>> My name is Sharifa Anazi [assumed spelling], and I am a writer
and owner The Sacred Word Jewelry Company based in Los Angeles.
I also am an editorial assistant at the Hollywood Reporter.
There I work for the managing editor and deputy editor of the magazine.
I do a lot of Red Carpet reporting for online and print, and I really get to cover all
of the fast-paced things going on in the entertainment industry.
No days are the same.
We get really busy, of course, when we have different events going on,
whether our Women in Entertainment.
I get to go help out there.
Or sometimes it's just, you know, I remember when Robin Williams died.
Something like that, you know, I was set to cover, I think, it was The Expendables premiere,
and I still went, but it quickly turned into, "Ask people about Robin Williams
and what they thought about his life."
And so you really never know what your day's going to be like, you can think, you know,
you can plan it out, and get ready for just a regular Red Carpet, but then, you know,
suddenly, a celebrity dies and now, like, things change, and that's what's exciting about working
in entertainment and news is that no two days are the same.
Some days it's slow.
Some days, you know, there's nothing going on, and you're just kind of, you know,
you're doing desk things or research or just writing what you can, but it's all a whirlwind.
You know, something I've loved since I was a little girl.
I wear, like, 50 hats.
My friends will tell you that.
"Oh, my gosh, Sharifa does everything.
She's a writer.
She's a entrepreneur.
She is a singer."
I just believe in, you know, using all of your talents.
You know, I want to leave this world empty.
I don't want to have anything left inside.