NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
Please note that most articles are linked up from The AUSXIP Xena Site, which is the "parent" of this page. So don't be alarmed by the change of scenery.
2005
The Park Record - 28 January 2005 - Single mom faces deployment. Short film examines the human cost of war
Mercury News - 24 January 2005 "One Weekend a Month" shows Meg (played by Renee O'Connor of "Xena: Warrior Princess") making a series of increasingly desperate phone calls to try to find someone to take care of her children while she's at war. With increasingly long National Guard deployments in Iraq, this under-documented problem has become a looming crisis in the military's ranks. Escobar's film powerfully illuminates the problem.
The Park Record - 29 January 2005: 2005 Sundance Film Festival Winners The Shorts Jury awarded Honorable Mentions in Short Filmmaking to ONE WEEKEND A MONTH; RYAN (Canada), SMALL TOWN SECRETS,TAMA TU (New Zealand) and VICTORIA PARA CHINO.
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.
2004
2000
New York Times 22 February 2000 interview with Renee O'Connor San Antonia Express-News 10 January 2000 Interview with Renee O'Connor Quad City Times Interview with ROC and Lucy - 12 March 2000
1999
The Sunday Telegraph - coverage of Lucy and Renee at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras! - 28 February 1999 Sunday News - March 1999 - Renee goes to Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras amid Hindu protests over The Way Xena Swaps Sword for Chic - The Daily Telegraph - Feb 1999 (Mardi Gras with Lucy & Renee)
1998
The Evening Post (NZ) - A Princess's Best Friend - 18 May 1998 Minneapolis Star Tribune - Xena's friend Gabrielle surprises Renee O'Connor - 11 April 1998 The Press (New Zealand) - Sidekick Transformed 2 October 1998 New Zealand Herald - 18 June 1998 - Warrior princess Xena¹s sidekick Gabrielle talks to Frances Grant about life beyond the forest. Going Kiwi - Article on Renee O'Connor from Newsday - 25 July
1998
1997
AP Newswire 12-10-97 - Xena Sidekick Has Fans of Her Own (Renee O'Connor)