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Entertainment & Sports

Apr. 7, 2000

Revenge of the Rubes: Combating Hollywood Hustlers With Pit Bull Lawyers

Hollywood beware, those naive-looking suckers from out-of-town are smarter and tougher than you ever thought. Sure, Sunset Strip snakes may still swallow big chunks of their money - and spend some of it on a better brand of toilet paper. But those starry-eyed rubes from flyover country, who for decades could be counted on to silently disappear after losing their shirts in shady L.A. movie investments, are fighting back.

By Garry Abrams
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        Hollywood beware, those naive-looking suckers from out-of-town are smarter and tougher than you ever thought.
        Sure, Sunset Strip snakes may still swallow big chunks of their money - and spend some of it on a better brand of toilet paper. But those starry-eyed rubes...

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