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11 July There is an absolutely wonderful interview by
SaM with Renee just before she went on stage. SaM also has interviews with the rest of the
cast. 5 July According to Sharon Delaney some of the dates
for Renee's appearances as Lady MacBeth have changed- These are the updated
performance dates 2 July Renee is currently doing Shakespeare by the Sea and from all
accounts it was a great start. 2 May Just talked with Renee. Those Shakespeare classes are paying off. She's going to be doing something in Southern California, outdoors, this summer, open to all. Details to come as we get them. 19 January Creation Entertainment has announced that Renee's male lead for the play Love Letters will be Michael Hurst. 13 January Update to Renee's appearance in February - Renee will only be making an appearance for the stage play Love Letters at the Official Xena Convention in February. She won't be appearing on stage for a Q&A. The male lead has not been announced yet. 21 December More on Renee's appearance at the Annual Xena Convention on February 15-17, 2001 from the Creation Entertainment Web Site: And now, Creation Entertainment is thrilled to
announce that RENEE O'CONNOR will appear live on-stage in AR Gurney's moving play LOVE
LETTERS. This special event offers an amazingly rare opportunity to watch this dynamic
star in an exclusive theatrical performance. LOVE LETTERS, with a male lead still to be
announced, will take place on Saturday Night of the Annual Official XENA Convention, this
year set for February 15-17, 2002 at the Pasadena Center. Please note that due to the
previous demand for tickets, GOLD SEATING for the weekend is now sold out, as are seatings
for our Charity Breakfast. The best level of tickets available at this time are PREFERRED
WEEKEND PACKAGES (which will include the very best seating behind the limited number 20 December Creation Entertainment have announced that Renee O'Connor has joined the list of guests for the next Annual Official Xena Convention - February 15-17, 2002. It will be held at the Pasadena Center. The full guest list is: RENEE O'CONNOR (Gabrielle) 2 November
3 October It's official - According to Creation Entertainment, Renee & Steve have a son! Miles William Muir made his entrance
into the world on September 22, Congratulation Renee, Steve and little (or not so little) Miles! 5 August The following was posted by Renee to the Threadgills
Message Board - 24 July Just wanted to remind everyone that we're still accepting donations in honor of Renee's and Steve's baby. We've raised several thousand dollars for a number of causes worldwide. In response to the requests by a number of Renee's fans, I've added two organizations for this fundraising drive: Austin Children's Hospital and Literacy Volunteers of America, Inc. If you would like to support another organization, we will forward donations to any charity you choose to support. In addition, we will continue to accept checks for the Children's Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center. All checks should be made payable to the organization you wish to support, and sent to Sword and Staff, P.O. Box 224, Floral Park, NY 11002. Please DO NOT make checks payable to Sword and Staff. 15 July Reneé's film, Rubbernecking, has been accepted in
the First Annual Valley Film Festival here in Southern California. The category that it
entered into was the Valley Specific Category. The festival will take place in August in
Los Angeles. 14 June The following is from TV Guide Insider: How does pregnancy affect a warrior?
Renee O'Connor, who plays "Gabrielle" on "Xena" explains. Renee O'Connor, "All I can think about is just
how to survive the next six and a half months and become a mother. Lucy told me that when
you become pregnant, suddenly nothing else matters in the world, and you're in this
blissful state. And it has happened to me. Yep, all I can think about is this little
person inside me, and how to remember every day that I'm on "Xena", and remember
where we both were." To view the rm file go to 1 June
9 April The following is from The Official Rubbernecking Web site
31 March 2001 From Creation's Herc/Xena online email list it has
been confirmed that Renee and Steve are expecting their first child. 26 March 2001 Some time ago Renee shot a film called Rubbernecking.
Due to financial problems this film hasn't been released. The makers of the film Fender
Bender Films will now be showing it at the New York International Independent Film and
Video Festival, EL Tinker Auditorium, French Institute Alliance Francaise 22 East 60th
Street (Between Park + Madison Ave.). Sunday April 1, 2001 2pm Be aware of Daylight
Savings Time Change For industry/press passes (Distributor or Press) please fax a request
on letterhead to ATTN: BRIEGE (212) 387-0873. General Admission tickets are $10. Please
let Fender Bender Films know if you are attending. You can fax (818) 623-8632 or email FenderBenderFilm@aol.com 2 March 2001 Rubbernecking will be screening in New York in April
and the more people they get involved the more likely the film will get picked up by
distributors. 23 January 2001 The following is from Sharon Delaney at the Official Xena Fan Club I just received a packet of wedding photos from Renee to put in the next fan club newsletter. She didn't release any publicly and wishes only to share them with the fans. She and Steve also included a note they wanted me to pass along to everyone who wished them well on this truly happy occasion: "Hello everyone! It's about time we dropped a note
thanking "all ya'll" for the generosity you showed when we were married. The
letters of congratulations were greatly appreciated. Also, raising money for charity was
the perfect way to show your good wishes for us. We were truly amazed and humbled by such
a force of benevolence. We had a wonderful wedding day, surounded by our families, and we
hope to take a long, relaxing honeymoon sometime this year. Thanks for showing that again,
the Xena fans ROCK! 3 October 2000 With news of Renee's and Steve's wedding taking place
in a couple of weeks, I want to remind anyone who would like to contribute to a
wedding gift for the couple that we're still collecting donations for a number charities
in the their honor. 21 July 2000 If you are going hunting for the TV Guide with ROC on the cover you will need to do a little searching - there are 8 variant covers of the July 29 Issue of the American TV Guide. 18 July 2000 Earl Brown asked Alexandra Tydings about Motherhood - Many thanks to Earl for the report. Alex's first shot of the episode was the part where Renee was dragged through the mud in the rain and while she watched it from off camera she broke down a bit, It looked as bad to her as it did to us. Yes it was Renee that Lucy drug all over the set! no stand (lay;-) ins. She was on a sheet of cardboard during the drag. The blood was Strawberry jam. While on Olympus they had the fog effect that was done with dry ice, dry ice is carbon dioxide which is not the safest thing to breath and Renee was laying in the fumes during the shoot. They stopped shooting several times to let her clear her head, there was also a concern by the medical/safety people on the set. She said Renee is such a trooper on set and a fun person to be with off set. 4 July 2000 It has been announced that Renee will be appearing
at her 3rd only convention (and maybe her last) together with Lucy at the annual Xena and
Hercules Convention - Pasadena. The convention is normally held in January but to
accomodate both stars being there it has been moved to May 2001. 14 June 2000 ** In the recent Official Xena Fan Club newsletter #11 - Renee is interviewed by Sharon Delaney The following is excerpts from the interview and I will be having the entire transcript up soon. INTERVIEW WITH RENEE By Sharon-Excerpts (Asked about engagement) "What happened when you told Lucy," I asked her. "I was at work before her that day and I had told her makeup artist, Vanessa. So I was changing when Lucy arrived and I could see out my window that Vanessa was whispering something to Lucy who started to yell," Renee laughed. "I ran out and we were both yelling. Then she pulled out this old-fashioned camera and took my picture while I was still yelling. When she showed me the photo later, it was priceless! It was so funny." "In the Pasadena convention welcome video that you and Lucy did for us," I said, "Lucy mentioned she was getting back into shape." "She's been amazing," Renee said proudly. "She looks so great and she's such an inspiration to some women. Some people think if you have a baby, you'll never get your shape back again. That can be so discouraging. Lucy decided what she wanted to look like and worked hard. Now she looks better than ever. I tease her and say, 'You're putting a lot of pressure on all women after they've given birth.' " Renee laughed. and If there was one time this season the audience felt Gabrielle's pain of loss, it was in Eli'd death scene in "Seeds Of Faith". "When you screamed at Xena, 'Don't you blame me for this!' when she accused you of not defending Eli against Ares, the hairs stood up on the back of my neck!" I said to Renee, hoping I was adequately expressing the impact her work had had on me. "Do you remember that scene?" I asked her. "Oh, I do, yes, I do!" she laughed. "Eli's death was so different from Joxer's for Gabrielle. I think it was because there was so much leading up to it. She knew he was going to sacrifice himself and that it was for the faith of the world." "I don't think I've ever heard Gabrielle that
angry," I told her. "It was an intense day," Renee said with a sigh.
"It was really hard for me. I was telling the director, Garth Maxwell, that it was
probably the most difficult day of filming I'd ever had in my life. And the hours were so
long. "We started off first thing in the morning leading up to the initial conflict
between Eli and Ares through the part where Eli turns Gabrielle around. We spent all day
working on that up until the part where Xena comes in. And I was crying over him the whole
time until about seven o'clock that night!" "Timothy Omundson (Eli) said at a
convention that you had to cry the whole day," I said. "He couldn't believe what
you went through. After filming something so emotionally intense, can you just walk away
and go home without it having any effect on you?" "Most people when they're really upset, go off by themselves," I said, thinking out loud. "Right, they don't like to cry in front of other people," Renee agreed. "Someone might scream like that, but they'd do it in a place where they feel comfortable and safe to let out the rage, sadness and loss. But Garth really wanted Gabrielle to cry out loud and have that big shriek at the end that Xena hears when she's on the bridge. I just didn't want to do that. I hate it when Gabrielle let's go like that. Then I thought, the show's so stylized, it's not reality." "It may not have been fun," I said to her, "but you did a great job." "Oh, thanks, Sharon," she said warmly. "The exchange between Xena and Gabrielle at the end of the scene," I recited... "Xena:People like Eli wouldn't exist if people like us didn't defend them when they won't defend themselves. "Gabrielle: So Ares was right? The whole future is shaped by warriors? "...Xena was speechless!" "Wasn't that great?" Renee said excitedly. "It was so good. Lucy and I enjoyed doing that scene because we could really get our teeth into it." "Have You seen the photo of you at Eli's funeral pyre?" I asked her. "Where you've got the scarf around your head? It's one of the most beautiful shots of Gabrielle I've ever seen." "Obviously very uncomfortable about tearing up, I condensed it. I hit my mark and stayed there for about two seconds and then walked away. We could only do one take because I was damaging all the fresh sand. But when I saw Geoff's photo, he had captured what we didn't see in the episode-the sense of loss. I thought Geoff did such a great job catching that moment." "Are you going to direct next season?" I asked, getting ready to wind down the interview. "I hope so. I'd like to." Renee said. "Rob's doing his best to make it work out for me. He's trying to write me out of an episode so I have a proper prep time. That's not the easiest thing to do now. Especially since Ted's not around anymore next season." "How do you feel about the final season coming up?" I asked gently. Renee thought for a moment. I think for Lucy and I, as soon as we begin the last season, every day on set will be precious to us. We will know that we'll never have an opportunity to be together again as a family with the crew. We're just going to do whatever we can to make it our best season. I know Lucy's trying to put in as much time as she can discussng beat sheets with Rob as the episodes originate. I think the passion is there to try and go out on a high." 29 May 2000 Claire Stansfield (Alti) said at the recent Orlando
Convention that Renee did NOT get married yet to Steve. She indicated that the wedding
will be held in Texas. 4 May 2000 The following is from Sharon Delaney Thought you might enjoy hearing what Renee had to say about her singing in Lyre, Lyre. This is from an interview I did with her for fan club newsletter #11 which just went to the printer. The next item on my list of questions concerned "Lyre, Lyre" and everyone wondering if Renee did any of her own singing. This elicited a very large burst of laughter. "I had to audition for my own singing voice in that episode," Renee finally got out. "And it was the most humbling experience." I wondered how the subject had come up. "I brought it up that I'd like to try and do some of the singing myself. I knew they had brought in the same girl who dubbed me in 'The Bitter Suite.' So I went in and sang for Joe (Lo Duca - Xena composer). He was very kind, but it was the most bizarre experience. I started off completely embarrassed and then ended up just singing as loud as I could and having a good time." "What parts did you do yourself?" I asked. "The bit in the marketplace during the 'Telephone Song.' And backup during 'War.' Susan Wood sang the final song, 'Peace In The Valley' and another number that didn't make it into the show, 'We Can Work It Out.' That was a duet with Xena." 14 March 2000 Renee was interviewed by the Quad City Times by Pam
Shafer on the set in New Zealand 25 February 2000 This appeared on People Magazine Online ENGAGED: Renee O'Connor, who plays Gabrielle on TV's "Xena: Warrior Princess", and her longtime beau, New Zealander Steve Muir, plan to marry, according to "Xena" fan club president Sharon Delaney. No date has been announced. 16 February 2000
Sharon Delaney has announced that Renee and Steve
are engaged to be married!
15 February 2000 Today is Renee's 29th birthday! Happy birthday Renee!
23 September 1999 The FHM Magazine are planning on having pics of
Renee that don't make it into the October issue of FHM to be in "The Girls of
FHM" issue. That issue will be out next year between March - October (the date has
not be finalised yet).
9 September 1999 Renee was interviewed for FHM Magazine (Australia) by the editor for a 2 hour interview and then was flown to Sydney for a photoshoot. Those pics will be in the November Issue of FHM Magazine - on the shelves October 4. The article is about 8-9 pages long. Renee As you have never seen her
before!
26 August 1999 ROC News from the Cherry Hill Convention - August 1999 Claire talked about how intense an actress Renee is when she is working. She said when they filming In Between the Lines and they were doing the fight scene from the end. Renee kept telling her pull my hair harder. Come on choke me. And Claire gave one of her devilous grin and said she responsed. "Okay" ** Bruce Campbell was asked how many takes he had to do with Renee with the hands on butt scene and he said talk about buns of steel and I should know.
6 August 1999 This is from Sharon Delaney: RENEE INTRO TO KIT #3 BLOOPER TAPE You are not going to believe the intro Renee did for the blooper tape! I thought I'd never stop laughing. This is a side of Renee you've never seen and you're not going to believe your eyes (grin) ** In the Top 100 Female Stars - Renee came in at #53
16 July 1999 Rubbernecking to feature in 1999 Independent
Feature
15 July 1999
Reneé: Sometimes, I think, other actresses come on
the set and may feel threatened by our friendship. And it's not that Lucy and I should or
shouldn't act a certain way, we're just very close! We're always talking about our lives.
Some of it is gossip, maybe a little meddling. But most of the time, it's about parallel
feelings that we are having in our lives. I've had wonderful girlfriends before - and
people I love as sisters - but Lucy is more than that. I have so much respect for her. And
she's someone I'm inspired by.
14 July 1999 A few days ago I added the 21 May 1999 with Jeremy Roberts at the Sam Raimi Yahoo Club Chat transcript. In it he said that Renee has married Steve. Folks this isn't correct...it's an old rumour.
6 July 1999 Music video time! 6 July 1999 ROC is now listed on the game site Hollywood Stock Exchange. From what I understand it is a very prestigious thing to be listed as a bankable star on this game due to the fact that so many Hollywood suits like to play this game as well. ROC symbol is ROCON and she is currently trading at $1061 and she was listed at #9 yesterday as one of the fastest rising stocks. http://www.hsx.com [Many thanks to Lori for this news]
3 July 1999 Kit #3 of the Official Xena Fan Club will have Renee do the intro to the bloopers! For Kit #1 and 2, Lucy did the intro to the bloopers.
9 June 1999 There is a great article in the latest issue of Sci
Fi TV Magazine.
7 June 1999 A very rare ROC mention in the media on the weekend...E! Entertainment Weekend News mentioned that Renee was voted one of the Hottest Female Bods in Flex Magazine. ROC was listed as #9. ** Flex Magazine (from the publishers of Shape and
Muscle and Fitness) has an article in their June 1999 issue entitled 'Hollywood
Hardbodies'. In it they placed Renee O'Connor as #9. Behind
3 May 1999 Renee O'Connor's Movie "Rubbernecking"
had money problem and wasn't completed. The latest news is that the film makers have found
the dinars to complete it! Hopefully we will see the film soon! 27 April 1999
Bruce was voted No.7 as the sexiest man in SCI-FI.
15 February 1999 HAPPY BIRTHDAY RENEE O'CONNOR...ROC turns 28 today.
11 January 1999 Sharon has reported that no pics of Renee with her short hairdo will be available at the Santa Monica convention BUT there is a possibility of them being in the March Creation Catalogue!
16 December 1998 Another Gabrielle screensaver - this time from
Soundwarrior
15 December 1998 For those ROC fans and I know there's a few - here
is a new screensaver!
22 November 1998 Updated to Renee's directing debut - it's not called Pearl & The Book but "Deja Vu All over Again". Many thanks to Sharon Delaney for that info. For those not aware of this news - Renee is to make her debut as a director. She's a fantastic actress and I wish her all the best as a director!
16 November 1998 The Local New Zealand TV Awards were held last night in NZ - Both Lucy and Renee attended and presented awards - click here to read the winners
8 November 1998 On E! Weekend, Renee said that Gabrielle "may be a ghost". Folks I don't think anyone should panic :-) This interview was conducted before A Family Affair airred - E! Weekend obviously didn't suspect what impact it would have. During that time TPTB wanted everyone to keep mum about Gabrielle's fate. Also ghosts don't get footroot and get sick from lousy cooking!
October 1998 Regarding the rumours that Renee is engaged to Steve: NOT TRUE. This is from Sharon Delaney who has checked.
30 October 1998 The Official Renee O'Connor Fan Club is closing
down. Momma ROC (aka Sandra Wilson) has been sending out letters stating that from 31
December 1998 the club will no longer be around. This, folks, is NOT a rumour - it will be
happening.
15 September 1998 Oh wow guys! check out the pic from The Emmy Awards! This is a full body shot with Renee's arm around Lucy's waist!
16 July 1998 Renee also appeared in the Australian edition of E! Entertainment (Channel 10) News...unfortunately it wasn't advertised!
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FHM Magazine for Overseas Xenites
The Official Renee O'Connor Fan Club page has
the second part of an interview that first appeared in the newsletter for the club on
their website. An excerpt from the interview - Renee's friendship with Lucy: