My faves are Depeche Mode, Covenant, Skinny Puppy, Nitzer Ebb, but I like also any other good music from Indie to Electronica.
So here's some name-dropping: Alien Sex Fiend, Beatles, Bloc Party, Chemical Brothers, Click Click, Client, Cure, Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft, Editors, The Faint, Felix Da Housecat, Fischerspooner, Franz Ferdinand, Front 242, Front Line Assembly, Goldfrapp, I Am X, Interpol, Isan, Kaiser Chiefs, Killers, The Klinik, Ladytron, Maximo Park, Mesh, Miss Kittin, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Nine Inch Nails, Pankow, Paradise Lost, Pixies, Placebo, Prodigy, Radio 4, Recoil, Robbie Williams (believe it or not!), Saybia, Seabound, Sneaker Pimps, Soulwax, Type O' Negative, U2, Vomito Negro, and many more...
Not the biggest expert on movies but I love the Lord Of The Rings trilogy (as I already loved the book and I think director Peter Jackson did an amazing job!) And I do love independent movies, I just need someone to call my attention... ;-)
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The Lord Of The Rings (see also: movies)
George W. Bush, Bill Gates, Paris Hilton... (oh, wait, I thought this was the "idiots and bastards" section! *g* )