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Actor Darryl Green is photographed at the Playhouse West theater in North Hollywood.

Actor Darryl Green is photographed at the Playhouse West theater in North Hollywood.

  (Jay Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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Darryl Green

A check for $4.09 that actor Darryl Green received after winning a Small Claims Court case against Pinkerton Model & Talent Co.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Sharon Faley-Harvey

Sharon Faley-Harvey said she filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau after Pinkerton Model & Talent Co. failed to pay a $450 fee that her son Riley, left, was owed for a photo shoot it booked.

  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Aylya Marzolf

Actress and model Aylya Marzolf said that agent Lynn Venturella kept about $6,600 she was owed for six photo and commercial shoots, leading her to file a complaint with the California Labor Commissioner’s Office.

  (Jay L. Clenenin / Los Angeles Times)

John Doman

Actor John Doman, who starred in HBO’s “The Wire,” at home in Brooklyn, N.Y. Talent agent Peter Strain pleaded guilty to a felony charge in connection with the theft of earnings from Doman and two other clients.

  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Aspiring actress Krupskaia Gutierrez was asked for money after she read monologues in front of a woman at One Source Talent. "We need the money," Gutierrez recalls the woman at the company saying.

Aspiring actress Krupskaia Gutierrez was asked for money after she read monologues in front of a woman at One Source Talent. “We need the money,” Gutierrez recalls the woman at the company saying.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

"We are trying to be the light in the darkness of Hollywood," says Chloe Sebest, 14, at a seminar hosted by Actors, Models & Talent for Christ.

“We are trying to be the light in the darkness of Hollywood,” says Chloe Sebest, 14, at a seminar hosted by Actors, Models & Talent for Christ.   (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

First-time filmmaker Pradeep Rawat said he bought a $21,000 "Oscar Qualifying Package" from Cinemaflix Distribution.

First-time filmmaker Pradeep Rawat said he bought a $21,000 “Oscar Qualifying Package” from Cinemaflix Distribution.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

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