Until December 2008, Steve Rubin was the president and publisher of Random House's largest division, Doubleday Broadway, which saw its fortunes soar with the publication of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code. After a brief stint at Random House, Rubin was named president and publisher of Henry Holt & Company in October 2009.
The disgraced author of the, "memoir," A Million Little Pieces, Frey is perhaps best known for being pummeled by Oprah in 2006. His memoir-a graphic recounting of his addiction and subsequent recovery-garnered controversy after The Smoking Gun published an article busting the author on the veracity of his claims. In a sparkling display of Schadenfreude, America watched on with glee as Oprah (duped like the rest of us), tore him a new one on live television.
Hughes—or Opie as he's known to millions of listeners—is the co-host of "Opie & Anthony Show," the beyond-crass radio program that's a favorite of degenerates everywhere.
1980s art star Eric Fischl is best known for his provocative pastiche paintings which focus on the female body and the seedy underbelly of suburban life. His wife is artist April Gornik.
Painter/sculptor Katz is known for his brightly-colored canvases fusing figural, landscape, and abstract painting.
Barbara Gladstone is the owner of the renowned Gladstone Gallery and major art dealer.
Arguably the most famous living artist of his generation, Johns is best known for his colorful paintings of flags and maps.
Former child star Ron Howard has moved beyond everlasting fame as Richie Cunningham to establish himself as one of the most successful movie directors of the era.
American film and stage actor who is best known for his roles as Ferris Bueller in Ferris Bueller's Day Off and as Leo Bloom in recent productions of The Producers. He is the youngest winner of a Tony for Best Featured Actor in a Play, for his role in the 1983 production of Brighton Beach Memoirs. He has another Tony for his leading role in 1995's How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
Known as a prolific character actor who specializes in "broken-down sad sacks," Giamatti was born and raised in that bastion of cultural growth and awareness, New Haven, CT, the son of a Yale professor and an English teacher. He attended Yale twice, once for his B.A. in English (class of ‘89), and again for his Master of Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama.
The star of the WB drama Felicity, former teen queen Keri Russell is now a B-list movie star and Brooklyn fixture.
Fashion entrepreneur Tommy Hilfiger's company has seen better days, but the clothing line that bears his name soldiers on.
France is former editor-in-chief of Lucky and the Condé Naste darling who created the hybrid mag and oversaw it's publication for over a decade.
The scandalous 42nd President of the United States, Bill's wife, of course, is Hillary Clinton. You're probably familiar with his daughter, too, Ms. Chelsea Clinton.
Amanda (born Armand) Lepore, New York's favorite post-op transsexual, has been a ubiquitous figure on the downtown nightlife scene since her induction in the early 1990s as a fixture at Michael Alig's "Disco 2000" parties. Lepore says she started wearing women's clothes at age 14, while still in Cedar Hill, NJ, where she was born. As a teenager, she befriended a transsexual at a club who started giving her hormone pills in exchange for Lepore's elaborate, handmade outfits. By the time she reached her senior year of high school, she'd undergone sexual reassignment surgery, paid for by her high school boyfriend's parents. After moving to New York, Lepore became a fixture at downtown clubs, where was paid, as she puts it, "to dress up, look freaky and flashy and over the top, and to dance." She gained wider renown through her friendship with superstar avant-garde photographer David LaChapelle, who considers Lepore his muse and has featured her in numerous projects, including a "Time Tranny" watch released by Swatch in 1999. In 2003, Lepore released her first single, a trance song written with her notable drag queen friend Lady Bunny, and has since released two albums and a number of singles ("My Pussy," "My Hair Looks Fierce," and "Cotton Candy," to name a few). She's also appeared in music videos by other artists, such as Elton John, Grace Jones, and her friend and frequent collaborator Cazwell.
Current Secretary of State and former U.S. Senator from the Empire State, Hillary has nearly eclipsed ex-president husband Bill in the public sphere since service as his first lady from 1993-2000. Hillary grew up in Chicago, then headed off to Wellesley, where she did what any other prim, perfect child would do: she joined the Young Republicans club. Hillary's political views started to change during the Vietnam war, and shifted for good when she arrived at Yale Law School and met the smooth-talking charmer Bill Clinton, dating and then marrying him in 1975. When Bill sought the presidency in 1992, after years of serving as governor of Arkansas, Hillary hit the campaign trail alongside him. Despite a campaign dogged by scandal, Bill emerged victorious, and Hillary quickly established herself as one of the most vocal first ladies in history. When she wasn't battling her husband's personal scandals and accusations about her own professional improprieties, she spearheaded the administration's 1993 push for universal health care (which sank under its own weight in 1995) and was a leading advocate for women's rights around the world. In 1999, after New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan announced his plan to retire, Charlie Rangel talked Clinton into moving to New York and running for the seat. Clinton won the 2000 election, defeating her Republican challenger, Rick Lazio. Demonstrating canny bipartisanship in office and gaining even more public favor, she was re-elected to a second term in 2006 by a 30 percentage-point margin. In 2007, she announced her plans to run for the presidency. When Obama barely eked the Democratic nomination in 2008 and then won the presidential election, he announced that Clinton would serve a concessionary position as Secretary of State in his administration. She's since become the nation's most-traveled Secretary of State, and been accompanied by high public opinion, though she's stated she has no intentions of running again for president. In addition to her political work, Clinton has also published two books: 1996's It Takes a Village, about raising children in modern society, and 2003's memoir Living History. She and Bill have one daughter, Chelsea.
A New York City political institution and former chairman of the state Democratic Party, Farrell has represented Manhattan above 125th Street in the State Assembly for more than three decades.
