Friends. "Real" guys open for dating and potentially more if things go that way.
Steve Porter, Kinky, Paco de Lucia, Cesaria Evora, Ben Watt, Jack Johnson, Suba, Bebel Gilberto, Zero 7, Dubtribe, Little Willies, Sleater Kinney, St. Etienne, Lizz Wright, Ananda Project, Meshell Ndegeocello, Tosca, Jill Scott, Gorillaz, Hot Chip, Way Out West, etc....
Foreign/indie flicks. The occasional Hollywood blockbuster is just fine. I loved Ang Lee WAY before Brokeback. Pedro Almodovar is one my faves.
Not the biggest TV watcher, I'll admit. But I like SNL, Mad TV, What Not To Wear, PBS, among some others... I miss Sex and the City, Six Feet Under and Golden Girls.
Life of Pi, One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Buddha of Suburbia, Party Monster...
Nelson Mandela, Dalai Lama, Iliana Ilibigaza