Sunday Star Times - 10 October 2004 - Lucy's set to sparkle at Starship ball. Article is about Lucy's quick stop trip to NZ for the Starship Ball and her plans on making a movie
in New Zealand
The Telegraph (India) - 1 November 2004
What do Joan of Arc, Boudica, Grace O'Malley and Lozen have in common? Grit, determination and the will to achieve their ends. These iron women will be tied by the same screen thread this November with Discovery
Channel launching Dangerman, Warrior Women. The series will be appropriately presented by Lucy Lawless, star of the hit TV series Xena: The Warrior Princess.
brief mention of Lucy from The Calgary Sun - 24 October 2004 as to why Lucy wasn't in The Grudge. Also brief
mention about the upcoming Boogeyman movie. The article also details the upcoming movies that will be produced Ghost House Pictures.
Lucy attended the Starship Foundation Charity Ball - 16 October 2004
Added article from Sunday Star Times - 17 October 2004. Article talks about Lucy's 30 hour quick visit back home for the Starship Ball
TV Guide (US) - October 3-9, 2004 has a small snippet about Lucy in Less Than Perfect "LESS THAN PERFECT, meanwhile, has tapped Lucy Lawless (Xena!) to play an old flame of Will's (Eric Roberts). She'll show up later this month." Many thanks to bookdaft for the news
Metro Magazine - 22 September 2004 - Lucy attends WIFTI summit in New Zealand - Storytelling that matters: the 2004 WIFTI Summit in New Zealand.(Women
in Film and Television International)
Hollywood Variety Magazine
September 2004 had a brief mention of Boogeyman: Screen Gems' coming attractions include the horror sequel "Resident Evil: Apocalypse"; "Cave," starring Cole Hauser, Chestnut and Piper Perabo; the Sam Raimi-produced "Boogeyman," a follow-up to the slick monster
picture "Underworld....
The Seattle Times - 16 September 2004 Toronto festival: Wine, women, time and space.
"Double Dare," from Amanda Micheli, is an entertaining look at stuntwomen in Hollywood, focusing on Jeannie Epper, a now-sixtysomething pioneer who still does stunts, and young Zoe Bell, formerly Lucy Lawless' double on
"Xena: Warrior Princess," now trying to find her way in a business that's as dangerous as it is unforgiving.
Lucy has done guest voice over work for a new animated series called 'bro Town' to be shown on Kiwi TV. According to NZ Herald 11 September 2004
it will start 22 September (not sure when Lucy's episode will be shown).
STARTS: Wednesday, September 22, TV3, 8pm WHO: Written by comedy team the Naked Samoans: Oscar Kightley as Vale, Shimpal Lelisi as Valea, David Fane as Mack and Jeff the Maori, Mario Gaoa as Sione.
Brief mention of Lucy in The Globe & Mail about tall Athletes and Tall Actors In film, it's not only gamine types landing in the pages of People and InStyle, but six footers like Kill Bill's Uma Thurman. Famke Janssen, the brunette hottie in
X-Men, is also gifted in the
height department, at 5 foot 11. And Lucy Lawless, better known as Xena the Warrior Princess, remains a demanding presence at 5 foot 10 1/2 inches. Read full article
PARTY ANIMALS - 7/20/04 3:31:48 PM
NIGHT LAUGHS: Talk about an impressive date - the TV critic from the
Toronto Star brought Lucy Lawless to the annual TV critic's awards
ceremony. Scribe Rob Salem, voted the biggest party animal here, had Princess Xena at his side. But Xena fans wouldn't have recognized her. She's much slimmer now and her hair is blond. It was not a romantic date. She and Rob are
just friends. Lawless is married to TV producer Robert Tapert. https://tbo.com/weblogs/weblogwalttv.shtml
Zap2It has an article about the Outfest awards and Lucy is mentioned as a presenter with lucky Lee Freidlander getting a kiss The other big winning film of the night was "Girl Play," which won Best Lesbian Feature for director Lee Friedlander, who won $1,000. Outstanding actress went to the leads Robin Greenspan and Lacie Harmon, who play their
real-life love story in the film which also stars Dom Deluise.
"If I knew I'd get to come up here and kiss Xena, then I'd have made this movie years ago," laughed Friedlander, who kissed celebrity presenter Lucy Lawless at the closing ceremonies held at the John Anson Ford Theatre in
Hollywood.
For the full article go to Zap2It Movies Zap2It has
more information about the Outfest Film Festival and the Awards
Alameda Star Times - 20 July 2004. Lucy talks about a possible new tv show based in New Zealand, her work with the REAF AIDS
benefit, Boogeyman and what she's been up to since Xena ended.
Detroit Free Press - 16 June 2004
Very brief mention of Lucy and her out of bodice incident. The article is about Detroits anthems and who sang them:
Lucy snippet reads: TV star Lucy Lawless sparked pop-culture titillation when her bodice malfunctioned while singing at a '97 Red Wings playoff game in Anaheim.
Orlando CityBeat - 15 June 2004 Xena: Warrior Princess -- Season Four" -- A season of doom-saying for Xena and pal Gabrielle ends with a cliffhanger in which the two are crucified and heaven-bound. The set packs 22 episodes on nine DVDs, with commentary
from stars Lucy Lawless and Renee O'Connor and others on four episodes. The set also has director's cuts for three episodes and a CD-ROM disc packed with series background. DVD set, $79.98. (Anchor Bay)
Lucy has been given this honour for services to entertainment and the community. New Zealand Herald - 7 June 2004
May
Mighty River Power News - May 2004 Star Supporters� Club launched!
Xena - Warrior Princess star - and Starship Foundation Board Trustee
Lucy Lawless became the first Mercury Energy customer to support a
new scheme to help raise more funds for equipment at Starship
Children�s
Hospital.
There is a brief mention of Lucy in the Carlsbad Current Argus online newspaper Annual Mescal Roast one of largest ever
On Saturday, almost 90 people watched a documentary about Lozen, a Chiricahua Apache medicine woman who fought alongside Geronimo in the late 1800s in southwestern New Mexico.The film was part of a “Warrior Women” series narrated by actress Lucy Lawless of “Xena” fame. Geronimo’s great-grandson Harlan, who was involved in the recent production, introduced the film. [click
here to read entire article]
LA Times - 8 May 2004 article "Pirate Queen with Irish Luck" - on the life of Grace O'Malley
...Clew Bay is notorious for its reefs, hidden rocks and dangerous tidal currents. The morning was brisk and sunny, and I spent a few hours with Mary out on the water, imagining being on a pirate's galley. Only a month before,
another warrior queen had roamed these waters, when the Discovery Channel was here making a five-part series on warrior women, narrated by Lucy Lawless of "Xena" fame. One segment was on Grace O'Malley.
NZ Herald - 1 May 2004 about a conversation Lucy was having that was overheard...Lucy being naughty
The Straits Times - 6 May 2004
Women of substance
She was the female hero in Xena: Warrior Princess, butas TV host in Warrior Women, Lucy Lawless lays down her sword to look at brave women in history
Oprah Magazine - May 2004 which looks at female role models /
action heroines from Wonder Woman, Cagney & Lacey, Xena and the rest of the action heroes that followed Xena.
NZ Herald - 5 May 2004
Starship Foundation trustee and television star Lucy Lawless became the first Mercury Energy customer to sign up to a donation scheme to raise money for a new mobile image intensifier. Under the Mercury scheme,
customers can donate $2 or more each month through their power bills. The company yesterday donated $35,000 towards the cost of the new machine.
There is a mention of Lucy in the NZ Herald 3 May 2004
Even the judges seemed to enjoy themselves, with the exception of guest Lucy Lawless, whose critiques made it sound as though she wasn't sure what she was doing there. She told Murphy he would be an amazing star - in 10 years'
time. To read the entire article go to: NZ Herald - Axe hovering - who will get the chop from NZ Idol? - 3 May 2004
NZ TV Guide - May 1-7, 2004 - Interview with Lucy Lawless - Lucy's Fighting Spirit -
Lucy talks about Warrior Women and also about the Xena Movie
The following is from Stuff.co.nz about the WIFTI summit that was held in NZ from 21-24 April.
....Some of the country's best-known film and TV faces were in the crowd, including former Xena star Lucy Lawless,
actors Jennifer Ward-Lealand and Cliff Curtis and Perfect Strangers director Gaylene Preston.
Lawless, based in LA for the last eight years, came home for the summit and told the Sunday Star-Times she hoped to soon move here for good.
"I'm trying to get something down here, that's the dream. It feels like I've been away too long. I think there's a real sense of excitement here, like it's a burgeoning spirit."
Variety Magazine - 19 April 2004 New Zealand women & film: New Zealand's internationally acclaimed women filmmakers pride themselves on their unique perspective.
Sunday Mirror - 18 April 2004 Interview with Zoe Bell (Lucy's stunt double on Xena) about her stunt work on Kill Bill. Small mention of Lucy: `I'd done gymnastics for eight years, and martial arts for two, but I didn't have any particular
experience,' she says. `To begin with, I was pretty much being kicked around by Lucy Lawless, but I was there for three years and learned a lot.'
Variety Magazine - 19 April 2004 New Zealand women & film: New Zealand's internationally acclaimed women filmmakers pride themselves on their unique perspective.
New Lucy Interview - LesbiaNation - 31 March 2004
We recently caught up with former "Xena" star Lucy Lawless making the pilot season rounds in Los Angeles, what she calls "the roller coaster of hell." The public hasn't seen much of Lawless since her brief guest role on "The
X-Files," her animated appearance on "The Simpsons" (and that tiny walk-on in Spiderman), but now she's back and ready for action. With two new film appearances under her belt, possible "negotiations" in the works for a TV show,
and the new Xena Season Three DVD set on the shelves - she's one busy lady, and loving every crazy minute of it.
March
LesbiaNation - 31 March 2004
- Stormin' Lucy Lawless -
Interview We recently caught up with
former "Xena" star Lucy Lawless
making the pilot season rounds
in Los Angeles, what she calls
"the roller coaster of hell."
he Toronto Star 28 March 2004 has a small mention of Lucy in relation to an
upcoming stage show based on Wagner's Ring Cycle. The reference to Lucy is because of Xena's Ring Trilogy of Season 6 - there is also a funky image to go with the article which I found amusing :) "No one would call Lucy Lawless a Wagnerian soprano, but Xena: Warrior Princess had her own Ring Cycle in Season 6. The three, one-hour
episodes were called The Rheingold, The Ring and The Return Of The Valkyrie. "
Click here to read entire article on the Toronto Star Site
Business World Online
Lucy Lawless: Warrior Woman 26-27 March 2004
'Strong women are beginning to be taken seriously. We just have to tell our daughters that they can achieve anything. Even a father can do that.'
Malay Mail Online (New Strait Times) - 27 March 2004
interviews Lucy about Warrior Women, Eurotrip, Tarzan and Xena. The interview is quite good but covers a lot of old material. Some new info about Lucy's next project:
"At the moment, my agent and I are negotiating with several parties and hopefully, I can share the good news in the next couple of months," said Lucy.
NZ Herald - 22 March 2004 - Why charities love Lucy but not Robbie. The article discusses the problem that charities
like The Starship Foundation have in raising money and how stars are in it for the publicity. Lucy is mentioned as giving of herself without the publicity while other stars just want to glory.
Celebrity Skin Magazine - March 2004 - this issue has a
picture of Lucy from the Red Wings game which I've decided not to post for obvious reasons so please don't ask me why it's not there BUT there is a couple of greats photos of Lucy - one from the
Saturn Awards - June 12, 2001 in a low cut red dress and the other as Xena.
TV Highlights - March 2004 German science fiction and fantasy magazine " - March 2004 " feature their march coverstory with Xena. For the start of the sixth season premiere in
Germany, they present the Xena chronicle with 15 pages, a preview of season six, three DVD cover and two posters with Xena/Gabrielle and a Callisto one.
AfterEllen.com has a review of the documentary "Totally Gayer" that Lucy narrated. The following bit relates to Lucy's
role:
Perhaps the most interesting female celebrity to be included in Totally Gayer is the narrator, Lucy Lawless, well known for playing the sapphic heroine Xena. If you don’t watch the opening credits
closely, however, you might miss the fact that Lucy Lawless is narrating, because for some reason she takes on a posh upper-crusty British accent for this job, which almost completely obscures her more
casual native New Zealand tones For the full article go to: https://www.afterellen.com/TV/totallygayer.html Many thanks to MET for the news
The Hollywood Reporter -24 February 2004 (Second article) on
the merits of shooting films in New Zealand with new tax incentives and quotes from Rob about Boogeyman and why New Zealand
The Man Room -
19 February 2004. Great quote from Lucy about Renee in Fins Femmes & Gems"Renee can play five hundred shades of minx, she’s just a scream..."
The Detroit Free Press - 10 February 2004 has a small mention of the release of Season 3 for Region 1 Other releases The week's big TV box is "Xena Warrior Princess -- Season Three" (THREE STARS out of four stars, Anchor Bay, $69.98), a 9-disc affair collecting the entire season of this campy action-fantasy series
starring Lucy Lawless, and produced by former suburban Detroiters Rob Tapert and Sam Raimi, scored by present suburban Detroiter Joe LoDuca, and featuring that other Raimi brother Ted in a very special dual
role in the fan- favorite episode "The King of Assassins."
The New York Post - 10 February 2004 has a small mention of the release of Season 3 for Region 1
XENA, WARRIOR PRINCESS": SEASON THREE For a while, "Xena," the Sapphic spinoff to "Hercules," was even more popular thanks to the stalwart Lucy Lawless and a general air of silliness. Season Three
($69.98, Anchor Bay) has one of their best cliffhangers, "Sacrifice I and II," and loads of extras.
January
The Boston Herald - 30 January 2004 New TV releases: "Xena: Warrior Princess - Season Three" (Anchor Bay Entertainment, $69.98, three and one-half, available Feb. 10) ups the bar for TV releases by reuniting what seems to be a record number of performers -
including stars Lucy Lawless, Renee O'Connor and Hudson Leick - and several behind-the-scenes folks for interviews, video and audio commentaries. This set features some of the series' best stories, including the musical
episode "The Bitter Suite" (filmed long before "Buffy" flubbed a note).
