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Jon Kamen

cityfile · 01/30/08 01:27PM

Jon Kamen is chairman and CEO of commercial production company @radical.media. He's also produced a handful of movies, including Errol Morris' Oscar-winning documentary The Fog of War and the Metallica introspective Some Kind of Monster.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

cityfile · 01/30/08 01:27PM

Ever-industrious Sorkin is the Times' wunderkind finance reporter and the editor of Dealbook, the first blog the Gray Lady launched.

Lisa Jackson

cityfile · 01/30/08 01:27PM

Jackson is a partner in the Upper East Side interior design firm/high-end furniture purveyor Jackson Siegel Aaron. She's the daughter of oil executive John Calicchio and the stepdaughter of socialite Denise LeFrak Calicchio.

Peter Scarlet

cityfile · 01/30/08 01:27PM

The former head of the San Francisco International Film Festival, Scarlet was named executive director of the Tribeca Film Festival in 2002, a year after it was founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff. He left the post in 2009 and went on to direct the Abu Dhabi Film Festival for a few years.

Gary Cohen

cityfile · 01/30/08 01:27PM

Gary Cohen is the voice of the Mets on SportsNet New York. He handles play-by-play duties for the team's TV broadcasts alongside Ron Darling and Keith Hernandez.

Chris Simon

cityfile · 01/30/08 01:27PM

A former hockey player for the New York Islanders, Simon became instantly notorious for his vicious 2007 on-ice stick attack on an opposing player. He's since been traded to the Minnesota Wild.

Joseph Sitt

cityfile · 01/30/08 01:27PM

The head of development firm Thor Equities, Sitt is the best known as the would-be colonizer of Coney Island.

Mark Messier

cityfile · 01/30/08 01:27PM

Former captain of the New York Rangers, Mark Messier is widely considered one of the greatest hockey players of all time.

Isiah Thomas

cityfile · 01/30/08 01:27PM

The Hall of Fame player is the former coach and head of basketball operations for the New York Knicks. A magnet for controversy both on and off the court, he's been widely blamed for the team's lackluster performance and he also lost an embarrassing sexual harassment lawsuit in 2007.

Steve Bornstein

cityfile · 01/30/08 01:27PM

The former president of ABC, Steve Bornstein is currently the head of all-football cable channel the NFL Network and the guy who clashed with the cable industry in 2006.

Jay Cross

cityfile · 01/30/08 01:27PM

Jay Cross

Val Ackerman

cityfile · 01/30/08 01:27PM

The founding president of the WNBA, Ackerman is the former head of USA Basketball, the organization that fields international teams for the Olympics and other events.

Curtis Martin

cityfile · 01/30/08 01:27PM

Martin is the retired star running back for the New York Jets. Although his unassuming demeanor kept him out of the spotlight, he was one of the most consistent and accomplished backs in NFL history.

Steven Kamali

cityfile · 01/30/08 01:27PM

Kamali is a leading broker of restaurant and club properties downtown, particularly in the meatpacking district. He's also a hospitality consultant, who has worked behind the scenes at nightspots like Cain, GoldBar, and Socialista, and a co-owner of the Surf Lodge in Montauk.

Carlos Beltran

cityfile · 01/30/08 01:27PM

Beltran is the soft-spoken, massively salaried centerfielder who spent some of his most productive years with the New York Mets. He's since had stints on the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals.

Eric Bogosian

cityfile · 01/30/08 01:27PM

Eric Bogosian is an actor, playwright and novelist, best known for writing and starring in 1987's Talk Radio, which was later turned into a movie by Oliver Stone. He currently appears alongside Vincent D'Onofrio and Chris Noth on Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

Jonathan Benno

cityfile · 01/30/08 01:27PM

The chef de cuisine at Per Se, Thomas Keller's celebrated four-star restaurant at the Time Warner Center, it's Benno who actually runs the show while Keller tends to his Napa Valley eatery.