Usually, for the scribes lucky enough to go, the Time 100 Gala is a chance to score selfies with selected A-listers and indulge in top-shelf liquor at an open bar.

But at this year’s event, which is on Tuesday, employees of the nation’s most famous newsweekly may come armed with another mission: sidling up to one of the black-tie billionaires in attendance and convincing them of how much fun it would be to stop being a guest at the annual fête at Lincoln Center and to start putting the party on themselves. READ MORE