Tim Zagat, restaurant-guide pooh-bah: zuh-GAT
Nick Lemann, head of Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism: LEM-uhn
Wylie Dufresne, restaurateur: doo-FRAYN
Michael Musto, gossip: MUSS-toe
Alex Kuczynski, Times writer: coo-CHIN-skee
Lizzie Grubman, PR woman: GROOB-man
Steve Buscemi, actor: boo-SEM-ee
Chloë Sevigny, actor: seven-YAY
Jean-Georges Vongerichten, restaurateur: von-grrr-EESH-ten
Sofia Coppola, director: COPE-uh-luh
Choire Sicha, Gawker.com editor: COR-ee SEE-kuh