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Russell Crowe

I've been following Russell Crowe's career since LA Confidential and he's always done such amazing work in movies ranging from Gladiator to American Gangster. Love him!

Actors 

Jason Isaacs

Jason Isaacs is a sweetly delightful man who has made his acting career mostly playing villians, rogues and bad guys galore. And he does it so well -- creating villians that you love to hate and can't help but be enormously attracted to because they...

Sean Penn

He first made a splash with Fast Times at Ridgemont High, a movie I hated and still hate today, but over the years Sean Penn has proven himself as one of the most interesting and explosive actors working in Hollywood this generation. Talented, intense...

Ralph Fiennes

The first time I saw Ralph Fiennes on screen was in Schindler's List. Because his performance was so excellent, I took note of him, but didn't go all girly crush on him because he was playing a disgusting, violent Nazi.  However, when Quiz Show...

Jeffrey Donovan

In 2004, USA Network premiered a television show called Touching Evil.  Based upon the popular British series of the same name starring Robson Green, it was executive produced by Bruce Willis and directed by Alan Hughes.  Jeffrey Donovan pl...

Clive Owen

The first time I ever heard of Clive Owen was reading about a review of a small little movie called Croupier. It sounded like it was excellent, but it was years before I finally got around to see it. Now of course I always make sure I see Clive Owen...

Musicians 

Justin Timberlake

Ahhhh, Justin Timberlake. He can sing, he can dance, he can beatbox. He's sexy, well-dressed, can swing from sweet Southern gentleman to paparazzi-hating celeb to tantrum-throwing diva. I just love him, plain and simple. To date, I've seen Justin perf...

Eminem

The richness of Eminem's lyrical brilliance is difficult to sum up in a short paragraph about him.  The important thing is that Marshall Mathers is so much more than the sum of his media coverage.  He's smart and shy, caustic, has a biting...

Joe Strummer

I've been listening to The Clash for 26 years and the voices of Joe Strummer and Mick Jones have played out the soundtrack of my life, as members of The Clash and in the projects they've done since. I know their voices intimately and they bring me en...

Directors 

Tim Minear

Tim Minear was one of the main writer/director (and also showrunner for at time) on one of my favorite tv shows, Angel, and he has writing credits on a bunch of other shows I love as well, including Lois & Clark, X-F...

James Cameron, Director

As I was putting this lens together I just realized that James Cameron hasn't actually made a feature film in several years, but he is the director of three of my favorite movies -- Terminator 2, The Abyss and Aliens. Right now he spends most of his t...

Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott has directed many of my favorite movies, including my all time favorite -- Blade Runner. I even named my dogs after two of my favorite characters from Ridley Scott movies -- Thelma & Louise :) From Alien to Gladiator to A Good Year a...

Authors 

Philip K Dick

The first time I encountered Philip K Dick was in the 10th grade when I was working at the local library as a clerk. I spent most of my time "working" actually holed up in the stacks reading books. One of those books was Do Androids Dream o...

Thomas Merton

Thomas Merton's autobiography, Seven Story Mountain, had a profound impact on my life at a time when I was questioning both my purpose in life and my relationship to God.  That book in particular, and many of Merton's other great works, have had...

Wilfred Owen

More than 20 years ago, I took a course at University called "The Knight in Literature". The final 3 weeks of class looked at chivalry and warfare and how much of how warfare was conducted changed with World War I. We read Wilfred Owen, Sie...

Jon Krakauer

Jon Krakauer is the best-selling journalist and author of Into the Wild, Eiger Dreams and Into Thin Air. Many of Krakauer's books originally start out as stories for the popular outdoors magazine, Outside, and the author is much more than a journalis...

Clive Barker

In 1987, I met Clive Barker for the first time at the WorldCon Science Fiction convention in Brighton, England (CONspiracy '87). At the time, I had heard of him, but had not actually gotten around to reading any of his work.  However, he was suc...

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