THIS WEEK IN XENA NEWS.... TWXN 36 10/16/96 Brought to you by Xena: Media Review (XMR): http://www.teleport.com/~gater/IAXS/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. EDITOR'S NOTE: I am continuing to offer excerpts and reprints of the news of Ms. Lawless' injury. Yowie Wowie! There have been over 45 articles published referring to XWP in the last 4 days. The vast majority are bit pieces about the injury, but there are some interesting ones nestled between. Sadly, this is by far the most publicity XWP has ever received. Also, I know about the San Diego article, but I am working on this Herculean task chronologically. Whilst everyone else is living on the 17th, I am still in the 14th. The San Diego article was the 15th. Think of it as a problem in temporal mechanics, as they would say in Star Trek: That Other Show. Enjoy! [ p] 10-11-96 THE DOMINION (Wellington). Page 1. 236 words. "Kiwi pluck will save Xena" COMMENTARY: XWP first major press mention in a New Zealand paper! On page one, no less! Sadly, though, it is news of Ms. Lawless' injury. REPRINT: OLD-FASHIONED Kiwi pluck, not ancient superwoman powers, would put television's Warrior Princess Lucy "Xena" Lawless back on her feet after breaking her pelvis yesterday, her father said last night. Lawless was recovering St Joseph's Medical Centre in Los Angeles last night after falling from a horse while filming a stunt for the NBC network's Tonight Show hosted by Jay Leno. According to her father, Frank Ryan, who spoke to her from Auckland yesterday, doctors thought she could be in hospital for three weeks but were waiting for specialists' reports before giving a more definite prognosis. "Lucy is robust, fit and keen and has a fix the damn thing and get on with it' attitude," he said. "That's a real Kiwi attitude and it's going to get her a long way. She's a very bright, strong girl." Mr Ryan said his daughter told him she was in pain. "She's very big in America and I'm sure they're going to do absolutely everything to make sure she's all right." She stopped in Los Angeles to be on the Tonight Show on her way back from Europe. She was to start filming a new series of Warrior Princess in Auckland in three weeks. Pacific Renaissance, the show's makers, could not be contacted last night. Mr Ryan said his daughter was on a horse rehearsing a stunt when the horse lost its footing. She fell and the horse landed on her. [ q] 10-12-96 THE FRESNO BEE. Page A2. 782 words. "That Kennedy curse" COMMENTARY: EXCERPT: ...Xena takes a tumble Lucy Lawless, the actress who plays "Xena: Woman Warrior" in the TV series spawned from "Hercules," was injured while taping a comedy bit for Jay Leno's "Tonight Show " in Los Angeles. She fell from a horse that had lost its footing, USA Today reports. The 6-foot New Zealander suffered pelvic fractures and will be out of commission for four to six weeks. Her show won't suffer, though. There are enough episodes in the can to take it to the end of the year. Said Leno: "I thank her for being a good sport and I'm sorry it happened." What would Xena do?... [ s] 10-14-96 STAR TRIBUNE. Page 5B. 893 words. "People" By Tonia E. Moore COMMENTARY: EXCERPT: ...'Xena' star injured Lucy Lawless, the star of the television series "Xena: Warrior Princess," was in stable condition after fracturing her pelvis while taping a skit for "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" last week. Lawless was injured when a horse she was sitting on in the NBC parking lot in Burbank, Calif., lost its footing and fell; she fell to the side. Jim Benson, spokesman for "Xena" distributor MCA Inc., said she's recovering well. and hoping to go home soon. He added that Lawless' injury was expected to have little impact on the show's production. [ t] 10-13-96 THE SUNDAY STAR-TIMES. Page 13. 524 words. "Seven Days" COMMENTARY: EXCERPT: ...INJURED: New Zealander Lucy Lawless, star of TV pulp Xena: Warrior Princess, with a cracked pelvis after being crushed by a horse during a guest appearance on Jay Leno's talkshow... [ w] 10-14-96 THE DES MOINES REGISTER. Monday. Page 2. 254 words. "Short takes" COMMENTARY: EXCERPT: ...Lucy Lawless, who plays the lead role in TV's Xena, was injured while taping a comedy bit for Jay Leno's Tonight Show in L.A. She fell from a horse that had lost its footing. The 6-foot New Zealander suffered pelvic fractures and will be out of commission for four to six weeks. Her show won't suffer, though - there are enough episodes in the can to take it to the end of the year... [ x] 10-14-96 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Monday. AM cycle. Domestic News. 637 words. "People in the News" COMMENTARY: An updated version of XMR---k, also issued by the AP. Added the news of Ms. Lawless' enticpated release on Tuesday October 15, 1996. EXCERPT: ...The star of "Xena: Warrior Princess" is getting out of the hospital, but she won't be back in the saddle soon. Lucy Lawless fractured her pelvis last week while taping a skit on horseback for "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." The 28-year-old New Zealander is expected to leave the hospital on Tuesday. "She's doing great, she's just going to need rest and recuperation time," said Jim Benson, spokesman for show distributor MCA Inc. Lawless, in the United States vacationing and doing publicity for her popular syndicated show, was taping the skit in the NBC parking lot when her horse lost its footing and fell. The horse was fine, but not Lawless. Lawless stormed into the world of syndicated action-adventure television in March 1995 as a guest character on "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys." Her own show, which began a year ago, has been has been among the top 10 this season.... [ z] 10-15-96 USA TODAY. Tuesday. Page 1D. 558 words. "Tight box-office race" By Arlene Vigoda COMMENTARY: EXCERPT: ...FIXING XENA: Lucy Lawless, star of Xena: Warrior Princess, is expected to leave an L.A. hospital today She fractured her pelvis last week while taping a skit on horseback for The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.... [ b] 10-14-96 VARIETY. Page 1. 1257 words. "H'wood dvvies digital realm" By ELIZABETH GUIDER and MICHAEL WILLIAMS COMMENTARY: More reportage from the MIPCOM TV Trade Show in Cannes, Oct. 7-11, 1996. Regarding MCA's strategy with HTLJ and XWP, the article said "'Those two syndicated action hours, Hercules and Xena, are doing great numbers right now. I wouldn't be surprised to see MCA and RTL decide to back a third or fourth such hour, say, something with a Euro feel like Siegfried or Lancelot,' one source quips, only half jokingly." It appears that MCA is getting respect for the both shows success and is receiving the envy of its peers. Also looks like MCA is willing to milk in for all its worth as well. [ ] 10-14-96 THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL (Memphis). Monday. Page 1C. 543 words. "C.A. EYE" Edited by Jon W. Sparks COMMERCIAL: In a tongue-and-check social statement, Mr. Sparks takes a quote from John Loring, design director of Tiffany & Co., from New York magazine and titles it, "from Warrior Princess Xena to Margaret Thatcher" The joke can only be understood if you read the quote, so here it is: "Women have gone out in the world and had a tremendous influence on every part of our culture. Their tastes, which were once developed in the hothouse atmosphere of the home, have become more refined. They have all these experiences and all this, what I call 'reality intake.' The result is table settings of tremendous self-assured style and grace." EXCERPT: ...FROM WARRIOR PRINCESS XENA TO MARGARET THATCHER ''Women have gone out in the world and had a tremendous influence on every part of our culture. Their tastes, which were once developed in the hothouse atmosphere of the home, have become more refined. They have all these experiences and all this, what I call 'reality intake.' The result is table settings of tremendous self-assured style and grace.'' - John Loring, design director of Tiffany & Co., in New York magazine....