creative officer of DDB, Garfinkel is a veteran ad creative who's been behind a slew of memorable commercials. For starters, you can thank him for bringing together Cindy Crawford and Pepsi.

The former frontman of the Velvet Underground and a prolific artist in his own right, Reed is known as the godfather of punk and has been a downtown icon for over four decades.

Although she failed to impress as the New York City Schools Chancellor for a mere three months, Cathie Black is the former president of Hearst Magazines.

Couturier is one of the best-known interior decorators in town and the founder of the firm Robert Couturier Inc.

The former president of Viacom, Karmazin is now the CEO of Sirius, the satellite radio company that merged with its chief rival, XM Satellite Radio, in 2008.

A longtime General Electric exec, Wright served as chairman and CEO of NBC Universal until 2007. He was succeeded by Jeff Zucker.

The founder of Ms. magazine, Gloria Steinem is the world's most famous feminist.