Renee had a Monster Ark viewing party Saturday night.  We were all supposed to be monsters or monster slayers.  Some of the Xena crew were there and we gathered together for a family photo. 


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 Steve Sears, Renee, Bernie Joyce, Tim Boggs, me, Jason Schmid)

Renee had fun wandering around Comic-Con 08. 
Ran into an old friend, er, monster!

Got in touch with Renee and confirmed that she will be doing the upcoming 2009 online sci-fi series Ark for 60frames.com.  Info about the series can be found on afterellen.com

Lucy supporting Starship Hospital shuttle service.

Therapy on screen and in real life or How I Conquered the Boogeyman and Lost My Head --
an audio interview with Renee O'Connor. 

Renee and Michael just sent me a behind-the-scenes photo from Bitch Slap.  Hope you're sitting down when you click on the photo to see the larger version <G>



Lucy and Renee did bit parts in a movie with a
bunch of their Herc/Xena buddies:

I also did a small role as Mother Superior

  

Here's a peek at what went on during Coffee Talk 6.  I remembered, at a recent convention, that Renee talked about seeing Lucy at the Roxy and how evident it was that the fans loved Lucy and Lucy loved the fans.  On stage, as she was saying this, Renee started to cry.  I asked her why that thought made her so emotional.  Here's her response.

And here's a peek at the girls during Coffee Talk 6.

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Renee called from Bulgaria a couple days ago and, aside from the heat, she's doing great.  Iris is also well.  Renee said that most of the cast was from the U.S. this time as opposed to the last time she worked in Bulgaria on Alien Apocalypse when they used more local actors.  She also found herself working in the same quarry location that  Alien A was filmed.

Note From Renee: 
Hello from Bulgaria.  Yes, I am still here.  I have some great footage from my second week and just as I was about to spend the time to edit it together, my little Iris went into the hospital with an illness.  She is out and everyone is well!  This videoclip is just a little something for now.
Renee

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How many folks remember Kevin Smith at the 2000 Xena Convention Cabaret?  Well, we've just put up two videoclips of Kevin, Danielle Cormack,  JoelTobeck and Tim Omundson from that show with Kevin singing Tom Jones' "She's a Lady" and Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell."  They're over on the Creation TV website.  Kevin couldn't get any hotter,  so make sure you've got a cold compress by your side when you check out these clips.

Here's a clip of Renee from the NJ convention.  She talks about making the choice to wear the "Heart Of Darkness" outfit for her photo ops and the effect the costume had on her boyfriend when she first showed it to him.  Wait till he sees what else is in her closet!  Checkout "Tell Mama" on the Lucy Lawless Fan Club page.

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Renee visited her "Heart Of Darkness" for this weekend's photo ops.  The funniest bit was when she discovered the ties to the top of the costume were braided leather.  She decided they made great whips and many of the fans were treated to a thwap from Renee when they came up to her.  She's such a goof.  I'm in my local Starbucks here on Long Island.  Hope no one is looking over my shoulder at my photo of Renee.  Not sure suburbia is ready for Renee O'Connor in her temptress attire!

KIT 12 UPDATE:  I've been gathering up odds and ends of Xena questions to ask Renee.  Among them:  What was it like to have a Warrior Princess nibbling on your toe?  Life on both sides of the director's chair.  Connecting with a murderer.  Finding your name is now above the title.  Gay/straight fan fiction -- read it or avoid it? It's a long interview, so pull up a chair and settle in for a good read.

There are photos of Renee being added to the Ghost Town imdb site.  Not too many, but she looks great and there's a really funny one.  More to come, Renee says.

Lucy went to the gala re-opening of the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles October 29.  A friend of ours was there and got some photos and a bit of an interview that I've just posted to the Kit 12 website.  She's a StarTrek fan!

I talked with Lucy after she attended the Allure on Location benefit for Clothes Off Our Backs and she was still high from her experiences on Celebrity Duets.  So much so, in fact, that she's dying to get back on stage and make more music.  Seems January feels like a good time to her.  You know January, yes?  That's when we'll be having the 11th Official Xena Convention.  Lots of fans will be in town from all over the world.  Wouldn't it be great to be able to hear Lucy sing that weekend?  Let's hope the gods make it so.  Click here for a video of Lucy talking about her dream of getting back on stage. (wmv version)

Well, that was one heck of a ride Lucy gave us on Celebrity Duets.  I've got videos and backstage pics that will be going online this week.  She had a grand time participating in this show and is thrilled for Alfonso.  Everyone from the show -- cast and contestants -- partied at Jerry's Deli's Bowling Alley.  They had the show playing on the TVs and the crowd was in an uproar when Lucy's "TellMama" piece came up.  And thanks to all for your dialing fingers at home, signs and cheers at the show and the good wishes that came in from all corners of the world.  Lucy will forever be grateful that you kept her on the show all the way to the end.

Lucy and Renee Get Out the Vote!!
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Lucy wowed the audience last night singing"Right Here Waiting" with Richard Marx.  What was so thrilling is that, now that there were only five contestants, the song times are being extended and she got to sing so much of the opening verses of the song by herself.  And when she sang with Richard, they're voices blended splendidly.  It was pure delight.  And speaking of delight -- Lucy's daughter, Daisy, was in the audience cheering her Mom on!  Below is the fitting Lucy had with Alek Adorian for the gown she wore.

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This week she will be paired with either Patti LaBelle, Chaka Kahn, Richard Marx, Sheena Easton or Al Jarreau.  Here's a shot of Lucy with Alfonso and Carly the daybefore Carly was voted off. 
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ANOTHER KIT 11 UPDATE:
Back in August of 1997 Lucy appeared on the Tonight Show with JayLeno.  After the show, she and Rob thought they'd take a casual stroll back to their car.  What they didn't know about was the paparazzi that stake out the back gate of NBC studios.  Check out the video to see what happened.

Just posted footage of Lucy at the Battlestar Galactica party at Comic Con over on the Kit 11 website.

Comic Con -- 7 billion people!  Well, maybe not quite that many, but darn close to it.  Lucy was doing some press backstage and we popped in to get some photos.  Here's a sample of me taking a photo of our photographer, Brian, taking a photo of Lucy.  I'm writing a report, with more piccies, which will be on the kit 11website shortly.  It will also have a video of the Battlestar party Saturday night.

Photo: Sharon Delaney
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Here's the Sci Fi channel Battlestar Galactica
Season Three promo shown on Eureka last night. 
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Speakingof Kit 11, the latest addition to the website is a beat sheet for an unaired Xena episode!  It was called "Shoreline."  Sort of Xena meets Survivor or Lost.  Check it out.  Makes for some fun reading.

XENA 06 CONVENTION DVD:  As you may have heard, we had alot more onstage footage than originally thought.  And I got permission from Lucy to include the Thursday soundcheck of the song she sang at the convention and footage from Renee's photo ops session.  So I wound up making two bonus features.  The total running time for the 2-disc set is almost 3 hours.  

Filmed Coffee Talk 5 for Xena Fan Club Kit 11 today!  It went wonderfully!  Lucy and Renee were in great spirits and they gossiped like mad.

Couldn't resist posting these images of Renee at the Photo Ops.

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Latest Kit 10 upload is now on line.  Lucy came for a visit to our offices to work on a new shirt design.  Thought you'd enjoy being a fly on the wall.