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The Hollywood Assistant: Celebrating 150 Articles

Matthew Threadgill & Natalie Lifson

Congratulations, Lucy!

Lucy Stover

Ask a Former Assistant: Clément Bauer, Jr. Partner, VP of Development & Production at Resonate Entertainment

Maura Consedine

What Working at Small Agencies Taught Me About Making It Big

Matthew Threadgill

Ask an Assistant: Ricardo Contreras (Executive Assistant, Current Programming at CBS)

Natalie Lifson

Hollywood Buzz: May 2025

By Natalie Lifson, Agent Trainee and Executive Assistant at Buchwald and your co-Editor-in-Chief at THA Everything you may have missed...

Matthew Threadgill

The Coffee Chat: Your How-To Guide On Networking Up

Matthew Threadgill

Ask an Assistant: Jordan Bucknor (Assistant to the Head of Film & TV, Sage Work Productions)

Matthew Threadgill

Assistant Hacks: Secret Weapons You Wish You Had Sooner

Natalie Lifson

Hollywood Buzz: March & April 2025

By Natalie Lifson , Agent Trainee and Executive Assistant at Buchwald and your co-Editor-in-Chief at THA Everything you may have missed...

Lucy Stover

The Oscars Through an Assistant’s Eyes: What Cameras Cannot Capture

Matthew Threadgill

Ask an Assistant: Madilyn Cook (Writer’s Assistant, Disney Branded Television)

Katie Tran

Ask a Former Assistant: Karla M. Rodriguez (Manager of Casting, Content Partnerships & Fandom at ReelShort)

Greta Simolke

Berlinale’s European Film Market: A Hollywood Assistant’s Guide to the Global Film Biz

Natalie Lifson

DEI Rollbacks - How Companies are Responding (last update: 4/15/2025)

Natalie Lifson

Hollywood Buzz: February & March 2025

By Natalie Lifson , Agent Trainee and Executive Assistant at Buchwald and your co-Editor-in-Chief at THA Everything you may have missed...

Rachel Jarrot

Ask a Former Assistant: Nathan Varni (ABC, Hulu)

Matthew Threadgill & Natalie Lifson

What DEI Rollbacks Mean for the Future of Hollywood

Lucy Stover

Know Your Worth: How to Use our Salary Survey Data to Advocate for Better Pay

Rhegan Graham

Salary Transparency Survey: How much do people make just starting out in the entertainment industry? How much is enough?

Lucy Stover

NEXT GEN: Executive Diversity Mentorship Program applications are now open!

Natalie Lifson