Celebrity manicurist with an eponymous line of $18 polishes, a number of which were co-created with celebrities and socialites.

John Barrett

Oscar Blandi

Senbahar is the president of development firm Alexico Management, which bankrolled one of the glassy Richard Meier-designed buildings in the West Village.

David Barton is the 5'5 blocky founder of now-bankrupt Barton gyms, and a longtime NYC social presence. He can bench 405 pounds, in case you're wondering.

Rather spent 24 years anchoring the CBS Evening News before his unceremonious departure from the network in 2005. These days he anchor Dan Rather Reports on HDNet.

Pompous art collector and general Art Basel-eschewer, Adam Lindemann is the husband of equally grating gallerist Amalia Dayan.

Clodagh

Winka Dubbeldam

Samantha Boardman Rosen is a licensed psychiatrist and socialite. She's also the wife of real estate mogul Aby Rosen.

Serena is a top real estate broker at Sotheby's. Like her sister Samantha Boardman Rosen and her mother Pauline Pitt, she's also a social fixture and a regular at galas and benefits around town.

The daughter of former Vogue fashion powerhouse Carine Roitfeld, Julia is a social fixture, sometime art director, and model.

One of the city's preeminent food experts—and a world-class expert on cheese—Jenkins is a co-owner of Fairway, along with Howie Glickberg, and responsible for introducing New Yorkers to many of the gourmet foods we take for granted.

Veronica Hearst

Actress Parker Posey's reign as "Queen of the Indies" may have peaked in the 1990s, but it appears to be far from over – she's appeared in at least one independent film per year since 1993, while making an increasing number of appearances in studio films over the years.

Cattrall achieved fame as the over-the-top vamp Samantha on Sex and the City.

One of the most prolific—and controversial—real estate developers in New York, Ratner is the chairman of Forest City Ratner. He's also a minority owner of the New Jersey Nets.

The matron saint of hipsters, the East Village fixture is as well-known for her proudly avant-garde fashion sense as she is for her edgy film roles.

Sanford Rubenstein

Admired and loathed in equal measure, Andrew "The Jackal" Wylie is one of New York's most powerful-and ruthless-literary agents.