A former ballet dancer herself, Moore is the executive director of the American Ballet Theatre.

Comic writer Ames is blessed with a total lack of inhibition when it comes to his work, which mines the embarrassing, the shocking, and the sexually transgressive to unique tragicomic effect. He admits to being "probably the gayest straight writer in America."

The author of Wiseguy and Casino, Nick Pileggi the man who brought you Joe Pesci's famous "How am I funny?" scene in Goodfellas. He was also the husband of fellow screenwriter and all-around goddess, the late Nora Ephron.

The star of Broadway's Cabaret and TV's The Good Wife, Scotsman Alan Cumming is also a campy gay icon.

The former CEO of the Capitol Music Group, Flom is the man who brought you Kid Rock and snaggletoothed Alaskan chanteuse Jewel. These days, he's focusing on his Lava Records imprint, home to the likes of Jessie J.

Cohen is the CEO of Recorded Music at Warner Music Group. He's better known, though, as the former president of Def Jam and partner of Russell Simmons.

Crouch is a prominent black intellectual, MacArthur "genius," and vocal opponent of afrocentricism, gangsta rap, and Toni Morrison's writing. And if you disagree with him, he'll happily punch you in the mouth.

Located somewhere on the literary axis between Ernest Hemingway and Truman Capote, Junger is the best-selling author of The Perfect Storm and Death in Belmont.

A staff writer at the New Yorker since 1963, Calvin "Bud" Trillin is the author of more than 20 books, including 2001's Remembering Danny, Tepper Isn't Going Out, and About Alice, a memoir of his wife who died of complications from heart surgery in 2001.

A Broadway actor, Martin played Detective Ed Green on Law & Order until he exited the show in 2008.

Possibly the most temperamental father in America, Baldwin has managed to go from hunky actor to paunchy hothead while still landing high-profile acting jobs.

Spevak is the CEO of Equinox, the increasingly omnipresent chain of high-tech-looking gyms that Danny Errico founded in 1991.

Brody is best known for his Oscar-winning role in 2003's The Pianist and for the kiss he planted on Halle Barry after he won the award.

A painter and sculptor, Feinstein is also the buxom inspiration behind many of hubby John Currin's paintings.

Former male model Dowdell runs Peak Performance, the private gym where he whips Victoria's Secret models and A-list actors into shape.

Dr. Herbert Pardes is president and CEO of New York-Presbyterian, the non-profit behemoth that operates Columbia's and Cornell's hospitals along with over 30 other medical facilities in the area.

Oz isn't the best cardiothoracic surgeon in the city, but thanks to obsessive self-promotion and near constant appearances on Oprah, the Discovery Health network, and his own program The Dr. Oz Show, he's certainly the most famous.

The chairman of the department of plastic surgery at the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital (MEETH), Aston is one of the most popular plastic surgeons with aging socialites. He's also married to one—Muffie Potter Aston.

A renowned cardiologist and the former president of the American Heart Association, Fuster heads up Mount Sinai Heart and serves as a professor of medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Salman Rushdie is the Booker prize-winning author of Midnight's Children and The Satanic Verses, a newly minted knight, and the recipient of a death sentence. He's better known to tabloid readers as the grizzled old man who was once married to Padma Lakshmi.