Music:
Alternative, classical, showtunes, classic rock, salsa, anything but country.
Movies:
Say Anything, Braveheart, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Goodfellas, Terms of Endeament, Beaches, Mean Girls, Pretty Women, My Best Friends Wedding
Books:
Final Gifts, Behind Closed Doors, Nicholas Sparks novels, spiritual books, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, The Final Gift, and of course celebrity gossip rags