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Lucy Lawless:
Celebrity Profile (Repeat)
``Xena'' star Lucy Lawless recalls her life and career, and what set her on the path from struggling actress to her popular role as a warrior princess.
Wed Mar 5 10:00A
E!- Entertainment Television
Tue Mar 11 10:00A
E!- Entertainment Television
Saturday Night Live (Repeat)
Host: Lucy Lawless.
Thu Mar 27 12:00P COME- Comedy Central
Metro - March
2003 - Lucy A Go Go, Ms Lawless and The Lure of Hollywood.
Lucy designed Breast Cancer Research T-shirts
Lucy Holiday Singing Tour with Dave
Dobbyn
Lucy article from the Lesbian News magazine - January 2003
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23 January
Lucy Holiday Singing Tour with Dave Dobbyn
The Globe - 28 January 2003 Issue has these gorgeous photos of Lucy in action during the singing tour with Dave.
19 January
Lucy Holiday Singing Tour with Dave Dobbyn
The following is from Waiheke Marketplace Online
Yes, our Zena can sing. Of course the Americans know that already, having seen her on stage in Grease, but Waihekeans were pleasantly surprised by Lucy Lawless's performance as Dave Dobbyn's 'Special Guest Vocalist' on
his Summer Holiday Tour last weekend.
Click here to read entire review of Lucy's performance from the Waiheke Marketplace Online and also see a
larger version of the pic [left]
15 January
- The following is from Leanne at Kiwi Attic
As you know I went to a second concert in Palmerston North of the Dave and Lucy Summer Tour, and this time took my video camera along. Managed to get a few songs and would be happy to make this available for those interested. My main interest in this email though is to find out what form people would be most interested in purchasing these in. Since my video-guy left, I've been sourcing a new person and as it turns out both are in another town (which means a small delay in copying time). I have a couple of options however, and all depend on quantities ordered at the time, also there is the option of putting the footage onto a VCD, playable on your computer or DVD player. It turns out that the new NTSC dubbing costs are likely to be around US$22 per VHS tape + shipping, whereas the VCD would be around US$15 + shipping. Shipping costs are not yet confirmed, but the VCD would definitely be the cheaper option. I haven't seen the quality yet and am waiting to see this before making any further decisions - but I would be more interested in what you guys think about this...........is a VCD more preferable, or just stick with the VHS tape? If you have the time to let me know, I'd love to hear from you soon.
Kindest Regards
Leanne Stewart / www.kiwiattic.com / leanne@kiwiattic.com
- The "Am I Annoying" web site has listed the most and least annoying people of 2002. Lucy came in at #14 on the least annoying list. The most annoying person of 2002 was Martha Stewart. Read the
full list at http://www.amiannoying.com/2002/mostandleast.aspx
- There is a small mention of Lucy and the cult status of Xena in an article in the Mumbai Newsline - Powerpuff women of Planet television
Mumbai, January 12: MULTIPLY the effect of saas-bahu and Ally McBeals on women several times over to figure out the effect that superwomen have on the not-so-fair sex. Yes, we’re talking Alias, Black Scorpion, Dark Angel and La Femme Nikita. Though none of these women have managed to recreate the Lucy Lawless euphoria, with an entire cult following for Xena: The Warrior Princess, they’ve not done too badly for themselves.
Click here to read entire article
12 January
Added link to article about how Kiwis handle Superstars in their midst.
Part of the article (the important part about Lucy)
Lawless, as uber-star Xena Warrior Princess, has experienced fan worship globally - how do Kiwis compare? "I think (in the US) they are better at whipping people into a frenzy," she says. "But when you meet people one-on-one
they're not much different to here. It's just a human reaction. Over there people are rarked up ahead of time so you might get treated like a superstar for 15 minutes between the car and the door, but after that, well everyone
is different. They either overcompensate for the way they feel and are incredibly sycophantic or incredibly brusque in order to prove they don't think you're superior."
Kiwis may be more relaxed about their stars, says Lawless - more likely to say to a tourist "yep, that's Lucy's house down there. Go and give her a knock. She won't mind."
But, says Lawless, "she absolutely does mind. Go away".
However, since performing with Dobbyn, a New Zealand musical icon and all round nice guy, Lawless says the public has been much warmer with her.
"After Wellington a couple of people came up in a bar and said OI really liked your performance' and that's all they wanted to say, that I did a good job, and that's awfully nice. When New Zealanders do come up it might have
taken a bit more effort for them to make that move."
To read entire article to go:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/print/0,1478,2183935a6620,00.html
8 January
Saturday Night Live (Repeat) - US
Wed Jan 15 12:00 pm Comedy Central and Sat Jan 25 03:00 pm Comedy Central
6 January
Added scans of Lucy article from the Lesbian News magazine
From the Lesbian News article Lucy thinks there MIGHT be a movie and would like to see it in the present day, fighting wrongs in New York.
"Despite the apparent final ending of Xena and the series, Lawless assures her fans that if there is a way to resurrect the character, she and Tapert will do so. "The ol' girl aint dead yet," she says "Of course there is a way for her to come back. My husband loves Xena so much and he's the leading proponet of Xena sequels and prequels and blah, blah. He would love to do that so much."
She's open to reprising the character and hopes to do so within the next three years because she's not sure she wants to be running around in that Xena outfit when she's 40. This time, though, she would like to see Xena on the big screen and in a modern day setting. "I would like to see Xena and Gabrielle running about in modern day New York," she says "There's a lot of trouble these days for super heroes to solve. I think there's a real sense of people wanting a hero at the moment. It could be a slightly lighthearted way to have a bit of escapism and something's that gonna make you feel like the world's gonna be OK. We always wanted the show to be about the triumph of good and ultimately that the good stuff wins out. We're all drawn to that, we all want to believe that, especially these days."
Lucy reveals that Xena and Gabrielle were lovers <g>
and that Lucy figured it out during FIN (while subtext fans figured it out in Season 1 and
even Renee revealed in an interview that it was "all about the love".) Lucy
wasn't sure until FIN and introducing Gabrielle to Akemi (boo hiss) as her soulmate. Akemi
was useful for one thing at least (and here I thought she was the most useless character
usurping Ulysses for that award).
There is a posibility of a Lucy sitcom in the works (half
an hour) and could appear in the 2003 Fall lineup. According the the interview:
"Lawless is in Los Angeles working with writers and network executives on a new
television program. This time she wants to try a half hour sitcom Although she refuses to
name the network, she admits to having enough backing that the show could appear in the
Fall 2003 lineup.
Many thanks to Wendy the Warrior Princess for the scans.
click here to read full article from Lesbian News - January 2003
4 January
Lucy Holiday Singing Tour with Dave Dobbyn
- Added a review of Lucy's performance at the Silverdale Wade Hotel by Carolyn S
- Updated the tour dates with two new dates added to the tour
Thursday 9th January - Palmerston North.Regent &
Friday 10th January - New Plymouth. TSB.
- Lesbian News has an exclusive interivew with Lucy (and a
great cover) - part of the interview can be found on their site. Lucy has some VERY
interesting things to say about Xena.
Part of the article reads: ...as our heroines shared one last, dripping kiss, we thought that certainly they had just proven their lesbian love on national television for the world to see. And yet, when Xena, the Warrior Princess and her comrade, Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor), ended their reign on the small screen, we still weren't completely sure about the full nature of their relationship. Until now...click here to read more of the article