.... John Harkness I vote for Shohreh Aghdashloo, the Oscar-nominated actress from House of Sand and Fog. I didn't see that flick, but I LOVED her gravelly voice in The Lakehouse. Like a powersaw, those pipes. She'd make a great oracle, queen, or otherwise otherworldly souce of female authority :-) (BTW, I think she was in a recent season of "24".) As for the daughter, well, I'm...