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10 Ways to Level Up Before the End of the Year
By Matthew Threadgill , Assistant at Disney Branded Television ; Co-Editor in-Chief at THA It’s September, which means 2025 is almost out...
Matthew Threadgill


Op-Ed: Jimmy Kimmel, the FCC, and the Fight for the 1st Amendment
By Natalie Lifson , Agent Trainee and Executive Assistant at Buchwald and your co-Editor-in-Chief at THA Note: This is a letter written...
Natalie Lifson


Ask an Assistant: Hayley Gruenspan
Hayley Gruenspan Assistant to Partner at Untitled Entertainment Interviewed by Natalie Lifson , Agent Trainee and Executive Assistant at...
Natalie Lifson


Assistants Anonymous: What Hiring Interns Taught Me About Applying for Assistant Jobs
Assistants Anonymous: a column for the thoughts you want to share but don't want to put your name on. Submit HERE. By Anonymous...
Anonymous
What a Hollywood Assistant Can Learn From KITCHEN NIGHTMARES
By Hayley Gruenspan , Assistant to Partner at Untitled Entertainment I am someone who goes through spurts of watching the entirety of...
Hayley Gruenspan
Hollywood Buzz: September 2025
By Natalie Lifson , Agent Trainee and Executive Assistant at Buchwald and your co-Editor-in-Chief at THA Everything you may have missed...
Natalie Lifson
VIRTUAL Events - October 2025
Mixers & Social Events PEER-TO-PEER VIRTUAL MEET-UP: NARRATIVE CREATORS By The Gotham Tues, Oct 7 @7pm ET / 4pm PT RSVP HERE Free with...
Natalie Lifson
LA Events - October 2025
*All events are in person unless noted to be virtual Mixers & Social Events ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY MIXER by Citizen Skull/Static Films...
Natalie Lifson
NYC Events - October 2025
*All events are in person unless noted to be virtual Mixers & Social Events PEER-TO-PEER VIRTUAL MEET-UP: NARRATIVE CREATORS - VIRTUAL...
Natalie Lifson
Why You Should Read the Trades Every Morning
By Natalie Lifson , Agent Trainee and Executive Assistant at Buchwald , your Co-Editor-in-Chief at THA , and most relevant, writer of...
Natalie Lifson


Ask a Former Assistant: Neil Wade (Creative Executive, Formerly Nickelodeon)
An Interview with Neil Wade , Creative Executive, formerly Nickelodeon “I’ve always described myself as a big walking cartoon.” By...
Matthew Threadgill


So what’s going on with the Paramount x Skydance merger?
By Natalie Lifson , Agent Trainee and Executive Assistant at Buchwald and your co-Editor-in-Chief at THA So what’s going on with the...
Natalie Lifson
Hollywood Buzz: August 2025
By Natalie Lifson , Agent Trainee and Executive Assistant at Buchwald and your co-Editor-in-Chief at THA Everything you may have missed...
Natalie Lifson


Announcement: Matthew Threadgill Named New THA Co-Editor-in-Chief
Letter from the editor: We are beyond excited to share that our (now former) Executive Editor Matthew Threadgill (Assistant at Disney...
Natalie Lifson
Calling All Writers!
The Hollywood Assistant Is Looking for Writers! We’re expanding our Journalism team and looking for passionate, thoughtful, and even...
Matthew Threadgill


Filling the Gaps: A Conversation with Jaia Thomas, Founder of Diverse Representation
An Interview with Jaia Thomas , Founder of Diverse Representation Interviewed By Matthew Threadgill , Assistant at Disney Branded...
Matthew Threadgill


Car-Less in Los Angeles
By Hayley Gruenspan , Assistant to Partner at Untitled Entertainment Whenever I tell someone in L.A. that I don’t have a car, I’m looked...
Hayley Gruenspan
Assistants Anonymous: "On Making Enemies"
Assistants Anonymous: a new column for the thoughts you want to share but don't want to put your name on. Submit HERE. By Anonymous...
Anonymous
Survey Answers: What Does Surviving As a Working Creative Mean to You?
Last week, Sebastian Martinez ( Current Creative, Former Assistant at Paradigm ) published an article about his takeaways from the...
Natalie Lifson
Hollywood Buzz: July 2025
By Natalie Lifson , Agent Trainee and Executive Assistant at Buchwald and your co-Editor-in-Chief at THA Everything you may have missed...
Natalie Lifson


The Desk Can Wait: Lessons From the Mailroom
By Claire Farnsworth , Talent Assistant at IAG When I first applied to the company, there were two open positions in the New York office:...
Claire Farnsworth


Surviving As A Working Creative: Takeaways from Tribeca
By Sebastian Martinez - Current Creative, Former Assistant at Paradigm Last week, I attended the Tribeca panel “ Surviving as a Working...
Sebastian Martinez
Survey: What Does Surviving as a Working Creative Mean to You?
In The Hollywood Assistant's June 2025 issue, working creative and former Paradigm assistant Sebastian Martinez wrote an article about...
Natalie Lifson


Ask an Assistant: Kayla Black (Global Acquisitions & Content Partnerships Assistant at Nickelodeon)
Kayla Black , Global Acquisitions & Content Partnerships Assistant at Nickelodeon Interviewed by Matthew Threadgill , Assistant at ...
Matthew Threadgill
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