THIS WEEK IN XENA NEWS....
TWXN 36
10/16/96

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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
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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....

