THIS WEEK IN THE XENA NEWS....
TWXN #23
08/29/96


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[    ] 08-28-96
   THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (sole copyright holder). Wednesday.
Entertainment News. 561 words. "Five Questions with Lucy Lawless:
Xena Warrior And Empowerer" By Eileen Glanton
   COMMENTARY:  There were actually six questions, but only five
that were substantive. The five questions asked Lucy Lawless [LL]
were: 
   (1) "The show is doing extremely well and last month Ms.
magazine hailed your character as a feminist icon for the '90s.
What's driving all this success?" Answer: The show is at the
right place at the right time.
   (2) "Xena seems to attract a lot of young women, older men and
Internet junkies. What is your fan mail like?" Answer: Mostly
from women of all ages and persuasions. LL used to be
uncomfortable about being a role model; now she is honored by it.
   (3) "As the mother of an 8-year-old girl, who would you like
your daughter's role models to be?" Answer: Her mother [LL], just
as her mother was to LL.
   (4) "Xena and Hercules had a rather complicated relationship.
Where do you think things are headed?" Answer: "I don't think
they're a match made in heaven. It's like, can't live with him,
can't kill him - 'cause he's a demigod."
   (5) "May I ask how tall are you and how much you weigh?"
Answer: "I'm somewhere between 5'10" and 5'11". I have no idea
how much I weigh."



[   ] 08-29-96
   DAILY VARIETY. Thursday. 435 words. "Action hours on the
rebound" By Jenny Hontz
   COMMENTARY: Ties That Bind (#20), 2nd release, 08/12/96.
Ranked as the 1st action hour with a 5.3 rating. [HTLJ took 2nd
with a 5.1 and ST:DS9 took 3rd with a 4.3]. This was XWP's first
time as the number one action hour for 1996, and was the second
time in it's history. Perhaps Renaissance Pictures should
encourage the Republicans to have more conventions.


[   ] 08-29-96
   THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. 295 words. "Xena' leaps to top of hour
action heap" By Steve Brennan  
   COMMENTARY: 2nd release of Ties That Bind. XWP earned 1st
action hour spot with 5.1; HTLJ 2nd with 5.1; ST:DS9 3rd with
4.3; Baywatch 4th with 3.8; Renegade 5th with 3.0; Land's End 6th
with 2.9; and Baywatch Nights 7th with 2.8.


[   ] 08-29-96
   DAILY VARIETY. Thursday. 
   COMMENTARY: Production notices for MCA Television included the
production and casting credits for HTLJ and XWP.


A Xena but not our Xena:

[x050] 08-26-96
   ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES (Asheville, NC). Monday. Page B3. 242
words. "WCU ACADEMIC AWARDS"
   COMMENTARY:
   EXCERPT:
   CULLOWHEE - Eleven Buncombe County residents were honored with
academic awards and recognized for participation in research
exhibitions during the 1995-96 academic year at Western Carolina
University...
   ...COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AWARDS: Amy Elizabeth Jones, Fairview,
Xena Bristol Forsyth Scholarship....

