XenaCast Episode #19

Listen to Episode 19

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Xenaverse News
Xenaverse friend Michelle de la Rosa died last night after a very short battle with cancer. She was 39 years old. There is info at Ausxip.com about the memorial service and the fundraising efforts to help cover her medical costs. She will certainly be missed.

Doug Lefler, director of A Family Affair and Chakram, is directing a movie called The Last Legion. Check out the trailer on Movie Web.

TJ Scott, a favorite Xena director, will be one of the directors of the new sci fi channel series Flash Gordon. The guys at Slice of Sci Fi interview him for show #118.

Creation posted two new videos of Kevin Smith from 2000 convention.

UnderGround Online has posted their top 50 shows of all time and Xena comes in at #45.

Behind the scenes Xena shots from flickr.com.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/onsetcrew/344846896/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/onsetcrew/page4/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/onsetcrew/page5/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/onsetcrew/page6/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/onsetcrew/344837491/

AfterEllen.com has an article about Lucy's performance at the HRC benefit show.

Lucy News
Lucy is going to be performing in the 13th annual Help Is On the Way AIDS benefit concert on Aug. 5 at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, CA.

There is gobs of new stuff on Lucy's official website.

It was announced at Comic Con today that Lucy will be back on BSG as Cylon #3 D'Anna Biers for a three episode arc.

Football Wives is definitely dead.

SyFY Portal, a popular website for science fiction and fantasy news, has posted their nominees for the SyFy Portal awards. Go vote for Lucy!

Here is a link to a recording of the BSG panel at comic con. It's really hard to understand and I honestly couldn't hear much but give it a shot and see how you do.

These are links to various blog postings about Lucy's appearance at Comic Con:
http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=3148497&st=1380
http://roadrunnerdm.livejournal.com/72358.html
http://www.cinemablend.com/television/ComicCon-Lucy-Lawless-Brings-Three-Back-To-Battlestar-Galactica-5533.html
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-18meP.gyfKNcbpuh1O.aQQ--?cq=1&p=239
http://wwk247.blogspot.com/2007/07/three.html

Over at Ausxip, there are links to video clips and pictures from Comic Con and there are several photos at flickr.com.

A really funny youtube video of Lucy at Comic Con.

Lucy's character D'anna Biers is getting an action figure. It'll be coming out January 2008.

Renee News
Over on Renee's site there is a great video where she discusses the DVD release of her movie Diamonds and Guns.

Fanfic Review
The fanfic review this week is That Damned Kiss by Danae.

Video Review
The video review this week, done by Nutty, is of the video award nominees at Xena Online Community. Voting ends August 2nd.

Forum Thread
The forum thread this week is Athena and Bacchus...in cahoots?.

Episode Review
The Dirty Half Dozen - Written by Steven L. Sears. Directed by Rick Jacobson. First aired on October 13, 1997.

The music in my podcast was written and performed by Marilyn Rucker. You can find her and all her wonderfully entertaining music at Marilyn Rucker's Myspace page, at CD Baby, or on ITunes.

One of the greatest Xena websites on the internet is Whoosh. It is a must see for any Xena fan.

The other greatest Xena website is AUSXIP. It has everything a Xena fan might possibly ever want. You must go visit.

Questions, comments, feedback can all be sent to me at XenaCast@gmail.com.