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>> My name is Sharifa Anazi
[assumed spelling], and I am a writer

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and owner The Sacred Word Jewelry
Company based in Los Angeles.

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I also am an editorial assistant
at the Hollywood Reporter.

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There I work for the managing editor
and deputy editor of the magazine.

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I do a lot of Red Carpet reporting for online
and print, and I really get to cover all

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of the fast-paced things going
on in the entertainment industry.

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No days are the same.

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We get really busy, of course, when
we have different events going on,

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whether our Women in Entertainment.

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I get to go help out there.

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Or sometimes it's just, you know, I
remember when Robin Williams died.

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Something like that, you know, I was set to
cover, I think, it was The Expendables premiere,

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and I still went, but it quickly turned
into, "Ask people about Robin Williams

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and what they thought about his life."

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And so you really never know what your day's
going to be like, you can think, you know,

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you can plan it out, and get ready for just
a regular Red Carpet, but then, you know,

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suddenly, a celebrity dies and now, like, things
change, and that's what's exciting about working

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in entertainment and news is
that no two days are the same.

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Some days it's slow.

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Some days, you know, there's nothing going
on, and you're just kind of, you know,

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you're doing desk things or research or just
writing what you can, but it's all a whirlwind.

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You know, something I've loved
since I was a little girl.

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I wear, like, 50 hats.

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My friends will tell you that.

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"Oh, my gosh, Sharifa does everything.

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She's a writer.

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She's a entrepreneur.

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She is a singer."

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I just believe in, you know,
using all of your talents.

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You know, I want to leave this world empty.

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I don't want to have anything left inside.