THIS WEEK IN XENA NEWS....


TWXN 37


10/18/96





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 RANTINGS:





I have noticed some confusion in readers about XMR


(Xena Media Review) and TWXN (This Week in Xena News).


I am in the process of getting XMR #18 ready for


release. What you are reading now is TWXN #37. PLEASE


NOTE: XMR and TWXN are two different


publications. 





XMR is subscribed to and not posted publicly. It is a


loooong publication which excerpts or reprints ALL of


the articles it annotates. XMR is a historical review.


Time is allowed between the coverage and the


annotations so that they may be viewed in a historical


context. For example, XMR #18 will cover the last week


of April 1996 through May 1st. That is a buffer of six


months.  


TWXN is merely a listing of a current cite and a


provisional annotation (no excerpt or reprint). When I


see new articles, etc., I enter them into the data base


for XMR. However, I thought some may appreciate hearing


about these articles around the time they are published


or released. Therefore I made TWXN. It's petite size


(usually equal to four pages or less) lends itself to


release on the various Xena mailing lists, the usenet


newsgroup alt.tv.xena, and the MCA Xena NetForum. 


There is NO subscription to TWXN. Also, I have only


broke the rule of about no excerpts or reprints in TWXN


for newstories about Lucy Lawless' injury.  


I am sorry abut the confusion that has arose.





Another problem is that XMR used to be weekly. However,


since the end of summer my disposable time has


drastically dwindled. XMR #17 (although 4 parts!) was


released September 2, 1996! I am very very far behind


in XMR. However, I enjoy doing it, so I want to


continue it even though it will be a non-regular


periodical.  


In the meantime, WHOOSH is taking up most of my time. I


am sure most people if asked whether they want WHOOSH


or XMR, they would chose WHOOSH. Therefore I am


dividing my time between the two projects accordingly.


I am determined not to let XMR die. It's a wonderful


project and I really don't know of any one who would


want to continue it if I dropped it. Same with WHOOSH!


So, I have prioritized. WHOOSH gets out on time and XMR


is done in the time that WHOOSH does not use up.





Good news regarding XMR #18, though. I am about 90%


through. However, I still have the May 1st articles to


annotate and a synopsis to write of TIES THAT BIND. I


am seriously thinking of tabling the TIES synopsis and


the May 1st articles in order to get XMR #18 by the


weekend. Also, I am thinking of  drastically reducing


the size of XMR and maybe concentrating on only a week


at a time so that I can get it out sooner (it won't be


as


exciting, but at least it would get out more than once


every two months!) 





I hope this long diatribe has explained to everyone who


cares what is going on. 





--Kym








Continuing Injury News:





[   ab] 10-15-96


   THE TENNESSEAN. Tuesday. Page 3A. 938 words.


"Lorrie, Jon to Be by Each Other's Sides" By Brad


Schmitt


   COMMENTARY: No new info


   EXCERPT:


   ...Lucy Lawless, star of TV's Xena: Warrior


Princess, is in the hospital, recovering from a


fractured pelvis suffered during a horseback riding


accident. She was taping a skit for The Tonight Show


with Jay Leno when the horse lost its footing and fell


on Lawless. She is expected to be released from the


hospital today....








[   ac] 10-15-96


   STAR TRIBUNE. Page 4B. 822 words. "People"


   COMMENTARY: Using similar turns of phrases as


XMR---z and XMR- --aa, this notice may also have been


mildly influenced by XMR--- x.


   EXCERPT:


   ...Hoping to be gone


   Lucy Lawless, star of the syndicated action series


"Xena: Warrior Princess," is expected to leave the


hospital today, but won't be back in the saddle soon.


She fractured her pelvis last week when she fell from a


horse while taping a skit for "The Tonight Show with


Jay Leno" outside NBC's Burbank, Calif., studios.


   "She's doing great; she's just going to need rest


and


recuperation time," said a spokesman for her show.








[   ad] 10-15-96


   THE SEATTLE TIMES. Tuesday. Page F7. 417 words.


"Seen, Heard, Said" By Janine Dallas Steffan


   COMMENTARY:


   EXCERPT:


   The medical report...Lucy Lawless of "Xena: Woman


Warrior" should be getting out of the hospital today


where she was treated for those pelvic fractures she


got last week when her horse slipped while she was


filming a skit for the "Tonight Show." Though she'll be


recuperating for up to six weeks, her show won't be


affected since they've got 10 episodes in the can...