'Those are powerhouse people — major Hollywood players,' says Patricia Barnstable Brown, perhaps the only Derby party hostess with two other halves: husband David Brown and her twin sister, Priscilla, a determined celebrity wrangler who lives in Los Angeles.

While editors join forces and develop strategy, the field of engagement is growing muddier. An article by Carl Swanson in the March 19 New York Observer blew the lid off the influx of "celebrity wranglers" — former publicists hired as magazine editors for the purpose of procuring talent — into the journalistic equation.

Celebrities attending the All Star MS Rodeo will be well fed Sunday night, thanks to Al Biernat, manager of the Palm restaurant, and celebrity wranglers Marty Rendleman and Jean Kibler.