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Lauren Zalaznick

cityfile · 01/25/08 11:29PM

Zalaznick is the Chairman of Entertainment & Digital Networks and Integrated Media at NBC Universal and the Chairman of reality show-saturated cable channel Bravo as well as Oxygen, the female-friendly network NBC acquired in 2007.

Jeffrey Chodorow

cityfile · 01/25/08 11:29PM

Mega-restaurateur Jeffrey Chodorow presides over more than two dozen restaurants like China Grill. He's also the guy who sparred with Rocco DiSpirito on TV and lashed out at Frank Bruni via a full-page ad in the Times.

Wesley Edens

cityfile · 01/25/08 11:29PM

Edens is the chairman and CEO of Fortress Investment Group, the first US-based private equity/hedge fund to sell shares in the public markets.

Jon Stewart

cityfile · 01/25/08 11:29PM

The host of The Daily Show, Stewart is America's most popular fake news anchor on the left.

Katie Couric

cityfile · 01/25/08 11:29PM

Formerly the perky co-host of Today and much less perky anchor of the CBS Evening News, Katie Couric is an omnipresent fixture on news television.

Jim McGreevey

cityfile · 01/25/08 11:29PM

McGreevey is the disgraced ex-governor of New Jersey and an aspiring Episcopalian priest. Yes, he's also a gay American.

Mario Cantone

cityfile · 01/25/08 11:29PM

Cantone is the campy, over-the-top actor who became the patron saint of fag hags everywhere thanks to his role as a wedding planner on Sex and the City.

Georgina Chapman

cityfile · 01/25/08 11:29PM

The arm candy of film producer Harvey Weinstein, ex-model Georgina Chapman is also one-half of eveningwear label Marchesa and a small-time movie actress.

Nick Denton

cityfile · 01/25/08 11:29PM

Web entrepreneur Denton is the founder of Gawker Media, a collection of nine blogs covering niches ranging from media gossip to gadgets to porn.

Howard Socol

cityfile · 01/25/08 11:29PM

Socol is the former chairman and CEO of Barneys, the mecca of chic now controlled by sheiks who live near Mecca. He stepped down from the job in May 2008, less than a year after the company was acquired by Istithmar, the investment fund controlled by the government of Dubai.

Bob Mnuchin

cityfile · 01/25/08 11:29PM

A former partner at Goldman Sachs and now a major art dealer and advisor, Mnuchin is co-owner of L&M Arts. His partner in the gallery/advisory firm is Dominique Lévy.

Larry Gagosian

cityfile · 01/25/08 11:29PM

The most powerful figure on the contemporary art scene, Larry Gagosian owns a stable of galleries in New York, Los Angeles, London and other branch locations worldwide. Gagosian grew up in middle-class Los Angeles. His less-than-glamorous entry into the art business came when he began peddling posters near the UCLA campus. He soon turned towards the higher-end of the market, though, opening a gallery in LA and eventually advising wealthy collectors on their acquisitions. His first New York break was a small loft gallery he opened in SoHo in the late '70s. By the early '80s, he emerged as one of the city's hottest dealers, with close ties to rising stars like Jean-Michel Basquiat. Gagosian moved his entire operation to New York in 1985. His relationship with Leo Castelli, the famed gallerist who repped the likes of Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, and Roy Lichtenstein, vaulted him to the top of the scene. Gagosian soon found himself bidding on behalf of some of the biggest collectors in town. Gagosian expanded his business substantially in the 1990s and opened several new spaces. Today he presides over three galleries in New York, two in London, and others in Los Angeles, Rome, Athens, Paris, Geneva, and Hong Kong.

Dominique Lévy

cityfile · 01/25/08 11:29PM

Lévy is co-director of the Upper East Side contemporary art gallery L&M Arts, where she advises rich folks on expensive things to buy. Her partner in the venture is Bob Mnuchin.

Curtis Sliwa

cityfile · 01/25/08 11:29PM

Sliwa is the founder of the Guardian Angels, the group of beret-wearing quasi-vigilantes who roamed the streets in the '80s. He's also a radio and TV commentator.

Tom Brokaw

cityfile · 01/25/08 11:29PM

The folksy former anchor of NBC's Nightly News, these days Brokaw spends his time writing nostalgic books and working as a "special correspondent" for NBC.