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Danny Tenaglia

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:38PM

DJ and producer Tenaglia is one of the world's most esteemed spinners of garage and deep house.

Kevin Aviance

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:38PM

Aviance is a renowned drag queen, musical artist and fixture on the club scene.

Nas

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:38PM

Best known for the songs "If I Ruled the World" and "Hate Me Now," rapper Nas is many things: Jay Z''s frenemy, Kelis's former husband, and Mary J. Blige's former paramour.

Paul Sevigny

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:38PM

A commodities trader-turned-DJ-turned-musician-turned-nightlife entrepreneur, Paul was a partner in the now-shuttered Beatrice Inn in the West Village. He's also Chloë Sevigny's big brother.

Gary Bettman

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:38PM

Gary Bettman is the long-suffering head of the National Hockey League. He's most notorious for having cancelled the entire 2004 hockey season over a labor dispute.

Alicia Keys

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:38PM

Alicia Keys is a singer, songwriter, and pianist with a few acting credits to boot.

Sean McManus

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:38PM

Sean McManus was the president of CBS News from 2005-2011 and is the current president of CBS Sports.

Meredith Vieira

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:38PM

Vieira is the congenial, uncontrovesial former co-anchor of The Today Show and The View.

Paula Zahn

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:38PM

The stiff-jawed blonde broadcaster was a CNN staple until she was shown the door in 2007. Since, she's gone on to star in On the Case with Paula Zahn on Discovery.

Conan O’Brien

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:38PM

O'Brien spent 16 years hosting Late Night with Conan O'Brien...followed by the "Team Coco" kerfuffle that eventually landed him on TBS.

Jon Robin Baitz

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:38PM

Baitz is a playwright and screenwriter known for his semi-autobiographical plays and for the TV show he created, Brothers & Sisters.

Laveranues Coles

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:38PM

The hard-knock Coles has played wide receiver for the New York Jets, Washington Redskins, and Cincinnati Bengals.

Ted Hope

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:38PM

A prolific indie producer, Hope has helped shepherd dozens of films to the screen over the past two decades, including In the Bedroom, American Splendor, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and The Savages.

Van Toffler

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:38PM

Toffler is the president of MTV Networks Music and Logo Group, which means he oversees the cable conglomerate's numerous music properties—MTV, MTV2, VH1, CMT—as well as gay channel Logo. As the president of MTV Films, he's also the man you can thank for Jackass and Napoleon Dynamite.

Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Sr.

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:38PM

The patriarch of the family that has controlled the New York Times for more than a century, Arthur "Punch" Sulzberger Sr. served as publisher of the paper for three decades. Current Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. is his son. He passed away in 2012.

Arthur Sulzberger Jr.

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:38PM

Arthur Sulzberger Jr. (or "Pinch") is the chairman and publisher of the New York Times, which his family has owned for more than a century.

Richard Gere

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:38PM

The pretty-boy actor who starred in Pretty Woman and the very first two-time winner of People's "Sexiest Man Alive" award, Gere is better known these days as Hollywood's most prominent Buddhist.

Christina Norman

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:38PM

A longtime veteran of the MTV machine, Norman served as president of MTV from 2005 to February 2008. She went on to become the CEO of OWN, Oprah Winfrey's TV network, but was dismissed in 2011 due to mediocre ratings. She's since taken on an executive editor position for the Huffington Post's "BlackVoices" page.

Ghostface Killah

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:38PM

A rapper and member of the Wu-Tang Clan, Ghostface Killah has perhaps the best bling in all of hip-hop. He's a Sunni Muslim these days.

RZA

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:38PM

RZA is one of the founding members of hip-hop collective the Wu Tang Clan. These days, he pays the bills by composing scores for movies and TV shows.