Aside from being the Masters of the Universe making the big bucks, some Wall Streeters have managed to become romantically involved with some really famous people. 

We've compiled a list supermodels, movie stars and socialites who have or have had a thing for Wall Streeters.   

Some of the relationships have flourished, while others have ended.

Singer-songwriter Billy Joel and former Morgan Stanley employee Alexis Roderick

Status: Dating for over three years.

Her: Roderick, 32, is a former Morgan Stanley risk officer.

Him: Joel, 64, is a famous singer/songwriter/piano player.   

Fun Fact: They are 32 years apart in age.

Miss America Mallory Hagan and JPMorgan banker Charmel Maynard

Status: Dating

Her: She's Miss America 2013. 

Him: He's an associate at JPMorgan Chase in New York. He was born in Trinidad and grew up in Atlanta.  He graduated from Amherst. 

Fun Fact: They met in a Meatpacking bar in 2010.  They've been dating ever since. Maynard cheered on Hagan at the Miss America pageant back in January. 

Source: NYPost

Actress Mary-Kate Olsen and private equity managing director Olivier Sarkozy

Status: Dating for over a year.

Her: The 27-year-old Olsen twin is known for her role as Michelle Tanner on Full House.  She's also made several films in her career with her fraternal twin sister, Ashley.  The Olsen twins also have a fashion empire worth about $1 billion. 

Him: Sarkozy, 44, is a managing director and head of the global financial services group at private equity firm the Carlyle Group. Prior to joining Carlyle, Sarkozy was the global co-head of the financial institutions group at UBS, and also worked at Credit Suisse for 11 years.

Fun Fact:  Olsen's boyfriend is also the younger half-brother of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Mario Batali is the brain behind famed culinary establishments Eataly, Del Posto, and Babbo, among others. He's also written many bestselling books and cookbooks, including "Molto Italiano" and "Molto Gusto."

But when he's not writing (or cooking), he's reading the books that inspire his culinary genius.

We asked Batali to share his reading list with us. Here are his 10 favorites, along with his reasons for his picks.

"The Road Home," by Jim Harrison

"I love Harrison's ability to capture the wonders of nature and the twisted complexity of human interaction," said Batali.

"The Road Home" is told from the perspectives of five different characters, namely the protagonist Dalva as she returns to Nebraska to find the son, born of incest, whom she'd abandoned 30 years ago. The book continues the saga of the Northridge family from Harrison's 1988 book Dalva.

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"One Hundred Years of Solitude," by Gabriel García Márquez

"A mystical and beautiful adventure entwined with the magic of the mysterious gypsy culture," Batali told us of "One Hundred Years of Solitude."

This book, which is full of magical realism, depicts the village of Macondo and its residents, including José Arcadio Buendía, who built the village and who deals with the shadows of a civil war and the ghost of the man he killed who still haunts his house.

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"Don Quixote," by Miguel de Cervantes

"Captures the bravura and picaresque genius of the Spanish character," Batali said.

Originally published in two volumes, "Don Quixote" tells the story of a self-made knight who, after reading so many chivalrous tales, decides to revive chivalry by setting out on a series of disillusioned, though good-intentioned, adventures. It's one of the most canonical books in Spanish literature.

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A Goldman Sachs executive has bought the only freestanding mansion in Manhattan, The Real Deal's Katherine Clarke reports citing city records. 

Mark Schwartz, a vice chairman of Goldman and chairman of Goldman Sachs Asia Pacific, purchased the Schinasi House at 351 Riverside Drive in the Upper West Side for $14 million, the report said. 

It's definitely a dream home and we're going to take a tour. 

First, this is Mark Schwartz, the new owner.

The Schinasi mansion was built in 1909 by William Tuthill, the same architect who designed Carnegie Hall. The home is four stories tall and it has an English basement.

Source: Corcoran

The exterior of the house is white marble. The roof is comprised of green tiles.

Source: Corcoran

This month's non-farm payrolls report came in a little weaker than expected, and Jim Tankersley has an explanation for why: The film industry lost a whopping 22,000 jobs, more than the amount by which the total jobs report missed estimates. He attributes this to a temporary shutdown of the adult film industry last month due to an HIV scare.

It's a provocative theory. But it's wrong.

I spoke with John Mullins, an economist in the Current Employment Statistics division at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. He explained to me that the August jobs report counts you as "employed" if you were on the payroll for any part of the pay period including August 12. The porn industry shutdown ran from August 21 to 27. So, while the shutdown put a substantial number of people out of work for a week, their job losses would not have shown up in the BLS report.

So, why did film production have such a weak month? Mullins isn't sure, but he did note that the industry has highly volatile employment in general. There is also the issue of sampling error: Employment data are noisy month-to-month, and the longer term trend in film production employment has been pretty flat. In other words, this month's bad number might be just a blip in the statistics.

In researching this piece, I initially suspected another reason that porn wouldn't matter for non-farm payrolls: Porn performers are typically independent contractors. If you're not a payroll employee, you never show up in the non-farm payrolls survey, so the numbers aren't affected if you get put out of work. But Joanne Cachapero, spokeswoman for the Free Speech Coalition, an adult-industry trade association, told me that's only true of on-camera workers:

Everyone behind the scenes is an employee and therefore paying payroll taxes and with a W2. This can range from a very small shoot with 4-5 people behind the scenes, to a huge feature production which might have 20 or more behind the scenes. Directors, editors, camera, people, lighting, grips, production assistants, make up and wardrobe, catering, drivers, graphic artists, publicists—all are affected.

In other words, a longer porn shutdown that covered an entire pay period could cause a significant dip in reported film production employment. That's just not what happened this month.

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We know Arthur Schopenhauer as the 19th century philosopher who postulated that the world is driven by a perpetually dissatisfied will — among other ideas that had a big influence on people such as Richard Wagner, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Albert Einstein.

But his mother, Johanna, knew him as a really bratty kid.

Their correspondence — Johanna and Arthur rarely got along well enough to live in the same place — provides fascinating insight into the personal side of the genius.

Here's part of one of her letters to him:

I know perfectly well how you are ... You irritate me no end and you are extremely difficult to deal with. Your extreme intelli-gence casts a dark cloud over your good characteristics – so nobody can benefit from them ... you criticize everything and everyone, except yourself ... so it is not surprising that you become alienated from the people close to you. Nobody enjoys being corrected or exposed - and most certainly not by such an insignificant little man as you. Who on earth do you think you are? There is no person on earth who can tolerate being criticized by someone with as many personal weaknesses as you have. I think in particular about the disparaging manner in which you use mystical terms to proclaim that something is like this or like that - without considering for one moment that you may be wrong. 

If you were not such an annoying little man, you would have been nothing but laughable. But now it is impossible to live with you... 

We came across this excerpt in "Gifted Workers: Hitting The Target" by Noks Nauta and Sieuwke Ronner (taken from "The Schopenhaur Cure"). It gets to the point that gifted people can be really annoying on a personal level, especially true when they haven't found the proper outlet for their talents.

Nauta and Ronner write:

A powerful personality who causes problems and does not have a clear profile and direction, conjures up the image of an unguided missile in his or her environment — someone who cannot be guided, who cannot cooperate with others, cannot be communicated with, a ‘know it all’, unsociable towards colleagues and supervisors (and also towards partners and friends). 

Arthur Schopenhaur fits this pattern, having failed to gain wide recognition for his philosophical insights until the 1850s, after the death of his mother in 1838.

The philosopher wrote in 1859: "If I also have at last arrived, and have the satisfaction at the end of my life of seeing the beginning of my influence, it is with the hope that, according to an old rule, it will last longer in proportion to the lateness of its beginning."

SEE ALSO: How a genius learned to start working hard

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A bright orange Lamborghini Murcielago burst into flames during rush hour in the British town of Coleshill, tying up the roadway for hours.

The car, which has a sticker price of $422,000, reportedly caught fire after crashing. No one was seriously hurt, according to The Daily Mail.

Here's a photo of the car on fire, via @BhamUpdates:

M6 has reopened after a Lamborghini burst into flames earlier today. http://t.co/PsFlkzktYPpic.twitter.com/QhEyjlnTPC

— Birmingham Updates (@BhamUpdates) September 6, 2013

The Central Motorway Police Group tweeted out this photo of firefighters putting out the flames:

Photo of the car fire. No-one seroiusly hurt but traffic problems likely for some time M6 north of J4 and M42 link. pic.twitter.com/QpGdUuhYAW

— CMPG (@CMPG) September 6, 2013

And a video, via Mail Online:

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We sent our resident street style photographer, Melodie Jeng (you know her from The NYC Streets) to snap the men on the streets of Florence, Milan, and Paris during the recent Fall 2013 shows. She came back with hundreds of great images of stylish men.

Here, we've rounded up seven pervasive trends: statement scarves, camo print, burgundy, black leather, plaid, cuffed pants, and backpacks.

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Statement Scarves: As big as blankets or twisted up and knotted tight, a bold neckwear choice can make or break an ensemble.

Camo: From traditional bright green and olive tones to deconstructed interpretations on the print, camo has officially traveled from the runway to the streets.

Burgundy: Another runway trend that's been embraced in subtle ways (like shoes and accessories) as well as in statement-making pieces, including a few coats we wouldn't mind adding to our own collection.

A UCLA researcher has used Americans' own words against them to show how increasing wealth has made us more individualistic over time. 

Using Google's Ngram tool, Patricia Greenfield sifted through more than 1 million books published in the U.S. over the last two centuries to see which kinds of words went in and out of favor. The time period shows a shift in American society from a more rural way of life to a boom in urban populations, which tend to be wealthier and better educated.

Over time, she found words that implied individualism increased in use, while words denoting community and generosity decreased. For example, 'get' has increased in use, while the more generous 'give' took a nose dive over the years. Additionally, "words that would show an individualistic orientation became more frequent," Greenfield told NPR. "Examples of those words were 'individual,' 'self,' 'unique.'"

We punched a few examples into Google's Ngram viewer to see for ourselves:

Give vs. Get

CharityIndividual

Unique

Of course, just because some words have gone out of style doesn't necessarily prove that wealth can make us greedier. When we looked up the words 'together' and 'community,' we found both have increased in use over the last century.

But other research seems to support Greenfield's take. 

"Americans may be more narcissistic now than ever, but narcissism is not evenly distributed across social strata," wrote renown psychologist Paul Pill, in a recent study linking narcissism to wealth. "Higher social class is associated with increased entitlement and narcissism."

In a first-of-its-kind study from the University of Utah and Harvard University, hundreds of participants proved that simply the idea of money could lead them astray. 

Furthermore, poor people were found in a series of psychological studies in 2011 to be more generous than the wealthy.

“Upper-class rank perceptions ... trigger a focus away from the context toward the self, prioritizing self-interest," the researchers concluded. 

One could argue that in the aggregate, wealthy people are among the largest charitable givers in the country. But when you think about it, "a thousand dollars from a billionaire doesn't mean the same thing as $100 from someone living on the poverty line," Dacher Keltner, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, told NPR.

"In just about every way you can study it, our lower-class individuals volunteer more, they give more of their resources — they're more generous," he said.

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If you've ever wondered how a dolphin feels skimming through the surf, a fancy new toy lets you experience it.

French water sports company Zapata Racing developed the FlyBoard aquatic jetpack, which can propel users up to 30 feet in the air, in 2013.

Ross Ceaton is the only man in the UK who currently owns the jetpack, according to The Telegraph. Ceaton, 30, reportedly dropped about $18,000 on his new toy. He owns AquaticJetpacks, which offers "jetpack experiences" and lessons on the FlyBoard for around $150 a pop.

"It's absolutely fantastic — flying around above the waves makes you feel like Ironman, but when you plunge in and out of the surf, you feel more like a dolphin," Ceaton told The Telegraph.

Check out this video. Leaping in and out of the water like a spunky dolphin looks really fun. (Disclaimer: purchasing a FlyBoard won't immediately make you young, fun, or attractive.)

SEE ALSO: Personal Jetpack Gets Flight Permit For Manned Test

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For the first time in its history, New York Fashion Week will feature a plus-size clothing line on its runways.

This is a big deal considering the recent controversy over certain brands — like Abercrombie & Fitch — saying they refuse to carry large sizes.

But designers and brands are starting to realize the potential in selling plus-size clothing, and now the "Plus Size Revolution" is hitting Fashion Week as well.

Cabiria, a plus-size clothing line that sells sizes 12 through 24, funded its spring/summer 2013 collection through a Kickstarter campaign that raised more than $13,000. Cabiria is one of six designers the Fashion Law Institute chose to be part of its showcase.

The designer, Eden Miller, told Fashionista that she's "really hoping that [Cabiria] is seen just as the other offerings at Fashion Week."

Fashion Week kicked off on Thursday in New York.

Here's a look at Miller's line:

Cabiria SS13 Lookbook from Cabiria on Vimeo.

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There's now a product for men who want to appear more slim. 

The "Torso Toner" at SkyMall claims to reduce men's waists by up to two sizes.

The slimming product is similar to women's products manufactured by Spanx. 

It retails for $60 and comes in nude, black, and white.

Here are some photos: 

SEE ALSO: 13 Reasons Why People Hate Abercrombie & Fitch

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I like festivals.

I got my feet dirty during NYC's Governor's Ball, listened to lots of music at Coachella, checked out the parties, and even embraced the outrageous outfits.

But Burning Man made these festivals look wimpy.

Burning Man, as the website proclaims, is "an annual art event and temporary community based on radical self expression and self-reliance in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada."

This year, over 61,000 people attended, many of them in the tech industry.

Check out my trip here >

While most people go for the full seven days, I only did three, so my experience may have been different from others. But the beauty of Burning Man is that everyone can have whatever kind of experience they want.

For me, I loved biking around during the hot desert days looking at all of the beautiful art installations constructed in the middle of nowhere and taking advantage of strangers' generosity by way of wine tastings, zip lines and fried chicken.

For others, the festival comes alive at night. As the sun goes down, the lights of Black Rock City come up and the pulse of the music keeps people awake until well into the following day.

Since most people who haven't been to Burning Man seem to be confused by what it actually is, here are some photos that sum up my trip.

It all started with this: a cheap, leopard suitcase I purchased on the streets of NYC. Everything you bring to Burning Man you risk getting seriously dirty or losing. I felt okay sacrificing this.

I packed it full with costumes, sunscreen, sunglasses, flashlights, food, and other items on the official checklist. Everything is in plastic bags to keep it clean from the impending desert dust.

By the time I got to the airport, this bad boy weighed a whopping 53 pounds.

Part of the Burning Man experience is roughing it.

The 61,000 people who attended this year's Burning Man Festival all stayed in tents, yurts, RVs — or didn't sleep at all.

But some "camps" — as the clusters of tents and RVs are called — are nicer than others.

For example, I went to Burning Man and stayed in this small, smelly RV:

Others stayed in tents like this:

But not all accommodations are so ... dusty.

I invited myself visited the camp of one expert "burner," who hosts an annual "fancy camp" for friends.

The gourmet meals are served buffet-style in a private tent.

There was sea bass, risotto, and fresh veggies!

Heirloom tomatoes and burrata cheese drizzled with balsamic vinegar!

Chocolate mousse for dessert — and there was even a vegan option!

In fancy camp, you have everything you need — head lamps, dust masks, even Q-Tips — organized in shelves with labels! 

There was even a pool table!

SEE ALSO: I went to Burning Man and it was even crazier than I expected [PHOTOS]

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September is National Honey Month, which aims to promote beekeeping in the U.S. and celebrates the end of the honey collection season.

We visited legendary economist Gary Shilling, who is a recreational beekeeper and has an apiary in the back yard of his New Jersey home, last year and he told us all about the challenges and benefits of beekeeping.

New Jersey is not necessarily known for its honey production. In fact, it is one of the lowest honey producing states in the country. The top five honey producing state last year were North Dakota, South Dakota, Florida, California and Florida.

Watch below what beekeeping entails.

Produced by Kamelia Angelova & Robert Libetti

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Last night NASA's Ladee spacecraft took off onboard an unmanned Minotaur rocket from Virginia a little before midnight. The Ladee is designed to study the atmosphere and dust on the moon.

Amazingly, thanks to clear skies much of the East Coast was able to see the launch, including photographer Ben Cooper who was standing at the top of New York's Rockefeller Center.

Cooper was able to get this fantastic photograph:

INCREDIBLE PHOTO: As seen from the top of Rockefeller Center in NYC - the @NASA's #LADEE launching (@LaunchPhoto) pic.twitter.com/tq4XixgUSR

— NewsBreaker (@NewsBreaker) September 7, 2013

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Kate Upton was just named Model Of The Year at the Style Awards.

The honor puts her in the ranks of other fashion favorites like Christie Brinkley and Joan Smalls. 

But just one year ago, Upton's future as a model seemed uncertain. 

The industry speculated that Upton would be stuck with the identity of a swimsuit model forever. 

She moved beyond her Sports Illustrated cover and has since been courted by Vogue and major fashion labels. 

Upton hit the modeling scene in the 2011 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition. She was featured in body paint.

The next year, she appeared on the magazine's cover. Her spread was seen as instantly iconic.

She also walked the runway for a swimwear line. It seemed Upton had found her calling as a swimsuit model.

Nearly a year after McLaren revealed the concept version of its new supercar, deliveries to the first, incredibly lucky customers are about to begin.

To make sure the P1 lives up to its estimated $1.1 million price tag, McLaren has been busy this summer putting it through a rigorous testing program.

That included sending the car to the desert for extreme heat driving to see how it performs in temperatures topping 125° F.

The result? Some of the best car photos we've seen in a long time.

To put the P1 to the test, McLaren headed to the desert of California, Nevada, and Arizona.

Temperatures hit a smoldering 126°F.

This is the first time the carbon black P1 has been shown undisguised and on the road.

The United States may be a melting pot, but many ancestry groups still stick together.

Take German Americans, the country's largest ancestry group with 49 million members. While they make up more than 30% of the population in the Midwest, they account for less than 10% of the population in the Deep South and California.

Irish Americans are everywhere in the North East, but almost nowhere in the South West. Meanwhile, there are hardly any Mexican Americans in New England.

Maps of the largest ancestry and racial groups in America based on the American Community Survey can be found in a book called "Ancestry & Ethnicity in America." With permission from Grey House Publishing, we're posting them here.

49,840,035 Germans live mostly in the Midwest

From "Ancestry & Ethnicity in America" based on the American Community Survey (2006–2010 Five Year Estimate). Respondents could name more than one ancestry group or race.

35,751,251 Irish are strongest in the North East

From "Ancestry & Ethnicity in America" based on the American Community Survey (2006–2010 Five Year Estimate). Respondents could name more than one ancestry group or race.

31,798,258 Mexicans are strongest west of the Mississippi

From "Ancestry & Ethnicity in America" based on the American Community Survey (2006–2010 Five Year Estimate). Respondents could name more than one ancestry group or race.

The United States may be a melting pot, but many ancestry groups still stick together.

Take German Americans, the country's largest ancestry group with 49 million members. While they make up more than 30% of the population in the Midwest, they account for less than 10% of the population in the Deep South and California.

Irish Americans are everywhere in the North East, but almost nowhere in the South West.

There are hardly any Mexican Americans in New England.

Maps of the largest ancestry and racial groups in America based on the American Community Survey (2006–2010 Five Year Estimate) can be found in a book called "Ancestry & Ethnicity in America." With permission from Grey House Publishing, we're posting them here.

49,840,035 Germans live mostly in the Midwest

From "Ancestry & Ethnicity in America" based on the American Community Survey (2006–2010 Five Year Estimate). Respondents could name more than one ancestry group or race.

35,751,251 Irish are strongest in the North East

From "Ancestry & Ethnicity in America" based on the American Community Survey (2006–2010 Five Year Estimate). Respondents could name more than one ancestry group or race.

31,798,258 Mexicans are strongest west of the Mississippi

From "Ancestry & Ethnicity in America" based on the American Community Survey (2006–2010 Five Year Estimate). Respondents could name more than one ancestry group or race.

In 1935, the first part of Moscow's metro, or Moskovsky metropoliten, opened to the public. For nearly 80 years, the system has been ferrying visitors and locals around the Russian capital.

What's more impressive is that the system is still decorated with the work of the Soviet artists who created murals, mosaics, and stained glass panels to make spending time underground a more pleasant experience.

Riding the metro is Moscow isn't just a quick way to get around a city known for long, cold winters. It's like a trip back in time. 

Construction of the system was started in the 1930s, under Stalin.

The above ground part of the Arbatskaya station, built in 1953, is more impressive than what you get in most cities: uncovered stairways that lead underground.

The stations double as air raid shelters, and most are deep underground.