Brownridge is no longer the right-hand man to Jann Wenner, but he hasn't left the mag world behind: He's the chairman of Alpha Media, the owner of Maxim and Blender, which is funded by Steven Rattner's Quadrangle Group.

One of three sons of the now-deceased publishing titan William B. Ziff, Dirk has a net worth of $3.7 billion and serves as co-chairman of the investment firm Ziff Brothers Investments, which he runs with brothers Robert Ziff and Daniel Ziff.

Formerly an investment banker at Lehman Brothers, Bob Lieber was tapped by Mayor Bloomberg to be the city's deputy mayor for economic development after Dan Doctoroff vacated the position in 2007.

The son of Edgar Bronfman Sr. and an heir to a family fortune, Matthew Bronfman is the managing director of ACI Capital as well as chairman of the real estate firm the Bronfman-Fisher Group. His brother is Edgar Bronfman Jr. and his ex-wife is socialite Liza Belzberg.

The 718 iteration of Robert Morgenthau, longtime Brooklyn DA Hynes has prosecuted characters ranging from mobsters to corrupt Supreme Court justices to red light-runners.

Manhattanites and tarted-up bridge and tunnelers alike flock to Birnbaum's meatpacking district club TenJune and luxe steakhouse STK, both of which he co-owns with nightlife impresario Eugene Remm.

Along with partner Mark Birnbaum, Remm hosts New Yorkers as well as hordes of bronzer-doused Jerseyites at his meatpacking district club Tenjune and steakhouse STK.

The wife of director and Moviefone mega-millionaire Andrew Jarecki, socialite Nancy has plenty of cash to throw at pet projects like Betty, her line of pubic hair dyes. Yes, really.

Bell is distantly related to the Norse royal family, but she's much better known as the hot-looking young girl-about-town who (surprise, surprise) has acting aspirations.

Merritt is the bass-voiced singer/songwriter who fronts indie rock group The Magnetic Fields.

The founder of high-end residential real estate firm Stribling & Associates, Stribling specializes in the sale of tony apartments on Park and Fifth. She works closely with the director of the private brokerage at Stribling & Associates, Kirk Henckels.

Lotto legend Yolannnnda Vegaaaa is the cheery New York Lottery personality who announces the nightly winning numbers.

Since immigrating to the U.S. in the late '70s, Russian-born Blavatnik has accumulated a $11 billion fortune with canny investments in oil, copper, aluminum, and real estate.

The TV critic for the Times, Stanley lives the American dream: She gets paid to watch the tube. Unfortunately, she's also saddled with a reputation for being notoriously inaccurate.