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.

A prolific novelist, essayist, and screenwriter, Didion is considered one of America's leading intellectuals.

Moody is author of a number of successful novels, including The Ice Storm, Demonology, and Purple America.

Lewis Black is a lefty comic and Comedy Central staple whose angry political rants became more resonant (and popular) under the reign of George W. Bush.

A longtime media executive, Greenstein is president of Sirius Satellite Radio, where he oversees the company's programming efforts.

A man who's never met a role he didn't like, Stanley Tucci has played Italian gangsters (Road to Perdition) and gay fashion editors (The Devil Wears Prada) and appeared on stage in productions like Terrence McNally's Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune. His Frankie and Johnny co-star, Edie Falco, is also his ex-girlfriend.

Bruni is an American journalist, author, and former restaurant critic for The New York Times.

White is the head of Transportation Alternatives, the organization that advocates for more bike lanes and has been a major proponent of congestion pricing. He's also rumored to be behind Critical Mass, the cult-like group of bicyclists who stage mass bike rallies in the city, much to the chagrin of the NYPD.

If you live on the Upper East Side, in Astoria, or in Long Island City, congratulations: Maloney is your congressional representative.

The meanest grandmother you never had, Judge Judy has earned hundreds of millions of dollars dispensing fake courtroom advice on her syndicated TV show.

The owner (and former editor and publisher) of liberal stalwart The Nation, Navasky is also chairman of the Columbia Journalism Review.

Vikram Pandit is the embattled chief executive officer of Citigroup. He was appointed to the top job in December 2007 following the ouster of Chuck Prince.

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Jim Chanos is head of Kynikos Associates, a short-selling hedge fund. Appropriately, the word "kynikos" means cynic in Greek.

The co-founder of the political strategy firm Geto & de Milly, Geto is a lobbyist who works with leading real estate development firms like Bruce Ratner's Forest City Ratner, Daniel Brodsky's Brodsky Organization, and Doug Durst's Durst Organization. He's also a prominent gay rights activist and frequent political advisor. He's worked on campaigns for George McGovern, Robert Abrams, and Howard Dean.

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Crowley, a Democrat, represents New York's seventh district, which covers a sliver of northern Queens (Woodside, Jackson Heights) and a chunk of the east Bronx (Co-op City, Parkchester, Pelham Bay, City Island).

Auster, the elder statesman of the Brooklyn literary scene, is the author of a dozen novels including The New York Trilogy.

Book world wunderkind Geoff Kloske is the publisher at the Penguin imprint Riverhead.

Marc Murphy is the chef and co-owner of Tribeca staple Landmarc, Ditch Plains in the West Village and UWS, and a new Landmarc in the Time Warner Center.