I sat down across from Revecka Natalia in a Los Angeles diner this morning, eager to speak privately with a woman who's online presence I'd been following for some time. After first stumbling upon a gallery of her work, I soon realized that there was quite a bit more to...

Let's be clear here, the 'war on international sex trafficking' isn't a 'war on sex.' I personally believe that the war on sex trafficking would receive more support from the public if they truly knew the atrocities committed against the world's women and children, and could see that this great...

Last night my eyes were opened. I attended a gala for a cause I had only recently learned about, a cause that I now count close to my heart. I learned about the atrocities that have happened to our ocean, about how polluted our world is becoming, the harmful overfishing...

It's just after one o'clock in the afternoon in Los Angeles and I'm on a treadmill again. The good news is that I've started my training a month ahead of schedule; the bad news is that my calves are beginning to hate me and I'm barely to four miles. It's...

I've had a lot of girls and guys ask me what it takes to get started in the entertainment industry. Their questions got me thinking and I decided to get to work on a how-to guide to getting started.

1. Find a team of people who believe in you. Open...

A lot of people who watch Secret Life know that Madison and Lauren are nearly inseparable, but not nearly as many people know that Camille Winbush and I have been best friends since the age of 12. We first met in 2000 on the set of a movie of the...

A few days ago, I had the honor of speaking at the "PETA2 Experience" conference in Los Angeles. The day started early at the new PETA Los Angeles headquarters, with hundreds of kids and young adults filling the first floor of the building. I was so excited that I had...

I've drawn a lot of inspiration in life from music, books, and art, but lately the greatest inspiration I've found is from a college professor who challenged me to really think. I've never been the perfect student. I've been known to occasionally miss class for work or hand in a...

Growing up in the entertainment industry, I've had a lot of people tell me I'm not good enough. When I was young, I was teased mercilessly by my classmates for being a redhead. I wasn't particularly well coordinated either, which made me a bit of a liability in P.E. My...