Her recent big-budget films, like The Kingdom and Catch and Release, have underperformed at the box office so badly that even her low salary couldn't offer a good return on investment.
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There's yet another catch for Gemstar: TV Guide Interactive was built for a high-speed set-top box, Motorola's DCT 5000, which was promised months ago but held back because of high costs and software integration glitches.
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