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The Zocalo Today

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What's New Today

Friday, June 14:

VACATION: I will be off on a little vacation starting tomorrow, so updates here at the Z will slow. So if you don't see much going on in the next week, you'll know why. Take care.

RATINGS: Top 10 SF Network Shows: The X-Files 7.5; Smallville 3.5; Charmed 3.3; Buffy 3.2; Enterprise 3.1; Angel 2.8; Roswell 2.0; Touched by an Angel 0.8; Mysterious Ways 0.6, and Twice in a Lifetime 0.5. Source: Nielsen Galaxy Report, 5/13/02 - 5/19/02.

STAR TREK: In the Star Trek environment, your work is never done! Producer Rick Berman told SCI FI Wire that Star Trek Nemesis, the 10th ST feature film, is looking good and is right on schedule for release in December. "The studio [Paramount] is very, very pleased. Actually, the only notes we've gotten from the studio were to put some stuff back in that we'd taken out of the film." Right now they are in the editing phase, where they add the title sequence and special effects as well as the sound.

JURASIK PARK IV: Yes, I know. We just told you yesterday that Steven Spielberg isn't going to do any more sequels -- except Indiana Jones. Well today is a new day and I guess the story idea that has come along is just too good to pass up. Spielberg told Starlog magazine that he's eager to produce a fourth Jurassic Park movie; he will not direct it though. He said, "I would hope that I could get Joe Johnston [who helmed Jurassic Park III] to direct this one, too, but it's up to him. We actually have a wonderful story that I think is the best story since the very first movie. In fact, I wish it were the third story instead of the fourth one. It came late, but it is actually the best story I've heard for a dinosaur movie since the Michael Crichton book."

BOOKPALS: Here is something wonderful you may want to try out. Sean Astin from Lord of the Rings, Tia & Tamera Mowry, Bradley Whitford, Jane Kaczmarek and Amanda Bynes can be seen and heard online starting today (June 13) as they read wonderful children's books for the entire family. The special educational, fun program is being made available to the public by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Foundation and the philanthropic arm of Verizon Communications. The SAG Foundation is the charitable arm of the Screen Actors Guild that has reached the community at large with its nationally recognized BookPALS program for which SAG members lend their talents of book reading to children in schools. Visit the site at www.bookpals.net. This is fun at any age!

STARGATE: Don't forget to watch Part II of REDEMPTION tonight on SCIFI -- at 9pm ET.

INSIDE SCIFI THIS WEEK:

Thursday, June 13:

STEVEN SPIELBERG: Despite having won five Saturn Awards for A.I. Artificial Intelligence, having fans clamor for new ETs or BACK TO THE FUTUREs, Steven Spielberg said at the awards ceremony that there is only one sequel in his future -- Indiana Jones. "There'll never be another Back to the Future. There'll never be another E.T. [the Extra-Terrestrial]. I won't do another Close Encounters [of the Third Kind]." Spielberg said, "The great thing about science fiction is it celebrates the imagination. Science fiction is great for originals. So hopefully I'll be producing a lot of original sci-fi for you to make up for the sequels I'm not making." Amen.

BEASTMASTER: After three years of searching for his family and battling evil at every turn, Beastmaster, the a man who can talk to animals, has ended its run. The series starred Daniel Goddard as Dar, the last male of the legendary Sula tribe. During season two, he was joined by Marjean Holden, who you will remember as Dr. Sarah Chambers from Crusade. She and Jackson Raine (whoi played by Tao). They helped Dar in his battles against mythical monsters, sorcerers and other evildoers. The show was based on the Beastmaster novels by Andre Norton and the films starring Marc Singer, who guest starred during the final season. In the final episode, "A New Dawn," Dar faces his final challenge before finally being reunited with his family.

SATURN AWARDS: While the main focus was giving awards to some of the finest science fiction around, it was also a time for many to drop hints about upcoming projects. Dean Devlin talked about finding a concept they liked for INDEPENDENCE DAY 2; Joss Whedon talked about going to England to shoot some footage with Anthony Stewart Head for the season premiere, Stan Winston talked about the drop-dead effects coming in TERMINATOR 3, Robert Englund talked about JASON VS. FREDDY!

FULL MOON FRIGHT NIGHT: Sci Fi Channel wanted to start a late-night series of B-grade horror movies. OK, there are plenty of those around, now they need a host! They have gone to William Shatner for that task. Thomas Vitale, Sci Fi's senior vice president of program acquisitions and scheduling said, "We're pleased to give William Shatner a weekly opportunity to do one of the things he does best -- ham it up to the delight of audiences everywhere." The 13-film series will kick off at 11 p.m. Saturday, July 20. All the movies in the series will be from the library of Full Moon Pictures -- hence the series title. We'll see such "classics" as "Trancers," "Puppet Master" and "Horrorvision."

DEAD ZONE: The commercials for DEAD ZONE look terrific over at USA Network. For those of you curious about this upcoming series, there's an interview with star Anthony Michael Hall over at http://www.zentertainment.com/article.php?sid=3830&mode=thread&order=0. The series premieres Sunday, June 16 at 10pm/9pm on USA Network.

Wednesday, June 12:
AMAZING SPIDERMAN: Issue #41 is out on stands now. Be sure to pick up your copy soon, before they are all gone.

RATINGS: Top 10 SF Syndicated Series: The X-Files 2.8; Andromeda 2.6; Stargate SG-1 2.6; 3rd Rock 2.1; John Edward 2.1; Buffy 2.0; Mutant X 2.0; Earth: Final Conflict 1.8; Relic Hunter 1.8, and Beastmaster 1.6. Source: Nielsen Galaxy Report, 5/13/02 - 5/19/02.

SATURN AWARDS: A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE walked away with a number of awards, including best SF film at the 26th annual Saturn Awards ceremony in Los Angeles June 10. The film gathered in a total of five Saturn Awards, including best writing, best younger actor, best special effects and best music. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RINGS took home three awards, including best fantasy film, best director and best supporting actor. SCIFI must be happy with the showing of FARSCAPE. They won best syndicated/cable TV series; Ben Browder won best actor. UPN's Buffy the Vampire Slayer took the prize for best network series. Complete details are available at www.scifi.com.

ANGEL: Joss Whedon told SCI FI Wire that Angel's Charisma Carpenter will indeed return for The WB series' fourth season in the fall. He said, "She is coming back. She's a part of the show. She's an essential part of the show. "

WITCHBLADE: WITCHBLADE star Yancy Butler was indeed back on the set of the series on Monday. While on hand at the 28th annual Saturn Awards to accept series star Yancy Butler’s best television actress award, WITCHBLADE’s Anthony Cistaro talked about her return to the show. “Yancy Butler is on the set. She’s shooting as we speak,” Cistaro said. “When I was working with her, she was totally professional. I’m looking forward to going back to work with her on Friday.” Witchblade launches its second season on June 16 with a two-hour premiere, before moving to its regular Monday-night timeslot.

MINORITY REPORT: There is an AWESOME trailer now available at http://www.minorityreport.com/. If you like special effects -- this movie is for you!

LOVE STORIES: Do you have a romantic movie? How do you think it stands up against the best of the best? You can see if your movie even made the list at http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hollywoodreporter/film/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1513435. The American Film Institute's top choice is CASABLANCA, followed by GONE WITH THE WIND. The love-story list was chosen by about 1,800 directors, actors, studio executives, critics and others in Hollywood, who voted from a field of 400 nominated films.

Tuesday, June 11:
BABYLON 5 DVDs: Great news on upcoming DVDs for Babylon 5. See the news from JMS below.

WITCHBLADE: SCIFI has an interview with Yancy Butler, star of Witchblade over at http://www.scifi.com/sfw/advance/10_interview.html. Yancy talks about the upcoming second season and changes ahead for Sarah Pezzini. It looks like the interview was conducted before production stopped as Butler went into alcohol rehab. Production was to restart as Butler was scheduled to return to work yesterday.

LOONEY TUNES! Gremlins' Joe Dante told SCI FI Wire that he is directing the next as-yet-untitled Looney Tunes live- action/animated movie. Dante said, "We're trying to reintroduce them to a multigenerational audience. The idea is to bring the characters back to the archetypes of the late '40s and early '50s, when they were really funny and acerbic and relevant." According to the Hollywood Reporter, Brendan Fraser will star in the film alongside Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and other Termite Terrace contract players in Warner Bros. Pictures' live-action/animated feature "Looney Tunes: Back in Action." The studio has committed to producing a series of Looney Tunes shorts that will run in theaters in tandem with high-profile Warners releases. The Warner Bros. Animation unit is also producing a new "Baby Looney Tunes" series to premiere this fall on Cartoon Network.

BUFFY TOON: Although there had been indications that Sarah Michelle Gellar would lend her voice to the new Buffy animated series, Gellar told SCI FI Wire, "I'm not part of that. It says that I am [on the Internet], but the first I heard of it was last week." No information on who will provide the slayer's voice as this animated project moves forward.

NEIL GAIMAN: The 2001 Bram Stoker Awards were given out June 8 in New York by the Horror Writers Association. Neil Gaiman's American Gods won the prize for best novel. The awards, named for the author of Dracula, honor outstanding work in the horror field. The Slush Factory talks to Neil about writing "American Gods".

X-MEN 2: Kelly Hu will portray Lady Deathstrike in the upcoming X-Men sequel. There are some great photos of Kelly over at http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0206/11/index.htm.

SPIDERMAN 2: According to Variety, David Koepp, who wrote the Spider-Man movie, is busy working up a script for the sequel. Smallville executive producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar originally slated to pen the script, will now work on the script after Koepp drafts his idea. "David had an idea and agreed to take some time off from the other project to write the first draft," Sony's Amy Pascal told Variety. Spider-Man 2 is set for a May 4, 2004 release.

Monday, June 10:
SATURN AWARDS: The Saturn Awards will be given out tonight. It will be interesting to see the winners in some of the categories. Cinescape is covering the event; we'll have the winners when the information is available.

LORD OF THE RINGS: Elijah Woods confirmed rumors last week during the MTV Movie awards that there are re-shoots for LORD OF THE RINGS sequels slated soon back in New Zealand. Said Woods, “They've realized that there are certain things that they are missing.” Missing scenes are for both LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (due in December) and THE RETURN OF THE KING (due December 2003).

RATINGS: Top 10 SciFi Channel Shows: Lake Placid 1.1; Shark Attack 2 0.9; Rattled 0.9; The Stand, Pt. 1 0.9; Crocodile 0.9; Nightscream 0.8; Shark Attack 2 0.8; The Stand, Pt. 2 0.8; Stranded 0.8, and Dying to Live 0.7. Source: Nielsen Galaxy Report, 5/13/02 - 5/19/02.

ODYSSEY 5: There is a new sweepstakes offer over at Showtime.com. You could win a seat to see the next shuttle launch for not only yourself, but for four of your friends! Be sure to drop over and sign up. While it's a plug for their new series, Odyssey 5, someone's got to win! Could be you.

WEEKEND BOXOFFICE: THE SUM OF ALL FEARS hung onto #1 over the weekend, bringing in another $18.7 million in receipts. Warner Bros. Pictures' "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" made a strong showing in the second spot with an estimated $16.4 million. 20th Century Fox's "Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones" moved into the third position with an estimated take of $13.9 million; the film has grossed an estimated $255 million. Buena Vista's "Bad Company" finished in the fourth slot with an estimated $10.5 million. Sony's "Spider-Man" continued to scale boxoffice heights in the fifth spot with an estimated $10 million, down a slim 30% from the previous week -- which is especially impressive considering the film lost 411 theaters. The movie's total to date is a staggering $370.1 million.

NEW CONVENTION LISTED: Ranger Mark sent along information for the Trek Expo 2002 in Tulsa, OK June 21-23. Rick Biggs will be there. For more information, go to http://www.starbase21ok.com.

Sunday, June 9:
FARSCAPE: Friday night was a night of premieres at SCIFI. FARSCAPE began season four and with a two-year renewal, doesn't have the same fears they had when they ended season three! For a rundown of the season opener and a great cast photo, go to www.cinescape.com.

BABYLON 5 DVDs

Here's a note from JMS on the upcoming DVDs for Babylon 5:

I was holding off saying anything until WB or someone else could announce it, but since it's come up here (newsgroup) via the captioning institute...yeah, as noted, it's real.

Season One will be out in a boxed set this Fall, and they're going to be including at minimum two commentaries from me, probably on Signs and Portents and Chrysalis (it's a matter of how much time and energy I can give to it given that there's no fees involved and I'm in the midst of Jeremiah), and if possible, Babylon Squared, maybe Sky Full of Stars. They'd also like to film an on-camera intro by me (but I guess folks will buy it anyway, even with that particular horror included).

They're pulling together a lot of stuff on this release so that there are plenty of extras this time around, now that the value of the DVDs has been shown by the first release..

Reports are now out that the first boxed set will be available in the UK on October 14.

MEMORY LANE

Last night, I was looking through some old photos taken at conventions and during my B5 studio visits. It was great seeing some old friends again and I thought this might be a terrific summer project for everyone to participate in. How about sending in your favorite photo that we can post for everyone to share. If there's a story behind the photo, send that along as well. If you don't have the photo in electronic format to attach to your story, send that to me and I'll scan it for you -- and return your photo for safe keeping. If you have any questions, drop me a line at sgbruckner@aol.com. I'll start pulling together some of my own favorites and hope that others will follow soon. A new page should be up soon.

JEREMIAH ON SHOWTIME - FRIDAY AT 10:45PM

"Moon in Gemini" is the episode of Jeremiah scheduled to air on Friday at Showtime at 10:45 p.m.

Here's how the episode was described:

"A message from Erin's wayward twin sister, Lauren, sends her and Jeremiah on a mission of personal discovery while Kurdy and Elizabeth meet with Shadow of the Crescent, a group of Black separatists."

The episode was written by Sam Egan and directed by Brad Turner.

For more information about this episode and the entire series, be sure to visit www.jeremiah.tv.

For an update on where JMS is going with Jeremiah, visit the Jeremiah Page here at The Zocalo.

For those of you who want to keep up on what is going on with Jeremiah, Ranger Monica has started up a Jeremiah newsletter. Please go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jeremiah-news/ and subscribe. Monica also has a very nice Jeremiah site so don't forget to bookmark that as well.

KEEPING UP WITH CAST AND CREW

MELISSA GILBERT: Melissa has been the SAG president since March and she has had a plate full of issues to deal with. To get an appreciation of what's going on with Melissa and SAG, go to http://www.entertainmentstudios.com/entertain_news/a/20020610/3d048ac4.1a1.178.1/index_is.asp.

MELISSA GILBERT: Melissa hosts "Adoption: Real Families, Real Stories", a Hallmark Channel's first-ever original series. This one-hour, non-scripted reality show, airs Sundays at 8 p.m. (ET), follows two different families per episode as they go through the often challenging, frustrating ut ultimately rewarding adoption process. Melissa says, "I was adopted at birth and made to feel very special because of it. Today, I am the mother and step-mother of four, and I know that there are many ways to make a family."

JEFFREY WILLERTH: When last we heard from the Kosh man, he was busy at work in Detroit on a special chronicling the early days of Henry Ford. Well the project has ended and is now a special PBS show. The documentary is available from NETA, so call your local PBS station and ask them when it will air.

JASON CARTER/RICHARD BIGGS: The Biggs & Carter EXPERIENCES is coming to Origins this year. The conveniton is scheduled to occur over the 4th of July weekend. If you've seen these two guys together, you know having them in the same room is a BLAST. If you're in the neighborhood, you'll not want to miss this! See the convention calendar for details.

UNIQUE CHARITY ITEM

Ten popular science fiction actors have donated their time, images and autographs for an exclusive photograph, the proceeds of which will go to charity. For sale through the actors themselves and at , the limited-edition photo is in color, edged in white and ready to place in an 11X14 frame, and handsigned. Each of the 1,000 limited edition photos comes embossed with a seal of authenticity and numbered. The photograph is now available for a pre-sale price of $100. After Sept 11, 2002, the price will go up to at least $125.00. Among the charities to benefit will be the Penny Lane home for abused children in Los Angeles, and various September 11 funds. The actors hope to raise more than $100,000 through the charity project. The Penny Lane Home is a residential facility for children who have been severely abused, physically, emotionally and sexually. Many have "fallen through the cracks" of the social service outreach programs, and Penny Lane is their last chance at escaping the abuse.

Actors in the photo include: Patricia Tallman, known best for her roles as Lyta Alexander in Babylon 5 and Barbara in Night of the Living Dead (1990) Vaughn Armstrong, who has portrayed more guest star aliens on Star Trek:TNG, DS9 and Voyager than any other actor in Star Trek history. Currently, he holds the recurring role of Admiral Maxwell Forrest on Enterprise, as well as at least eight other Guest Starring roles on board the new Trek series to date. Stephen Austin portrayed many bizarre alien creatures on Babylon 5. His most notable was the lovable Pak'ma'ra Ambassador. David Brooks is an accomplished artist as well as actor. He is best known to the sci fi community as Max Eilerson on the Babylon 5 spin off, Crusade. Jeffrey Willerth portrayed Ambassador Kosh and was Associate Producer of Babylon 5 Robin Atkin Downes, best known for his role of Byron in Babylon 5 Carrie Dobro, Dureena Nafeel in Crusade. Tim Choate was extremely popular on B5 as Zathras (and his brothers, all named Zathras). He also portrayed Pollack on Crusade. Beata Pozniak appeared as Babylon 5's Earth Alliance President Luchenko. Ed Wasser, the evil Mr. Morden on Babylon 5.

As a special promotion, the first 100 orders will receive a special gift: former Star Trek stunt coordinator, Dennis Madalone, has donated 100 copies of his single, "America, We Stand As One," to say thank you to the science fiction fans who purchase the charity photograph. To order the photo online, go to http://www.thegalacticgateway.com, click on shop, and search on the word charity.

SCI FI PUBLICATIONS

Cult Times Special #22: This special issue is devoted to shows that people either LOVE OR HATE! Just look at the selection: Doctor Who and Lexx; Earth: Final Conflict and Andromeda; Star Trek :Voyager and The Prisoner and Mutant X, South Park and Urban Gothic! What a mixture. You'll also find interviews with John Schneider and Annette O'Toole from Smallville; John Billingsley from Enterprise and Dorian Gregory from Charmed.

Starburst #287: Spiderman has been climbing the lader of highest grossing pictures of all time. In this issue, Starburst talks to Stan Lee, creator of Spiderman. This issue also brings you Gigi Edgley and Lani Tupu from Farscape, more on the saga of Star Wars and a look at animated adventures of Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman.

Cult Times 81 Cult Times #81: The end of X-Files has dominated most magazines for the last two months. Cult Times talks with the newest members, Annabeth Gish and Cary Elwes to get their take on the series. Also in this issue, Anthony Stewart Head talks about his time away from Buffy; Will Snow talks about his adventures in "Lost World" and Alexis Denisof provides a little insight into upcoming Angel episodes.

Starburst Special #52: This Summer Movie Special focuses on all the movies available for viewing pleasure this summer. Star Wars gets considerable attention, but you'll also find Spiderman, Men in Black II, Minority Report, Signs, Star Trek Nemesis, Scooby-Doo and others.

TV Zone #151: This issue marks the passing of Roswell. There are two covers -- one with Max; one with Liz. Inside you'll find a full expisode guide, a look at nine years of X-Files, a chat with Eric Johnson from Smallville and much more.

Expose 68 Expose #68: Kirsten Dunst talks about playing Mary Jane on Spiderman; working with Tobey Maguire and James Franco. Also inside you'll find articles about Adam Rodriguez from Roswell, Sabrina's Melissa Joan Hart and Lost World's Rachel Blakely.

TV Zone #150: David Boreanaz and Producer David Greenwalt chat about what lies ahead for "Angel". Also in this issue: Ira Steven Behr talks about Deep Space Nine; Elisabeth Sladen talks about her role on Dr. Who and Brian Krause gives us some insight into his "Leo" on Charmed.

SCI-FI BOOKS ON SALE

Ranger Dave reports that Bruce Boxletner's book is still avaible at www.bookcloseouts.com . The site is awesome, with several titles by William Shater and heaps of SciFi and Fantasy books.

BABYLON 5 BOOK OF QUOTES

Here's a note from JMS regarding an upcoming project:

It had to happen sooner or later...with so many message boards and posts asking "What's your favorite B5 quote?" a book of Babylon 5 quotes was inevitable.

So "But In Purple I'm Stunning: Quotations from Babylon 5" is coming out from an independent publisher later this year. The book will also contain sections dedicated to fan choices for best/favorite quote. Fans of Babylon 5 are invited to send in their favorite quote, and why it's a favorite. The best of these emails will be culled for the book, and along the way this will determine the #1 favorite quote.

In particular, the book will be looking for anecdotes/stories from fans about what a given quote, or what the show, meant to them in particular. There are a lot of people who have found comfort or meaning in the show, or found it helped them get through some of life's problems. (An example I sometimes cite at conventions was the young man dying of aids who asked his sister to put all of G'Kar's speeches about hope and never giving up on tape so he could listen to them at his bedside.)

It needn't be a heavy story, just one that has meaning for the person involved, can be a funny story, whatever. Basically the goal is to find the intersection where the show and its message and its words touched people.

All contributions will be considered free to use by virtue of being submitted for this project.

So if you have such an anecdote/story/message about a favorite quote or the show in general, send it to the following address (rather than replying to this, since I'll just have to forward it on in any event):

b5quotes@yahoo.ca

SCI-FI SCHEDULE

BABYLON 5's Schedule:

13-JUN-02 5:00 PM BABYLON 5 (LBX) VOICES OF AUTHORITY
17-JUN-02 5:00 PM BABYLON 5 (LBX) DUST TO DUST
18-JUN-02 5:00 PM BABYLON 5 (LBX) EXOGENSIS
19-JUN-02 5:00 PM BABYLON 5 (LBX) MESSAGES FROM EARTH
20-JUN-02 5:00 PM BABYLON 5 (LBX) POINT OF NO RETURN

24-JUN-02 5:00 PM BABYLON 5 (LBX) SEVERED DREAMS
25-JUN-02 5:00 PM BABYLON 5 (LBX) CEREMONIES OF LIGHT AND DARK
26-JUN-02 5:00 PM BABYLON 5 (LBX) SIC TRANSIT VIR
27-JUN-02 5:00 PM BABYLON 5 (LBX) A LATE DELIVERY FROM AVALON

01-JUL-02 5:00 PM BABYLON 5 (LBX) SHIP OF TEARS
02-JUL-02 5:00 PM BABYLON 5 (LBX) INTERLUDES AND EXAMINATIONS
03-JUL-02 5:00 PM BABYLON 5 (LBX) WAR WITHOUT END -PT 1

08-JUL-02 5:00 PM BABYLON 5 (LBX) WAR WITHOUT END -PT 2
09-JUL-02 5:00 PM BABYLON 5 (LBX) WALKABOUT
10-JUL-02 5:00 PM BABYLON 5 (LBX) GREY 17 IS MISSING
11-JUL-02 5:00 PM BABYLON 5 (LBX) AND THE ROCK CRIED OUT, NO HIDING PLACE

15-JUL-02 5:00 PM BABYLON 5 (LBX) SHADOW DANCING
16-JUL-02 5:00 PM BABYLON 5 (LBX) Z'HA'DUM
17-JUL-02 5:00 PM BABYLON 5 (LBX) THE HOUR OF THE WOLF
18-JUL-02 5:00 PM BABYLON 5 (LBX) WHATEVER HAPPENED TO MR. GIRIBALDI?

22-JUL-02 5:00 PM BABYLON 5 (LBX) THE SUMMONING
23-JUL-02 5:00 PM BABYLON 5 (LBX) FALLING TOWARDS APOTHEOSIS
24-JUL-02 5:00 PM BABYLON 5 (LBX) THE LONG NIGHT
25-JUL-02 5:00 PM BABYLON 5 (LBX) INTO THE FIRE

29-JUL-02 5:00 PM BABYLON 5 (LBX) EPIPHANIES
30-JUL-02 5:00 PM BABYLON 5 (LBX) THE ILLUSION OF TRUTH
31-JUL-02 5:00 PM BABYLON 5 (LBX) ATONEMENT

BABYLON 5 IN THE UK

Ranger Stephen reports that Babylon 5 has moved to Bravo (Sky Digital channel 124, selected cable companies), where I think they'll be showing it at 8pm.

BABYLON 5/CRUSADE PHOTOSHOP
NEW PHOTOS

You do NOT have to pay the prices asked for over at e-bay! Here are photos of B5 and Crusade cast members at fantastic prices. Check out Photo Shop. Ordering is easy -- and you can't beat the prices! Just let me know which photos you want and I'll check to make sure they are still in stock.

BABYLON 5 TOONS

John Cook has a new cartoon contest going. Try your hand at a punch line.

NEW B5 TOON

Ranger Bill created this toon for his website www.wondertemp.com, but wanted to share it with readers here at the Zocalo. Thanks Bill.

READER DIRECTORY

Sometimes you just can't find the e-mail address for someone you know you have -- it's someone who responded to a discussion topic or you met in one of the chat rooms. You'd like to send a personal note, but .... No address!!!!

We've started a White Pages of Zocalo Readers! It's a handy way of keeping track of people -- and putting together a birthday/greeting card list as well. If you would like to be part of the listing, just send me your name, state, e-mail address and (if you'd like to have it listed) birthday (without year) to sgbruckner@aol.com. Check out the Directory of Readers.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Here are some of our readers who are having birthdays this month:

Name: Sandra Bruckner
E-mail: sgbruckner@aol.com
Birthday: June 2

Name: Melody Pritchard
E-mail: mockinbird_21@yahoo.com
Birthday: June 9

Name: David Shepherdson
E-mail address: dragonrider@clara.co.uk
Birthday: 14th June

Name: Marilyn Strauss
E-mail:
Birthday: June 1

BABYLON 5 REFERENCE PAGES

The Official Babylon 5 Magazine is indexed here as well. With the closure of the magazine in May, you'll want to see which magazines you have -- and which ones you will want to collect. The index may help you make a decision on which ones to choose. The Fan Club has many of the issues at thestation.com , making it very easy to complete your collection.

Universe Today -- the Babylon 5 Fan Club quarterly can also be found here. The index gives you a rundown of what articles were presented, what interviews published.

If you have magazines that have featured Babylon 5 or Crusade that are not listed, send along their issue number and a note to indicate what the article was about. It would be nice to have a fairly comprehensive listing of Babylon 5 publications here.

I have added a listing of all the Babylon 5 novels and now the B5 comic books to the reference page. If there are other items that you feel should be included, let me know.

MAILING LISTS

REDEMPTION: Ranger Steve reports that a new discussion group has been created for the upcoming REDEMPTION convention. Redemption 03, 21-23 February 2003, Ashford, Kent, Celebrating 25 years of Blake's 7 and 10 years of Babylon 5. www.smof.com/redemption.

NW-B5

NW-B5 is a mailing list devoted to bringing critical information to the Vancouver Island, Lower Mainland, and Northern Washington areas. More specifically, anyone north of Seattle. B5 is broadcast on SPACE:TIS in Canada, and Sci-Fi channel in the US. By subscribing to nw-b5, you'll be able to know info bringing you up to date on the current scheduling and events happening in the community related to B5. You'll also be subscribed to the list itself, which means that you'll receive email when there is a scheduling change or critical information needs to go out to you (for example, if we need to start another mailing campaign).

For further information, see http://www.nw-b5.com
John Francis
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mailto:nw-b5@iname.com

Reports of "The Gathering" are beginning to turn up on the list. John posted a mini-report, with photos, over at http://www.geocities.com/jnf.geo/nw-b5/gathered.htm#0501. You may want to check it out. It was a terrific event in which JMS showed clips from "Legend of the Rangers". Most of the cast was in attendance -- a great group of individuals.

BABYLON 5 DISCUSSION LIST

The Babylon 5 discussion mailing list is for any and all discussions and/or news pertaining to or related to Babylon 5 and/or Crusade. The list has been in existence for the past three years now, and has recently moved. The new location is http://lists.apparition.org/cgi-bin/lyris.pl, and you can subscribe by sending a blank e-mail message to join-babylon_5-l@lists.apparition.org.

THE GALACTIC GATEWAY

Here's a unique site for you! Jeffrey Willerth, Patricia Tallman, Mira Furlan, Claudia Christian, Robin Atkin Downes, Rick Biggs, Jerry Doyle, Bruce Boxleitner, Melissa Gilbert, Peter Jurasik, Bill Mumy and Carrie Dobro are under it's umbrella. Actors from other shows have joined the Gateway. Ted Raimi and Robert Trebor from Xena and Hercules are now at GG. To subscribe to a mailing list for GG, send a blank note to thegalacticgateway-subscribe@egroups.com.

GATEWAY CHATTERS

There is never enough time to keep in touch with friends! To help out, a mailing list has been started for chatters over at the Galactic Gateway. If you are interested in joining, send a blank note to gateway-chatter-subscribe@egroups.com.

GATEWAY TRADER

Are you looking for a particular Babylon 5 collectible? Do you have some items you'd like to trade? Then this is the list for you. To join, send a blank note to gateway-trader-subscribe@egroups.com.

CALLING ALL ARTISTS

The Art Gallery at The Zocalo Today is open. There are SO MANY talented people in our Babylon 5 community. We have enjoyed works by Todd Brugman and Tye Bourdony on our toons page, but there are a host of others who enjoy drawing, painting, sketching their favorite characters. Here are a few works that have been received. I have some others that will be added soon.

If you would like to share your work with us at The Zocalo Today, please send along a digital photo of your work and I'll begin putting the gallery together. If you do not have your work in digital format, drop me a note and we'll see what we can work out.

CALLING ALL CLUBS

There are a number of fabulous Babylon 5/Crusade Clubs around the world. I'd like to begin listing them here on The Zocalo Today. Eric dropped me a note the other day providing information about a Club in France. I know there are other clubs in Brazil, Germany, Russia -- and who knows how many here in the US. Let's get a listing together. Perhaps we can share resources, even get together as we travel around. Drop the information about your Club to me at sgbruckner@aol.com or bruckner@isnnews.net. That information will be added to the new B5 Fan Club Listing.

BABYLON 5 FAN CLUB

Netter Digital filed for bankruptcy in July of 2000 and all their worldly posessions were auctioned off on December 7. The B5 Fan Club site, Thestation.com and it's store, the Emporium, has been closed.

BABYLON 5 NEWSLETTERS

If you have a newsletter you'd like to have listed at The Zocalo Today, send the information along. It will be posted on the B5 Fan Club/Newsletter page.

Ranger Shane in North Carolina sent in the following note about their "Jumpgate" newsletter.

Hey Sandy! Just wanted to give you an update on the NC B5 group's newsletter, Jumpgate. There's now a dedicated EMail address for submissions - jumpgatemag@bellsouth.net - and any submissions, solicited or un-, can be sent to this address. Also, issues are available for free download at the URL at the bottom of this message.

Jumpgate - The Newsletter of the North Carolina Babylon 5 Fan Club
Shane Killian, Editor

HELP WANTED

A new HELP WANTED section has been added to the Z. If you need help finding a comic book, getting a special item, etc. here's the place to post a note. Just send whatever help you need to thezocalo@aol.com.

BABYLON 5/CRUSADE CONVENTIONS

CONVENTION CALENDAR

Slanted Fedora, Chicago Area
June 21-23, 2002
Place: Radisson Hotel O'Hare
Rosemont, IL
B5 Guest: Stephen Austin
For more information, visit their website at http://www.sfedora.com.

Origins
July 4-7, 2002
Place: Greater Columbus Convention Center
Columbus, Ohio
B5 Guest: Carrie Dobro, Bill Blair, Rick Biggs, Jason Carter
For more information, visit their website at http://www.originsgames.com.

Toronto Trek
July 5-7, 2002
Place: Regal Constellation Hotel
Toronto, CA
B5 Guest: Peter Woodward
For more information, visit their website at http://www.tcon.icomm.ca/tt16.

Shore Leave 24
July 12-14, 2002
Place: Hunt Valley Marriott Inn (410) 785-7000
Baltimore, MD
B5 Guest: Richard Biggs, Jason Carter, Julie Caitlin Brown
For more information, visit their website at http://www.shore-leave.com.

New Worlds Con
July 13-14, 2002, Leipzig, Germany
Place: Treff Hotel Leipzig
B5 Guest: Ed Wasser
For more information, visit their website at http://www.newworldscon.de.

Vulkon Tampa
July 19-21, 2002
Place: Tampa Airport Hilton Westshore
Tampa, FL
B5 Guest: Julie Caitlin Brown
For more information, visit their website at http://www.vulkon.com.

Be sure to visit our Convention Calendar for a full listing of upcoming conventions featuring Babylon 5, Crusade and Legend of the Rangers cast members as guests.

ZOCALO TRADING POST

Do you have extra copies of B5, Amazing Spiderman, Midnight Nation or Rising Stars comics you'd like to trade? How about those extra trading cards or B5 magazines? There are a lot of fans looking for these items -- and the Trading Post can help you buy or sell them. To see what's available, just use this link to the Trading Post. To have items included in The Trading Post, send a note to The Zocalo. Please put Trading Post in the subject line.

Pen Pals

If you are looking for someone to talk about Babylon 5 and Crusade with, the Pen Pal section is for you! Check it out! Drop a note to someone who is feeling B5 withdrawal -- BIG TIME!

People thought a Pen Pal page was a good idea. If you would like to meet people who you could chat with or share your opinions of the show with, send along your e-mail or snail-mail address The Zocalo. It will be incorporated on the new Pen Page Page.

BABYLON 5 BIRTHDAYS

Jeffrey Willerth - June 5
Donovan Brown (Optic Nerve) - June 6
Ann Bruice Aling - June 8
Mark Walters - June 10
Susan Norkin (Post) - June 10
Adrienne Barbeau (Amanda Carter) - June 11
Mike Vejar - June 25

Have I missed anyone? If you know the birthday of someone connected with Babylon 5, pass the information along. We want to include everyone in our Happy Birthday Wishes.

MAIL FOR CAST AND CREW

Here's a recent note from JMS on the subject:

Just an FYI to those who've been using the Ventura Blvd. mail drop for fan mail to actors....

As mentioned before, we're phasing out the forwarding of fan mail because we a) don't have the resources, complicated by b) the actors have scattered to the four winds, and it makes it very difficult to get everything to everybody in a timely fashion.

So, having provided prior notice...fan mail to actors coming to the Ventura Blvd. mail drop will be sent back. Mail to actors should be sent via their official fan clubs. I will still be taking mail there, since it's my mailbox, but that's it.

Just so's y'all know and save a few bucks on postage and returns.

JMS' mail can be sent to:

14431 Ventura Boulevard, PMB 260
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423

WARNER BROS:

Warner Bros. Address:

Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution
4000 Warner Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91522

Warner Home Video:

Mr. Douglas Wadleigh
VP for Marketing and Special Features
Warner Bros.
4000 Warner Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91522

SCIFI:
Bonnie Hammer, President
Sci-Fi Channel
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY. 10020-1513

Mr. Thomas Vitale
Senior VP of Acquisitions, Scheduling & Program-Planning

BACK ISSUES OF THE ZOCALO TODAY

The front page of the The Zocalo Today changes daily, so be sure to check the back issues to make sure that you haven't missed anything IMPORTANT! I don't want the front page getting too long so I shift information periodically into the archives. So if you aren't a regular visitor to The Zocalo Today, be sure to check out the back issues. Just use the button above!

Take care and I look forward to hearing from you.
Sandra Bruckner (sgbruckner@aol.com)
Editor/Publisher
The Zocalo Today
http://www.isnnews.net
Copyright - SBruckner, 2002