LOLA Clips to Announce Representation of Rona Barrett Archive with Live In-Person Event at FootageFest ‘23

Rona Barrett Enterprises and LOLA Clips will officially launch LOLA’s representation of the Rona Barrett archive at a live event as part of FootageFest this fall in Los Angeles. “Breakfast with Rona Barrett” will take place on Sunday, October 1rst at 9.30 am at the Garland Hotel in Universal City, featuring a Q&A with Rona Barrett to start the official Sunday screening portion of this global Footage Industry event.

Cultural Icon: Rona Barrett’s Archive of Celebrity Interviews is Unparalleled

Rona Barrett’s career began In 1966, broadcasting Hollywood gossip on the Los Angeles television station KABC-TV. She developed the first in-depth personal TV specials about film, television, music, sports and political celebrities, and she had a series of magazines on the entertainment industry that were top-rated at newsstands, including Rona Barrett's Hollywood: Nothing but the Truth. Barrett began appearing on Good Morning America in 1975. In 1980, she moved to NBC's Today Show and was signed to co-host NBC's Tomorrow with Tom Snyder

After leaving NBC, Barrett was senior correspondent for Entertainment Tonight from 1983 to 1986. In 1989, she briefly returned to NBC to host 10 episodes of the morning show At Rona's.

She runs the Rona Barrett Foundation, a non-profit organization in Santa Ynez, California, dedicated to the aid and support of senior citizens in need.

Interviews within the collection include: Bette Midler, John Travolta, Cher, Mary Tyler Moore, Burt Reynolds, Paul Newman, Sylvester Stallone, Clint Eastwood and many more.

Digitizing the Entire Collection for the First Time

Rona’s catalogue has been fully digitized for the first time under the stewardship of LOLA Clips. Working to digitize and catalogue of 600 interviews this collection is now available to view and download from the LOLA Clips website for the first time.

“I am pleased and excited to enter a partnership with LOLA Clips to represent my archive,” said Rona Barett. “LOLA is uniquely qualified to handle my interviews with everyone from Mick Jagger to Donald Trump as well as hundreds of others.  I look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship with LOLA Clips.”

“This partnership with Rona has been a huge undertaking for LOLA,” said LOLA Clips Co-Founder, Sandra Coelho. “We started going through the  storage vault in Hollywood months ago and digging through 1 inch, 2 inch and tape formats to find all the material within the archive that we could digitize. We are delighted to be able to bring this culturally important collection of predominantly 70’s and 80’s celebrity interviews to light for the first time.”

Researching the Collection

With over 600 interviews now fully digitized and a transcription service available to find specific quotes from within the hour long interviews the collection is now more accessible than ever. Researchers should contact LOLA clips team and view the clips on their website www.lolaclips.com.