November 2011 Archives

The Horror Channel is showing Xena again from Dec 8th onwards.

XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS

Action-packed fantasy adventure starring Lucy Lawless. Xena gives up her warlord past, but must soon take up arms once more to stop a village being sold into slavery. S1, ep1/24

Starring: Lucy Lawless, Renée OConnor

Airs next on Horror Channel on:

Thursday 8 December 2011 @ 09:00 - S1, Ep1
Thursday 8 December 2011 @ 18:00 - S1, Ep1
Friday 9 December 2011 @ 09:00 - S1, Ep2
Friday 9 December 2011 @ 18:00 - S1, Ep2
Monday 12 December 2011 @ 09:00 - S1, Ep3

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News submitted by Barbara Davies

Cafe Melba at Victoria St West played host to a special fundraiser for Starship on Wednesday 23 November.

Lucy with Michelle and Shawn Pope and their daughter Zoe.

Photo: Norrie Montgomery

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You can find more photos of Lucy at the Cafe Melba Starship Fundraiser:

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Lucy has had a very busy few days flying the flag for Starship. Following her Cafe Melba breakfast duties, she has followed it up with another charity event to raise money for Starship last night via Cafe Melba (23 November 2011). The following was posted on the Altura Coffee Company Facebook page

My 2 star struck Bosses slayed down by the Warrior princess Lucy Lawless at a charity auction event to raise money for Starship last night. Altura donated a Silvia Coffee Machine which got the highest bid of the night $1300. Well done Cafe Melba on a great night and great charity. TM with Chris White, Chris White, Lucy Lawless and John Riley.

Click here to read and view pics of Lucy serving breakfast at Cafe Melba for Starship

Click here to read about Lucy Lawless and Starship

AUSXIP is celebrating 15 years online (15 December 1996 - 15 December 2011) and we are giving YOU the presents as a thank you for your support over these last 15 years. AUSXIP has received tremendous support over the years by our regular visitors and contributors.

How does this work? Select the gift you wish to submit your name for (see SELECT GIFT BOX below) enter your name and email address and on the 15th December, MaryD will announce the winners! It's that easy. Please be aware for the PhotoOps for Lucy and Renee, you will need to have a convention ticket in order to gain entry to the photo ops area.

You have 15 days to submit your name! It closes on the 15th December (Aussie Time).

Your privacy is important to us and any information supplied to us including your email address will not be shared with any third parties. AUSXIP does not send out email notifications unless you have subscribed to our mailing list.

Enter the Draw

The 2012 Xena Convention is fast approaching. Have you got your ticket yet? If you have and would like to get a backstage pass...check out Creation's auction for backstage passes and more

(#1393) XENA LOS ANGELES CONVENTION: BACKSTAGE VIP PASSES

(#1394) XENA LOS ANGELES CONVENTION: ADRIENNE WILKINSON MEET & GREET

(#1395) XENA LOS ANGELES CONVENTION: KATHERINE FUGATE MEET & GREET

(#1396) XENA LOS ANGELES CONVENTION: TSIANINA JOELSON/SHEERI RAPPAPORT/JENNIFERSKY MEET & GREET

The current guest list is:

Actors:
Lucy Lawless
Renee O'Connor
Hudson Leick
Michael Hurst
Ted Raimi
Jennifer Ward-Lealand
Adrienne Wilkinson
Tsianina Joelson
Musetta Vander
Sherri Rappaport
Jennifer Sky
David Franklin

Dance Teacher Extraordinaire
The Widow Twanky

Writers
Steven L. Sears
Katherine Fugate
Missy Good

Lucy is picking up her mic again and taking to the stage with The Tuxedo Swing Band in 2012 in New Zealand.

She will perform at the New Zealander Of The Year Awards Gala Dinner on 16 February 2012 in Auckland.

The Tuxedo Swing Band (Orchestra)  also played at the 2009 Starship Supernova September 2009


Read more about this 2009 Starship Supernova Event on AUSXIP Lucy Lawless Music Site

New Zealander Of The Year Awards Gala Dinner Feb 2012

When:Thu 16 Feb 2012, 7:00pm - 10:30pm
Where: Langham Hotel, 83 Symonds St, Auck Ticket Information- Individual Ticket: $170.00 - Click to buy
Website:New Zealander of the Year Awards

The winners of the 2012 New Zealander of the Year Awards will be announced at a public Gala Dinner on Thursday 16th February 2012 at the Langham Hotel Auckland.

The Gala includes a three course dinner, beverages & fantastic entertainment featuring Ben Makisi, The Babysitters Circus and Lucy Lawless with the Tuxedo Swing Band.

Winners of each of the following categories will be announced:

Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year
Countdown Senior New Zealander of the Year
Coca Cola Amatil Young New Zealander of the Year
Mitre 10 Zealand Community of the Year
Kiwibank Local Hero

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Link submitted by Barbara Davies

Amazon.com is having a Black Friday special on DVD and Blu-Ray version of Spartacus: Blood and Sand and Spartacus: Gods of the Arena.

Blood and Sand DVD $18.99
Blood and Sand Blu-Ray $18.99
Gods of the Arena DVD $18.69
Gods of the Arena Blu-Ray $18.99

and other Lucy movies and tv shows

- Bitch Slap (Mother Superior) $4.99
- The X-Files: The Complete Ninth Season $13.99
Lucy appeared as the Super Soldier Shannon McMahon in 2001
- Double Dare / Doco $9.99
- The Darkroom - Movie 2007 $5.12
- Angel of Death - 2009 $12.99
- Dragonlance - Dragons of The Autumn Twilight $10.34

One of the funniest Saturday Night Live skits on the show that Lucy hosted in 1998 was her Stevie Nicks impersonation. Stevie Nicks is American singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac and an extensive solo career, which collectively have produced over forty Top 50 hits and sold over 140 million albums. She has been noted for her ethereal visual style and symbolic lyrics.

Stevie was asked in an Aussie interview if she saw the skit and what did she think of it:

SN: Saturday Night Live can go either way. They can nail you to the wall or they can be really nice. So when everybody told me, I was like, 'Oh no, it's going to be just awful' But it wasn't. Lucy looked amazing, and she was amazing as me. So I could not have been happier. It's so interesting when my mother was pregnant with me, the only thing she could keep down was enchiladas and refried beans. As for me, whenever I'm sick, the only thing I can tolerate is Mexican food! So the fact that they actually pulled that out of the air was so great. Because if I was ever going to have a restaurant that's what it would be.

You can read the full interview here

and here is the video clip of Lucy as Stevie Nicks

You can find out more about Lucy hosting Saturday Night Live by visiting the AUSXIP Lucy Lawless SNL Info page

Interview link submitted by Barbara Davies

The fotki.com site has some pretty cool pictures of Lucy and her daughter Daisy at the Underground Wonder Bar in Chicago. Judging from what Lucy is wearing it appears she finished her concert at Buddy Guy's Legends (either on 5 or 6 October 2007) and they went to the Underground Wonder Bar to relax and sing some more! Looks like they had a great time!

Click here to view the images from The Underground Wonder Bar

Check out the photos and reports from Lucy's Concerts at Buddy Guy's Legends 5-6 October 2007

Fan Photos and Wallpapers

Posters and Promos

Reviews

Report #1 by KT
Report #2 by KT

Link submitted by Barbara Davies

Cafe Melba in Auckland, New Zealand celebrated their 15 year anniversary and they celebrated with style. In addition to being a great place for a coffee (very nice place, a little crowded but the service is great), Cafe Melba is a huge supporter of Starship. So much so that Lucy switched jobs for an hour and served customers in the cafe. The NZ Herald covers this below and you can also find pictures of the event on the Cafe Melba Facebook page.

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Star waitress Lucy Lawless raises money for Starship - NZ Herald 19 November 2011

Customers getting their morning coffee and breakfast got a surprise when Kiwi actress Lucy Lawless arrived at their tables.

Wearing a black apron, she cheerfully asked customers: "Is there anything I can get you?"

Lawless - of Xena: Warrior Princess and Spartacus: Blood and Sand fame - greeted customers at Cafe Melba in downtown Auckland's Vulcan Lane yesterday to help raise money for the Starship children's Hospital.

The following press release is for Canadian Spartacus fans - the show will premiere on Sunday, 29 January 2011 at 9:00 pm PT/10 pm ET. The Canadian premiere follows the US premiere which will be on Friday 27 January 2011 on the Starz Network.

THE GLADIATOR-TURNED-REBEL LEADER RETURNS IN SPARTACUS: VENGEANCE ON MOVIE CENTRAL AND THE MOVIE NETWORK

Liam McIntyre debuts as Spartacus when the series returns for its second season,
Sunday, January 29 at 9 p.m. PT / 10 p.m. ET

(November 17, 2011 - Toronto, Canada) Corus Entertainment's Movie Central (Western Canada) and Astral's The Movie Network (Eastern Canada) present Spartacus: Vengeance, the third installment of Starz's action-adventure original drama series about the Roman Republic's most famous rebel. The 12-part season debuts Sunday, January 29 on Movie Central at 9 p.m. PT and on The Movie Network at 10 p.m. ET.

In the season finale of Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Spartacus led a brutal rampage at the House of Batiatus that more than fulfilled his promise of killing his adversaries. When Season 2 premieres - just a few weeks after that massacre - Capua is in an uproar and the gladiators have escaped and formed an uneasy alliance. Spartacus is still looking to exact revenge on the man responsible for killing his wife, but he soon comes to understand his life may be about something greater than avenging Sura's death: building an army, setting free the slaves and toppling the Roman Empire.

Spartacus: Vengeance marks the debut of Liam McIntyre in the title role of Spartacus. He is joined by returning cast members Lucy Lawless as Lucretia; Peter Mensah as Oenomaus (once known as Doctore); Manu Bennett as Crixus; Dustin Clare as Gannicus; Nick E. Tarabay as Ashur; and Katrina Law as Mira,

Season 2 brings the return of Spartacus: Blood and Sand cast members Craig Parker as Gaius Cladius Glaber, the Roman commander who condemned Spartacus to slavery, and Viva Bianca as Ilithyia, his cunning wife. Cynthia Addai-Robinson also joins the cast as Naevia, the former body slave to Lucretia who was banished from the Ludus for engaging in a love affair with Crixus.

In Western Canada, Spartacus: Vengeance will be available in High Definition on Movie Central HD, and on demand and online with Movie Central On Demand, following its network premiere. In Eastern Canada, the series will be available in High Definition and on demand, and on The Movie Network OnLine with Bell TV Online, Rogers On Demand Online and Videotron's Illico Web.

Movie Central is a commercial-free premium pay TV service available in western Canada. Movie Central premieres the best in Hollywood, international and Canadian films across nine 24-hour movie channels, including dedicated high-definition feeds, a Movie Central On Demand service and exclusive HBO content on HBO Canada. Movie Central is also the first window for Showtime content and home to cutting-edge Canadian series. A major force in the Canadian independent film and television production industry, Movie Central, through The Corus Made with Pay Fund, supports many critically-acclaimed and award-winning Canadian series and films. Visit the Movie Central website at www.moviecentral.ca.

Lucy attended 2011 TEDMED in San Diego in October 2011.

TEDMED had 50+ Speakers and 700 Attendees who explored the future of medicine, healthcare and technology in San Diego from October 25 - 28, 2011.

CNN reports about her presence at the convention

Lucy said: "It's like a beauty pageant for brilliant people, where you sit in the audience and all these geniuses comes out and like, parade their incredible brilliance in front of you,"

"I'm not a geek, but I love geeks," she said. "I love these people who have focused all their attention on like, lasers, on some particular area."

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SAN DIEGO, Oct. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- TEDMED, www.tedmed.com, the annual conference where cutting-edge science and technology leaders "connect, understand and inspire" to advance the art of health and medicine with new ideas, the latest science and innovative technology, today announced its headline speakers. The conference's roster includes more than 50 preeminent leaders in health, medicine, science, technology, business, government, academia, media and the arts. They will gather in San Diego at the Hotel del Coronado from October 25 -28 for the 2011 TEDMED conference.

Speakers, attendees and participants will range from Nobel Prize-winning scientists (Dr. Peter Agre) to sports superstars (Lance Armstrong, Diana Nyad), inventors (Dean Kamen), and the U.S. Surgeon General (Dr. Regina Benjamin). Topics to be explored by TEDMED speakers will range from genomics to telomeres, new drug development, next-generation medical imaging and dozens more as each speaker addresses a specific question about health and medicine.

More than 700 TEDMED attendees including researchers, physicians, technologists and policy experts will foster cross-disciplinary collaboration and learning. Institutions of excellence represented by speakers and attendees will include Biomedical Engineering Institute of the Imperial College of London, the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Cornell Medical College, DEKA Research and Development, Fungi Perfecti, Insightec, Intellimedicine, Intuitive Surgical, Johns Hopkins, Merck, Mt. Sinai Medical School, Novocure, O'Reilly Media, Organovo, PEPSICO, Pfizer, Physcient, Telome Health, the VisualMD, Walgreen Co., Weight Watchers, University of California San Diego Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco Medical School, University of Southern California Medical School, University of North California Chapel Hill Department of Chemistry, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Office of Technology and the X-Prize Foundation.

TEDMED will continue to be the health and medicine event of the year where speakers and sponsors will unveil innovations on stage and in the TEDMED Innovation Showcase. Last year's conference attendees were the first to see Bionic devices that allow paralyzed individuals to walk; a machine that prints 3D tissue on demand; a pill that contains both a camera and tiny surgical tools that can be remote-controlled once inside the patient's body; and GPS-enabled smartphone apps that provide real-time health data to patients.

Added Xena Episode Stills from Season 2: Episode 4 - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

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Xena (Lucy Lawless) and Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor) join forces with Joxer (Ted Raimi) and Orpheus (Matthew Chamberlain) to defeat the evil god Bacchus (Anthony Ray Parker), who is transforming innocent girls into deadly monsters.

SCROLLS & SCRIBES: Written by Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster; Edited by Robert Field; Directed by TJ Scott.

PASSING PARADE: Ted Raimi (Joxer); Matthew Chamberlain (Orpheus), Anthony Ray Parker (Bacchus), Kym Krystaly (Bacchae ).

DISCLAIMER: No Bloodsucking Bacchae were harmed during the production of this motion picture. However, a few Dryads lost their heads..

STORY SO FAR: Xena and Gabrielle realise they've bitten off more than they can chew when they enter a village filled with bacchae girls.

LOG LINE
Xena (Lucy Lawless) and Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor) join forces with Joxer (Ted Raimi) and Orpheus (Matthew Chamberlain) to defeat the evil god Bacchus (Anthony Ray Parker), who is transforming innocent girls into deadly monsters.

REWIND FOR:

Ted Raimi nearly ripping the head off the actor who played Orpheus. Watch carefully as Ted turns away after Xena has ordered him to make Orpheus "more presentable". He was so into the moment he forgot that head under his arm was actually attached to someone.

Lucy scaring the hell out of the insurers when her fire-breathing act in Baachus's cave blew back into her face, an inch away from giving her a permanent sun tan. Note to self: breathing fire into a fire equals more fire.

QUOTABLE QUOTES:

"Never pick him up by his hair and he parts it in the middle." Joxer in a touching moment demonstrating he had clearly bonded with his friend, the head.

"Once again, your selfish desires come first." Orpheus adding his name to the list of people who know of Xena's reputation for er - young female friends?

"It's only a matter of time before Gabrielle bites Xena and makes her a Baachae too." The first and only time perhaps, that fears were held for the young innocent girl from Poteidea being the one doing the corrupting.

BEST COMEBACKS:

Orpheus: "You can be a warrior and a musician, I was."

Joxer: "Yeah right, and a Hydra makes a good house pet."

Just received the following from Lucy and it's a message to the NZ Government in regard to saying no to deep sea oil drilling. On 9th November 2011, Lucy added her name to a petition for a stop to the Government's plans for deep sea oil drilling off New Zealand's coasts, and for a halt to plans to expand the coal industry. Greenpeace petition calling for a shift to clean sources of energy. The number of people signing the petition has surged since the Rena disaster, and the total is now over 100,000. (Read the full press release)

Dear New Zealand Government,

I and many other New Zealanders are putting you on notice that your courting Deep Sea Oil Drillers is totally unacceptable to us.

Petrobras [the Brazilian oil company that is intending to drill for oil in up to 3100 metres of water off the East Cape, is the part-owner of an oil field northeast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where a serious oil leak has developed] already has an uncontrollable leak off their own coast which is spewing filth into their own marine environment.

Why are you giving offshore oil companies carte blanche to risk OUR fisheries, OUR coastal way of life, OUR clean green brand upon which all our premium exports rely?

Do you work for us or for them?!

Your answer, please?

Lucy Lawless

The petition exists in hard copy form, and online at: http://greenpe.ac/nodeepseaoil

The following is a press release from Greenpeace and it regards the message Lucy sent to the NZ Government about in regard to  saying no to deep sea oil drilling.

PRESS RELEASE: Petrobras field the source of serious deep sea oil leak off

The Spring 2011 Greenpeace e-Magazine has an article about Lucy's Rainbow Warrior III Dinner and Artwork donations to raise money for Greenpeace's flagship Rainbow Warrior III. Lucy's contributions raised $34,500 for the Rainbow Warrior III.

Lucy Lawless has been a passionate Greenpeace supporter for many years, participating as an ambassador for our Sign On campaign and taking to the streets in protest against plans to mine our precious national parks. She?s one of New Zealand's most vocal environmental advocates and is never afraid to stick her head above the parapet. So when Greenpeace International prepared to launch a celebrity auction in aid of the Rainbow Warrior III, Lucy was again more than happy to lend her name to our efforts.

In true Kiwi fashion, Lucy ended up being one of the most generous celebrities involved, not only offering a dinner date to the highest bidder, but donating an iconic Michael Parekowhai artwork that has hung in her home since the early days of Xena: Warrior Princess. "I think we will fill the space with some family photos now, but it is heartbreaking to see [it] go", Lucy said.

Click here to read the Greenpeace NZ e-Magazine

The auctions finished on 22 September 2011...

Dinner With Lucy Lawless

The bidding war was frenzied as the three bidders went head to head for the prize of dinner with Lucy Lawless. What made it more nerve wracking for the bidders was that the CharityBuzz auction site reset the timer back to 9 minutes remaining on the countdown clock.

Every time someone bid, it was reset which must have driven the bidders totally crazy. When the dust settled and the winner emerged $12,500 was the winning bid for a dinner with Lucy Lawless.

Congratulations to JudeH for winning the dinner!

You're My Best Friend, Photographic Prints by Michael Parekowhai

You're My Best Friend, Photographic Prints by Michael Parekowhai which Lucy bought with her first Xena pay packet didn't quite have the last frenetic bidding as the dinner but it jumped from the overnight bid of $10,500 and it jumped to $22,000 where it eventually sold.

Congratulations to Nilgiri for winning the artwork!

At the end of the day both bidders won but Greenpeace was the biggest winner. Lucy generated $34,500 for the Rainbow Warrior III. Greenpeace sent out a news update that they were on target to get $90,000 but I suspect that is going to be much higher now.

Find out more why Lucy was auctioning herself and the other items by going to the AUSXIP Lucy Lawless Rainbow Warrior III Subsite

Karyn Pinter from Comics Bulletin interviewed Lucy during the 2011 Comic Con and the transcript of the interview is now online.

This year's San Diego Comic Con definitely proved that if you?re willing to fight for it, you?ll get to see something good. Stepping up and fighting for a spot in the press room for the upcoming season ofSpartacus was certainly worth the experience. I'd like to present a press round table in five parts. Part one is with the stunning and ever delightful queen of all nerdom, Lucy Lawless, who of course portrays the conniving lady of the ludus, Lucretia.

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No Ordinary Family Season 1 will begin on November 28, on Italia 1 at 3:45 pm on Italian TV. Lucy is in the last 4 episodes of the season (and the show since it has been cancelled). You can find out more about Lucy's role as Mrs X on the AUSXIP Lucy Lawless No Ordinary Family subsite

Lucy's episodes are:

NO ORDINARY LOVE

Credits | Episode Stills | Screencaptures | Behind The Scenes | Video

The mysterious Mrs. X (Lucy Lawless, "Xena: Warrior Princess," "Battlestar Galactica") tasks the sexy - and dangerous - Sophie ("Battlestar Galactica's Tricia Helfer) to cause Jim and George to fall under her spell and make them do whatever she wants them to - which could place Jim's marriage in jeopardy.

NO ORDINARY ANIMAL

Credits | Screencaptures | Video

Mrs. X wants a supervillain, who has animallike powers, to eliminate the Powells;

NO ORDINARY FUTURE

Credits | Screencaptures | Video

After witnessing the downfall of her family upon running into space/time slit that took her into the future, Stephanie must do everything she can to alter a chain of events in the present that will expose the Powell's superpowers to the world. Meanwhile, with George's help, Jim tracks down those responsible for the death of a fellow cop; and Mrs. X tasks an unlikely person(Victoria, who she brings back to life) to keep tabs on Katie and her unborn child. Victoria poses as an OBGYN, and finds out that the trisettum serum is entirely integrated with the fetus's DNA. Daphne stops one of Jim's colleagues from shooting George, using her mind control, and this is witnessed by Jim. Due to this, both of Daphne's parents find out about her power of telepathic suggestion, and they make her erase Chris's memories of their powers. However, when she does this, she inadvertently causes him to forget about the entirety of their relationship together. Afterward, JJ comes up to an emotionally distraught Daphne and says that something weird is going on -- Mr.Litchfield hasn't been seen all day and no one knows where he is. He then hugs Daphne, who has tears in her eyes because Chris doesn't remember that she is his girlfriend.

NO ORDINARY BEGINNING

Credits | Episode Stills | Screencaptures | Video

The Powells must join together to save JJ, who's been kidnapped, courtesy of Mrs. X and forced to solve an enigma that could lead to the permanence of the trilsettum's effects. Eventually, the other Powells are captured as well while trying to save him from a secret GlobalTech facility. While they were in an elevator, Mrs. X drugged them. Steph and Daphne wake up together. JJ and Mrs. X walk in. She points a gun at Daphne, forcing JJ to tell Mrs. X how to get the serum to last permanently. Once Mrs. X finds out how, she orders the guards to shoot all of them.

George follows Victoria to a plane where Mrs. X and 80 criminals are being loaded into the plane. A guard catches George, and loads him on the plane. During the flight, the plane is deliberately set to crash, and in the ensuing events the 80 criminals survive the crash and become super villains.

Submitted by Barbara Bruno

This is yet another stunning photo of Lucy taken by Alan Weissman Photography; different from the one posted earlier today. This includes a Lucy quote:

I was thrilled with what Alan did. He?s crazy but a genius!
He made me look fantastic even at the end of a trying week. Lucy Lawless

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Here's another skit from the guys who brought you the Honey Badger video with Lucy. This time it's the Honey Badger Doll and Lucy is sharing some wine with her new Honey Badger Doll. Lucy appears 0.32 seconds into the video.

News submitted by Klippart

Lucy was Aspen in the Adam Sandler movie "Bedtime Stories" in 2008. The movie is a family comedy about a hotel handyman (Sandler) whose life changes when the lavish bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to magically come true.

Check out the movie stills of Lucy:

Click here to view more promo images of Lucy as Aspen from Bedtime Stories

When I interviewed Lucy back in 2008 this is what she had to say about her character:

I am playing Guy Pearce's twisted girlfriend, Aspen. We are out to stomp on Sandler's character's dreams. She is a bitchy ex-model type, who has attached herself to a man to get ahead in the hotel trade. She drives her man like a car.

The problem with working at Camp-Sandler is that you are ruined for working anywhere else. It is seriously the most fun crew I've been with since Xena. Comedy is always more fun than drama to work on.

Read Lucy's full interview here on AUSXIP

Find out more about the movie on AUSXIP Lucy Lawless Bedtime Stories subsite

Recently, Entertainment Weekly asked viewers to name which 90's era TV series they would most like to see again. It seems our beloved Xena made the latest issue of EW magazine, with 4% of the vote... yay Xena! :)

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Check out this gorgeous photo of Lucy taken by Alan Weissman from Alan Weissman Photography, an LA Headshot Photographer.

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This photo has a copyright date of 2011 but it's reminicent of these photos

Check out more Lucy Lawless Photos in the AUSXIP Lucy Lawless Image Gallery

Wednesday, 9 November 2011, 3:38 pm
Press Release: Greenpeace New Zealand

Lucy Lawless and Jim Salinger join 100,000 Kiwis in saying no to deep sea oil

Auckland 9th November 2011 - Actor Lucy Lawless and climate scientist Jim Salinger today added their names to a Greenpeace petition calling for a shift to clean sources of energy. The number of people signing the petition has surged since the Rena disaster, and the total is now over 100,000.

The petition also calls for a stop to the Government's plans for deep sea oil drilling off New Zealand's coasts, and for a halt to plans to expand the coal industry.

"I'd urge anyone who wants to protect our coasts from an even worse oil spill than that which we saw in Tauranga, to sign this petition," said Lawless.

She continued: "By doing so, they'll also be doing something positive about the climate crisis that this planet is facing."

Climate scientist Jim Salinger said: "Opening up the final, extreme frontiers of the oil industry, whether they are in New Zealand or the Arctic, is only going to make global warming worse now and in the future.

"Decisions we make today will determine the severity of climate change that our children and grandchildren will have to deal with. I urge all New Zealanders who care about the future of humanity on this planet to sign this petition," said Salinger.

Steve Abel, Greenpeace NZ climate Change Campaigner, said: "People simply aren't buying John Key's line that the Rena spill has no relation to the risks of deep sea oil drilling. What the Rena demonstrated was that even a small oil spill, in shallow waters near one of New Zealand's biggest ports, can't be controlled, and will have devastating impacts.

"Yet the Rena spill was not even 0.1 per cent the size of the Deepwater Horizon deep sea oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico last year," Abel said (1).

BP alone has set aside more than US $40 billion to cover its share of the cost of the disaster.

"Given that international oil giants like Shell, Andarko and Petrobras are planning to drill in New Zealand waters at depths even greater than the 1500 metres the Deepwater Horizon was operating in, the risk of a catastrophic spill happening here is very real," Abel said.

"Imagine waiting helplessly for hundreds or thousands of times more oil than that which came from the Rena to wash ashore. We must never expose ourselves to that sort of risk."

Abel concluded: "The economic impact of deep sea oil drilling on New Zealand's clean green reputation needs to be properly evaluated. To understand the extent of the risks posed by deep sea oil drilling, the Government needs to extrapolate the economic, ecological and cultural impacts of Rena. But as long as they maintain that there is no relation between the two, then they are burying their heads in the sand."

The petition exists in hard copy form, and online at: http://greenpe.ac/nodeepseaoil

(1) While the Rena has so far spilt 350 tonnes - a significant amount that will have long-lasting, serious impacts - BP's Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico last year spilt 650,000 tonnes of oil.

Gladiators Return to STARZ in 2012
"Spartacus" Renewed For Season Three
Green Light Comes Months Prior to "Spartacus: Vengeance" Premiere

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Nov. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The most celebrated STARZ Originals franchise, "Spartacus," will continue to wow audiences worldwide with a renewal secured for a thrilling and bloody third season. The green light comes well in advance of "Spartacus: Vengeance," which will debut exclusively on STARZ - Friday, January 27, 2012 at 10PM ET/PT.

As yet untitled, production on the third season of "Spartacus" is expected to begin in New Zealand in early 2012.

Starz Media Managing Director Carmi Zlotnik commented, "There is no denying the impact 'Spartacus' has had in the marketplace with fans across the globe thirsting for the continuation of the epic tale. 'Vengeance' brings unparalleled action and drama to STARZ viewers in January. We are thrilled to come to an early agreement that allows the writers and talent to get right back to work in preparing for season three."

"Many surprises are in store for 'Vengeance' viewers this year, but rest assured the multi-layered plot and richly developed characters will continue to be a trademark of this series," said Rob Tapert, executive producer. "It's incredibly gratifying to see how the story has resonated so well with viewers worldwide."

"The executives at Starz have been extremely supportive in giving us creative freedom and allowing us to tell the story in a rich, yet bold way that leaves an indelible mark on its fans," added Steven S. DeKnight, executive producer.

Updated the Xena Episode Stills galleries with images from the Seaosn 6 Episode 16 Send In the Clones!

In modern-day New York City, three fans utilize cloning techniques to reproduce Xena and Gabrielle so that they can combat the evil in the world. But rather than awaken the "good" Xena they find themselves face-to-face with the "evil" Xena, who is being manipulated by her former running partner, Alti.

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SCRIBES AND SCROLLS: Written by Paul Robert Coyle. Directed by Charlie Haskell. Edited by Tim Batt.

PASSING PARADE: Claire Stansfield (Alexis Los Alamos/Alti); Allison Wall (Clea); Polly Baigent (Polly); Ian Hughes (Mac).

STORY SO FAR: Alti, with the help of three modern day fans of the TV show Xena, clone the original Xena and Gabrielle.

DISCLAIMER: No Xena fans were harmed in the making of this motion picture.

REWIND FOR: The playback of the sickening scene from Ides of March where Gabs takes out several Roman guards. Keep an eye on the facial expressions - whilst 'Alexis' appeared entertained, Mac and Polly snickered, revelling in the violence. Only Clea had the good grace to horrified. In the minds of TPTB, Xena fans clearly fall into one of two categories - those who love the kick-ass action and those that love the 'lovey dovey crap'.

The lascivious look on Xena's face when she watches vision of herself kissing Gabrielle. Her ribald "All right....." was in direct contrast to the discomfort etched across Gabrielle's face. You had to laugh, snicker at least.

QUOTABLE:

"If you start talking about subtext I'm going to barf." Rob Tapert overheard at a story meeting for the Xena finale. *g*

"If you're talking about their 'special' relationship, I'm into that. Just let me watch." Oh sorry, there is obviously a third category of Xena fan - the male voyeur. And I thought all the eye candy was for the grrls. *g*

"A camp fire scene...a nice campfire scene with Gabby. Like the one from series two, episode eleven, just before the second ad break." There is no such scene of course (the episode being Here She Comes, Miss Amphipolis). Either Paul Robert Coyle is having a joke with us, or he hasn't been studying his Xena bible very well. Most likely the former, knowing writers as we do.

"Besides...the classic was series four, ep seven when she did that poignant little insight...as she's taking her boots off, she sits by the campfire." Another scene (supposedly from Locked Up Tied Down) dreamt up by the writer. Now I know he's yanking our chains.

"...they almost ruined everything with their macho disks. I know...after lights out I'll play 'em a full season of old Ellen tapes. Yeah...." The scary contents of Clea's mind as she plots a little subtext of her own for the revived Xena and Gabby. Talk about your Future Shock.

"Hear you've been busy Xena...missed your fire, your fury." And not forgetting the interesting things she does with vol-au-vents. Formal diagnosis: definite obsessive-compulsive tendencies by Alti, who just can't seem to let Xena go.

Best Comebacks:

Mac: "Shouldn't we have some more Joxer stuff?"

Clea: "You're kidding aren't you?"

Clea: "You were a Trekkie?"

Mac: "Yeah."

Clea: "You really are a nerd."

Calendars.com has the new 2012 Xena Calendar on sale. It's not the Creation Calenders. Looks pretty standard with one main pic each month. Not sure why Autolycus is there and not Joxer since they have Callisto, Livia in addition to Xena and Gabrielle.

Price: $6.99

Xena Warrior Princess Wall Calendar: Airing in more than 100 countries from 1995 to 2001, Xena: Warrior Princess was set in a fantastic version of ancient Greece and followed the adventures of Xena and her trusty companion, Gabrielle, as they fought to save innocents from evil. The show quickly became an enormous international sensation and unleashed a new icon into the world. Embraced by millions of fans for her bravery, wit, and attitude, Xena enjoys a Buffy-like cult following. A must-have for any fan, the collectible Xena Warrior Princess 2012 Wall Calendar features images of the entire cast. Xena: Warrior Princess is a trademark of Universal TV Distribution Holdings LLC and a copyright of Universal Television Enterprises LLP. Licensed by NBC Universal Television Consumer Products Group 2010. All Rights Reserved. (tm) and (c) 2010 Universal Television.

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If you were waiting to buy a ticket for Lucy's Photo Op...you're out of luck. The tickets have all been sold out! Creation Entertainment has not updated their site yet but when you go to order the ticket you get this:

Quantity ordered exceed quantity available
Available quantity for this item is 0

I have to say I'm not surprised by this since Lucy has only once before done a Creation Photo Op and that was in Chicago while she was there for her concerts. Many thanks to Sue for the alert!

Updated the Xena Episode Stills with the episode that launched yet another thousand fanfic stories and in the process Xena created Lucifer the King of Hell..not sure what Hades has to say about that but hey this was the new paradigm; the Greek Gods were in decline and all of that.

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Xena Season 6 Episode 3: Heart of Darkness

SCRIBES & SCROLLS: Story by Emily Skopov. Directed by Mark Beesley.
Edited by Tim Batt.

PASSING PARADE: Alex Mendoza (Lucifer); Adrienne Wilkinson (Eve);
Greg Lee (Virgil); Charles Mesure (Michael); Tamati Rice (Raphael)
Kara Douglas (Aliyah).

DISCLAIMER: All Hell broke loose during the filming of this motion picture.

STORY SO FAR: Xena tries to make an archangel take her place as King of Hell. Meanwhile, everyone starts turning to their darker sides, as an unaffected Eve tries to intervene.

REWIND FOR: Lucifer staggering under the weight of his virtue. Or more precisely his angelic wings. As he stands in the town square, have a look at his approach to camera as he delivers the line: "Well, I'm more than an angel, I'm an archangel." The actor almost topples forward as he moves in for his close-up. *snicker*

The dance scene between Xena and Gabrielle. Subtext fans will no doubt have already worn a hole in their tape rewinding this scene (all the while pleading on their knees - "why wasn't there *more*?!") A lusty Virgil turned up to continue his father's legacy of being a major butt-inski, serving no obvious purpose at that moment except perhaps to remind us of the existence of his gender (lest we were forgetful). Warms the heart to see a son continuing his father's work...

Favourite gesture: Xena flicking her hair with her sword as she flirts with Lucifer. Miss Piggy is not dead!

Gabrielle 'throwing in the towel' thereby interrupting Xena's lip lock with Lucifer. Xena's slow turn and semi-indignant drawled, "Yessss?" as Gabrielle gives her The Look is classic Oh baby, those two were adoring this episode. Gotta love Gabrielle's altogether unconvincing explanation that she was merely refocusing Xena's attention to the task at hand.

QUOTABLE:

"Xena will never go down to Hell voluntary." Not true, Michael, she went there to save Gabrielle in the season five opener Fallen Angel. She also went down there in the last episode to tackle Mephistophaeles head on. Pay attention, wooden lad.

"I'm sure of both my faith and my devotion. Which has fuelled my speedy ascent up the hierarchy. A climb that will continue with a promotion to Seraphin." Lucifer opens his Seven Deadly Sins Bonus Saver account with a large deposit of sinful Pride.

"A great evil is coming Gabrielle, I can feel it." Eve gets wind of the death knell memo from StudioUSA cancelling 'Mother's' syndicated TV show.

"I've come to offer my services. After everything you've done for the city and our people." Aliyah, presumably a native of Amphipolis(?) appears from nowhere to pet Xena's horse. All in thanks for saving a long deserted town. *Where* did that girl spring from?

"You don't mind if I call you Lucy do you?" Lucy aka Xena lets us in on a little in-joke, while at the same time inferring Xena thinks Lucifer is a bit of a girl.

"It's not called corruption if you just peel away the layers to expose the rotten core. That is, unless you *want* Mommy to go to Hell." Xena proves she's a fast learner, in becoming a dab hand at the ol' maternal guilt trip angle. The witless Eve never stood a chance.

"You look tastier than I remember." Virgil shows an unhealthy interest in 'Aunty' Gabrielle. Thereby ensuring his imminent and painful death at the hands of Xena. To quote the Warrior Princess: "You're new around here right?"

"....you're a mortal female with a lying tongue, savage tendencies and a blond girlfriend. I'm a celibate archangel in the service of the lord." Lucifer shows off his powers of observation. And he finally settled the blonde/redhead debate. *g*

"Mother! Your purpose will not be served by subjecting this temple or this town to further desecration." Spoilsport. Eve gets the, er, *best* lines. It's also beyond me how she kept a straight face when her mother was carried into the temple wearing a sieve on her face. But mothers are sent to embarrass us...

Best Comeback:

Michael: "You dare talk of dirty work, when you besmirch so many souls with your nefarious filth."

Xena: "Besmirch? Is that even a word?"

Gabrielle: "Xena, no one is ready to got to Hell. That's the point."

Xena: "Really? Well, you and Virgil were looking ready to burn not long ago."

SPARTACUS RETURNS WITH A “VENGEANCE”

LIAM MCINTYRE DEBUTS AS SPARTACUS IN “SPARTACUS: VENGEANCE” FRIDAY, JANUARY 27 AT 10PM ET/PT ON STARZ

Beverly Hills, CA., November 3, 2011 – “Spartacus: Blood and Sand” premiered on STARZ in January 2010, and quickly became one of the most talked about shows on television. The first season ended in an explosive finale, “Kill Them All,” as Spartacus led a brutal rampage at the House of Batiatus that more than fulfilled the promise of the episode’s title.

“Spartacus: Vengeance” begins just a few weeks after that massacre. Capua is in an uproar. The gladiators have escaped and formed an uneasy alliance. Spartacus wants to exact revenge on the man responsible for killing his wife, but he will soon understand his life is about something greater than avenging Sura’s death. His mission is to build an army, set free the slaves and topple the Roman Empire. STARZ Originals newest series “Spartacus: Vengeance,” premieres Friday, January 27th at 10pm ET, only on STARZ.

What started this? A rumour started on Twitter of someone claiming it was Lucy who threw a boot at a cop. The facts shouldn't get in the way of a good made up story so without a shred of evidence to prove it was the real Lucy Lawless, the rumour spread and since we have a plethora of celebs behaving badly...well it was believed.

As you can see from the photo - that's not the case; Lucy was NOT arrested. She does have a great sense of humour and doesn't take herself seriously so she sent in the photos and made a joke of it.

Starz has released bios for the characters from Spartacus: Vengeance. Here is Lucretia's new bio

LUCRETIA
(Lucy Lawless)

Lucretia is the Roman widow found alive in her ruined villa, having survived the bloody gladiator revolt that took the life of her husband, the gladiator owner Batiatus. The traumatic devastation that was visited upon her has upended her world and her mind struggles to adjust to a new reality. Where once she and her husband maneuvered to ascend the social ranks of the Roman hierarchy, Lucretia is now left alone to hang on and merely survive.

Find out more about Lucy's role on Spartacus by going to the AUSXIP Lucy Lawless Spartacus subsite

Find out more about Spartacus Vengeance by going to the AUSXIP Spartacus site

Michael Ausiello received a pretty cool gift from Lucy from the Spartacus set - one of those spectacular gold masks from one of my favourite episodes of Season 1 - Episode 9: Whore.

Michael Ausiello
MichaelAusiello Michael Ausiello
Congrats @Niknud1 for being the first to correctly guess the gift giver (Lucy Lawless) & show from which it came (SPARTACUS) #bestswagever

Michael Ausiello
An actress I adore swiped this prop from the show she currently stars on and mailed it to me. It just arrived. Guess... say.ly/lAUWtY

Not sure if this is the same mask worn by Spartacus before Ilithyia went loco with Licinia and smashed the poor woman's brains on Batiatus' favourite tiles.

Lucy has once again undergone a gender change (for fun) and this time has chosen the dead actor James Dean (tragically killed in a car accident on 30 September 1955).

Lucy and Viva Bianca got dressed up as during Halloween! Dead Icons Edie Sedgwick (Viva) and Jimmy Dean (Lucy)

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Lucy loves dressing up as a man...who can forget these funny pics taken during the NZ Fashion Show

Broadcaster Paul Holmes and partner Deborah Hamilton snared front seats among the overseas guests. Xena actor Lucy Lawless sat behind former Sex and the City stylist Rebecca Weinberg.

Last night, the fashion set again turned out in force at Nicholas Blanchet for the week's final individual show, where Lawless sat frontrow in menswear and a moustache after Weinberg bet she wouldn't dare.

Lucy recently dressed up as a man for a dare - she sported a moustache and a goatee. She said that she resembled her brother, Daniel. Welll..I found a grab of Daniel (from When Fates Collide & Destiny - he was the Roman guard who broke Xena's legs on Caeser's orders). So I put them together :)

and of this...

Lucy as Xena as a man in the Season 6 Episode 19 Many Happy Returns!

She does make a good looking guy!

She cracks me up :)

If you haven't bought your Lucy or Renee photo ops yet this is a reminder that Lucy's photo ops are very limited and Renee will be doing 2 photo ops with different costumes on Saturday and Sunday (oh please pretty please Renee wear the BGSB and brown skirt - and in an absolute dream come true moment..Lucy to wear her Xena leathers! Just putting it out there!)

LUCY LAWLESS $149 (Sunday)
(Please note: The price has risen from $119 to $149 USD)
We can offer a VERY limited number of these, please order quickly to guarantee your once in a lifetime collectible memory!

RENEE O'CONNOR: $70 (SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, Renee has graciously agreed to wear a different super-cool outfit each day. It is always a surprise to see what she has planned for her many fans!). Note that you are free to use your Renee photo op tickets either day you choose.

TSIANINA JOELSON: $40 (Sunday)

ADRIENNE WILKINSON: $40 (Friday)

JENNIFER WARD-LEALAND: $40 (Saturday)

MICHAEL HURST: $40 (Saturday)

MUSETTA VANDER: $40 (Saturday)

SHEERI RAPPAPORT: $40 (Sunday)

JENNIFER SKY: $40 (Sunday)

DAVID FRANKLIN: $40 (Friday)

HUDSON LEICK: $40 (Friday)

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The following has just been posted on Creation's Xena Con page - NOW the convention is truly complete! You can't have a last Xena con without the actress that brought Xena to life! Rock on January! The Photo ops with Lucy is $119 so if you want this very special photo op...hop on over to Creation's site and get it before they are sold out!

LUCY LAWLESS IS COMING TO OUR CONVENTION:
WE LOVE HER! XENA FANS REJOICE!

For years she has simply been our very favorite celebrity to welcome to our conventions. This super-talented performer can do it all, and brilliantly. Besides her immense talents she is the nicest to work with and always has her loyal fans in mind. From surprising our audiences, to performing in plays, to doing her beautiful concerts and her years helping with our fan club, there is no one we love more than Lucy.

It is truly a pleasure for us to welcome LUCY LAWLESS as our awesome super-special guest for Creation Entertainment's Official XENA Convention 2012! Lucy will be joining us on Sunday and for the first time in recent memory (and only the second time we can recall) she has graciously agreed to do a VERY limited amount of photo ops to thank her many fans for their support.

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This is just a fun thing - I walked into a 7/11 store yesterday to get a bottle of water and as I was passing the drinks section, something caught my eye...

Coca Cola now sport names on their full strength bottles...and there staring me in the face was LUCY <g> I just cracked up laughing. Their advertising works..I bought it! I won't drink it but it's just too funny.

Here are the pics:

It's a slow news day...

We all want a Xena movie so we can see how Xena got herself out of that whole dying thang at the end of A Friend In Need back in 2001.

Alas the time for a Xena Movie has come and gone - well and truly. There are fans who have Xena Movie campaign going and petitions to TPTB and would love to see Lucy and Renee reprise their iconic roles but the truth is, it's not going to happen.

A REAL Xena movie starring Lucy Lawless as Xena and Renee O'Connor as Gabrielle will NEVER happen. Unless something extraordinary happens in Hollywood, we will never see it. We may see a Xena movie with a 20 something unknown actress as Xena and a 20 something unknown as Gabrielle some time in the future. Not Lucy and Renee.

Today comes the news that can only be put under "be careful what you wish for, you might get it" listing.

- A Xena Movie is being planned.
- They want a Lucy Lawless lookalike.
- They would want a Renee O'Connor lookalike

good news (somewhat) so far right? Wrong.

- It's a p0rn movie.

I've linked the press release on the AUSXIP facebook page if you REALLY want to read the press release.

There can only be one Xena and that is Lucy Lawless. There can only be one Gabrielle and that is Renee O'Connor NO ONE is going to ever replace Lucy and Renee. Unfortunately it will happen but AUSXIP won't be covering it. I'll stick with the originals and the best.

If you REALLY want to know how Xena got herself out of that whole FIN problem...head on over to the Subtext Virtual Season and see how it's resolved.