I'd like to meet:
Yaphet Kotto
Music:
Talking Heads, Rilo Kiley, Sufjan Stevens, and such
Movies:
yes.
Television:
The News Hour with Jim Lehrer (thanks, kevin schopp) and reruns of Homicide: Life on the Street.
Books:
Everything Is Illuminated, Lost Joy, Nine Stories, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Still Life with Woodpecker, Skinny Legs and All, and such
Heroes:
My family.