Suhweeet Sighting: Conan O'Brien

Well, sadly today is the final taping of Late Night with Conan O'Brien. After an amazing 16 seasons, Conan is moving to LA to take over the Tonight Show.

As I was walking to work today, I was corraled by Conan to take photos of him and two female tourists while a union crew of photographers to photos of me taking these photos. Are you confused yet?

Fortunately, he posed for one with me and my iPhone.

We'll miss ya Conan!

UPDATE: Just saw Will Ferrell in the hallways. Guess he's a special guest. Suhweeet!

Hulu disses TV.com, CBS, Boxee

Hulu is clearly freaking out or is under immense pressure from their parent broadcast companies to start pulling their content from partner sites.

(BTW what happens when the JV is over? Do you call it just hu? or lu?)

So what's up with hulu actin' up?

For one, their CPMs are much higher on their controlled environment within hulu.com, vs. a syndicated model where the advertiser is unsure where their content is being seen.

Secondly, companies that make seamless transitions of online content to your TV threaten ratings of those actual shows over broadcast, which in turn, lowers the level of ad revenue collected. And let's all face it - Digital Media ad spend is still a FRACTION of what it is for broadcast and cable networks.

Thirdly, hulu may find that their content is so powerful that should new startups want to actually do something with them, they need to pay hulu, as we all know advertising revenue alone is not going to be the best business model throughout this tough (and hopefully not long) recession. (Ahhh, make that money - and not ad money!).

My recommendation, though, is that hulu maintain its fanbase through partner sites...for now. People want to consume content where they want to when they want to. If you are not there, you'd better hope people take the extra effort to find your stuff. Hulu is probably finding that it may be too tough to fight back against NBC and Fox, but let's hope that they further embrace new technologies and other sites rather than start building a walled garden approach to their content.

What are your thoughts? Don't you think as a consumer you just want to access your desired content in the easiest and most convenient way?

Beastie Boys' 20th year anniversary of Paul's Boutique

http://topspinmedia.com

Beastie Boys are releasing a special version of their legendary album. Ch-ch-check it out!


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Hammertime!

Yes - it's about time that this show was picked up.

"A&E has picked up a new series starring '90s rapper MC Hammer. The performer, his wife and five children will be the focus of a half-hour, 11-episode reality series set to premiere this year. The title, naturally, is Hammertime."

Cynthia Steffe Fashion Show

I was fortunate enough to attend the Cynthia Steffe Fashion Show. It was a lot of fun and some cool clothes came down the runway. Shout out to A. and J. for gettin' me in and for J.'s piece getting a good review.







Here's a less enthusiastic review from Style.com

By Alison Baenen

Shaun Kearney was looking for a harder edge. How else to explain the surfeit of leather with an inexpensive luster that overwhelmed this collection? Poor fabric choices, plus an abundance of ruching on dresses and skirts, resulted in a less-than-sophisticated offering. Kearney would have done well to do more with better, more basic fabrics. An oversize mohair sweater looked downright comfy, and a silk-chiffon blouse with a peacock print would pair nicely with a suit. But the few embellished items that did succeed (a knee-length dark gold paillette skirt comes to mind) were mostly lost.

A Panda in Manhattan

For all you panda lovers out there, I saw my first Panda in Manhattan. He/She was standing in the middle of the street, looking a bit down. Maybe the recession has even hit the panda community?

As they say, "Only in New York...."

Kanye West's Latest Video: Welcome to the Heartbreak

You saw it here first!

Jane's Dog - Plato

A. had a chance to hang out with Jane's French Bulldog - Plato.

He plays rough with other dogs, but according to T., that's how they're supposed to play!

The District - The City Knockoff

Have you ever watched The City and wished it was about Barack Obama?

This is AWESOME!

The breakup email - hilarious!

This was forwarded to me in an email. A breakup email between a girl (1st email) and her (ex) boyfriend (2nd email). This is crazy / funny / sad / etc...you fill in the blank!

The 1st is an email from a girl, apologizing for cheating.
The 2nd is the reply from the guy, who also CCed his message to his whole address book.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Brad,
It would be difficult for me to be any more miserable right now, I feel like the worst person ever. First, let me start by saying that I am truly truly sorry, and I hate myself for hurting you.

Of all the people in the whole entire world, you were honestly the last person that I would ever want to wrong in any way. There is no excuse at allor anything that happened, so I won't even try other than to say all of us had WAY too much to drink, and I did a stupid thing. I can handle you being p*ssed at me, I absolutely deserve it, I can even handle the ugly words that were exchanged between us, what I can't handle is thinking that you see me as a different person. It is weird,I feel like I just went through a horrible break up or something.

The world looked funny yesterday, I couldn't crack a smile if you paid me,there are songs I can't listen to, and I just feel beyond crushed. Idon't know if you meant everything you said to me, and I am hoping that you didn't.

I know that I was wrong on many levels, but I am also hoping that this is something that we can deal with. I know it sounds totally crazy and stupid, but you have come to play such a significant role in my life, I can't imagine my days without you. It is totally strange and weird to say that, and you could say that my behaviour didn't reflect that, and you would be correct. I hate feeling like youhate me, and I hate feeling like all of your friends think I am a terrible person, because I am not.

I know there is nothing I can say or do to take back what happened, but I just want you to know that fighting with you was just about the worst thing I could have everimagined. It was right up there with one of the ugliest nights of mylife, and I would give anything in the world to rewind and fix it.

I am not sure if you will respond to this, part of me thinks that youwon't. If not today, then maybe some other time. Also, thanks for getting my stuff together, although I think my sunglasses are still atyour house, if you could keep your eyes peeled for them that would be great.

I can't even focus or work today, I can't eat, I seriously feellike it was an ugly break up, and I am hoping against hopes that itwas not that and you are not done with me. Please don't cut me off, Ireally don't think I can handle that.

I am so sorry.

Elizabeth
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RESPONSE:

Dear Elizabeth,

Thank you for your concern. I'll be sure to file it away under "L" for"Long-winded diatribes from drunken whores I couldn't care less about".

You did a stupid thing huh? No...doing long division and forgetting tocarry the one is "a stupid thing"; Mixing in a red sock with a load ofwhites is "a stupid thing"; Bl*wing some guy in a bathroom for 45 minuteswhile I sit at the bar wondering if you're taking so long because you ate too much bran that morning isn't as much a "Stupid thing" as it is grounds for permanent removal from my social calendar.

To be honest, I'm not sure if it was more amusing that you went and degraded yourself in a public toilet not once but twice in a 2 hourspan, or that you seemed to think that by saying "Well, I didn't F**k him" somehow gave you a clean slate.

So forgive me if I couldn't care less if the world "looked funny" toyou yesterday. Since your world revolves around blow dryers, goldenretrievers, Prada Bags and Jelly Beans, I'm sure it must have bee nmost unsettling to actually have to consider someone else's feelingsfor 24 hours straight.

The good news for you is that my friends don't think you're a terribleperson, they just think you're the average run of the mill c*m-guzzling blond who commands about as much respect as your average child porn collector.

I could be wrong but, it's pretty hard to respect some B&T chick whocomes out to spend the night at my place even though she's seeing someone else in New jersey and winds up tongue-bathing the taint of anyone who decides 30 minutes of droning commentary on Colin Farrell'snew haircut is worth putting up with for a hand job in the men's room.

The good thing about being a guy is that when I eventually bump into the young lad who finger-blasted you on top of a towel dispenser last saturday, we'll have a shot and laugh our heads off about the time it happened.

By the way, for the amount of time you claim to spend in spin class you really must be doing something wrong to sport the thunder thighs you do.Watching you parade around my bedroom in a thong was a little likewatching sea lions mate. Thought you might like to know.

PS. I CC'd about 100 people on this email.

Talk to you never,

Brad

Suhweeet TV Insider: The Starter Wife

This is the inaugural posting of a new feature on the Suhweeet Blog - Suhweeet TV Insider.


Check out what is picked up and what has been dropped from your favorite television networks.



This week, we have learned that Debra Messing's The Starter Wife has been cancelled. I have never watched this show, but I heard it got great reviews. But we all know that great reviews do not translate into great ratings (RE: Arrested Development).

My sources tell me that although the original six-hour miniseries in 2007 attracted around 5 million viewers, the second season only averaged 2.4M viewers.

Here's a recession thought: With Debra Messing becoming irrelevant (again), that hurts her people, like Rachel Zoe, whose high-brow client list included Debra. That's "bananas."

LeBron does NOT get a triple-double vs. the Knicks

LeBron really tried hard to break Kobe's 61 record setting performance on Wed night against the running Knicks. But as soon as he realized he couldn't do that, he switched his game up and started to go after every rebound he could while dishing out 11 assists. In fact, he even thought he obtained the cherished triple-double on his last rebound, but it looks like the NBA is going to take it away.

NBA strips LeBron of triple-double

NEW YORK -- LeBron James lost his latest triple-double Friday when the NBA determined that one of his rebounds should have been credited to Cleveland teammate Ben Wallace.

James scored a season-high 52 points and had 11 assists Wednesday in the Cavaliers' 107-102 victory at New York. He was believed to have a triple-double when he grabbed what went down as a 10th rebound with less than 2 seconds left.

However, the league reviewed the game and ruled that a rebound given to James with 39.3 seconds remaining should have been credited to Wallace. The corrected statistics now have James with nine rebounds and Wallace with two.

James' performance came two nights after Kobe Bryant set a record at the present Madison Square Garden by scoring 61 points in the Lakers' 126-117 victory over the Knicks.

"I don't go out there for the numbers, I just play my game," James said after Wednesday's game when he was still thought to have recorded a triple-double. "You guys seen every phase of my game tonight, the scoring, the rebounding, the assists and defensively just trying to attack the opposing team.

"I never thought you could look at the box score and see somebody with 50 with a triple-double, but it's happened."

James will get a chance to faceoff against Bryant when the Lakers visit Cleveland on Sunday.

A release from the league said: "All NBA games are reviewed to ensure the accuracy of the game statistics."

Had the triple-double stood, it would have been the first 50-point game in a triple-double since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1975.

James now remains with three triple-doubles this season and 20 for his career.

Miley Cyrus / Hannah Montana is Racist

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Disney teen idol Miley Cyrus has been accused of taunting and mocking Asians by making slant-eye poses in a personal photograph with her friends.

A snapshot of Cyrus, 16, best known as the star of the Disney Channel show "Hannah Montana", and friends posing with an Asian friend and pulling their eyes sideways surfaced on the Internet this week.

The OCA, a national organization in the United States dedicated to advancing the social and political welfare of Asian Pacific Americans, called on the singer-actress to apologize.

The group said the image "falls within a long and unfortunate history of people mocking and denigrating individuals of Asian descent."

"Not only has Miley Cyrus and the other individuals in the photograph encouraged and legitimized the taunting and mocking of people of Asian descent, she has also insulted her many Asian Pacific American friends," OCA executive director George Wu in a statement issued on Monday.

Wu said the fact that an Asian friend was included in the photo "does not make it acceptable."

Representatives for Cyrus did not immediately return calls for comment on Tuesday.

SoReal Cru Performans at Northwestern!

For all you America's Best Dance Crew fans...

Check out SoReal Cru's performance recently at NU.