The Ads Are Sold; the Stars Are Booked It may not be the bonanza of Super Bowl advertising - which funneled an estimated $220 million to CBS this year, according to analysts -- but Oscar commercials also fetch high prices, and this year has proven quite lucrative. Spots for the telecast, on Feb. 24, are already sold out, said a spokesman for Disney, the parent of ABC, which broadcasts the show. Deadline.com reports that "this was the best-selling pace for the Oscars in more than a decade," with most of the commercial time already sold by Christmas, even before the nominations were announced. With many of the best-picture hopefuls also doing well at the box office this year, advertisers and broadcasters are clearly hoping that robust ticket sales will be reflected in the number of eyeballs tuned to the ceremony. The show's producers are further sweetening the event with a planned tribute to James Bond; performances by Adele, Norah Jones and Barbra Streisand; and appearances by last year's Oscar champs Meryl Streep, Octavia Spencer, Jean Dujardin and Christopher Plummer, as well as Mark Wahlberg and Ted, the animated talking teddy bear. The over/under on whether the host, Seth MacFarlane, will manage a reunion of the Funky Bunch?