New leathers for Lawless

Lucy Lawless, has been both trawling the back streets of West Hollywood for replacement leather chaps and performing at the Carling Academy in Islington, London. The lesbian icon, just turned 40, talks to Time Out about Russell Crowe, ‘cowboy’ vs. ‘rock ‘n’ roll’, and those chaps. Lawless is also attending a London Xena Convention at the Hilton Metropole Hotel on Edgware Road. What happens at a convention? “We just yak. I never prepare anything – I just go along, answer the fans’ questions, or do a silly little song,” she replies. Lawless is currently filming an Adam Sandler comedy, Bedtime Stories in Los Angeles.