Flickr user Oclaf has a handful of gorgeous photos of Lucy from the Sign On concert.

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News submitted by Adi.

My farewell blog
Submitted by Gareth Hughes on Fri, 29/01/2010 - 09:55

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Much of my early work for the campaign was planning, researching and meeting various people to get their ideas on how we could run the most effective campaign possible. Approaching high-profile New Zealanders to become Sign On ambassadors and the face of the campaign was interesting, exciting, and a little daunting too. I was pleasantly surprised by the level of enthusiasm immediately demonstrated by the budding faces of Sign On, and we ended up with a great, large team of trusted, high profile Kiwis from really diverse backgrounds. Actors, business people, mums, sports stars, a scientist... they all contributed hugely, from writing opinion pieces in newspapers, to dressing up as nurses at climate emergency stalls, to school visits, to meeting climate impact victims, to giving speeches, lobbying politicians, using their voice to speak up in the media and of course appear in a TV ad that brought the urgency of the issue direct into people's homes. They all stuck their necks out. Some even very nearly got them chopped off. Lest we forget John Key's politically dense comments about how Keisha Castle-Hughes should stick to acting.

I was pretty anxious when we officially launched the campaign at Lucy Lawless' house - what reception would we get in the media? Would people get the campaign? Would people actually Sign On? And would we be able to actually get that beautiful, antique and heavy-as-hell boat into Lucy's pool for a photo shoot? It all went well: got the boat in (despite Rhys Darby trying to tip it over) and the reaction from both the public and media was overwhelming.

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A simple, clear message was a mantra of the campaign team. However Lucy Lawless said it best: there is no Planet B.

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If there is one image that for me sums up the campaign, it's the photo of thousands of people marching in Auckland on the Planet A march just days before the start of the Copenhagen talks. It was incredible to see up to 5,000 marching in Auckland and 2000 marching in Wellington making the day the single biggest climate event ever in NZ's history. It's so empowering to be walking shoulder to shoulder with other people calling for a positive solution - C'mon John the climate needs us. The Planet A march was followed by a concert in Myers Park with Opshop, Midnight Youth, Don McGlashan, Lucy Lawless and Band, the Sami Sisters, and the irrepressible Rhys Darby as MC. For me, it truly was a moving experience when everyone got on stage and sang John Lennon's Instant Karma, with reworked lyrics, "...and we all Signed On, like the moon, and the stars and the sun." There was little more we could do to influence the talks in New Zealand, now it was up to the delegates at Copenhagen.

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News submitted by Barbara Davies.

From mnn.com: Our weekly roundup of eco-related celebrity news including the one actor who became a vegetarian to upset his parents.

"I believe there is a catastrophic change coming if we don't do something now," declares eco-advocate Lucy Lawless (pictured right) an ambassador for New Zealand Greenpeace who has an organic garden, recycles, and switched to CFL light bulbs at home. The former Xena: Warrior Princess is now playing Lucretia in Spartacus: Blood and Sand, debuting on Starz Jan. 22. Reminiscent of both 300 for its stylized look, freeze-frame violence and flying blood and HBO's Rome for its explicit sex and nudity, the 13-part series, already renewed for a second season, is co-produced by Lawless' husband Rob Tapert in New Zealand, where the production endeavored to be as green as possible. "No paper cups, no Styrofoam, virtually no heat on the stages," he says.

You can see Lucy in issue 7 from June-July 2009 of Good Magazine and other digital versions of popular publications on Zinio.Com the Digital Magazine website.

Zinio has pages from the Emmy Magazine as well as others. You will need Flash player to properly display the pages. Zinio will allow a limited amount of pages to be "blown up", but you can zoom on those pages to get a crisp view of the contents.

News submitted by Lori Boyles.

Wow. This has been a favorite of mine since I've heard it from Alison Moyet. Lucy does a terrific job, too, naturally. The video itself is not quite there, but the audio is solid.

 

Satin Doll

It's Cold Outside

My baby just cares for me.

Thanks to Barbara Davies for the info.

What we don't do to see our idols! Lucy Lawless (famous for Xena - warrior princess) appeared at a charity swing show, and we pretended to like swing just to see her! To our surprise we had a blast and I was able to sing along to many of the songs (probably attributed to the fact to have grown up with a lot of Frank Sinatra music!)

Source & AUSXIP Talking Xena discussion board link | Thanks to Barbara Davies for the info

[Check the source for a fun photos of Lucy running with Andrew!]

RUNNING? USUALLY actress Lucy Lawless avoids it whenever possible but she's made an exception to help drum up publicity for an attention-seeking friend in need.

Andrew Young, CEO of the Starship Foundation, which raises funds for Auckland's Starship Children's Hospital, will be in New York on November 1 for his first marathon, and he has shamelessly called on famous friends to make sure he raises as much money as possible in the process.

Lawless, who's filming the steamy historical series Spartacus in Auckland, is donating $2000 if Young completes the 42km course. Last week the total promised via Young's sponsorship webpage had topped $18,000, with donors including former Air New Zealand boss Ralph Norris ($2500) and someone called Bronagh who gave $1000. (In the spirit of discretion, Young wouldn't confirm whether this was the PM's wife.) Young says he's also had pledges from charity doyenne Rosie Horton, and from super-rich expat Michael Fay.

Young says that trotting photogenically alongside Lawless whom he befriended when she signed up for a foundation fundraiser 10 years ago and became a board trustee "sure beats running with my evil coach Tim Morrison, who is always yelling at me to `go hard'." Lawless even has an off-course tip for the budding international marathoner: "You've got to scrub your shoes when going through Customs."

Her support doesn't stretch to joining Young on his 5am training sessions. "I developed a hatred for running because the Round the Bays [fun run] was always on my birthday, and we always had to run with my dad's company."

She is "blown away" though by Young's dedication to the foundation. "It's a sharp organisation, run on the smell of an oily rag."

Young's first marathon, apart from another opportunity to raise money for the hospital, is a chance to get to grips with a mid-life crisis. "Turning 40 next year is causing some negative resistance. I've somehow always thought of myself as vaguely in my 20s or early 30s, so I don't know how it's crept up so damn fast. It's galvanised my resolve to push my boundaries."

www.starship.org.nz

Source |  | Thanks to Barbara Davies for the info

Lucy Sign On, Qantas Awards Photos and more... You have to agree to their terms and conditions and then do a search for Lucy Lawless, but it's worth the effort.

<a href="http://talkingxena.yuku.com/topic/17082/t/some-Lucy-pics-including-one-from-the-Qantas-awards-.html">Source & AUSXIP Talking Xena discussion board link</a> | Thanks to Barbara Davies for the info

This is your gentle reminder that 21 September kicks off a week of charitable giving or doing something for the community in honour of Lucy.

21 September is Lucy Lawless Feel the Love Week.

Discuss what you're doing at the AUSXIP Talking Xena Board.

Key labels scientists' climate change demands 'too ambitious'

"We've adopted John Key's famous blue plaster cast as the motif for the Sign On campaign and it's catching on. The lads from Huffer took it upon themselves to produce a special range of t-shirts which they're selling through the Warehouse, our ambassadors are wearing blue casts at public events, they're popping up on Facebook profiles and now, curiously, a number of iconic statues around Wellington are also sporting blue arms."

Learn more about how to make your own cast.

Source | Thanks to Barbara Davies for the info