"Ken Boxer Live," Rona Barrett—Pioneering Entertainment Reporter, w/Cate Imperio

Recorded 05/22/2017. Rona Barrett, the famed, paradigmatic entertainment columnist, is our next Ken Boxer Live guest.

Quoting freely from her published biography:

Hollywood’s Variety Magazine calls her “the lady who turned entertainmentcoverage into big biz.” Rona Barrett is a pioneering entertainment reporter,commentator and producer with a career spanning more than 30 years. Nowas a nonprofit pioneer, she is the Founder and CEO of The Rona BarrettFoundation – the catalyst behind Santa Ynez Valley’s first affordable seniorhousing – the Golden Inn & Village.

Her career began at the age of thirteen when she conceived and organized the first international fanclub. Her pioneering efforts helped launch the careers of Eddie Fisher and Steve Lawrence. Fromthe time she became an entertainment columnist for the Bell-McClure newspaper syndicate as theyoungest columnist to ever report on Hollywood in 1957 and through her role in inaugurating“Good Morning America,” Barrett has blazed the trail for innovative entertainment reporting and forwomen in the media industry.

In 1966, after 7.5 years of trying to bring her entertainment reports to television, Los Angelesstation KABC-TV, gave her the big break. Her reports went to their five owned and operatedstations, syndicated around the world and then back to the ABC network with the inauguration of“Good Morning America” in 1975.

Barrett developed the first in-depth personal TV specials about film, television, music, sports andpolitical celebrities. She was the innovator of this media genre, which others followed. She alsopublished six top-rated magazines on the entertainment industry including “Rona Barrett’sHollywood,” paving the way for Martha Stewart and Oprah Winfrey enterprises.

In 1972 her novel titled, The Lovomaniacs, was published. Her autobiography, Miss Rona, waspublished in 1974.

Since 2000, in honor of her father, Barrett has used her entrepreneurial acumen to address achallenge close to her heart and an issue that affects us all: providing affordable and dignifiedhousing and care for the fastest growing population on the planet – seniors over 65 years old. Theprototypical Golden Inn & Village, which began construction in 2015, is her answer to this newreality. September 2016 welcome mats will be placed for residents of Phase I – Independent Living.

With her “Gray Matters” column, Barrett continues to shine a spotlight on the day-to-day issuesconfronting all seniors and their loved ones who care for them. Once again she’s digging deep,bringing to the surface not just the questions, but solutions as well; building our seniors a newfuture. In the fall of 2016 a compilation of “Gray Matters” will be published where proceeds will beearmarked for The Rona Barrett Foundation.

Please visit her website at http://www.ronabarrettfoundation.org to find out more.

This episode first airs Thursday, 04/13/2017, at 10 pm on TVSB Channel 17 and here on YouTube. More detailed scheduling information is at http://kenboxerlive.com.

Co-Host: Cate Imperio
Host/Producer: Ken Boxer
Director: Nicolas Ferretti
Technical Director: Kiara Linver
Graphics Engineer: Juliana Slater
Audio Engineer: Ken Baxter
Floor Director: Stephanie Linver
Camera Operators: Ryan Quinn, Phil Chan, Derrick Anderson
Set Director: Ken Baxter
Make-up Artist: Aubree Hurtado 805-212-0920
Technical Marketing: Robert Boxer
Craft Service Coordinator: Stephanie Linver
Audience Coordinator: Robert Boxer
Announcer: "Baron" Ron Herron
Staff Photography: Rick Carter, Jennie Knudsen
Post-Production Edit: JP Montalvo

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