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“Miss Rona” Honored

By admin | Published: November 22, 2010
‘MISS RONA’ HONORED Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters honored broadcast celebrity journalist Rona Barrett at its Nov. 19 luncheon. She was recognized for her being the first woman to bring entertainment news to television and praised for her reporting accuracy and show biz scoops. She opened the doors for others and worked hard as a journalist to move   » Read more
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Pacific Pioneers Broadcaster Luncheon Honoring Rona Barrett

By admin | Published: November 22, 2010
LAST LUNCHEON NOV. 19, 2010 Honoree: Rona Barrett Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters President Sam Lovullo presented the coveted Art Gilmore Career Achievement Award to noted celebrity journalist and businesswoman Rona Barrett at its November 19th celebrity luncheon. She is one of the best known pioneers and innovators in entertainment reporting and publishing. In 1986, Rona Barrett bought her   » Read more
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Symposium On Aging Sets Stage for Senior Advocacy

By admin | Published: November 11, 2010
Keynote speaker Rona Barrett shares her own story By Kimberly Quinn, Noozhawk Special Projects Editor | Published on 11.11.2010 Selma Rubin serves on nine nonprofit boards and her tax return lists her profession as a community activist. Rubin is 95 years old plus change. Every day, Rubin wakes up and tells herself she is going to have an   » Read more
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Rona Barrett to be Honored by Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters

By admin | Published: November 11, 2010
HONORING RONA BARRETT At Our Next Luncheon: NOVEMBER 19, 2010 Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters President Sam Lovullo will present the coveted Art Gilmore Career Achievement Award to noted celebrity journalist and businesswoman Rona Barrett at its November 19th celebrity luncheon. She is one of the best known pioneers and innovators in entertainment reporting and publishing.  In 1986, Rona   » Read more
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SB Symposium on Aging: Advocacy is the Answer

By admin | Published: November 9, 2010
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Rona Barrett Speaks at SB Aging Symposium

By admin | Published: October 26, 2010
Rona Barrett Speaks at SB Aging SymposiumR CATHERINE SHEN, NEWS-PRESS CORRESPONDENT Rona Barrett is pictured during her talk at Fess Parker’s Doubltree Resort on Monday. STEVE MALONE/NEWS-PRESS   October 26, 2010 5:47 AM    Former entertainment journalist Rona Barrett appeared as the keynote speaker for the “Building a Better Community for Seniors: A Call to Action – 2010 Symposium on   » Read more
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Live Stage Production “RONA BARRETT: NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH”

By admin | Published: October 21, 2010
Live Stage Production “RONA BARRETT: NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH” Benefiting the Rona Barrett Foundation Legendary TV entertainment news reporter and celebrity interviewer, Rona Barrett, is back in the lime light to perform her live one-woman show, Rona Barrett: Nothing But the Truth. The show will feature video clips from some of her most famous interviews, including, John   » Read more
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Symposium on Aging

By admin | Published: October 21, 2010
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Rona in Gay & Lesbian Elder Housing (GLEH) announcement that it raised over $300,000

By admin | Published: October 14, 2010
Gay & Lesbian Elder Housing Honors Adam Shankman, Rona Barrett and Dr. Tony Mills at 9th Annual Garden Party! Organization Surpasses Fundraising Goal by Generating More Than $300,000 in Community Support! LOS ANGELES, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Gay & Lesbian Elder Housing (GLEH), today announced that it raised over $300,000 at its 9th annual Garden Party held   » Read more
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SB Ticket — “Nothing But the Truth”

By admin | Published: October 8, 2010
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The Whole Truth

By admin | Published: October 7, 2010
  Famed Hollywood interviewer returns to stage in Santa Ynez By SaraLloyd Truax, Staff Writer She is doing it again – Rona Barrett is bringing color to a field where before there were only shades of gray. Along the way, she will make you laugh, reminisce and perhaps even touch your heart, if you let her. The woman who   » Read more
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9th Annual GLEH Garden Party

By admin | Published: October 7, 2010
3 October 2010 – Los Angeles, CA – Rona Barrett. 9th Annual GLEH Garden Party held at A Private Residence.
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Rona Barrett: Nothing but the Truth

By admin | Published: October 5, 2010
    Legendary TV entertainment news reporter and celebrity interviewer, Rona Barrett, is back in the limelight to perform her live one-woman show, “Rona Barrett: Nothing But the Truth” at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15 and Saturday, Oct. 16, at the Santa Ynez Valley Union High School Little Theatre, 2975 E. Highway 246. The wildly successful show first   » Read more
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Rona Barrett stages one-woman show ‘Nothing But the Truth’ : Proceeds to fund a senior retirement home in Santa Ynez

By admin | Published: October 4, 2010
NORA K. WALLACE, NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER October 4, 2010 7:46 AM   Despite decades as an iconic entertainment journalist, despite the publication of her autobiography and magazines bearing her name, despite countless appearances on talk shows and at fundraising events, Rona Barrett wants people to know something more about her life. “I still have so many stories to tell,”   » Read more
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Rona Barrett: The Fame Monster Goes Senior

By admin | Published: October 2, 2010
VIDEO For more than thirty years Rona Barrett reported entertainment. She was the “Perez Hilton/TMZ/ShowbizTonight” of her day. If it mattered she knew it. Gossip became news if it came to us through Rona. She had an uncanny direct-to-the camera delivery that catapulted her across ABC’s line-up as the “go-to” source from all the network’s Tinseltown   » Read more
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Santa Maria Times — “Nothing But the Truth”

By admin | Published: October 1, 2010
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GLEH 9th Annual Garden Party

By admin | Published: September 30, 2010
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Barrett Takes The Stage in Mid-October

By admin | Published: September 30, 2010
BARRETT TAKES THE STAGE IN MID-OCTOBER By SYVJ Staff Rona Barrett’s one-woman show is coming to the Santa Ynez Valley Union High School Theatre at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Oct. 15-16. “Rona Barrett: Nothing But the Truth” premiered earlier this year in Beverly Hills. The show features video clips from her unscripted interviews with Hollywood favorites such   » Read more
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Gay & Lesbian Elder Housing Proudly Presents the 9th Annual Garden Party & Fundraiser Being Held On October 3rd 2010

By admin | Published: September 28, 2010
Gay & Lesbian Elder Housing Proudly Presents the 9th Annual Garden Party & Fundraiser Being Held On October 3rd 2010! LOS ANGELES, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The 2010 Garden Party to benefit Gay & Lesbian Elder Housing will be held from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, October 3 2010 at the Hancock Park historic   » Read more
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“RONA BARRETT: NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH” October 15th & 16th in Santa Ynez, CA

By admin | Published: September 27, 2010
“RONA BARRETT: NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH” October 15 & 16 Rona Barrett brings Live Stage Production Home to Santa Ynez Valley Santa Ynez, CA, September 27, 2010 –Legendary TV entertainment news reporter and celebrity interviewer Rona Barrett is bringing her live one-woman show, “Rona Barrett: Nothing But the Truth” home to Santa Ynez on October 15 and   » Read more
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