Storytelling and speaking strongly with new people are my favored interests
The Beatles (Of which my favorite is George.), Bob Dylan, The Clash, David Bowie, Dizzy Gilespie, Simon and Garfunkle, Jim Croce, Lou Reed, Neil Diamond, Johnny Cash, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Muddy Waters, Charlie Parker, and many more.
In no particular order: African Queen, Meet Joe Black, 12 Monkeys, Citizen Kane, Casablanca, Night of the Living Dead, Princess Bride, The Day the Earth Stood Still, One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, American Slendor. More to come...
There are no shows I follow these days, though I do manage to catch a few that I used to. The ones I happened to like: Pete and Pete, Ah Real Monsters, The Twilight Zone, Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, The Daily Show, Ripley's Believe it or Not, Invader Zim, The Colbert Report, and others.
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, American Gods, Deadeye Dick, Slaughterhouse-Five, Go Rin No Sho, The Prince, Night Watch, The Watchmen, The Sandman, Preacher, Hellblazer, Smoke and Mirrors, Y: The Last Man, V for Vendetta, The Losers, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, The Metaphysics of Morals, History of the Necronomicon, Kingdom Come, and the Holy Bible