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Entertainment & Sports

Nov. 30, 2011

Hollywood weighs how to screen casting staff

After a successful casting director was discovered to be a convicted child molester, Hollywood studio lawyers are pondering how best to respond.


By Erica E. Phillips


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - After a successful children's casting director was discovered to be a convicted child molester, unbeknownst to the movie producers he worked with, Hollywood lawyers are pondering how best to ensure minor-age actors' safety.


Though child labor laws provide strict requirements for studios employing minors, this particular issue is new to many in the business. Lawyers say studi...

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