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26 September

Watching the movie "Monkeybone" starring Brendan Fraser and Bridget Fonda (2001) ... there was a scene in which Brendan's character Stu was about to go meet Death (played by Whoopi Goldberg) and his cartoon sidekick/creation Monkeybone is scared so Stu says "Don't worry I'll protect you" to which Monkeybone sarcastically replies "Oh okay, Xena Warrior Princess". Karen O.

Claire Stansfield's Company's doing really well! West Coast going gaga for chic C&C tees By Booth Moore, Los Angeles Times September 25, 2003 Stansfield, 38, an actress who grew up in London before moving to Malibu with her family in her teen years, played the villainous "Alti" on "Xena: Warrior Princess." Full Story

 

21 September

For more info on the "Tru Calling" pilot guest starring Hudson Leick check out the following sites: http://www.foxnow.com/truecalling/ or http://www.elizadushkuonline.com/tru/ and http://www.truheroine.com/

20 September

Catching Up With Xena's Callisto by Ben Katner - Hudson Leick talks about quitting the biz for two years, then returning to TV this Fall on Eliza Dushku's (Faith on Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Tru Calling and a possible new role on Buffy spinoff, Angel. >> Read the full article

Kathryn Morris on US TV Guide cover - Karthyn Morris (Najara on Crusader and ) is in this week's US TV Guide and her left eye was on the cover of last week's US TV Guide. Her roles on Minority Report and Xena are mentioned as part of her previous credits. >> Click here for the scanned blurb

Best of Both Worlds 19 in Canberra with Xena guest stars - Craig Parker (Haldir of Lothlorien in Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers & "Bellerophon" in "To Helicon and Back", "King Cleades" in "Key to the Kingdom", "Prince Sarpordon" in "For Him the Bell Tolls" and Lucius on tewo Hercules episodes) and Bruce Hopkins (Gamling on LOTR, also appeared in numerous roles on Xena, Young Hercules and Cleo 2525) attended Best Of Both Worlds 19 conventionon in Canberra this weekend. Pictures will be available online soon.

 

10 July

The following is from Sharon Delaney
It's in the very early stages, but, on the chance that we actually get to pull this off, I would like to collect photos (emailed jpgs, not actual pics) of locations and screengrabs of scenes shot at these locations. What we're hoping to do for Kit #7 is go to the various locations with Lucy and Renee and have them talk about shooting there. Sort of "Coffee Talk on Location" <G> And I'd like to have printouts of the scenes to refresh their memories. So, the more stuff I have, the merrier! I've bookmarked the pages of cr's New Xenaland page, Bevis King and Adrian Petford. If you think of scene and want to relate it to a location photo on one of their pages, just describe which location photo it goes with and on who's page. And please include the episode title of the scenes.

Many thanks for any help you folks can give me.
Sharon

 

24 June

The latest news from the DC BardFest crew is that Katherine Fugate will be attending the fest. Katherine is the writer for the Xena episode "When Fates Collide" and also is slated to write the Xena Movie (if that gets the approval of the studio). So catch her at the DC Bardfest! For more information go to www.dcbardfest.com

 

17 June

The following is from

A while back fans of the biggest Swedish Xena mailinglist gathered on the web to discuss their discontent with the fact that there is no good forum for fans to spread and recieve information about the show in Sweden. We wanted to unite and create a space to make ourselves heard, mainly to other Xenites, but also to non-Xenites. The idea was further developed by a group of three people (where I'm included), and took the form of a new Xena magazine - written completely by the fans. The developing group of three act as editors for the mag, while all of the articles are written by fans. The articles discuss the show from different perspectives. Some are based on fact (about the show or about related issues) and some are based on opinion. Valkyria is not afraid to let people speak their minds and are not afraid to criticize things. Valkyria will analyze, debate, inform and entertain.

The first issue will be out very, very shortly and will be availible to international fans. The mag is in Swedish, but readers who don't speak Swedish will recieve a written translation of ALL the articles when they buy the mag. That means this mag isn't only interesting for collectors - but to everyone who is interested in the show at all. The first issue contains a long interview with writer/procucer Steven L. Sears, among other things. In future issues we will be widening our perspective, dealing with other shows as well as Xena. This to be able to compare an analyze popular culture's relation to society in a better way, and to understand X:WP better. Examples of
shows we will be dealing with are Buffy, Charmed and X-Files. (We will not limit ourselves to these three additional shows however.) But the basic interest will remain in X:WP.

Please check out http://fade.to/valkyria  for further info and prices.  Depending on how many subscribers we get, the mag will be in colour or in black and white.
 

Mailing lists

Minerva has a new list (the old one has gone cactus). If you would like to keep updated with Minerva's stories...check out the new group at Minervaspalace at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Minervaspalace

 

17 May

US TV Alert: The Sci Fi Channel will be airring the Herc episodes "Armageddon Now, Parts 1 and 2" on June 11 (US only). These are the episodes that started all those Conqueror stories <g> Ioalus goes into another timeline where Xena wasn't redeemed by Hercules. This Xena has become the Conqueror and Destroyer of Nations. Gabrielle does not fare well.
Many thanks to Lynn for the alert

The following is from the Bardcon crew:

We will once again be having a raffle at Orlando BardCon this year. We have designated StoryPlus Foundation as our charity. This is an non-profit agency that helps our children to become literate, and further encourages them to be readers, writers and thinkers.

We have all kinds of goody boxes, but this raffle will be at BardCon only. So if you're not going to be here, but you want to play, you will need to find a proxy.

Looking forward to seeing ya'll in Orlando.

For more info send an email to: lorist@bellsouth.net :

 

27 March

The following is from Julia from Meow Mix

Xena Night at Meow Mix in NYC!

June 10th 2003 is our Summer of Love event, bringing back the spirit of 1967 in our own special way! Come celebrate Love and check out our Various Entertainments: a screening of Deborah Abbott’s Season 7 video “True Love Never Dies,” summer-related, Love-laced episodes of XWP, plus MORE MORE MORE! Another low-tech multimedia extravaganza from the Overlord Julia and her Princely Princess brown bettie. Check out the web site for bar info, etc.www.xenanight.com

 

17 February

12 February

2003 Xena Convention | Xena Movie News

 

Adrienne Wilkinson Media Alert

 

4 February

XENA LIVE! - Episode Three - Apocalypse Now - Or Later

There will be a workshop reading that is going to be open to the public on Tuesday, March 4th at the Museum of Contemporary Art, in Chicago, at 8pm. If you want information or tickets, please call the About Face Theatre at 773-784-8565. Ticket price is $8.

This is just a READING - meaning - No costumes, just script in hand reading through the first draft They will incorporate a couple songs into the reading. You will recognize everyone there. They have all played a part in Xena Live I or II at one point. The show has not been officially scheduled with dates. When that happens I will make sure to let you all know, I promise. There is only ONE scheduled reading for March 4th. There are only 70 seats in the space, so please call NOW if you want to be there. When you call the theatre, make sure you speak to a person regarding tickets.
Synopsis of Xena Live III - Apocalypse Now - or Later. Written by Claudia Allen. Conceived by Amy Matheny. Directed by Scott Ferguson.

This final episode in the XENA LIVE trilogy takes our warrior princess and her battling bard Gabrielle on a journey against the elements of the world: combating wind, fire, and water to save the earth. Elizabeth Laidlaw and Amy Matheny return to play our heroines joined by Alexandra Billings as Xena's daughter Eve. Brought to you by the same award-winning team behind episodes 1 and 2, this world premiere musical epic is filled with the passion and fun that is XENA LIVE!

10 January

There is speculatioin starting to circulate about a possible Xena movie. Lucy mentioned a movie in the latest Lesbian News magazine interview and yesterday she was on 91ZM in New Zealand. She indicated a movie was in the works. According to Sharon Delaney from Creation Entertainment

"Rob would love to do one and has been working toward that end.  But nothing definite has been set yet.  It's still in the "3 or 4 years down the road" stage."

So it looks as if we are to wait just a little bit more for that movie.
 

 

 

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