Once again, What/Who is at the Top of your List??

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I kinda stole this idea from another board...but hey, I am somewhat bored today:cool: OK here is my Tops...but I got a little carried away, I know this list has been done 100 times, but I never grow tired of it. Please add your own favs...

Actors...
Hard to beat
Jack Nicholson
Andy Garcia
William Macey
Kevin Spacey
Al Pacino
Robert Di Niro

Actresses:
Hard to beat
Meryl Streep
Annette Beneing
Glenn Close
Susan Saradon
(Can you tell I am partial to Drama?...)

Movies:
Hard not to re-watch...
The Usual Suspects (#1 Fav movie of all time )
The Godfather Series
The French Liutenent's Woman
Whithering Heights
Sophie's Choice
Internal Affairs
The Deer Hunter
and on a lighter note:
Young Frankenstein
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Arthur
Homeward bound...yes, with the dogs and cat
Duece Bigelow-Male Giggilo
and when I want to be scared:
Nightmare on Elm Street (the original)
The Shining
The House on Haunted Hill (the original)
The Exercist
The Wizard of Oz...still

TV Shows:
24
24
24
Grey's Anatomy
ER (but they are losing me quickly...)
Formula One- Grand Prix Racing

Bands and or Artists:
A Gimme- Fleetwood Mac
Stevie Nicks
Pete Townsend
Bad Company
Kate Bush
Ani Di Franco
Peter Gabriel
Tower of Power
Blood, Sweat and Tears
Frank Sinantra (sorry-but you gotta love the "(Chairman of the board!!)"

Food:
Grilled Steak
Spinach Salad
Roasted Chicken with roasted root vegtables (yum)
Syrian Bread and Hummus
Lobsters
Homemade Pasta-with pesto
A platter of assorted cut cheeses-crackers-fruit-and nuts

Last but not Least-Beverages:
Ice cold Chardonnay
A nice Cabernet or Chianti with dinner-yum
Poland Springs Water
Diet Coke
My "Special, and Famous Margarita's"

(Here is the secret: 2 parts Hornito's tequila, 1 part Patron Orange Liquor,
and 1/2 part Rose's lime juice, shake it up with lots of ice. Cut a lime wedge and circle
the rim of the glass with the lime, then dop it in...Sit back and enjoy... And the best part?
Trust me ...you only need one )

Hope you enjoyed my list- seems like it took me forever to put it together...

[Miss Vicky]

Actors...

Joaquin Phoenix
Joaquin Phoenix
Joaquin Phoenix
Johnny Depp
Russell Crowe
Patrick Dempsey
Geoffrey Rush


Actresses:
Kate Winslet
Big lips... err, I mean Angelina Jolie


Movies:
Quills
Gladiator
The Big Lebowski
Saved
Bubb Ho-Tep
Fight Club
Clay Pigeons
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Brotherhood of the Wolf

TV Shows:
Blackadder
Blackadder
Blackadder
Grey's Anatomy
House
Night Court
Roseanne
Queer as Folk
Married with Children

Bands and or Artists:
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (Highway Companion is in stores TODAY!)
Walter Egan (I'm going to Tennessee to see him again in September!!)
Billy Burnette
Lindsey Buckingham
Warren Zevon

Food:
Anything thai
big green salad
pizza
pasta
chinese
mexican
anything loaded with sugar and high in calories

Last but not Least-Beverages:
Ice cold milk - unflavored and preferably whole
Pepsi Lime
Dr. Pepper
regular Pepsi
Root Beer
Lemonade
virgin strawberry daquiris
Sprite

[eclipse]

Thanks for responding Vicky, my friend. I can always count on you to jump aboard.

I forgot Russell Crowe :confused:
and I thought a Beautiful Mind was a good movie too:)

[Miss Vicky]

No prob.

But I had to restrain myself from posting gratuitous Joaquin pics due to lack of time, since I'm doing this as I'm getting ready for work.

[estranged4life]

Bands and or Artists:

Helloween (Finally put together a complete collection of all their official US releases on CD)

Iron Maiden (All-time favorite band..."Up the Irons")

Children of Bodom (Same as Helloween, except minus 1 disc: "Hatebreeder", which is forthcoming)

Thin Lizzy

Queen

Gamma Ray

[bretonbanquet]

Actors...
Clint Eastwood
Robert De Niro

Actresses:
Rachel Weisz
Alison Lohman
Melanie Lynskey

Movies:
Assault on Precinct 13 (the original one...)
Witchfinder General
Get Carter (the original one...)
All my favourite films are pretty old now

TV Shows:
Formula One - haven't missed a race since 1982 :nod:
Lost
CSI

Bands and or Artists:
Fleetwood Mac
Free
Thin Lizzy
Fountains of Wayne
Big Star
Beatles
This list is long, to be honest

Food:
Almost anything - Spanish food is always welcome

Last but not Least-Beverages:
Chocolate Milk
Juices
Coke etc (not Diet :distress: )
Mexican beer

[SuzeQuze]

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[goldustsongbird]

Actors...

Joaquin Phoenix
Joaquin Phoenix
Joaquin Phoenix
Johnny Depp
Russell Crowe
Patrick Dempsey
Geoffrey Rush


Joaquin and Geoffrey are *so* good in Quills. Kate Winslet, too, that hottie. And I just watched Gladiator on TV a few days ago. :thumbsup:

[DrummerDeanna]

These are tops on my list as of late.

Actors...

Colin Firth
Tom Hanks
Tim Daly


Actresses:

Meryl Streep
Lily Tomlin
Susan Saradon
Dolly Parton

Movies:

Steel Magnolias (pretty constant)
Karate Kid :laugh:
Amadeus
Giant
Life as a House


TV Shows:

Friends
Wings
Golden Girls

Bands and or Artists:

Stevie Nicks
Old standards..Dean Martin etc.
Random guilty pleasure songs from my iTunes.
Carbon Leaf

Food:

Chicken
Cereal

Beverages:

Pina Coladas
Fruity Margaritas
Diet Dr. Pepper
COLD water.

[foxyluva]

TV Shows:
Gilmore Girls
Desperate Housewives
Grey's Anatomy
Family Affiars
Bones
Queer as Folk

Bands and or Artists:
Stevie Nicks
David Bowie
Fleetwood Mac
Sophie B. Hawkins
Toni Childs
Madonna
Joni Mitchell
Blondie
I could go on for days.....

Those are about the only ones I could coherently answer :laugh:

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Actors...
Hard to beat

-Sam Rockwell
-Phillip Seymour Hoffman
-William H. Macy
-Gary Oldman


Actresses:
Hard to beat

-Hope Davis
-Patricia Clarkson
-Laura Linney
-Julianne Moore

Movies:
Hard not to re-watch...

-Quills
-The Neverending Story
-Chocolat
-Welcome to Collinwood
-Saved


TV Shows:
-America's Next Top Model
-Big Brother
-Family Guy
-Curb Your Enthusiasm
-Arrested Development

Bands and or Artists:
-Fleetwood Mac
-Stevie Nicks
-my Lindsey;)
-Spoon
-Modest Mouse
-T-Rex
-Soul Coughing
-Goldfrapp
-Portishead
-Franz Ferdinand

Food:

-Sushi
-steak tartar
-crab and lobster
-Ben & Jerry's Half Baked ice cream
-poutine
-nachos with extra cheese
-creme brulee
-anything with truffle oil
-beef carpaccio
-gnocci
-my mother's lasagne

Beverages:
-Pouilly Fuisse
-Gray Monk Pinot Gris
-ice cold water
-coke
-strongbow
-earl grey tea
-Jim Beam

...I'm thirsty

[trackaghost]

Actors:
Will Ferrell
Jimmy Stewart
Chow Yun Fat
Bill Murray
Burt Reynolds

Actresses:
Kate Winslet
Catherine Keener
Parker Posey
PJ Soles
Doris Day

Directors:
Wes Anderson
John Cassavetes
Jim Jarmusch
George Romero
Billy Wilder
Christopher Guest


Movies:
Rushmore
Harold & Maude
Forbidden Zone
Brazil
Almost Famous
Ed Wood
The Jazz Singer (with Neil Diamond)
Rocky
Halloween
Dawn Of The Dead

TV Shows:
House
Gilmore Girls
Freaks And Geeks
The Mighty Boosh
The League Of Gentlemen
Futurama


Bands and or Artists:
The Mac
The Jayhawks
Blondie
Neu!
Greg Dulli & pals
Sonic Youth
Marah
Whiskeytown
Flaming Lips
Wilco
Chris Goss
Lefthand

Food:
Tomatoes
Pasta
Cheese

Beverages:
Water
Gin & Tonic

Favourite guys named Steve:
My mate Steve
Steve Zissou
Steve Zahn
Steve Martin
Steve Davis the snooker player
Steve Earle
Steve Shelley the drummer from Sonic Youth
Steve Buscemi
Steve(n) Seagal
Steve Austin aka The Bionic Man
Steve Severin (Siouxsie's pal)
Steve Carrell
Steve(n) Drozd
Steve Coogan
Steve McQueen

[DrummerDeanna]

Doris Day



:laugh: That's awesome. I should have put her under music - I just found Rolly Polly on-line and loaded Pillow Talk (the song) into my iTunes list - I've been having a blast with those.

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Actors:
Will Ferrell
Jimmy Stewart
Chow Yun Fat
Bill Murray
Burt Reynolds

Actresses:
Kate Winslet
Catherine Keener
Parker Posey
PJ Soles
Doris Day

Directors:
Wes Anderson
John Cassavetes
Jim Jarmusch
George Romero
Billy Wilder
Christopher Guest


Movies:
Rushmore
Harold & Maude
Forbidden Zone
Brazil
Almost Famous
Ed Wood
The Jazz Singer (with Neil Diamond)
Rocky
Halloween
Dawn Of The Dead

TV Shows:
House
Gilmore Girls
Freaks And Geeks
The Mighty Boosh
The League Of Gentlemen
Futurama


Bands and or Artists:
The Mac
The Jayhawks
Blondie
Neu!
Greg Dulli & pals
Sonic Youth
Marah
Whiskeytown
Flaming Lips
Wilco
Chris Goss
Lefthand

Food:
Tomatoes
Pasta
Cheese

Beverages:
Water
Gin & Tonic

Favourite guys named Steve:
My mate Steve
Steve Zissou
Steve Zahn
Steve Martin
Steve Davis the snooker player
Steve Earle
Steve Shelley the drummer from Sonic Youth
Steve Buscemi
Steve(n) Seagal
Steve Austin aka The Bionic Man
Steve Severin (Siouxsie's pal)
Steve Carrell
Steve(n) Drozd
Steve Coogan
Steve McQueen

:lol:

Best list so far. Parker Posey, Catherine Keener and Will Ferrell? Steve Zahn? Yep. Best.

[DrummerDeanna]

:lol:

Best list so far. Parker Posey, Catherine Keener and Will Ferrell? Steve Zahn? Yep. Best.


Cathering Keener indeed. I can't believe I missed her on my list as I've been mildy obsessed with her for about 6 months now :laugh:

[Serrart]

Stopping to 5 (more or less)
Actors
Anthony Hopkins
Spencer Tracy
Philippe Noiret
Robert Downey Jr.
Chow Yun Fat

Actresses
Emma Thompson
Katharine Hepburn
Sabine Azema
Cate Blanchett
Julianne Moore

Directors
Alain Resnais
Paul Thomas Anderson
Ang Lee
Robert Altman
Wong Kar Wai

Movies
La vie et rien d'autre
Umberto D
Magnolia
In the mood for love
Eat Dirink Man Woman
Hiigh Society
Close-Up
The Marathon Man
California Suite (only the episode with Maggie Smith and Michael Caine)
Day For Night
3 Iron
Silence of the Lambs
Remains Of The Day
32 Short films about Glenn Gould
Shall we dance? (the one with Rogers & Astaire)
Bad Day at Black Rock
Short Cuts
The Gospel According to S. Matthew (Pier Paolo Pasolini)
Riff-Raff
The Magnificent Ambersons
Naked
.....and many many many more


Pop/Soul/Rock Music
Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac
The Cure
Etta James
Sly And The Family Stone
Arctic Monkeys

Drinks (being a teetotaller...)
Tea
Pepsi light
One thing we call chinotto
milk and chocolate
Pinapple juice

Romy

[elie]

I love those lists, hope I'm not posting too late

ACTORS
Tom Hanks
Dustin Hoffmann
Roy Scheider
Javier Bardem
Clint Eastwood
Johnny Depp (I could not admit that for years..)

ACTRESSES
Catherien Keener
Amy Irving
Reese Witherspoon :o
Nastassja Kinski :o (again)
Liv Ullmann
Ingrid Bergmann


DIRECTORS
Roman Polanski
Bob Fosse
Michael Mann
Steven Soderbergh
Ingmar Bergman
Clint Eastwood

MOVIES
The Deerhunter
ALL THAT JAZZ
Kramer vs Kramer
The Cactus Flower -lol!
The Limey

ARTISTS/BANDS
FM
Stevie Nicks
Roger Waters
The Waterboys
Leonard Cohen
Johnny Cash

SONGS
Hallelujah (L.Cohen, the John Cale version)
Suzanne (L.Cohen)
Sara (FM)
Dreams (FM)
One (U2 -every single version!)
The Stolen Child (The Waterboys' song based on Yeats' poem)

FOOD
French fries
Pizza
Chocolate souffle
Anything including mozarella cheese and prosciuto crudo (sp?)

DRINKS
Diet Coke with lemon
Ice tea with lemon
Ribena - blackcurrant juice
Chocolate milk

[eclipse]

It's never too late to post, my friend.
I have enjoyed reading everyone else's list....
and SO many people I forgot about...Actors/Actresses/Movies/Bands/etc.
And I forgot Directors:
Hard to beat-
Speilberg
Hitchcock
Coppola
Ron Howard
Michael Mann
Mel Brooks