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    Everything You Wanted to Know about Being an Assistant

    This week on The Business, everything you wanted to know about being an assistant, but were too terrified to ask. We talk with the authors of The Hollywood Assistants Handbook. Plus, an update on the actors' negotiations for a new contract.

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    By Claude Brodesser-Akner • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

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      Claude Brodesser-Akner

      Star-Ledger / NJ.com

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      Leslie Simmons

      Reporter, The Hollywood Reporter

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      Hillary Stamm

      Co-author, 'The Hollywood Assistants Handbook'

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      Co-author, 'The Hollywood Assistants Handbook'

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