THIS WEEK IN THE XENA NEWS.... TWXN 29 09/23/96 Brought to you by Xena: Media Review (XMR): http://www.teleport.com/~gater/IAXS.html XMR is a periodic annotated world press review of reports regarding the internationally syndicated television show XENA: Warrior Princess (1995 - ) and the castmembers, Lucy Lawless and Renee O'Connor. For a free e-mail subscription send "subscribe XMR" to ktaborn@lightspeed.net. Excerpts from the following cites will appear in future issues of XMR. [ ] 09-20-96 THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE. Friday. Page E-1. 423 words. "The real mystery: Why's Profiler' even on the air?" By Robert P. Laurence COMMENTARY: In an extensive review of why the network television show "The Profiler" is not too good, the reviewer mentioned XWP in a non-sensical rhetorical question: "One cop believes in her method of figuring out the motive to find the killer, while another, naturally, does not. "I don't care why he does it. I just want to stop it," snorts the skeptic. Will he learn how wrong he is? Just as sure as Nostradamus watched "Xena: Warrior Princess" every week." This type of Xena non-sequitur is no longer uncommon. More will be forth coming, no doubt, once the new season has begun and XWP garners more critical and cult attention. [ ] 09-20-96 BUSINESS WIRE. Friday. 889 words. "Entertainment Drive expands staff, operations and headquarters in preparation for Web launch" COMMENTARY: In anticipation of the opening of its megasite on the web, Entertainment Drive (eDrive) has hired five new editors. One of the editors is Natalie Anderson, who last served as Manager of Publicity for MCA TV overseeing publicity campaigns for "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" and "Xena: Warrior Princess." [ ] 09-21-96 THE WASHINGTON POST. Saturday. Page C01. 1549 words. "Woman of Steel; Television's Warrior Xena Is a Superheroine With Broad Appeal" by Elizabeth Kastor. COMMENTARY: Wide-ranging discussion of XWP's appeal to feminists, little girls lesbians, and men of all ilks. Special emphasis is given to the bizarre demographics of the show. Ms. Kastor interviews several fans (a cartoonist, a Xena webpage maintainer, a toy collector, a lesbian magazine editor, a 7 year- old-girl). The article is divided into parts called such as Male Fantasy, Great Hair and Mayhem: the Best of Both Worlds, Lesbian Cult Figure, and Little Xenites. This article is in the tradition of the VILLAGE VOICE article by Stacey D'Erasmo, 12-26-95, "Xenaphilia", but not as intellectual. [ ] 09-23-96 THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. 296 words. "Mahern, Khouri top WGAW vote" By David Robb COMMENTARY: Brenda Lilly, staff writer on XWP, and credited writer of the episode "Warrior...Princess", was elected to a two year term on the Writers Guild of America West's board of directors. [ ] 10-01-96 DETROIT MONTHLY. Page 12. 3880 words. "UPFRONT" COMMENTARY: XWP composer Joe LoDuca was mentioned as a former presenter brought in to Detroit for the Hollywood Literary Retreat seminar-workshop.