Surviving Hollywood

From the Academy Awards to the Superbowl, voiceover legend Randy Thomas joins us to discuss her groundbreaking career in radio, voiceover, and live announcing.   

Singer/Songwriter Lee DeWyze tells stories for the first time about his experience as the winner of American Idol 10 years ago, and how this native Midwesterner has made Hollywood his home ever since. Lee DeWyze is cast as our guest on Surviving Hollywood.

What exactly does an animated movie producer do? We find out in our sit down with Samantha Finkler, who has worked on some of the most popular animated films of our time including "Trolls" and the upcoming "Terminator: Dark Fate."

Surviving Hollywood's very own Emmy Award winning Producer, writer, and talent coach Robin Radin discusses her career from her early days at Dateline NBC to her most recent Emmy win in 2019!

From "Mike Tyson Mysteries" and "Nobodies",  actor, writer and producer Larry Dorf! He shares his career highs and lows and how it all began with an amazing group of actors at The Groundlings. 

Singer/Songwriter Shelley Rosenberg explains her transition from Australia to Hollywood and how she ended up writing the Theme song for the hit children's television show "H2O: Just add water" and many more!

Sound Designer and Sound Supervisor Mark Lanza tells about his journey that took him from computer programming to working on some of Hollywood's biggest films including "Independence Day," "Natural Born Killers," "JFK," and "The Doors" as well as some of television's hottest shows such as "Empire" and "Sneaky Pete." 

From "Charles In Charge" to "NCIS: New Orleans," Director/ Author Mary Lou Belli broke through the glass ceiling for female directors back in the 80s, and has directed some of the biggest shows on television.  She's also become a leading advocate for diversity in Hollywood.

Celebrity Hairstylist, Dean Banowetz, talks about leaving the family farm in Iowa, to follow his love of hairstyling, and how he found himself in Hollywood, doing hair for hit shows like “American Idol" and "Dancing With the Stars," as well as huge feature films like "Hunger Games.”

Starting as an intern on the set of the original "Full House,” TV producer Ron Davis has since worked in nearly every genre of television. Ron talks about his early days in television production, how he got his start, his current show for NatGeo, and why you should never give up on following your dream.

Traveling the world with everyone from Dave Matthews to Liz Phair, Artist Manager/ Producer Brett Radin talks about working with some of the biggest recording artists of the last three decades and how his passion for music and artist development keeps him in search of the next big thing.

Actor, Producer and Host, Brian Unger shares stories from his early days as a journalist at CBS, to making fun of journalists at the original “Daily Show,” to hosting successful series like “How the States Got Their Shape.”

Children's Audition Coach and LA native, Dana Bowling, talks about working with child actors to help them understand the ins and outs of auditioning in Hollywood and what inspired her to become an audition coach after a successful career as a Casting Agent.

NCIS Executive Producer Scott Williams explains how leaving New York City and coming to Los Angeles to pursue his dream of acting lead him to writing and producing some of the biggest network dramas of our time.

Writing music for the big screen!  Film composer Adam Barber explains how he was able to take his childhood dream and make it a reality.  Adam talks about how he learned big lessons as a young composer to eventually get to his dream job and Survive Hollywood!

From E! News to NBC News, entertainment host and journalist Audrey Cleo talks about her journeys from early days interning at VH-1, to how she is Surviving Hollywood as a sought-after on-air journalist.

Screen and voice actor/musician Robbie Rist is the epitome of working Hollywood. From Cousin Oliver to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to Sharknado, Robbie talks about his successes and failures in his life and career and how he has survived Hollywood.

Ani and Nora of @modamobofficial share their #hollywoodstory of how they went from creating the first EVER #redcarpet website to feature VIDEOS, to the moguls behind Modamob today! From #makeuptutorials to their #ivfjourney.... it’s been quite a ride and they’re sharing all!

"Master's of Illusion" director, Chris Merrill, talks about his journey from small time videographer to in-demand director, including his work on The Hollywood Christmas Parade and his many eye-opening travels. Chris is our guest on Surviving Hollywood! 

Allen Lulu is an actor who is the face of the A&W restaurant chain in Canada!  Allen has appeared in dozens of TV shows and countless commercials and runs a charitable foundation.  Allen is our guest on Surviving Hollywood!