THIS WEEK IN XENA NEWS....


TWXN 42


11/01/96





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television show XENA: Warrior Princess (1995 - ) and


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[    ] 10-27-96


   THE TENNESSEAN. Sunday. Page 47S. 1134 words.


"Pitney the man who sang 'Liberty Valance'" By Ken Beck 


   COMMENTARY: This article gave the wrong address for


the Lucy Lawless Fan Club. It should be Lucy Lawless


Fan Club, 8516 S. 1000 West, Pendleton, IN 46064.


   EXCERPT:


   ...Q: I'm 15 and have been a Xena fan for a long


time. I've tried desperately to find her address so I


could write her. She got injured and I got worried. 


   L.S./Franklin


   A: Yeah, Lawless had her horse fall on her and


fractured her pelvis while taping a skit for Jay Leno


and the Tonight show. Try reaching her in care of the


Lucy Lawless Fan Club, P.O. Box 49859, Brentwood,


Calif. 90049....








[    ] 10-31-96


   THE WASHINGTON POST. Thursday. Page B06. 1385 words.


"The TV Column" By John Carmody


   COMMENTARY: Return of Callisto, 1st release. 


   Local Washington DC ratings were 2.5/4 with each


point representing 19,085 homes.








[   ] 10-31-96


   DAILY NEWS (New York). Thursday. Page 98. 473 words.


"'Herc,' 'Xena': Not to Be Mythed" By David Bianculli


   COMMENTARY: This was Mr. Bianculli's sophomore


experience in writing about XWP. His freshman effort


also appeared in the Daily News, [XMR234] 04-14-96,


titled "Way out There in TV Land". 


In XMR234, Mr. Bianculli casually referred XWP in his


paean to the joys of watching "fringe" tv shows. He


referred to XWP as a "still-embryonic cult hit" and a


"not-so-guilty pleasure". In his sophomore article, he


upgrades XWP from "guilty pleasure" to "pleasures, pure


and simple."


   Mr. Bianculli wrote that aside from the fact that


the "scripts are inventive, the action sequences are


playful and ambitious (owing a lot to action movies


from Hong Kong and Japan), the special effects and


camera work are witty and clever, and the leading


players Kevin Sorbo as Hercules and Lucy Lawless as


Xena strike just the right mixture of derring-do


heroism and anachronistic sassiness...." what has


really pushed these two series "onto a higher plane of


TV camp is that Hercules and Xena are tapping heavily


into the history and characters established in previous


seasons."


   After discussing the Cynthia Rothrock episode of


HTLJ, he ended giving a short synopsis of XWP's RETURN


OF CALLISTO, and calling Callisto his "favorite villain


from either series".


   He concluded, "If you watch these shows this


weekend, you're bound and helpless as well bound to


enjoy them, and helpless to submit."








[   a] 10-31-96


   THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Thursday. Domestic News. 688


words. 'People in the News"


   COMMENTARY: Lucy Lawless' appearance on Jay Leno's


show was acknowledged. Her entrance was described ("she


was carried to Jay Leno's stage by two musclemen in


loincloths"); a quick blurb about her injury was given;


and Ms. Lawless was quoted as saying, "I fractured some


bones, but I'm on the mend, well and truly."








[   ] 11-01-96


   THE WASHINGTON POST. Friday. Page N12. 311 words.


"The Circuit"


   COMMENTARY: In a summary of things to do on Tuesday


(like, for instance...VOTE!), the anonymous writer


added, "Party faithfuls gather at watering holes around


town (Capitol Hill bars will likely be especially


crowded) to watch election returns and celebrate (or


commiserate, depending). If that doesn't float your


boat then perhaps stay in and watch Hercules and Xena


on TV."