Movies, Baby, movies!! Oh, and a dash of reading and baseball and the odd Formula One race
SpongeBob Squarepants and Patrick Starfish. Angelina Jolie, Alyssa Milano, John Travolta, Bono, Eddie Izzard and Andrea Corr would also be the makings of a great dinner party.
Anything decent, including such works of art as Beniot Jutras (Cirque de Soleil), The Corrs, Danny Elfman (Batman) , David Arnold (Stargate), E.S. Posthumus, Elvis, Eric Serra (The Fifth Element), Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia), Hans Zimmer (Crimson Tide), James Horner (Braveheart), Karl Jenkins, Natalie Merchant, Oasis, OMD, Pet Shop Boys, Queen, Rachel Portman (The Cider House Rules), Sting, The Stranglers, Texas, Thomas Newman (Finding Nemo), U2, Vangelis & The Who.
Oh, where to begin....Star Wars, Batman, Speed, Contact, Usual Suspects, Narnia, Bachelor Party, The Committments, Jaws, Austin Powers, Crimson Tide, Batman Begins, Hunt for Red October, Die Hard, Da Vinci Code, Monster House...to name but a few.
Whats better than "24"? 25, maybe? "Lost", "The Amazing Race", "Deadwood", "Little Britan", "The Office" (Both versions, alas), "Coupling" (UK version of course!), "The Apprentice", "Law & Order", "The Unit" and various PBS reality shows. Oh, "Heroes" is excellent television viewing
Anything by James Herbert. Dan Brown is pretty good at putting pen to paper too. C. S. Lewis knew what he was doing when he decided to write.
Ayrton Senna and Robert Dunlop always did it for me!