Business - Entertainment/Media

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Film box offices were poised on Wednesday to eclipse 2007's record $9.68 billion in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales with Hollywood eyeing more than $10 billion this year as audiences flocked to theaters during the recession. Full Story »

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Even the prospect of a golf landscape temporarily minus Tiger Woods is not one PGA Tour officials, advertisers and sponsors care to ponder as speculation swirls around the popular athlete's private life, which has kept him secluded in his Florida home. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co Chief Executive Bob Iger said on Wednesday he felt "really good" about the improving advertising front, saying sales for last-minute TV spots were up in the mid-20s percent range versus longer-term deals signed by marketing customers. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Reuters) - In a grainy black and white Web video, similar to footage from an in-store security camera, you can make out the muscular frame of rapper 50 Cent, smashing dozens of TV sets with a baseball bat. Full Story »

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Tis the season to be jolly -- and to make a list, with the end of decade sparking them galore, ranging from the top words of the decade, to the top celebrity or the stupidest gifts for the person with everything. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Billboard) - They came, they conquered ... they were never heard from again. After reaching the Hot 100's Top 10 with their very first singles, none of these acts managed to crack the Top 25 for the rest of the decade. But hey, four minutes of fame is better than nothing. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The ruckus over MTV's "Jersey Shore" is getting as intense as the hot-headed dramatics on the show. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Apple's iTunes on Tuesday released Rewind 2009, its lists of the year's best and best-selling media. Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow" was the best-selling song at the country's leading music retailer. Kings of Leon's "Only by the Night" was the best-selling album and also was named best album of the year. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Reuters) - CBS has sold about 90 percent of the available commercial time for the upcoming Super Bowl, with prices for a 30-second spot running close to $3 million, CBS Corp Chief Executive Les Moonves said on Tuesday. Full Story »

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Giant-screen movie operator IMAX Corp said on Tuesday that it was in talks with at least five film companies in China as the company moves to cement its presence in Asia. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Liberty Media Corp Chief Executive Officer Greg Maffei said on Tuesday that his company will look at the Hollywood studio and library assets of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which is considering selling itself to the highest bidder. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Times Co forecast print advertising revenue would drop 25 percent in the fourth quarter, but pulled one of its struggling newspapers, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, off the auction block. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp, Time Warner Inc's Time Inc and three other publishers detailed their long-expected plans to develop open standards for a new digital storefront and technology to help prepare their print titles for devices ranging from e-books to tablet computers. Full Story »

LONDON (Reuters) - Horror thriller "Paranormal Activity" reached the top of the British box office on its second weekend of release, according to Screen International on Tuesday. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - NBC's "Today" show will broadcast from Afghanistan this week, in the wake of President Barack Obama's decision to send 30,000 more troops to that country, the network said on Monday. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp, Time Warner Inc and magazine publishers Conde Nast and Hearst Corp will on Tuesday unveil a new digital joint venture aimed at readying their print titles with agreed standards for a range of devices from e-books to tablets. Full Story »