THIS WEEK IN XENA NEWS....
TWXN 42
11/01/96

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[    ] 10-27-96
   THE TENNESSEAN. Sunday. Page 47S. 1134 words.
"Pitney the man who sang 'Liberty Valance'" By Ken Beck 
   COMMENTARY: This article gave the wrong address for
the Lucy Lawless Fan Club. It should be Lucy Lawless
Fan Club, 8516 S. 1000 West, Pendleton, IN 46064.
   EXCERPT:
   ...Q: I'm 15 and have been a Xena fan for a long
time. I've tried desperately to find her address so I
could write her. She got injured and I got worried. 
   L.S./Franklin
   A: Yeah, Lawless had her horse fall on her and
fractured her pelvis while taping a skit for Jay Leno
and the Tonight show. Try reaching her in care of the
Lucy Lawless Fan Club, P.O. Box 49859, Brentwood,
Calif. 90049....


[    ] 10-31-96
   THE WASHINGTON POST. Thursday. Page B06. 1385 words.
"The TV Column" By John Carmody
   COMMENTARY: Return of Callisto, 1st release. 
   Local Washington DC ratings were 2.5/4 with each
point representing 19,085 homes.


[   ] 10-31-96
   DAILY NEWS (New York). Thursday. Page 98. 473 words.
"'Herc,' 'Xena': Not to Be Mythed" By David Bianculli
   COMMENTARY: This was Mr. Bianculli's sophomore
experience in writing about XWP. His freshman effort
also appeared in the Daily News, [XMR234] 04-14-96,
titled "Way out There in TV Land". 
In XMR234, Mr. Bianculli casually referred XWP in his
paean to the joys of watching "fringe" tv shows. He
referred to XWP as a "still-embryonic cult hit" and a
"not-so-guilty pleasure". In his sophomore article, he
upgrades XWP from "guilty pleasure" to "pleasures, pure
and simple."
   Mr. Bianculli wrote that aside from the fact that
the "scripts are inventive, the action sequences are
playful and ambitious (owing a lot to action movies
from Hong Kong and Japan), the special effects and
camera work are witty and clever, and the leading
players Kevin Sorbo as Hercules and Lucy Lawless as
Xena strike just the right mixture of derring-do
heroism and anachronistic sassiness...." what has
really pushed these two series "onto a higher plane of
TV camp is that Hercules and Xena are tapping heavily
into the history and characters established in previous
seasons."
   After discussing the Cynthia Rothrock episode of
HTLJ, he ended giving a short synopsis of XWP's RETURN
OF CALLISTO, and calling Callisto his "favorite villain
from either series".
   He concluded, "If you watch these shows this
weekend, you're bound and helpless as well bound to
enjoy them, and helpless to submit."


[   a] 10-31-96
   THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Thursday. Domestic News. 688
words. 'People in the News"
   COMMENTARY: Lucy Lawless' appearance on Jay Leno's
show was acknowledged. Her entrance was described ("she
was carried to Jay Leno's stage by two musclemen in
loincloths"); a quick blurb about her injury was given;
and Ms. Lawless was quoted as saying, "I fractured some
bones, but I'm on the mend, well and truly."


[   ] 11-01-96
   THE WASHINGTON POST. Friday. Page N12. 311 words.
"The Circuit"
   COMMENTARY: In a summary of things to do on Tuesday
(like, for instance...VOTE!), the anonymous writer
added, "Party faithfuls gather at watering holes around
town (Capitol Hill bars will likely be especially
crowded) to watch election returns and celebrate (or
commiserate, depending). If that doesn't float your
boat then perhaps stay in and watch Hercules and Xena
on TV."


