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December Adelaide Advertiser 28 December 2005 Out of the Closet- Lucy Lawless on Two And A Half Men Go NYC Magazine - December / January 2006 Lucy Lawless at the Factory Lesbian News 1 December 2005 GIRLBAR Celebrates 15 Years in Style! Interview with Lucy about her performance at The Factory. Scans to follow  The National Ledger - 5 December 2005 "Busy Busy" Article about Lucy's upcoming roles in Darkroom, Vampire Bats and Battlestar Galactica The Official Battlestar Galactica Magazine #2 - December / January 2005 Issue - Life Through A Lens. Interview with Lucy about the episode Final Cut "Lawless Thought of Quitting - 25 November 2005" - Article dealing with Lucy's thoughts about quitting after Katrina. Her fans changed her mind. Starlog Magazine December 2005 - A Warrior Princess no longer, Lucy Lawless encounters Bats & Battlestars. SFX Magazine - December 2005. Galactica Goes Lawless. The former Xena links up Adama and co...   November Who Magazine - 28 November 2005 Locusts - Time To Get Itchy and Scratchy TV Highlights (German) Magazine 18 November 2005. Article about Lucy and Vampire Bats. Translation to follow in the next few days. Star Magazine - 7 November 2005 - Review of Vampire Bats TV Times (Los Angeles Times TV Guide supplement) 30 October - 5 November 2005. In a new CBS thriller, Lucy Lawless is in hot pursuit of "Vampire Bats" Starburst Special #71 - October/November 2005. Battlestar Galactica - Warrior Reporter October The Tampa Tribune 30 October 2005 - The Bat Pack. Four young Tampa area actors shoot pool with Lucy Lawless and face Hurricane Katrina while filming the TV movie "Vampire Bats." The Fresno Bee - 28 October 2005 'Xena' actress goes to bats Her crew got a real-life jolt from Katrina. Forget blood-sucking vampire bats. It was Hurricane Katrina that scared actress Lucy Lawless. Femme Fatales September/October 2005 Issue. Looks at 25 of the Sexiest Women on TV. Lucy comes in at #24. New York Vue - 30 October 2005 Blood Thirst - Lucy Lawless Stars in "Vampire Bats" - Scans contributed by Victoria Arkansas Democrat Gazette 30 October 2005 Vampire Bats wing it to CBS - Lucy Lawless stars as the crusading scientist and critter hunter on the CBS made-for-tv movie Vampire Bats - Scan contributed by Beth Toronto Star 30 October 2005 - Xena vs. Mother Nature Locusts, mutant bats, a vast flood — these are the terrors that torment Lucy Lawless - updated with scans from maRia Dallas Morning News 30 October 2005 'Locusts' conquered, Lawless puts bite on bats - Scans contributed by Lisa Toronto Star 29 October 2005 - Lucy in the sky with... bats? Houston Chronicle 30 October 2005 Bats in New Orleans Besides the cool title and seeing Xena's Lucy Lawless reprise her Locusts' role, there's another good reason to check out tonight's Vampire Bats on CBS: the New Orleans scenery. Zap2It 29 October 2005 Lucy Lawless Faces 'Vampire Bats' ...As with Bruce Willis opposing terrorist after terrorist in the "Die Hard" movies, could Lawless fight even more horrors in future CBS offerings? "Oh, I don't know," she muses. "How many plagues are there? I'm really looking forward to 'Head Lice.'" Entertainment Weekly - 28 October 2005 - Lucy Lawless on Vampire Bats Boston Herald 28 October 2005 From ‘Bats’ to Baton Rouge: TV’s Xena battles hurricane during filming of CBS movie Starlog Magazine #350 November 2005. Article about Marton Csokas (Borias on Xena Warrior Princess)Marton comments on working on Xena and working with Lucy Lawless Cult Times #121 - October 2005 Lucy Lawless Visits Galactica TV Guide Online 28 October 2005 Lucy Lawless: From Xena to Katrina. Lucy Lawless really should go on Fear Factor. The former Xena: Warrior Princess star had to fight off a swarm of gonzo grasshoppers earlier this year in the CBS TV-movie Locusts, and now in the sequel, the imaginatively titled Vampire Bats (Sunday at 9 pm/ET), she's battling a horde of... well, you get the idea. But she also weathered far more real storms this year, as you'll see in TVGuide.com's interview with the Kiwi. The Times-Picayune 28 October 2005 - Bats' just entertainment, Lucy Lawless says. The cast and crew of "Vampire Bats" had about a week of shooting left when Hurricane Katrina forced evacuation. Star Lucy Lawless waited until midmorning on Katrina Sunday to leave. New York Post - 28 October 2005 BAT-TY BOOP FRESH from their riveting roles in that TV movie classic, "Locusts," Dr. Maddy Rierdon (Lucy Lawless, "Xena") and hubby Dan Dryer (Dylan Neal) are back to battle more revolting creatures in a soon-to- be-classic,  "Vampire Bats." Hollywood Reporter 27 October 2005 - Review of Vampire Bats Press Enterprised 27 October 2005 - Lucy Lawless tackles "Vampire Bats" Variety Magazine 26 October 2005 - Review of Vampire Bats ET Online 26 October 2005 Lucy Lawless' Hurricane Scare Kiwi powerhouse LUCY LAWLESS was filming her new CBS TV movie "Vampire Bats" in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hit. ET's KEVIN FRAZIER talked to the star about her new thriller, and her terrifying encounter with the hurricane. NZ Herald 26 October 2005 Lawless graduates from locusts to vampire bats Actress Lucy Lawless is taking on vampire bats in her latest role, rather than confronting the vengeful gods of her former Xena: Warrior Princess series. SciFi.com Review - Vampire Bats Review 26 October 2005 - After their adventures in the CBS movie Locusts, professor Maddy Rierdon (Lawless) and her husband, Dan Dryer (Neal), attempt to get their bearings after moving to Louisiana with their two daughters in search of a simpler life.  TV Guide (US) - 24 October 2005 It's Xena! Vampire Bats (CBS, 9 pm) Associated Press 24 October 2005 - Lucy Lawless tackles "Vampire Bats" St Petersburg Times - 24 October 2005 - Among campy and classic on TV for Halloween is the toothless Vampire Bats, which nevertheless gives a local actor his big break. TV SMACKDOWN: Lucy Lawless is on the job! - 21 October 2005 St Petersburg Times blog 21 October 2005 Xena, Xena .. Las Veggaaasssss .... Beacon TV 21 October 2005 - A Few Minutes With Lucy Lawless Gannett News Service - 14 October 2005 - CBS uncloaks 'Vampire Bats' "Vampire Bats" seems cozily distant from the harshness of realism and real life. "It's good fun," says Lucy Lawless, who stars in the CBS movie on Halloween eve. "Not everything has to be deep and meaningful." National Ledger 7 October 2005 Lucy Lawless Thrilled with Real Life Planet Xena El Paso Times 2 October 2005 New 10th Planet Also Sports a Moon Xena Has Found Her Gabrielle - Los Angeles Times Moon Found Orbiting Suspected 10th Planet A recently discovered object that could be the solar system's 10th planet turns out to have a moon, Caltech scientists announced. The moon, nicknamed Gabrielle, is about 150 miles across. It was spotted Sept. 10 with the Keck II telescope in Hawaii by a team headed by Michael E. Brown, the Caltech astronomer who discovered the 10th planet, known as Xena. Both objects are located beyond Neptune in what is known as the Kuiper Belt. September Cult Times Special #35 September 2005 - The Power of the Press (Lucy on Battlestar Galactica). Four years after she was last seen hacking away at various monsters, mythological and Human, as Xena, Lucy Lawless is back, and she's taking a trip to Battlestar Galactica. Click here to read more TV Highlights 22 September 2005 - Battlestar Xena. Article about Lucy's role on Battlestar Galactica and Vampire Bats from the German magazine. In German. Chicago Tribune 9 September 2005. Xena, Space Princess? This time, Lawless' secret 'Galactica' weapon is her accent. TV Week September 2005 - Q&A about Lucy appearing on BSG in Australia Cinescape Magazine 13 September 2005 BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: Final Cut On the record Entertainment Weekly 16 September 2005 Storm Surge: Entertainers respond as tragedy hits New Orleans Telesette Magazine September 2005 about the movie Locusts being shown on Italian TV Sorrisi e Canzoni TV" September 2005 about the movie Locusts on Italian TV "Italian TV Guide" September 2005 Entertainment Weekly 9 September 2005 - a brief look at Lucy in Battlestar Galactica CFQ Magazine August/September 2005Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark - The Darkroom - Lucy's new movie The Darkroom Seattle Times - 9 September 2005 - Lawless is "Battlestar" Reporter Maxim Online 9 September 2005 - Lawless Nature The former warrior princess is heading to outer space. And before you ask, no, she's not bringing her leather skirt along for the ride.  - Thanks Barbara SciFi.About.com 9 September 2005 Lawless Agendas on Battlestar Galactica's "Final Cut" - Daily News 9 September 2005 'Battlestar' in a state of Lawlessness. Relish Now 9 September 2005 Lucy Lawless gets to use own accent in guest role on 'Galactica' Brief mention in TV Guide Online - 9 September 2005 Battlestar Galactica[New] 10 pm/ET, SCIFI Xena as a blonde? Lucy Lawless adopts honeyed tresses for her role as an ambitious journalist filming a tell-all documentary aboard the Galactica. She uses her native New Zealand accent to play muckraking D'Anna Biers, who, between interviews with the battlestar's stressed-out crew, uncovers a juicy secret. — G.J. Donnelly TV Guide Online 8 September Lucy Lawless Raids the Galactica. Xena is back, and she's taking names. Well, OK, not exactly. Lucy Lawless is back in the fantasy/sci-fi fold, playing D'Anna Friel, a pesky investigative journalist on Friday night's episode of Battlestar Galactica (airing at 10 pm/ET on Sci Fi Channel). The Detroit Free Press 7 September 2005 - Lawless is Exposed The Boston Herald 7 September 2005 Invasion of personal (outer) space Crave Online - Lucy Lawless on BSG - Interview with Lucy on her role as D'anna Biers on Battlestar Galactica Soap Opera Weekly 13 September 2005 - Lawless Stirs Up Trouble on Battlestar Galactica. Daily News 1 September 2005 No cheers in Hollywood as film rival flattened. "There is nothing I would love more than to film near my house in Los Angeles," Lawless said. "But if you have to go away, Louisiana is a wonderful place to be. It's such an evocative place, visually and culturally."  Lawless said the hope is to resume shooting somewhere else as early as next week. "We're trying to regroup," she said. "We are very passionate about finishing and seeing the film through." New Zealand 4 September 2005 Young Kiwis make it out of New Orleans hellhole. Lucy Lawless' mother Julie Ryan said her daughter felt grateful to have made it back safely to her home in Los Angeles to join her husband and three children after escaping the devastation. MTV 2 September 2005 Hurricane Shuts Down Movie Productions In Once-Busy Louisiana. ...Ask her the basic plot of the film, and she can barely work up enough enthusiasm to mumble, "It's a Halloween, teen flick, really." Begrudgingly, she added that "for all intents and purposes, it is lost. We are going to shoot next week [with new sets and costumes] in Nova Scotia." "It's tough," she continued. "But who gives a sh-- if it's tough for us? It does not even compare to the difficulties facing those people there." Zap2It 1 September 2005 interview with Lucy bout her upcoming guest role in Battlestar Galactica. Lawless Live from 'Battlestar Galactica' The Bremerton Sun 31 August 2005 Lucy Lawless returns as space reporter NineMSN - National Nine News (Australia) 1 September 2005. US hurricane forces Lucy Lawless to flee Brief mention about Vampire Bats being halted in Canada.com Entertainment Section   August ET Online - 31 August 2005 - Lucy Lawless' Race To Escape Hurricane Katrina New Zealand Woman's Weekly 31 August 2005 - Lucy Lawless Flees Hurricane Serial Magazine No 20 8-14 August 2005 Russian magazine, two page article on Lucy with images. Not translated. Variety Magazine 30 August 2005 Katrina's wake Hurricane forces biz to rethink plans New York Daily News - 31 August 2005 Katrina foils 'Vampire' Hurricane Katrina has halted production on the October CBS movie "Vampire Bats," starring Lucy Lawless."Bats" was in production in New Orleans. A spokeswoman said the producers hoped to resume filming in a few days, but exactly where has not been decided. Irish Examiner 31 August 2005 Movies abandoned as storm wreaks havoc Chicago Sun Times - 31 August 2005 KATRINA ZAPS FILMS: No question about it, Mother Nature is democratic when it comes to causing havoc. Just like everyone else, movie stars and filmmakers were chased out of Louisiana by the fury of Hurricane Katrina. Meanwhile, the crew for Lucy Lawless' upcoming CBS flick ''Vampire Bats'' (catchy title, eh?) themselves are hunkered down in Baton Rouge -- having fled their much more dangerous New Orleans filming locales. Fangoria Magazine - 30 August 2005 Lucy Lawless battles BATS, escapes hurricane Hollywood Reporter 30 August 2005 - Frank von Zerneck, who is producing "Vampire," said it would be at least a week before his production could resume what would have been its last week of shooting. "Everyone is safe," von Zerneck said, "but now I'm dealing with things like, are the trucks flooded? Where is the equipment? Everything was boxed up and stored, but now the city is pretty much closed down." Washington Times - 29 August 2005 Stars flee Big Easy film sets - Lucy evacuates from the set of Vampire Bats. United Press International 25 August 2005 Lucy Lawless takes on 'Vampire Bats' New York Post - 25 August 2005 Xena Turns Into Buffy Lesbianation 24 August 2005 Lucy Lawless wants to take Xena to the big screen. The 10th Anniversary DVD set of Xena: Warrior Princess just hit the shelves, packed full of fan favorite episodes and a variety of extra goodies. Even with all of the crazed popularity of the series still going strong, Xena can't seem to get to the big screen - no matter how much its star, Lucy Lawless, might wish it to be so. Click here to read more San Francisco Examiner - 25 August 2005 Where's Xena: The Movie? Lucy Lawless, star of the cult favorite "Xena: Warrior Princess," says she's wanted to bring her character to the big screen for years. "I think a movie would be great, and I'd love to do it," the actress told SciFiwire.com. The logistics of such a project are getting in the way of making Lawless' dream a reality — she says executives from the show disagree on who owns the rights, and until those questions get answered, Xena will have to continue life in rerun Siberia. The Sun Newspaper - 24 August 2005 - Star's bid for Xena film. CURVY Xena actress Lucy Lawless wants to make a movie version of the cult TV show. SciFi Wire - 22 August 2005 - Lawless Wants Reunion Xena: Warrior Princess star Lucy Lawless told SCI FI Wire that she hopes her next film project will reunite some of her old pals from the cast, including Bruce Campbell (Autolycus), Ted Raimi (Joxer) and Renee O'Connor (Gabrielle). Click here to read more United Press International - 22 August 2005  'Xena' blasts off to 'Battlestar' - New Zealand actress Lucy Lawless says she's happy to guest star on "Battlestar Galactica," but she wouldn't mind revisiting "Xena: Warrior Princess." scifi.about.com 22 August 2005 - Interview with Lucy - Lucy Lawless Sheds Light on Battlestar Galatica. Lucy reveals she was offered the role of Tigh's wife but chose not to accept it and what it was like working with the talented cast of BSG. A very good interview that also touches on Xena and the movie Vampire Bats Softpedia News - 21 August 2005 - Lucy Lawless Thinks a "Xena" Movie Would Be Great. Article about the Xena Movie, Vampire Bats and Battlestar Galactica SciFi Wire - 22 August 2005 Lawless Batty About Vampire Lucy Lawless, who stars in the upcoming CBS horror movie Vampire Bats, told SCI FI Wire she's reprising her role as a bug specialist and college professor from last year's telefilm Locusts. The former Xena: Warrior Princess star played Dr. Maddy Rierdon in Locusts, which dealt with a town taken over by swarming bugs. Now, she's battling bloodthirsty bats, Lawless said in an interview.... TV Guide 21 August 2005 In the News: Xena - News about the Xena Movie FilmStew.com 19 August 2005 CBS Loads Up on Bats. Frank Von Zerneck and Robert Sertner are producing the network's sequel to last season's Locusts. E! Online has brief mention of the movie for the 15 August 2005 Movie News - Craig Ferguson has gone Bat-ty. The Late Late Show host is set to cameo in CBS' Vampire Bats, a sequel to last year's miniseries Locusts. The telepic follows a group of scientists who link a breed of vampire bats to a series of bizarre murders. Lucy Lawless and Dylan Neal reprise their original roles in the telepic. Brett Butler and Timothy Buttons also star. Shooting has already begun in New Orleans. The National Enquirier 18 August 2005 Xena Star Goes Batty SciFi Wire - 19 August 2005 Lawless Open To Cameo Roles Lucy Lawless told SCI FI Wire that she'd welcome future cameo roles in the upcoming Evil Dead movies or in the third Spider-Man movie, which are being produced by her husband, Rob Tapert, and family friend Sam Raimi, but added that nothing's set yet. Sci Fi Wire - 18 August 2005. Xena Movie Still In Limbo Interview with Lucy about the movie. Lucy Lawless, who starred in six seasons of Xena: Warrior Princess, told SCI FI Wire that a proposed Xena movie remains caught in a legal haggle. "I think a movie would be great, and I'd love to do it," Lawless said in an interivew. "I've been wanting to do it for years." But, she added: "Nobody can agree who owns the rights, and it's a big fat pain in the ass."  Click here to read more CBS News release (via Futon Critic) 17 August 2005 - Lucy Lawless ("Zena: Warrior Princess," "Tarzan") and Dylan Neal ("Dawson's Creek") reprise their roles as Dr. Maddy Rierdon and Dan Dryer from the highly-rated CBS Television Movie "Locusts" in VAMPIRE BATS, a new television movie that has begun production in New Orleans for broadcast Sunday, Oct. 30 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Read more Insomniac Mania 17 August 2005 article Former Warrior Princess Lucy Lawless Brings A Touch Of Glamour To Battlestar Galactica - August 17th 2005 Sci-Fi Wire - 17 August 2005 - Lawless Invades Galactica Lucy Lawless, who will guest-star in an upcoming episode of SCI FI Channel's original series Battlestar Galactica, told SCI FI Wire that footage she shot while playing a broadcast reporter actually makes it into the final cut, which airs Sept. 9. Read more... Variety Magazine 16 August 2005 CBS jazzes up telepix - Butler, Bottoms join 'Bats'. Article about the newest cast members for Vampire Bats The Chicago Tribune 14 August 2005  has a brief mention of Lucy's upcoming role on BSG - Lucy Lawless appears on Sci Fi's "Battlestar Galactica" Sept. 9. "In the episode, `Final Cut,' Lucy plays a filmmaker sent to Galactica to document life aboard the ship. And for the first time ever, the actress uses her native New Zealand accent on film," according to Sci Fi. Now Playing Magazine - 11 August 2005 Xena Embarks on the Galactica. The Sci Fi Channel has announced that Lucy Lawless, once known as Xena the Warrior Princess, will be dropping in on another beloved genre show: Battlestar Galactica... Dread Central - 4 August 2005 - Lawless Bats! July NZ Woman's Day July 2005 - Star People Love Lucy. Lucy Lawless shimmied her way through a performance at the Gay Pride concert Torino Cronaca Newspaper 22 July 2005  Brief article about Boogeyman in Italy. Article is in Italian. No Translation available at this time. Times Union 23 July 2005 Nice finds a home on Hallmark Salt Lake Tribune 21 July 2005 It's the end of the world! Well, at least on CBS movies TV Guide Online 20 July 2005 TV-Movie Madness - CBS will battle Desperate Housewives with edgier fare - Contributed by LB Washington Post - 20 July 2005 - CBS Entertainment Chief: She Could've Danced All Night Zap2It - 19 July 2005 - CBS Pops Corn with Sunday Movies Variety Magazine 11 July 2005 Eye on Telepic Pair about the movie and it's producers Frank Von Zerneck and Bob Sertner. CBS Press Release about upcoming movies including Vampire Bats Entertainment Weekly - 15 July 2005 - Amazing Space. Article about the return of BSG for a second season. Photo of Lucy on the set of the show. TV Guide (US) 10-17 July 2005 Galactica Snags Xena. Contains spoilers about Lucy's character on Battlestar Galactica The Daily Herald - 5 July 2005 - In our view: Freedom Festival a knockout. On stage, music artists Debbie Reynolds, Mandy Moore, Lucy Lawless and the country band Lonestar brought a sense of clean-cut decency to the celebration, proving that entertainers need not sacrifice high standards for popularity. Click here to read article The Daily Herald 3 July 2005 - Review of the Stadium of Fire event and mention of Lucy singing a song she wrote herself while pregnant with Judah. June The Daily Herald 29 June 2005 about the Stadium of Fire event Lucy will be performing at. Hollywood North Report quotes the TVGuide Online report and also speculates that the role may be as one of the two new Cylon models introduced into the series. For those not familiar with Battlestar Galactica: The Cylons are an android race at war with mankind in the science fiction movie and television series Battlestar Galactica. Some Cylons are able to take human form and pass themselves off as humans. TV Guide Online - 8 June 2005 Ask Ausiella. Lucy to guest star on Battlestar Galactica Fangoria Magazine - June 2005 Mindfire enters THE DARKROOM. Article on Lucy's new movie The Darkroom Hollywood Reporter 9 June 2005 'Boogeyman' bows before 'Chappelle 2'. Provo Daily Herald 1 June 2005 Fired Up: The Stadium of Fire turns 25 on July 2, and event organizers have pulled out all the stops to assemble an unforgettable night of world-class entertainment. SciFi Magazine - June 2005 Issue. Lucy Lawless and Renee O'Connor reunite for a song and dance number at the 10th Anniversary Xena Warrior Princess Convention May Mighty River Power News - May 2005 Star Supporters Club rockets ahead The Star Supporters Club has almost reached its first goal of raising $160,000 for the Starship Foundation. Scan of Lucy with a young child   The Seattle Gay News - Bits & Bytes - 31 May 2005 - Chorus Prefers Blondes   Arkansas Democrat Gazette - 31 May 2005 THE TV COLUMN : Beauties, geeks make for entertaining TV. Article is about the upcoming show TV Land: Tickled Pink. Of Xena it says: The show points out that Xena: Warrior Princess "was hugely popular with lesbians as they looked to her as someone who was strong on the outside but also sensitive and loving." In addition, the producers started having lots of innuendo-filled fun with Xena’s relationship with Gabrielle, her faithful sidekick. Click here to read full article   The Boston Herald - 13 May 2005 - Stuntwomen film is `Double' the fun   The Hollywood Reporter - 27 May 2005 - Independent Lens: Double Dare Talkin' Broadway 19 May 2005 - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Sparkles in Concert at the 5th. Whether you preferred Faith Prince's brassy, Broadway belting as Lorelei Lee, or co-headliner Lucy Lawless' jazz baby jubilance as her cohort Dorothy Shaw, or just reveled in the chance to see a rarely produced Broadway musical, The 5th Avenue Theatre and Seattle Men's Chorus had just the ticket for you this past weekend.... Seattle Gay News 23 May 2005 Xena: Warrior Massage Princess ...Lucy gets a massage from one of the Chorus guys... Desert News - 17 May 2005 Promoters crank up July 4th spectaculars. Ticket sales skyrocket. Lucy to attend Daily Herald 18 May 2005 - Ticket sales going strong for Stadium of Fire (Lucy Lawless set to attend this event)   Second article from the New Zealand TV Guide 14-20 May 2005 Sexiest Stars of the past 21 Years. Lucy and Kevin are mentioned in the article.   New Zealand TV Guide 14 - 20 May 2005 Xena star tackles locusts.   King County Journal - 13 May 2005 - `Gentlemen' prefer Lucy Lawless, Faith Prince   Seattle Post-Intelligencer 13 May 2005 GREASE,' `GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES' MAKE IT A MUSICAL WEEKEND. Productions of two much-celebrated musicals open tonight and run through Sunday. "Grease" will be playing at the Paramount Theatre. And the 5th Avenue Theatre hosts "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes."... SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER 12 May 2005 'Xena' women talk about the show's impact - Interview with Lucy about Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and the impact Xena had on the masses. Sports Illustrated - Double Dare Under Review 9 May 2005 Lucy Lawless was the biggest, baddest woman on television, yet when Xena: the Warrior Princess needed to flip off her horse to take on male attackers, that feat would fall to a stunt double... Seattle Magazine - May 2005 - Article about Lucy in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes People Weekly Magazine - 2 May 2005 Don't Miss.(Picks & Pans/TV) - Lucy on Locusts! April Boogeyman Articles from Argentina (non English) The Provo Daily Herald - 29 April 2005. Article announces Lucy's involvement in the Stadium of Fire event. TV Week Sapulpa Daily Herald  - 24 - 30 April 2005 Lucy chases locusts: Lawless is back to save the world TV Guide (US) - April 2005 - TV Guide Movie Pick - Locusts TV Focus (The Times Picayune TV Guide Supplement) 24-30 April 2005 Lucy in the sky with Locusts! "Xena' star Lucy Lawless goes bug-hunting on the Belle Chasse set of a CBS movie - Louisiana Lawless Belle Chasse was abuzz with the former Xena star came to town ~ Many thanks to D'Arc for the articles/scans ~ The Hollywood Reporter - 26 April 2005 - Locusts was seen by 12.8 million viewers. The eye network's heavily promoted 9-11 p.m. telepic "Locusts!" (12.8 million, 3.9/9) did OK but won't go down in the Nielsen annals as one of primetime's great made-for plagues. People Magazine - April 2005 - Lawless Takes On Insect Hordes TV Times (Los Angeles Times TV Guide supplement) 24 - 30 April 2005 Now battling tiny creatures. In CBS' Locusts, Lucy Lawless (aka Xena) plays a Department of Agriculture official with a bug problem The Chicago Tribune TV Week magazine supplement - 24 April 2005 Xterminator - Forget Xena, now Lucy Lawless plays a scientist fighting a plague of giant "Locusts" on CBSThe Morning Call - 24 April 2005 CBS unveils a night of the 'Locusts' The Boston Globe - 24 April 2005 - In laughable 'Locusts,' the absurdity flies The Hollywood Reporter - 24 April 2005 Locusts - Bottom line: Where's a good exterminator when we really need one? Toronto Sun TV Guide - 23 April 2005  Day of Lawless Locusts - Article about the movie Locusts and high resolution scans of Dr Maddy Rierdon Lucy Interview from Zap2It - 23 April 2005 Lawless Bugged by 'Locusts' ET Online - 21 April 2005 - 'Xena''s Lucy Lawless Battles Locusts! Chicago Tribune 22 April 2005 `Locusts' splatters with campy fun New York Post 22 April 2005 - Bugging Out LA Daily News - 22 April 2005 - IT'S A HARD-KNOCK LIFE FOR 'DOUBLE DARE' PAIR. Seattle Post-Intelligencer - 22 April 2005 'Revelations,' popes and 'Locusts' -- what in heaven's going on? Pittsburgh Post Gazette 22 April 2005 TV Review: 'Locusts' chomps Pittsburgh, chews scenery The New York Times - 22 April 2005 - It's a Plague of Network Proportions New York Newsday - 22 April 2005 - In 'Locusts,' disaster turns into high comedy USA Today 21 April 2005 'Locusts': Get out the insecticide Alibi  V.14 No.16 | April 21 - April 27, 2005 Week In Sloth - Sunday 24 Detroit Free Press - 22 April 2005 Houston Chronicle 21 April 2005 Locusts flies in the face of reality Buffalo News 21 April 2005 CBS unleashes a pest of a disaster movie USA Today 20 April 2005 The attack of the popular 'B' horror films US Weekly 25 April 2005 promo pic and brief mention of Lucy in Locusts! CNN Entertainment Weekly 24 April 2005 brief mention of Lucy and the Locusts movie Entertainment Weekly 22 April 2005 - Foul Plague. Lucy stars as Maddy Rieirdon in the new CBS movie Locusts The Hattiesburg American - 17 April 2005 about Jim Lloyd the costume shop supervisor for the University of Southern Mississippi's department of theater and dance who worked on Locusts! There is a brief mention of Lucy. National Enquirer Magazine - April 2005 - Scan of advert for Locusts Movie with Lucy. Film Journal International - April 2005. Boogeyman review National Enquirer Magazine - 3 April 2005 - Brief mention (and scan) of Lucy's new movie "Locusts!" TV Highlights Magazine - April 2005 about a possible Xena movie. The scan is in German - and hopefully I'll have a translation of the article shortly. Lucy Lawless battles locusts in CBS' latest disaster film from Gannett News Service 8 April 2005 BGNews.com - Never Surrender to Mutant Locusts 6 April 2005   March Instinct Magazine March 2005 Hot Shots of the Month - "Fish and Chips Make Lucy Lawless want to kick!" Scan of Lucy doing a karate kick on stage during the 2005 Xena Convention. Time magazine - 28 March 2005 interesting tidbit about censorship during Lucy's appearance on Two and a Half Men. NZ TV Guide - March 2005 "Cold Case's Kathryn Morris came to New Zealand to kick butt - Lucy Lawless' butt to be precise." TV Guide (Online) 9 March 2005 Lucy Lawless, Part Deux Seeing Lucy Lawless brazenly snatch Halle Berry's role on Monday's Two and a Half Men reminded us how much we've missed the Aussie spitfire. Any chance she'll ever reprise her role as that sapphic icon, Xena, Warrior Princess? TV Guide (Online) 6 March 2005 - Lawless Snatches Halle Berry's Gig Daily News - 4 March 2005 What hath Peter Jackson wrought? New Zealand is turning into Hollywood's biggest backlot!  Report on New Zealand's film industry and Rob's recent keynote speech to the fourth annual Celebration of New Zealand Filmmaking at the Beverly Hills Hotel Monteray Herald - 20 March 2005- Lawless Finds Life After Xena Daily News - U Gossip Section - 7 March 2005 Life after Xena. It's been 3 1/2 years since Lucy Lawless wrapped up her "Xena: Warrior Princess' series, and she's spent most of that time focusing on marriage, her two sons and her move from New Zealand to the United States. Now she's picking up her professional pace again, starting with a guesting on tonight's "Two and a Half Men,' and continuing with the currently shooting CBS movie "Locusts.'   Read more   The Daily Mirror (UK) - 4 March 2005 - Boogey Frights. Lucy Lawless - From Xena to Horror ET Online Article about Lucy and Locusts! - Xena's Back   February Hollywood Reporter 7 February 2005 Boogeyman Review Hollywood Reporter 4 February 2005 'Boogeyman' Set to Take on Super Bowl OnFilm Magazine - 1 February 2005. Boogeyman Scares Up Record OnFilm Magazine 1 February 2005 issue. The interview with Diana Rowan, celebrated casting director who cast Lucy in her first role in End of the Golden Summer and Xena. Starship Log - February 2005 - Lucy Lawless attends Starship Ball and co-hosts it with Simon Dallow (scan of Lucy with Simon) NZ Woman's Weekly - February 2005 - Lucy Lawless wowed fans at a Xena convention in Los Angeles when she popped out of a birthday cake in an Afro wig and skimpy outfits and peformed a song and dance routine with co-star Renee O'Connor to celebrate the event's 10th birthday. New DVD World - February 2005 - The release of Friend in Need The Director's Cut on Region 2 Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine March 2005 - Issue 89 Calendar - Lucy Lawless on Boogeyman Starburst #321 March 2005 - Boogeyman and Lucy Lawless - The Dirt on Lawless Hollywood Reporter 4 February 2005 'Boogeyman' Set to Take on Super Bowl Entertainment Weekly - 5 February 2005 - 'Man Alive ''Boogeyman'' will scare up the top spot. It's February: time for big opening weekends for horror films Woman's Day - 7 February 2005 - To and 'Fro. Strutting her stuff in a giant Afro wig and skimpy, fringed hotpants, Lucy Lawless was barely recognisable when she jumped out of a giant cake at the 10th Annual Xena Warrior Princess convention at the Burbank Airport Hilton in California. NZ New Idea - 5 February 2005 - Party Princess - Lucy Lawless proved she's stil got the legs to keep men looking when she popped out of a giant birthday cake at a Xena convention. The warrior princess emerged in a skimpy bikini and a black afro wig, closely followed by Renee O"Conner, who played her sidekick Gabrielle on the show. National Catholic Reporter 11 February 2005 Lucy Lawless.(People) New Zealand Herald 8 February 2005 Scarily good for Boogeyman BoxOffice Prophets over the weekend as it went up against the superbowl. Reuters 6 February 2005 'Boogeyman' Big at Super Bowl-Affected Box Office TVNZ.com - 7 February 2005 - Top Box Office Draw Has NZ Connection. A low budget thriller shot in New Zealand has set a new record for a film opening on Super Bowl weekend in the US. Boogeyman, starring Kiwi actress Lucy Lawless and produced by her husband Rob Tapert, bought in an estimated $27.5 million in its opening weekend. Added review of Boogeyman from Filmstew.com Boogeyman - You know what’s really scary? Raving about a horror film to your professional colleagues and then watching its aggregate RottenTomatoes.com rating tumble into the single digits.   Added Lucy mention/excerpt from San Francisco Chronicle - 5 February 2005 Cheap thrills overcome big holes in 'Boogeyman' Lucy "Xena: Warrior Princess" Lawless isn't as distracting as one might think playing Jensen's mother, but most of the other actors in this film are either forgettable or memorably bad. Then again, most people don't go to movies called "Boogeyman" for the acting, or the realism. They go for the Boogeyman. Read review   Added another Lucy mention - for the record Lucy is 37 in March <g> Review from Richmond.com - 4 February 2005 Then there's his mom, who's played by "Xena" star Lucy Lawless. Lawless only makes it five minutes into the movies before dropping dead. And for some reason, even though she couldn't be older than 50 years old, she's made up to look like she's 143. Must be some sort of reverse Botox or something Dominion Newspaper 3 February 2005 Horror Role for Lawless. Kiwi actor Lucy Lawless, who fought monsters from ancient myth in Xena: Warrior Princess, has to deal with the modern kind in a movie that opens in the United States today.   Associated Press - 4 February 2005 - Boogeyman” is one of those horror movies in which everyone would be fine if they just turned on the light.   New Orleans Channel - 4 February 2005 about Ghost House Pictures and there is a brief mention of Boogeyman with a Rob quote about Lucy "Boogeyman" also features a face familiar to Tapert in Lucy Lawless: His wife and of course, star, of "Xena: Warrior Princess." "She had to come in and ham it up -- it was a chance for her to be a monster," Tapert cracked.   Zap2It has an article about Barry Watson and there is a Lucy mention "Xena Warrior Princess" star Lucy Lawless plays Watson's mother, and off camera, he'd do the high-pitched Xena call every morning for her. "She's a blast to work with, she likes to goof off a bit, and then get to business and say 'Let's shoot' like me," Watson says. His best scenes with Lawless, however, ended up on the cutting room floor, but will be on the DVD. Click here to read article   Brief mention of Lucy in the review on Horror.com - 4 February 2005 When Tim’s mother (played by the woefully underused Lucy Lawless) dies, he must go back to the unhallowed halls of his childhood home where dark memories — and a certain boogeyman — await him. Read entire review   Sci Fi Wire 3 February 2005 Boogeyman: To Be Or Not? Rob Tapert, producer of the upcoming horror movie Boogeyman, told SCI FI Wire that his toughest decision was deciding when to show the title creature.   Lucy mention from Boogeyman review on Tahoe Daily Tribune - 4 February 2005 ...And his mother? How can you have a scary movie when your mother is Xena: Warrior Princess? Lucy Lawless (who still looks great) plays his, mom who worries too much what it is dad is reading as bedtime fodder nightly to their son. January Fangoria Magazine - January 2005 Fear The Boogeyman. He's out to prove that a movie about childhood terrors revisted can be scary and he's got Sam Raim backing him up. Playbill Magazine - 10 January 2005 - Faith Prince and Lucy Lawless Sing in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Concert Version The Toronto Star - 30 January 2005 - in Stargazing, two pictures of Lucy from the con. Plucky Lucy Lawless does the funky chicken at the 10th Annversary Xena: Warrior Princess Convention at the Burbank Airport Hilton & Towers   The Post Standard - 30 January 2005 'Boogeyman' Although Sam Raimi is listed as one of the producers, hopes are dim that "Boogeyman" will be a box-office winner. The movie opens nationwide on Friday.  The horror tale casts Barry Watson as a young man who must return to his childhood home to confront the terrifying visions that have haunted him all his life. Stephen Kay directs the chiller from the laptops of writers Eric Kripke, Juliet Snowden and Stiles White.   The Tuscon Citizen 13 January 2005 “Elektra” leads a resurgence of female superheroes, giving women someone to cheer for. Xena Excerpt: Surely, nobody has forgotten Xena and her close pal Gabrielle. Plans are still afoot in L.A. to bring Lucy Lawless and Renee O'Conner to the big screen in the same roles they made famous on television. Every pop culture analyst and movie reviewer (including me) will be eager to see what changes have been wrought in the relationship between these two since the mid-1990s.   The Herald Sun (Australia) has an article about the Australian actress/singer Delta Goodrin who is suffering from Hodgkis Disease. The article is about Barry Watson and how he battled the same disease. Barry is appearing in Boogeyman. The article has a mention of the movie and Lucy. Click here to read the article   The following is from The Dallas Voice Community Newspaper - July 2003 Xena battles The Boogeyman Everyone’s favorite warrior princess may finally be meeting a foe she can’t beat: the boogeyman himself. Xena’s Lucy Lawless has signed on to co-star in The Boogeyman, a thriller currently shooting in her home country of New Zealand. Along with Lawless, 7th Heaven’s Barry Watson stars as a young man returning to his childhood home to try to overcome traumatic, boogeyman-inspired events that took place in his bedroom. Not to be confused with the schlocky ‘80s series of Boogeyman movies, this fright-fest comes from Sam Raimi’s (Spider-Man) new horror production company, Ghost House. Raimi used to executive produce Xena, and he’s also got a horror-picture pedigree — he was responsible for such scary movies as The Evil Dead and Darkman.   The Western Leader (NZ newspaper) - 24 July 2003. Details the work being done on the "Boogeyman" set and the house that will be used.   NZ Sunday News - Monster Role for Xena Star - 20 July 2003 - News about Lucy's role in the new Rob Tapert/Sam Raimi movie "Boogeyman"   Tribune News Service - 16 July 2003  - `Boogeyman' filming in New Zealand.