What ever happened to Rona Barrett?

SHE HAD ALL THE STARS TALKING IN THE 1970S. POSTED: MAY 19, 2016, 1:30PM BY: METV STAFF Image: Everett Collection Before Barbara Walters started doing hour-long sit down interviews on 20/20, and long before Oprah Winfrey kicked off her talk show, there was only one woman who achieved fame for … [Read more...]

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BuzzFeed: All the Dirt on Rona Barrett, Hollywood’s Forgotten Gossip Girl

Fifty years ago, Rona Barrett forged a Hollywood gossip empire. Then she left it all behind, her innovations attributed to others, her legacy almost entirely overlooked. But as she nears 80, there’s very little Miss Rona regrets.  By Anne Helen Petersen for BuzzFeed News At the peak of … [Read more...]

A tale of two very different travellers

By Rona Barrett This is a tale of two very different travellers — going in two different directions — on two different journeys — for two very different reasons. But in the end their journeys shared much in common. Let's call the first traveller, “Mighty 90.”  That's because … [Read more...]

You will barely recognize young Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in these old interviews

She was 31 and the new first lady of Arkansas. He was 33 and demolishing a 1929 Art Deco building on Fifth Avenue to make way for Trump Tower. “I think that’s another one of the dangers about being in public life,” said the woman then known as Hillary Rodham, in 1979. “One cannot live … [Read more...]

Getting a stent: chalk it up to groin pains

By Rona Barrett Until a few weeks ago, the only thing I knew about Percutaneous Coronary Intervention was that I couldn't spell it. PCI is the insertion of a metal stent into a narrow or blocked artery to restore blood flow. My general practitioner had regularly run a battery of tests that … [Read more...]