24 April 2008
New Lucy Message
Lucy has posted a new blog/message on
her site about her upcoming London concert. One of the
song Lucy will be singing is the Divinyls hit "I Touch
Myself" amongst other very interesting songs....if you
haven't heard of this on before...you
can check it out on youtube
It's going to be one hell of a concert!
LUCY AT DANCING WITH THE STARS
Video
Lucy in the audience - Dancing With
The Stars - 21 April 2008
Screencaptures / Hi Res Images
LUCY IMAGES - CHICAGO CONCERT
XENA IMAGES - Official Xena Photo Club
2007
2008
Adrienne Wilkinson News
Congratulations to Adrienne on the
success of her film Reflections. Reflections won a
Platinum Remi Award (for Best Suspense/Thriller) at the
Houston Worldfest festival last weekend.
23 April 2008
Rob at Fangoria Convention - Schedule
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Rob will be appearing at this weekend's Fangoria
Convention and he is scheduled to be on stage on
Saturday, April 26
1:00 P.M. — ROB TAPERT: The EVIL DEAD producer has a
bunch of new movies to tell us about, including Sam
Raimi’s DRAG ME TO HELL
ROB TAPERT ONLINE
AUSXIP's forgotten child - Rob Tapert
Online - has received a brand new shiny look. With
everything happening with Lucy and Renee, Rob's site has
been the forgotten child..the Jan Brady of AUSXIP :)
Rob Tapert Online is dedicated to Rob. It's a multimedia
fan site dedicated to Robert Gerard Tapert - producer,
director and writer of such cult classics as The Evil
Dead, Army of Darkness, Hercules The Legendary Journies,
Xena Warrior Princess and many more. On this site you
will find the latest news, Images, video clips and the
latest and upcoming movie and tv shows produced by Rob.
Check it
out
22 April 2008
Dancing
with the Stars Update....
Marissa is safe! Yeay! She lives to dance another day.
Marlee was voted off.
Lucy's Interview
Thank you to everyone who wrote to say how much they
enjoyed the interview! It was fantastic to get such
positive feedback and Lucy was so gracious and her usual
entertaining self. For those going to her London
concert, it's gonna be a blast! Alas I have to stay put
on Aussie shores but I'm sure my inbox will be getting a
ton of photos coming through. There will be an AUSXIP
sidekick at the concert as well.
21 April 2008
LUCY UPDATES
AUSXIP Interviews Lucy Lawless
Lucy graciously agreed to be interviewed in between
working on the Adam Sandler movie "Bedtime Stories" and
preparing for her UK Concert debut in London next
month. Since I personally love The Actor's Studio...we
did our own version with Lucy. It's a wide ranging
interview covering a great many topics including Lucy's
expectations for her acting career, being challenged for
her role on Darkroom, what the fans mean to her and
their support, her singing, acting again with Renee
O'Connor in Bitch Slap and her upcoming movie Bedtime
Stories. Many thanks to Lucy for taking the time out
from her busy schedule for this interview. I hope you
all enjoy the interview - it's Lucy at her candid best.
Click here to read the interview
Marissa and Lucy on Dancing With The Stars Update
Marissa and Tony got 26 out of 30 for their dance!
Lucy was in the audience cheering Marissa on wearing
white and glasses! Check out the grabs below from LB
More captures to follow....
19 April 2008
Message from Adrienne
The following is from Adrienne
Wilkinson:
I do want everyone to know we are trying
to get all outstanding items taken care of as soon as
possible, and due to illness, everything had taken
longer than expected. The winners will be contacted as
soon as possible (very shortly) to finalize thier
payment and ship the items. I would also like to
mention that we had several winners who have not paid or
responded to us at all. We aren't sure if its due to
being unaware of a win, not recieving our emails or if
people are backing out.
Read more
MaryD's Ramblings
I've been asked if there was a way to
read the news the old way...there is a way. If you don't
like RSS Feeds, you don't like the new way and you don't
like the update list you can go another way -
read the archived news section - all the
news on the site is archived going all the way back
1997.
The main
archived news section is located here
It usually will take a day or two for
the latest update to show up in the archived news.
You can also access the news in three
different areas
Xenaverse News
http://ausxip.com/news.php
Lucy News
http://www.lucylawless.info/news.php
Renee News
http://www.reneeoconnor.info/news.php
OR
You can just read it the new way which
is alot quicker <g>
Adrienne News
The following is from Adrienne
Wilkinson:
I do want everyone to know we are trying
to get all outstanding items taken care of as soon as
possible, and due to illness, everything had taken
longer than expected. The winners will be contacted as
soon as possible (very shortly) to finalize thier
payment and ship the items. I would also like to
mention that we had several winners who have not paid or
responded to us at all. We aren't sure if its due to
being unaware of a win, not recieving our emails or if
people are backing out. We've discovered that some
winners haven't recieved our emailed notices, even when
sent repeatedly. If anyone is unsure if they won or
not, please contact us. And if anyone is still
interested in items
they've seen, please contact us as i have multiples of
many items. And we also have at least 40 items still
available..so if they were interested, please contact us
and we'll see if we can make a deal!
We are supporting a wonderful family in
need, and the more help we can bring them, the better-
so please let us know if you would like to make a
donation. Thank you to everyone who particpated. We
know we have more than 70% of purchases and items
processed completely, but we know there are many still
outstanding. Thank you for communicating with us and
working to make sure everything is taken care of.
Lastly, we have several items left that we would love to
sell as last minute auction items. Most of these are
duplicates, and we would love to sell as many as
possible. If anyone is interested in any of the items,
please contact us immediately.
--Autographed Set of 4 Character photo's. Set of four
photo's includes 4 8x10 photo's or
Adrienne as: Livia in Xena, Maris Brood in Star
Wars, Phoebe in Disguise in Charmed and The Flapper in
Angel. These are all limited edition with only 100 of
each printed. We have about 15 sets still available
that we would love to sell. Each set is available for
only $30.00 plus shipping.
-- Photo packet. Collection of at least 12 signed
photo's with extra's included. Comes in a publicity
folder. Can be personalized. $75.00 Multiple sets
available
--Press packet. More than 30 items included in this
publicity folder. A collection of interviews, photo's,
articles and other publicity items from all previous and
current work. An exclusive collection. Can be
personalized. $75.00 Multiple sets available.
--Actors sides in a signed publicity folder, with
autographed headshot. A collection of audition material
from at least 5 projects. May be from film, tv,
commercials, videogames and more. $25.00 multiple sets
available.
-- signed VIP backstage pass to Lucy Lawless Roxy
Concert '08. In perfect condition, comes with signed
Adrienne 8x10 photo.
$40.00
--Maris Brood action figure in box. Can be autographed.
Mint condition. $55.00 comes with signed Maris brood
headshot.
--Set of four mini action figures from The Force
Unleashed. Still in box, can be autographed, mint
condition. $65.00 Comes with signed Maris Brood
headshot.
Some jewelry, clothing and housewares still available.
Please contact us if interested in something you've
seen, or to make a donation to help support our family.
Inquiries can be sent to adrienne
at
www.myapsce.com/adriennewilkinson
and to Christin at
Christinc1@cox.net
17 April 2008
MaryD's Ramblings...
Alright - Marissa has gone through to the next round! Yeay!
On more Marissa News...she's getting her own talk show in 2009 -
this should be fun!
The following was posted on on
ET Online site
ET has confirmed the news that bubbly 'Dancing' star
MARISSA JARET WINOKUR has signed a deal with Sony to
develop her own daytime talk show.
Marissa's show is looking at a 2009 launch date.
Many thanks to Jo for the link!LUCY UPDATES
London Concert T-Shirt and PR Appearances...
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The following news is from
the
Official Xena Fan Club
Page:
There
is a really nifty design for the London concert t-shirt
which pays homage to the classic movie "
Attack
of the 50 Foot Woman" but this is
Lucy style! Very clever and quite cute.
In other PR News for the concerts...
The official xena fan club page has news that there will be
a Lucy interview in G3 Magazine - the May issue and the
Daily Mirror.
15 April 2008
LUCY UPDATES
There is a very brief mention of Lucy attending
DWTS and of course Marissa in the Philadelphia Inquirer - 15
April 2008
Dancing with the press - Covering "DWTS" in L.A., a print
reporter feels like a tiny dancer indeed. <snippage>
Maybe I'm covering the wrong show. Idol gets Stiller,
Robin Williams, and other A-listers.
Who shows up for
DWTS?
Tonight it's Adrian Zmed and Lucy Lawless, almost unrecognizable
without makeup.
<snippage>
Finally Marissa Jaret Winokur, decked out in a Carmen
dress, dances with Tony Dovolani. The normally jaded press
contingent breaks into applause. The judges are not as enthused.
24 points.
Full article can be read here
The following appeared on the
Watch With Kristin section on E! Online
Reina in Kingman, Ariz.: Battlestar Galactica
has been on for two weeks and not one word about it yet? What
the frak is up with that?!
Can I make it up to you with a Cylon sighting? On Saturday, Jen
spotted a blond Lucy Lawless (Three) shopping
at one of the nurseries on Sawtelle Boulevard here in L.A. And
we're hoping to get an interview with one of the Cylon
superbabes soon (we are trying), so hang in there!
11 April 2008
RENEE UPDATES
Criminal Minds Review
-
There is a very amusing review of
Criminal Minds with Renee...
Well. and Well again. I'm tempted to subtitle this
episode, "The Ballad of Doubting Derek" because boy,
howdy, was he ever the sour note for the team this
week. Yes, yes, I know, there's always got to be
someone who plays Devil's Advocate, but sheesh,
D-Man, d'ya think you could give it up once there's
a preponderance of evidence?? okay, open on:
Gabrielle the Bar-er-Renee O'Connor yammering away
on a cell phone (now, all you Xenites out there...
how freaking STRANGE was that? Gabrielle + Cell
phone = a total whut? moment. ) it's dark,
it's stormy, it's the beginning to an uber fic! um,
okay... getting back on track...Check
it out here
LUCY UPDATES
Battlestar Galactica - Episode Recap
-
Battlestar Galactica: Episode 4.2 "Six of One" Recap
Last week on Battlestar Galactica, Baltar was
whisked away by a cult of ladies who seem to worship
him as a messiah. Meanwhile, Starbuck returned from
being presumed dead for two months, but was under
the impression that she was only gone for six hours.
Though Kara has no clue what happened to her, she's
convinced that she knows the way to Earth. She's
even willing to hold President Roslin at gunpoint to
prove it. Tonight's episode, "Six of One," shows us
why pointing a gun at the head of the president is
an extremely bad idea.
Articles
Xenaverse News - Bard's In Print -
Barbara Davies
Rebeccah
and the Highwayman
Barbara Davies
It's 1706, the time of good Queen Anne. Mistress
Rebeccah Dutton never
dreamed that several encounters with the notorious
highwayman Blue-Eyed Nick on the deserted heaths around
London would turn her respectable world upside down.
When she discovers the highwayman is actually a woman
named Kate, her curiosity about the dashing thief turns
to fascination. Kate has to deal with a thieftaker
snapping at her heels and secrets from her past before
Rebeccah can become better acquainted with this
intriguing highwaywoman. Will Kate avoid the shadow of
Tyburn long enough for Rebeccah to explore this twist of
fate?
Publisher's page
You can now order it from Amazon.com
Xenaverse News - Upcoming Filmnut
Interview Armus & Foster
Many thanks to Jeff from Filmnut for the
following news:
This Wednesday April 16th at 8pm pacific
time and 11pm eastern Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster
will be the guests on Filmnut... Armus and Foster wrote
14 episodes of Xena (and four episodes of Hercules) and
are now supervising producers/ writers for Heroes...
Many other credits including a feature we'll talk about.
Should be a another fun show...Looking forward to
another night together! Of course you can watch it live
on:
http://www.thestream.tv
And for those who can't watch it live I will post a link
to the interview the next day.
Jeff
They are credited with the following XWP episodes:
Chariots of War
Death in Chains
Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts
Ties That Bind
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
The Xena Scolls
For Him The Bell Tolls
Blind Faith
King Of Assasins
Warrior... Priestess... Tramp
Fins, Femmes and Gems
In Sickness and in Hell
If the Shoe Fits
Lyre, Lyre, Hearts on Fire
Xenaverse News - Rob Tapert
Sam Raimi's Ghost House eyes home entertainment -
Hollywood Reporter 10 April 2007 - The booming
horror genre on DVD is getting a boost with the launch
of Ghost House Underground, a new film acquisitions
company that will extend the Ghost House brand to home
entertainment. The venture will release 12-20 films a
year, mostly through Lionsgate, the feisty mini-major
that has established itself as a force in the horror
field through its "Saw" franchise and "After Dark" DVD
series. Ghost House Underground teams Ghost House
Pictures -- a horror genre company led by Sam Raimi, Rob
Tapert and Mandate Pictures president Nathan Kahane --
with Grindstone, a major distributor of direct-to-video
films.
Read more
Contributed by LB
8 April 2008
It's Video Day at AUSXIP :)
DANCING WITH THE STARS - MARISSA
RENEE UPDATES
Criminal Minds
LUCY UPDATES
TV Show Video Clips
Dancing With The Stars
Late Show With David Letterman
Entertainment Tonight - Birthdays
Xenaverse News - Adrienne
I have added a new section to
AUSXIP - Adrienne Wilkinson News where you can find
out what's happening with Adrienne and all sorts of
interesting things - check it out!
First Look at Maris Brood in Star
Wars The Force Unleashed!
LucasArts
today announced that its highly anticipated videogame
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will be released on
September 16, 2008 in the United States, September 17 in
Southeast Asia and Australia, and September 19 in
Europe.
An entirely new chapter in the Star Wars Saga, Star
Wars: The Force Unleashed casts players as Darth Vader's
"Secret Apprentice" and promises to unveil new
revelations about the Star Wars galaxy. The game's
expansive story is set during the largely unexplored era
between Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith and
Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.
"Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is one of the most
ambitious projects LucasArts has ever launched. The
combination of a great new Star Wars story with
revolutionary new technology and game play means more
fun than you've ever had in the Star Wars
universe," said Peter Hirschmann, Vice-President of
Product Development, LucasArts. "We can't wait until
gamers get their hands on it this September."
Reflection Wins Best Picture for Live Action Short at
Phoenix Film Festival
7 April 2008
LUCY UPDATES
Lucy pics - out and about with
Marissa and husband Judah
News contributed by Barbara Davies
Celebrity Sightings in Los Angeles - April 1, 2008
LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 01: Actress Marissa Jaret
Winokur, castmember of 'Dancing with The Stars,' with
Actress/Friend Lucy Lawless and husband Judah Miller,
pose on the night she was saved from elimination leaving
Iroha Sushi on April 1, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.
3 images at Filmmagic.com and the
same images on Getty but bigger
XENAVERSE UPDATES
William Gregory Lee News
News contributed by MET
Another Xena cast member to appear in
BitchSlap. William Gregory (Virgil) will be in the role
of Hot Wire according to the
Internet
Movie Database and
Michael Hurst's Official site
The Bard's
Corner
Classic Fiction by Iseqween
Karl
Urban News
News contributed by Manon
In
the next issue of the Official Star Trek Magazine,
Issue Spotlight
URBAN LEGEND
Talking to Star Trek Magazine exclusively from
the set, Karl Urban, the new Dr. McCoy, reveals how much
J.J. Abrams’ movie is honoring its predecessor. “Robert
Orci and Alex Kurtzman have written a fantastic script.
I really feel they have managed to capture the essence
of what Gene Roddenberry created in 1966.”
Ordering Information
06 April 2008
LUCY AND RENEE UPDATES
Bitch Slap Movie
News contributed by Barbara Davies
LUCY UPDATES
Upcoming Magazine
News contributed by Barbara Davies
Latest issue SFX 169 – May 2008 - On sale Wednesday 9
April 2008
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
We've known for a while now that Battlestar's fourth
season will bring the story to a natural end. We go on
set to ask the cast and crew how that natural end will
come about.
REWIND
Sure, it was cheesy and daft, but there were many things
that made Xena: Warrior Princess great. We have an
unashamed stroll through what those things were.
Order the Magazine here
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
Dreamwatch Total SciFi - 4 April 2008 Battlestar
Galactica: “We are at the top of our game…”
WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS SPOILERS ABOUT BATTLESTAR
GALACTICA SEASON THREE!
Lucy's Q&A is:
How did it come about that Lucy’s supposedly
dead character, D'Anna Biers, would return for the final
season?
Lucy Lawless Well, Ron called me and said,
“We’re bringing you back…”
Ron Moore The story has to do with
‘un-boxing’ D'Anna. There are a lot of people that are
very interested in un-boxing D’Anna because she knows
certain things and there is a long plot that culminates
in what she reveals. It’s a pivot point for the upcoming
season. Once that happens, things change and drive us to
the finale.
Lucy Lawless He told me that it was
going to be a jolly, hockey stick reason - she was
coming back to participate in somebody’s plan. I just
said, ‘Dude, can you keep her vicious?’ What I loved
about her is that she’s the grit in everybody’s eye. I
just wanted to keep her trouble and he said no worries
about that! (Laughs)
03 April 2008
MaryD's Ramblings....Witchblade
I know alot of Xena fans are fans of this amazing series - Witchblade is coming
to DVD, the entire series.
I absolutely LOVED this series. If it wasn't Xena, Witchblade would own my
heart...alas Xena got there first! <g Starring Yancy Butler. There are some
very cool extras -
check this out on TVShowsonDVD
All the news about the series + cover art can be seen on
Amazon.com. You can pre-order your copy now...it will be released July 2008.
LUCY UPDATES
Lucy London Concert Poster - Bad Girls In Heaven
That's
an interesting title for a concert and I suspect London fans and whoever jets in
from around the world to attend this concert will get rockin' Lucy instead of
the Country Lucy or the R&B Lucy!
The official poster has been released - Very nice indeed.
Click here to
see the larger version
02 April 2008
LUCY UPDATES
New Articles
MaryD's Ramblings - 2 April 2008
Okay so that announcement yesterday on Michael Hurst's website about Bitch Slap
wasn't an April Fool's Joke :) Or is it still a joke? Who knows and frankly at
this point it's too funny anyway even if it's not a joke...I want to see promo
pics of Lucy in her Mother Superior garb (going to school at the Marist Sisters
College is going to pay off for Lucy)
LOL! Bitch Slap has been confirmed by Lucy...this is part of Lucy's blog post
about it:
I also did a small role as Mother
Superior, alongside the gorgeous, Renee O'Connor in BITCHSLAP, who is a
naughty novice in the convent. She is confessing her dark fantasies to my
character ...Read
more on Lucy's site...
and this was the news announced by
Michael
Hurst on his site:
There's a new movie being made that will feature all four of the Herc/Xena
stars--but it's not a Herc or Xena movie. It's called Bitch Slap. Michael
Hurst is starring as a gangster named Gage and Kevin Sorbo is playing the
role of Mr. Phoenix, with cameos by Lucy Lawless as Mother Superior and
Renee O'Connor as Sister Batrille.
Stunts are being coordinated and performed by Xena stunt double Zoe Bell,
and the film is written and produced by Eric Gruendemann and Rick Jacobson;
Jacobson is also directing. Eric was Co-Executive Producer of Hercules,
Xena, Young Hercules, Jack of All Trades, and Cleopatra 2525, and Rick
Jacobson directed two episodes of Hercules and twelve of Xena.
Filming is currently in progress in California.
See
www.michaelhurstnow.com.
01 April 2008
New Lucy and Renee Movie - BitchSlap
The followed news was announced by
Michael Hurst
on his site:
There's a new movie being made that will feature all four of the Herc/Xena
stars--but it's not a Herc or Xena movie. It's called Bitch Slap. Michael Hurst
is starring as a gangster named Gage and Kevin Sorbo is playing the role of Mr.
Phoenix, with cameos by Lucy Lawless as Mother Superior and Renee O'Connor as
Sister Batrille.
Stunts are being coordinated and performed by Xena stunt double Zoe Bell, and
the film is written and produced by Eric Gruendemann and Rick Jacobson; Jacobson
is also directing. Eric was Co-Executive Producer of Hercules, Xena, Young
Hercules, Jack of All Trades, and Cleopatra 2525, and Rick Jacobson directed two
episodes of Hercules and twelve of Xena.
Filming is currently in progress in California.
See
www.michaelhurstnow.com.
