Related Clues:

• Org. once stationed at Ellis Island
• The powers-that-are
• Asterisks
• Oscar winners, often
• Elected group
• Exalted groups
• Winning candidates
• Big cheeses, so to speak
• Bus. with benefits
• ''I know people'' people
• Power brokers
• Spotlighted ones
• Great balls of fire?
• Pullable strings
• Write-___ (some nominees)