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Phoebe Cates

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:35PM

Best known for her role in the 1980s classic Fast Times at Ridgemont High, these days Cates runs a boutique on the Upper East Side. Her husband is actor Kevin Kline.

Rocco DiSpirito

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:35PM

The former star chef Rocco DiSpirito doesn't have a kitchen to cook in these days, but Rocco fans need not despair: The fame-hungry chef will probably turn up somewhere any moment now.

Donna Tartt

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:35PM

Tartt is the vaguely reclusive author of The Secret History and The Little Friend.

David Granger

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:35PM

Granger has been the editor-in-chief of Esquire, the men's magazine published by Hearst, since 1997.

Richard Nash

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:35PM

Formerly the head of the DUMBO-based indie publishing house Soft Skull Books, Nash stepped down from the company in 2009.

Sessalee Hensley

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:35PM

See that novel on the front table of Barnes & Noble? Hensley put it there–she's the chain's lead fiction buyer and one of the most powerful figures in publishing.

Anita Lo

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:35PM

Lo is the chef and co-owner of the critically lauded New American restaurant Annisa in the West Village. She's also one-time owner of Rickshaw, the gourmet dumpling chain.

Preston Bailey

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:35PM

One of the city's elite event planners, Bailey is known for planning some of the ritziest weddings in New York and beyond.

Bonnie Fuller

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:35PM

Until May 2008, Fuller was the editorial director at David Pecker's publishing conglomerate AMI, where she looked after tabloids like Star and the National Enquirer. She is now the editor of Hollywood Life.

Nadine Strossen

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:35PM

Strossen is the former president of the American Civil Liberties Union, and the first woman to hold the position.

Gale Brewer

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:35PM

Gale Brewer is a member of the New York City Council. She represents the heart of the thoroughly liberal Upper West Side, from 55th to 96th Streets.

Frederick Peters

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:35PM

Peters is head of the midsized luxury real estate agency Warburg Realty.

Frances Beinecke

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:35PM

Frances Beinecke is president of the National Resources Defense Council, the nation's most vocal environmental action organization.

Edward Minskoff

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:35PM

Minskoff is a developer with a taste for high-end commercial buildings and suspenders.

Robert K. Futterman

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:35PM

Futterman's name is in the window of virtually every empty storefront in the city. His company, Robert K. Futterman & Associates, is the largest independent retail agency in New York.

Sharon Baum

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:35PM

A leading broker at Corcoran, Baum is one of the brokerage's top co-op saleswomen.

Ellen Futter

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:35PM

The woman New York parents should thank when they take their tykes to look at the dinosaurs, Ellen Futter is president of the American Museum of Natural History.