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The launch party for AOL's new online pop culture game "Gold Rush" had Hollywood hot spot Les Deux all aglitter last Tuesday night, combining the glamour of a major TV premiere with the marketing savvy of a high-powered Internet company. "Gold" creator Mark Burnett left, and the show's host, Mark Steines, right, along with AOL Chairman Jon Miller, center, worked the crowd, which included comedian Kathy Griffin (who will blog about the game), "Desperate Housewives'" Felicity Huffman, MTV's Kristin Cavallari and even erstwhile "Facts of Life" star Mindy Cohn. Aside from sucking down 1849 Gold Rush cocktails and nibbling on brownies brushed with gold leaf, guests answered trivia questions for gold (well, not real gold) prizes including money clips and bangles. The leggy attendants handing out the prizes turned heads with their shimmering body stockings. "I didn't know it was going to be so see-through," one admitted. She deserved the $1 million "Gold Rush" grand prize just for making it through the evening. -Christopher Lisotta downloadable-movie arena: Central Park Media has made 33 of their anime titles available for purchase on Google Video -- from recent faves like Animation Runner Kuromi to classics like Project A-ko (pictured; has it been twenty years already?). Prices range frm $9.95 to $19.95 (with a fair number leaning toward the less expensive end of the spectrum), and you also have the option of spending $1.99 on a "day pass" to watch a movie. Considering that you need to use the Google Video player to watch the movies you buy or rent, it's not exactly anime on iTunes (we're still waiting for that) but it is, thus far, the boldest move the U.S. anime distributors have made in the online movie space. At least, it is until one of the other majors like ADV, Geneon, Manga Entertainment or Funimation -- all of whom work hard on TV distribution deals -- gets their stuff onto iTunes, which I expect isn't too far off. (And say, shouldn't Disney -- who distribute Studio Ghibli works like Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle -- beat them to the punch, especially since Steve Jobs is on the board?)