PAs who look after celebrities – both past and present – have been in the papers recently, with X Factor winner James Arthur resorting to dismissing his personal assistant after his phone was allegedly used to send abusive text messages to a model. 25-year-old James denies sending lewd texts to glamour model Teddy Edwardes after […]

There are many accounts of the shocking tasks celebrity assistants have been asked to do and now a new tell-all book shows that Hollywood’s show business executives are getting in on the act too. Lydia Whitlock worked as an assistant in various sectors of the entertainment industry for five years. While none of her bosses […]

PAs in the US are lawyering up and taking their former employers to court over their unacceptable behaviour. First up is US songstress Mariah Carey who is being sued by 49-year-old Ylser Oliver, who was with Mariah for seven years and is accusing the singer of having forced her staff to work “on average approximately […]

It’s time for our regular round-up of what PAs across the world have been getting up to and this time we start off on home territory, as we look at the case of the light-fingered assistant and the aristocrat. PA to the Dowager Countess Bathurst of Cirencester, Kim Roberts, has been charged with purloining prized […]

Personal assistants have once again been hitting the headlines, whether that’s because they’re being asked to do outrageous tasks by their celebrity bosses, or are suing them for loss of earnings. First off, we report on the case of a high-net-worth individual who has been having a tough time finding a PA. New York business […]

Personal assistants across the world have once again been hitting the headlines, so we take our regular look at what exactly they’ve been up to. First up is the sad tale of comedy actor Robin Williams’s suicide; once again, as is the case in many of these sorry happenings, the person to find the body […]

PAs in the US are putting the ‘business’ into show business and have signed up to take part in a reality TV programme where former Brady Brunch star Barry Williams and Saturday Night Live regular Joe Piscopo will swap personal assistants rather than spouses in the American version of Celebrity Wife Swap. Joe lives near […]

Nelson Mandela’s personal assistant has exposed the power struggles that went on within his family over the last few years of the much-respected South African leader’s life. In her memoir, Good Morning, Mr Mandela, Zelda La Grange points the finger at his oldest daughter, Makaziwe, who apparently attempted to stop some of his old friends […]

First up inside this edition’s overview of management assistants hitting the headlines is the PA who worked for premier league CEO Richard Scudamore. Former law student Rani Abraham has told UK media sources that she felt “humiliated and disgusted” by the messages exchanged between Scudamore and his associates. The emails allegedly made derogatory comments about women, […]

We all know how multi-talented PAs are, doing everything from booking that last-minute business trip, to organising the annual charity fundraiser and putting together a killer PowerPoint presentation, but now it seems they are also being called upon to be style gurus. No less a person than Kate Middleton, AKA the Duchess of Cambridge, has […]

It’s not always an easy life being a PA and dealing with a demanding boss can be a stressful experience, as Matt Harrell can testify. He’s the personal assistant to Hollywood party girl and reality show star Lindsay Lohan and has been having a tough time of it lately. In the latest episode of docu-series […]

News reaches PA Life Towers that yet more managerial assistants have been behaving very badly indeed. Gareth Varey, aide to London popstrel Tulisa, has been arrested on suspicion of dealing cocaine and possession of cannabis. This development is bad timing for the former N-Dubz singer, coming as it does just a few months after she […]

Personal assistants have once again been hitting the headlines, so we take a behind-the-scenes look at what they’ve been up to. In the US, the former personal assistant to a member of the Dave Matthews Band has been found guilty of fraud and sentenced to 18 months – half of which time he will serve behind […]

With the verdict now in and the Italian sisters who worked as personal assistants for Nigella Lawson having been cleared of fraud, we take a look at what else PAs around the world have been up to recently. While high-profile clients can be demanding, working for them can also bring its own rewards, as Walter […]

Personal assistants have been making headlines across the globe these last few weeks. First up is the court case brought by that well-groomed doyenne of all things culinary, TV cook Nigella Lawson, who is currently embroiled in a fraud trial involving her former PAs. Italian sisters Elisabetta and Francesca Grillo stand accused of committing fraud […]