"Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking." - Albert Einstein
Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Shirly Bassey, Frank Sinatra, Dee Dee Bridgewater,The Decemberists
Lust Caution, Stardust, When Harry Met Sally, Saved, Sideways, O Brother Where art Thou, Amedeus, Casablanca, Braveheart, Fight Club, Ray, A Very Long Engagement, Fried Green Tomatoes, Sense&Sensibility, Pride&Prejudice (bbc), Walk the Line, Pretty Woman, Princess Bride, The Color Purple, Office Space...to name a few
Just about anything...as long as it keeps me entertained. But my favorites....Harry Potter series, Memoirs of a Geisha, anything John Irving, ditto for Agatha Christie, Fried Green Tomates, Wicked.