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Plans unveiled for 'Guitar Hero'-esque game

Murdoch exchanges more stock for DirecTV

Channel will feature past clips and other videos

Company offer content from 1,300-title catalog

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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.

The Last Emperor

Bernardo Bertolucci's "The Last Emperor" reaches DVD in the version the Academy recognized, as opposed to the longer, misleadingly labeled 218-minute "director's cut" Bertolucci calls "not much different from the other one, just a little bit more boring."

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• Buyers zoom in on sunnier fare
• Overseas films get wider play in program

• Global race run from L.A. base
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