Life Lessons Unscripted

Former Actress and Casting Director Lainey Lipson speaks about life on both sides of the camera and casting roles in the entertainment industry. Lainey Lipson is a former actress-turned-casting director who started her vibrant career at a young age.  She initially trained in acting in Los Angeles, and went on to be cast in numerous TV shows, films, webseries, commercials, and animations. She appea...

Anika Locke, a young rising pop-star making her mark on the music industry, talks about her EP "cool or whatever" and releasing original music. Anika Locke is an 18-year-old pop singer-songwriter from California and an incoming freshman at Berklee College of Music as of Fall 2025. You may recognize much of Anika's content on TikTok and Instagram, where she frequently releases clips o...

Award-winning actress, director, model, and artist Jennifer Michele de Winter speaks about her successful, multi-faceted career in entertainment and art. Jennifer Michele de Winter is an award-winning actress, director, musician, model, writer, sculptor, painter, philanthropist, and content-creator based in Los Angeles. She has starred in numerous films and TV shows, from starring as “Ella” in Lio...

Joey Award-winning actress, director, and entrepreneur Sydney Scotia speaks on growing up as a child actor, filming her debut Netflix sitcom, and her road to becoming the artist she is today. Sydney Scotia is an actress, director, producer, and entrepreneur who is well-known for her role as Geneva Hayes in the Netflix TV show Some Assembly Required . She received a boost to stardom from this role,...

Katherine Ho is a SAG-AFTRA actress and singer whose dreams of being a star came to fruition early on in her childhood. She voiced several characters on Special Agent Oso (2008), sang in the movie Valentine’s Day (2010), and as a high schooler, placed in the Top 32 in season 10 of The Voice on Adam Levine’s team.  And as a 19-year-old student at the University of Southern California and under the...

Beck Billman was scouted at only twelve years old and launched into what became a dynamic and successful modeling career. Encouraged by narrative photographer Angela Strasheim, she pursued modeling and has since worked across the globe, including South Korea, Australia, Chile, Paris, Milan, and throughout the United States. Her work has been featured in numerous high-profile publications, includin...

Speaking with me today is Author, Singer-Songwriter, Cantorial Soloist, and Writing Coach Susan L. Lipson. Mrs. Lipson has published multiple books, including Knock on Wood (paperback), also known as A Secret in the Wood (ebook), a contemporary fantasy for middle-grade readers, Writing Success Through Poetry , a textbook featuring ready-to-use lessons for writers at multiple levels, “Connections,”...