Lucy Lawless' guest stars on The Bernie Mac Show
US TV Fox Channel
Spetember 18th 2002
UK Release
Season 5 DVD box 1
4th November 2002
Top Ten Painful Moments
Contributed by Tony
10.Destiny - Xena gets her legs broken with a mallet (wielded by Lucy's brother, Daniel trivia fans!) Ouch.
9.Eve - What's worse the slaughter or the aftermath?, as Livia sends Mum a message.
8.Them Bones, Them Bones - Xena has an Alien moment.....phew it was only a dream/premonition.
7.Antony and Cleopatra - The fights are pretty violent especially the last one, where Brutus meets a gruesome end after his throat has an argument with Gabby's knife
6.Adventures in the Sin trade II - Xena offs the head Amazons in a variety of inventive and painful ways. Poor Cyane, skewered!
5.Who's Gurkhan? - Xena is tortured at the hands of Gurkhan. Nasty!
4. Ides of March - A classic scene, as Gabby goes from peace-loving pacifist to one-woman killing machine. I know which one I prefer!
10th September - More XENA Trading Cards Announced!
Always nice to hear about new XENA merchandise being produced, and I am a big fan of the trading cards. Rittenhouse have a new set, Xena: Beauty and Brawn. Featuring costume cards, special sets devoted to the Amazons, Kevin Smith Tribute cards and autographs from people like Vicky Pratt, Jeremy Callaghan, Darien Takle, Alison Bruce and some very desirable sounding double autographs - Lucy and Renee or Renee and Hudson. The release date is 4th December 2002
Read all the details at the Scifi Hobby Site
10th September - Creation Fan Club News
Sharon Delaney from the XENA fan clube sent out an email this week with some snippets from the next newsletter chats with Lucy and Renee. Here's a bit from the Lucy interview when I asked if Renee had to stop any natural tendency she might have for Gabrielle to touch Xena in the early episodes:
Lucy snorted. "She should stop herself from punching me! She went through this period of pummeling me in the stomach."
"Did she really?" I laughed in amazement. "On screen or off?"
"Off screen," Lucy laughed. "It's like having a terrier bite your ankles." She gave a big sigh. "Awww, you're making me miss those times."
8th September - Depressing TV News
Not XENA news, but more examples of crappy TV studios at work. In the last few days two of the best scifi/fantasy shows have been cancelled. FARSCAPE and WITCHBLADE have been cancelled by the Sci-Fi Channel and TNT respectively. Ironically, stars Ben Browder of Farscape and Yancy Butler of Witchblade were the recent best actor and actress at the Saturn awards... Seems that if a show isn't a cop/crime/medical drama, it won't last long.
Some emails to try:- Email Scifi.com about Farscape or visit This Site to read more
In the latest addition to the XENA actors baby boom, Tsianina Joelson who played Varia in S6 gave birth to a baby boy named Paul on August 28th. It was announced at the Cherry Hill Con that the birth was imminent - can't remember if I mentioned it! Anyway, congratulations to Tsianina and her husband. Visit www.tsianinafan.com
30th August - Xenaverse News
There are a few things to look out for on US TV in the next few weeks for Lucy fans. Lucy is making a guest appearance in the season opener of The Bernie Mac Show as herself. She and Matt Damon are at a celebrity golf tournament and Bernie meets them apparently. MaryD has some pics on her site. 18th September on Fox needs to go in your diary.
Keep an eye on the Discovery Channel too - Lucy is due to be hosting a show about female gladiators. No information on her involvement (ie, on or off screen) but something to try and catch. Sunday 8th September, check your local listings guide for times.
UK Fans, one for your diary. 12th October is the final By The Gods - London Xena meet ups that have been going a long time. Pages Bar in Westminster is the venue.
15th August - Renee in Macbeth and more
I was lucky enough to see Renee twice while I was in the US. In Macbeth, and also in the Love Letters play at the Cherry Hill Convention. You can read more details of both of these on the Cherry Hill 2002 Page and the Renee in Macbeth Page.
Some naughty person sneakily took these EXCLUSIVE photos of the Macbeth production (it wasn't me!) but its not like seeing these pictures are going to put you off going to the play is it? I have photos of setting up, the preshow and the performance in Hermosa Beach. By the way, Renee's final performance is this Friday. Break a leg dahling!
15th August - Xenaverse News Updates
So what else has been going on in the Xenaverse? Well you can't have missed Lucy's latest ad campaign in New Zealand to promote breastfeeding! A striking and beautiful picture now appearing at Doctor's surgeries all over new Zealand! Wonder how long they will stay on walls? Someone grab me one...
Now in Los Angeles for a bit, Lucy has reportedly just filmed a cameo for The Bernie Mac Show with Matt Damon. I haven't seen the show, but Bernie goes to a celebrity golf tournament where Lucy and Matt Damon are playing. According to Sharon Delaney from the XENA fan club, they had to teach Lucy to swing badly! I seem to remember her and Claire Stansfield playing golf together a while back.
For those of you with money to burn, the Creation Carribean Cruise might be for you! Sailing from Florida in April 2003 with a ton of guests on board (no Lucy or Renee of course), prices range from $1350 to $3000 per person based on 2 people sharing!
Other Creation news, Coffee Talk 2 was filmed with Lucy and Renee last week - presumably for the next fan club kit. Can't wait for that. Check out the XENA fan club page
Do check out the Macbeth page, some great photos of Renee as Lady Macbeth there. And I finally have a new top ten! Only took me about 4 months to change it!
7th August - Letter from America
Actually, I lost this little update I did from someone else's computer, but I just wanted to have this photo of me and Renee on the page :)
I'm off the the USA for a couple of weeks, seeing Renee in Macbeth (hopefully they'll stop moving the venue!) and also to the Cherry Hill Convention.
Cathy
20th July - UK Starfury Con Report Done!
Took me a few days but you can now see my STARFURY photos and read my report on the convention right here.
Many thanks to all the guests...next stop Cherry Hill!
UK fans, you can now preorder S4 and 5 on DVD - keep on clicking on those handy links above!
18th July - One Final Emmy Nod for Joseph LoDuca!
It all seems such a long time ago now, but todays Emmy nominations included a very well deserved nod for Joe LoDuca's gorgeous music for A Friend in Need 2. The ceremont is on September 22nd. Good luck Joe! The nominations are: Outstanding Music Composition For A
Series (Dramatic Underscore)
Blue Planet: Seas Of Life • Ocean World • DISC • Discovery Channel/ BBC
• Music Composed by George Fenton
JAG • Adrift (Part 2) • CBS • Paramount Television in association with CBS •
Music by Steve Bramson
24 • 7:00 a.m - 8:00 a.m. • FOX • Real Time Productions, Imagine Televison in association with 20th Century Fox Television •
Music by Sean Callery
The X-Files • The Truth • FOX • Ten Thirteen Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television •
Music by Mark Snow
Xena: Warrior Princess • A Friend In Need II • SYN • Pacific Renaissance •
Music by Joseph LoDuca
(Thanks to Nic for the news alert!)
16th July - UK Starfury Con
Haven't had time to write up my convention report yet from the UK Starfury Con - the last event of its kind in the UK (sob!) but I thought I'd post a couple of photos and a quick report.
The con was fab - as always, and we ended up with SIX guests! Hudson Leick, Claire Stansfield, Tim Omundsen, Melinda Clarke and then Adrienne Wilkinson and Paris Jefferson were also there. All the guests were wonderful, and I especially enjoyed Melinda Clarke. She is a great con guest - very outgoing. She and Hudson are good friends and appeared onstage together. Other highlights of the weekend, Claire Stansfield's HILARIOUS action figure movie featuring Alti and Callisto; Tim Omundsen keeping up the Starfury cross-dressing tradition by swapping clothes with Claire! Hudson and Melinda getting into the dressing up by putting on clothes that some of the fancy dress contestants wore. Hudson looks FAB as a Fury!