So You Want to Work in Hollywood? Here’s How.

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4.2 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Breaking into Hollywood isn’t what it used to be. Two former LA Times editors who have covered the entertainment industry for years offer a road map on how to make it in a business being reshaped by AI, streaming and social media. Ada Tseng and Jon Healey spoke with hundreds of showbiz professionals – from actors and producers, to agents and gaffers – getting honest advice about how to get started (hint: think twice before becoming a personal assistant). Their book is “Breaking Into New Hollywood: A Career Guide to a Changing Industry.” If you’re in the entertainment industry, what’s the most valuable advice you received? Guests: Ada Tseng, writer and editor; co-host, "Saturday School" - an Asian American pop culture history podcast Jon Healey, former reporter and editor for The Los Angeles Times Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:29.1	Two former L.A. Times editors who've covered the entertainment industry for years offer a roadmap on how to make it in a business being reshaped by AI, streaming,
1:30.2	and social media.
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