Music:
Dieselhed, Mr. Bungle, Elvis Costello, George Michael, Guns N' Roses, Gipsy Kings, Anthrax, Green Day, Fiona Apple, Dengue Fever, Tenacious D, Faith No More, Virgil Shaw, Beastie Boys, Elliott Smith, SC3, Elton John, Chris Isaak, Chet Baker, T. Rex, Stevie Wonder, old Motley Crue & Metallica & Slayer
Movies:
Super Size Me, Boogie Nights, Talented Mr. Ripley, School of Rock, Best in Show, Broken Flowers, Capote, Lost in Translation, Big Lebowski, Spinal Tap, Good Will Hunting, Station Agent, Nightmare Before Christmas, Sideways, About Schmidt, Kinsey, The Notebook, 40 Year Old Virgin, Elf
Television:
House, Top Chef, Project Runway, Days of our Lives, Antiques Road Show, Survivor, Lost, America's Next Top Model, Without a Trace, Cold Case, Apprentice, Best Week Ever, Celebrity Fit Club, Biggest Loser, various Food Network shows, SNL, Martha.
Books:
Fast Food Nation, Prep, Memoirs of a Geisha, travel books, The Secret History by Donna Tartt, In Her Shoes, Good in Bed, Girl with a Pearl Earring, books on nutrition and the food industry, Angela's Ashes and Tis by Frank McCourt, Greg Iles mysteries, She's Come Undone and I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb. Magazines: Bon Appetit, Cooking Light, Real Simple, the New Yorker, Martha Stewart, Eating Well, Gourmet.
Heroes:
Hugh Laurie & Stephen Fry