Reuters - Expectations management goes out the window when a picture is considered a candidate for one of the biggest openings of all time.

Reuters - In a possible harbinger of more Hollywood labor unrest this year, a performers union that was expected to wrap up quick contract talks with the studios said Monday it had run into "challenging issues, and a resolution may not be quick or easy."

AP - Jimmy Kimmel knows how to deliver an industry joke with some sting, as he proved to advertisers getting a first look at ABC's fall schedule last week.

Reuters - Apparently, 68% growth just isn't good enough, so investors sold shares of the video game software makers Friday.

Reuters - Neil Diamond topped the British album charts on Sunday, days after he accomplished the same feat in the United States.

Reuters - "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" seems to be more of a sequel to "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" than to the last film in the adventure series 19 years ago.

Reuters - For the second consecutive weekend, a major Hollywood film fell short of expectations at the box office on Sunday, providing a wobbly start for the lucrative summer moviegoing season in North America.

Reuters - As the Cannes film festival hit halfway on Monday, movie executives from around the world began tallying the cost of a world economy rocked by a nine-month old credit crisis and its impact on show business.

Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama said on Sunday he would pursue a vigorous antitrust policy if he becomes U.S. president and singled out the media industry as one area where government regulators would need to be watchful as consolidation increases.

Reuters - Heavyweight Mike Tyson, one of the most fearsome and notorious fighters in boxing's history, said on Saturday it was a miracle he was still alive after the drugs and violence of his past.

Reuters - Time Warner Inc Chairman Richard Parsons said he is likely to step down in the next year, clearing the path for Chief Executive Jeffrey Bewkes to assume the role.