Any cool people would be my pleasure to become acquainted with.
Converge, Keelhaul, Quicksand, Cursed, Coalesce, Botch, Jeff Buckley, The Minor Times, Hot Water Music, Isis, Johnny Cash, Scissorfight, Clutch, AC/DC, The Bronx, Pearl Jam, At The Drive-In, Refused, Faith No More, The Hope Conspiracy, Pelican, Cave In, Every Time I Die, Grade, JSBX, Killing Joke, Mastodon, Pantera, These Arms Are Snakes, Neurosis, Tool, Doomriders, Glass And Ashes, Foos, Handsome, Nirvana, Lords, Torche, Planes Mistaken For Stars, Pride And Glory, Since By Man, Strikeforce Diablo, Helmet, Suicide File, Chillerton and many, many more!
Goodfellas (in fact practically anything where the words "badda bing badda boom" appear in the script), Saving Private Ryan, Collaterol, Alien and Aliens, Back To The Future Trilogy, Predator, Anchorman, Bubba Ho-Tep, Gangster No. 1, Sideways......
Documentaries, Comedy (particularly Family Guy, Futurama, Simpsons et al), Battlestar Galactica, Lost, 24, CSI, Stargate SG1 (geekboy), Garth Merengi's Darkplace, Sopranos, The Day Today.
I'd like to say stuff like Burroughs and Hemmingway, but I'm afraid I've got to go for low brow classics like King and Clancy!
I admire so many people it is hard to list them all here, but generally anyone who makes a positive difference to the lives of the people they meet is ok by me.