Summary: As one of the hosts of the Oscar Talk podcast and the editor of Indiewire’s Thompson on Hollywood blog, it’s no wonder Anne Thompson (https://twitter.com/akstanwyck) beat out most other award season experts by correctly predicting 19 out of 24 winners at this year’s Academy Awards. Thompson attended the Oscar ceremony in-person and confirms that Seth MacFarlane was no better live than on television. Less than 24-hours after “Argo” won Best Picture and shortly after returning from the Governor’s Ball, Thompson recaps a whirlwind weekend that had her hobnobbing at the Spirit Awards awards on Saturday then walking the red carpet at Sunday’s Oscars. Rough life, to be sure. In television news, it turns out most the of the hour-long network dramas premiering at mid-season have failed to find an audience. Maybe now that Nielsen is including online streaming in their ratings viewership will rise for some of these shows, but we wouldn’t count on it. Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment headlines including Billboard revamping music charts to include YouTube views, Shia LaBeouf drops out of his Broadway debut and Google’s plans for music streaming. Foreign Box Office: 'Die Hard' Continues as No. 1 Overseas, Breaks $100 Million http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/foreign-box-office-die-hard-423774 (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/foreign-box-office-die-hard-423774) China Box Office: 'Journey to the West' Dominates During New Year Holidays http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/china-box-office-journey-west-422272 (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/china-box-office-journey-west-422272) Anne Thompson’s Oscar Predictions http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/oscar_predicts_chart (http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/oscar_predicts_chart) My Night at the Oscars, from the Red Carpet to the Governor's Ball http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/oscars-2013-show-review-and-roundup (http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/oscars-2013-show-review-and-roundup) 'Silver Linings Playbook' Wins Four Independent Spirit Awards http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/the-28th-annual-film-independent-spirit-awards (http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/the-28th-annual-film-independent-spirit-awards) Oscar Predictions, Election-Style http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/22/oscar-predictions-election-style/ (http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/22/oscar-predictions-election-style/) Visual Effects Workers Plan Oscar Flyover Protest http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-visual-effects.... (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-visual-effects-oscar-protest-rhythm-hues20130222,0,2940036.story) NBC's On A First-to-Worst Free-Fall http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-0222-.... (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-0222-nbc-20130222,0,2655842.story) Nielsen Adjusts Its Ratings to Add Web-Linked TVs http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/21/tvs-connected-to-the-internet-to-be-counted-by-nielsen/ (http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/21/tvs-connected-to-the-internet-to-be-counted-by-nielsen/) Billboard, Nielsen Add YouTube Video Streaming To Its Platforms http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/chart-alert/1549398/billboard-nielsen-add-youtube-video-streaming-to-its-platforms (http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/chart-alert/1549398/billboard-nielsen-add-youtube-video-streaming-to-its-platforms) “Harlem Shake” Debuts Atop Revamped Hot 100 http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1549388/baauers-harlem-shake-debuts-atop-revamped-hot-100 (http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1549388/baauers-harlem-shake-debuts-atop-revamped-hot-100) Les Miz Coming Back To Broadway http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/les-miserables-coming-back-to-broadway-in-2014/?hpw
