In his over 20 years in the fashion business, Elle creative director Joe Zee has worked for such titles as Details and Allure and styled advertising campaigns for companies like Gap and DKNY. And, in our Media Beat interview, the Toronto native and star of Sundance Channel’s All On the Line with Joe Zee was very clear about how he got to the top.

One: he worked for people he could learn from, namely legendary fashion stylist and editor Polly Mellen. (“She taught me what it was like to have a passion for something.”)

And, two, he worked his butt off. “I won’t put stock in people who tell me they wanna work in fashion, because they wanna be glamorous. They wanna be famous. They wanna be well known,” he said. “If you wanna be those things, wrong business.”

Part 1: Elle‘s Joe Zee Puts It All on the Line for Sundance Channel
Part 2: Elle‘s Joe Zee Reveals Exactly What a Magazine Creative Director Does

Details Power 40 list didn’t have the cachet of a Vanity Fair, Time or Newsweek list.

But with an anonymous Secret Service Agent, bailout czar Neel Kashkari and the Palin family leading the list, the mag makes it clear that they’re doing their list their way.

Yes, to keep up with the naysayers who whine “Where are the stars?,” Tom Cruise, Robert Downey Jr. and Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino also get named.

Details magazine, where the devil must be, lists the 2007 Mavericks–27 thinkers behind this year’s most exciting innovations. From the press release:

DETAILS’ 2007 Mavericks lists current revolutionary leaders current revolutionary leaders–from media and entertainment to politics and technology–who are improving our lives in areas we didn’t even know needed improving.

Among those revolutionaries are

Stephen McPherson–president, ABC Entertainment,
Reed Hastings–founder and CEO, Netflix,
Peter Traugott–president, Brillstein-Grey Television,
Ben Silverman–founder and CEO, Reveille,
Mark Burnett–reality television producer,
and

Ryan Seacrest

Remind us again how Ryan Seacrest improves our life?

There’s also a cover line about America’s Disturbing New Sexual Fetish. Hey, wait a minute…