The Celebrity Jury

Adrienne Wilkinson

Adrienne Wilkinson first gained notice as Xena’s daughter Livia/Eve, the sometimes warrior, sometimes saint, Empress of Rome from the hit series “Xena: Warrior Princess,” the most widely watched show in the world at the the time. She has made many notable television appearances including popular guest starring roles on "About A Boy", Partners,  “Charmed,” “Days of Our Lives,” “ER,” and “Angel,” as well as series regular roles on “Venice”, "Pretty",  "Club 5150", "Goodnight Burbank", and "As If". Adrienne is currently working on  "Star Trek Renegades," a reboot of the franchise, playing Captain Lexxa Singh, descendent of Khan.  She has made appearances in fan favorite films including “Raze”, “Alpha Force”, “The American Failure”, "Burning Dog" and “Reflections,” for which she won several awards. 
 
She has voiced more than 50 lead characters in top animation projects and high profile video games including Daughter, the personification of the 'light side' of the Force in “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” and as the voice, and physical model, for Maris Brood, the female Jedi turned Sith in the “Star Wars: The Force Unleashed” franchise. She has also produced several independent projects. Her diverse career has spanned multiple genre’s in projects that range from mainstream to cult classics with loyal fans in nearly every age group.   Adrienne is also known for her charity work, which includes a focus on literacy programs, animal welfare and children.  www.AdrienneWilkinson.com
 
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Patricia Tallman

Patricia is perhaps best known for her work in the 1990 cult classic “Night of The Living Dead” as Barbara, the beleaguered heroine. Some may argue she is best known for her role as Lyta Alexander in the Hugo Award winning series, Babylon 5. Either way, she has been swept into a career that features horror and Science Fiction projects. She is less recognizable, but no less memorable, as the Horror Hag in Evil Dead III, Army of Darkness. Pat was featured in the Los Angeles Sci Fest of Plays 2014, and recently, Criminal Minds.
Fans make a game of spotting her in the over 50 appearances in the Star Trek franchises: ST:TNG, DS9 and Voyager as well as the feature film “Generations”. Zombie fans will enjoy “Dead Air”, and sci fi fans may enjoy Pat’s book “Pleasure Thresholds, Patricia Tallman’s Babylon 5 Memoirs” , currently awaiting it’s second printing!

Pat's other projects include starring in the sci-fi audio thriller series “Anne Manx”, playing the evil badass, Lt. Jean Richmond.

Her favorite role is that of mother to her son, Julian.

Equally important to Patricia is her fund-raising activities for the children of Penny Lane. Through her efforts within the Science Fiction & horror community, Pat and her fans have contributed more than $350,000 to Penny Lane over the past several years. Since 1996, Pat, her friends, family and fans have made a holiday happen for the Penny Lane kids through the Be A Santa program. You can go to www.beasanta.org to join in the fun!

Fans can connect with Pat on her blog www.PatriciaTallman.com, her Facebook/PatriciaTallmanPage , @PatriciaTallman.rocks on Instagram, or on Twitter @patriciatallman. ​

                    ​STEVEN L. SEARS Screenwriter/Producer/Author What do THE A-TEAM and XENA-WARRIOR PRINCESS have in common?

Writer/Producer/Author Steven L. Sears. Steven L. Sears has worked as a Writer, Story Editor, Producer and Creator in Television, Film, digital media and animation.

His lengthy career has encompassed over fifteen separate Television series, and development deals with a number of the major studios in the industry, including Columbia Studios, Sony/Tristar Television, Rhysher Entertainment, Artists Inc., Cookie Jar Entertainment, Digital Pictures and many others. Steven’s initial foray into professional

Television writing came with his hiring as a staff writer on the Stephen J. Cannell Productions hit TV series RIPTIDE, for the NBC Television Network. He followed that up by adding his talents to the writing staff of one of the more popular genre series of its time, THE A-TEAM, also for NBC.

From there, he continued his career by writing and working on such popular series as HARDCASTLE & McCORMICK, JJ STARBUCK, STINGRAY, WALKER-TEXAS RANGER, HIGHWAYMAN, ROBIN’S HOODS, HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE, FATHER DOWLING MYSTERIES, HARDBALL, GRAND SLAM, JESSE HAWKES, SUPERBOY, S.H.E. SPIES and many other Television favorites. His animation experience includes ITSY BITSY SPIDER, TRANSFORMERS: RESCUE BOTS and working with the legendary animation Director Don Bluth as writer on the short feature THE GIFT OF THE HOOPOE.

More that just a writer, Steven also moved up through production as a Story Editor and Producer to Creator of Television series. After Producing SWAMP THING for USA network and RAVEN for CBS, he soon moved to a series that has made its mark in Television and pop culture history, as Co-Executive Producer of the wildly popular series XENA – WARRIOR PRINCESS.

He followed that up by co-creating the latest incarnation of the legendary comic book heroine SHEENA for Sony/TriStar Television, which ran for two seasons. Still involved in Television and Film development, he has recently branched out into the literary world.

​He is the author of THE NON-USER-FRIENDLY GUIDE FOR ASPIRING TV WRITERS. Based on over thirty years of experience, it’s a direct and honest look at working in Television for anyone choosing to make TV Writing a career. His partnership with popular sci-fi author Kevin J. Anderson (DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES; CLOCKWORK ANGELS; DAN SHAMBLE, ZOMBIE P.I.) has resulted in the gritty futuristic sci-fi graphic novel STALAG-X. A psychological drama set in a concentration camp of a futuristic interstellar war, STALAG-X is published by The Vault publishing and is being developed for film/TV by Shoreline Entertainment. Partnering with Peter J. Wacks (SECOND PARADIGM; BLOODLETTING) he cocreated the upcoming epic book and graphic novel series VILL’ANNIE. A popular figure at genre sci-fi/pop culture conventions, Steven has an eclectic fan base as a result of his many series and accomplishments, and is a frequent guest speaker at colleges and universities.