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Investors sent the stock soaring another 5.3%

Time Warner company eliminating 2,000 jobs

Band to make songs available on Nov. 13

System gets more sophisticated, systematic

International president of social site Bebo

One of the bigger questions facing attendees at ShowEast this year: How will "Summer of '08 -- the Non-Sequel" play?
• Concert films pump up the volume

In its 125-year history, the Actors Fund has helped showbiz pros in all professions through all kinds of crises.

It's perhaps unfair to say the Korean Wave has crashed. Success stories continue to emerge.
• Korea revamps after wave of success
• Cartoons draw audiences

Another sweeps period has come and gone. The life and death of television shows, new and old, could be determined by the upcoming Nielsen numbers. Variety chronicles the hits, flops, battles and surprises on the small screen.

At a recent digital cinema event in Hollywood, a speaker joked that it was no accident exhibs had dubbed nonfeature content "Other Digital Stuff." That's O-D-S for short. Pronounced odious. The line was meant as a joke, but many exhibs act like that's what they think.

Hedge funds aren't just for the majors anymore. While the first round of big fund players -- Dune, Virtual, Legendary, Gun Hill -- focused on studio slates and would-be blockbusters, investors have a new target in the entertainment business, with potentially lower risks and higher returns: specialized film.