LYDIA CORNELL Has A New Lease On Life, A Soviet Novel And A Zany, Poignant New Comedy Entitled VENUS CONSPIRACY"

Accomplished writer, comedienne and actress, Lydia Cornell, has teamed up with her former co-star, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, from the hit show Too Close For Comfort," for the soon-to-be-produced film/ television series she wrote called Venus Conspiracy." Ironically, both actresses portray sisters in Venus" as they did some twenty years prior. This zany, poignant comedy-thriller in the vein of Sex In The City" or Curb Your Enthusiasm" clearly sends a message to all women, Women have never achieved as much as men because they spend too much time putting on makeup."

(PRWEB) August 7, 2003 -- Accomplished writer, comedienne and actress, Lydia Cornell, has teamed up with her former co-star, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, from the hit show Too Close For Comfort," for the soon-to-be-produced film/ television series she wrote called Venus Conspiracy." Lydia won the People's Choice Award for her role as "Sara" - Ted Knight's daughter and Audrey Meadows granddaughter - in the ABC series that has been in worldwide syndication for years. Ironically, both actresses portray sisters in Venus" as they did some twenty years prior.

Working with Deborah again was the most fun I've had in years," explains Lydia, We laughed until we cried." This zany, poignant comedy-thriller in the vein of Sex In The City" or Curb Your Enthusiasm" clearly sends a message to all women, Women have never achieved as much as men because they spend too much time putting on makeup!"

This 27-minute film/pilot is being previewed in Los Angeles on August 14th to entice studios and television production companies into adding Venus Conspiracy" to their production schedule. And incredibly, Lydia has developed 40 episodes from Venus" as a potential comedy series about a woman on a spiritual path but screwing it up at every turn like Larry David. I know that spirituality is the answer to everything, but if I find God, will I still have a good sex life? Not that I have one now," says Lexy Croft, Lydias lead character.

In addition to being an accomplished screenwriter, Lydia also wrote a novel, The Sylvia Plan, an international thriller based on the true story of one of Stalins most complex assassins: the man who killed Trotsky, OMIT: it was published by Simon & Schuster in 2002. It takes place in Paris, Barcelona and Mexico and is a reverse Mata Hari tale with an Oedipal twist - focusing on the assassin, his mother and the innocent woman he seduces. Mercader was a chameleon who could change identities at will. In Cuba, he trained Lee Harvey Oswald in spy tactics and guerrilla warfare. Lydia also went to Beirut, Lebanon during the war and US Magazine published her Beirut Diary".

This dynamic lady does a form of stand-up comedy based on tragic experiences in her dating life. Her most recent one-woman show in LA, Relationshop," played to sold-out audiences. She also recently received a Best Actress nomination at the Method Fest. Now, married and with two children, Lydia describes her Hollywood experience as a crash-and-burn, then a catastrophic" spiritual awakening. It was almost supernatural," says Lydia, as if I had a brain transplant, every cell in my body was renewed -- and I now have tangible evidence of a force beyond anything in the material world.

"I now realize that none of us in life escape tragedy -- we all have something to overcome -- but I believe that the purpose of suffering is to bring us closer to our spirit. Getting rid of the ego is a big part of it, and in Hollywood -- which is run by massive egos -- this is not easy; we reflect each other. Alcohol & drugs are just a cover for extreme insecurity."    

Lydia also had a lot of experiences being rejected as an actress and worrying about body image and weight. I actually let fear get the better of me, and a lot of it was in my head -- but I almost fainted at an audition once. It seems that Hollywood likes to paint women into a corner. They have no idea what real women go through." Through the Venus Conspiracy," Lydia is hoping to raise awareness among young women and girls -- that the beauty industry exploits women and deliberately makes them obsolete when they reach 30 years old.

I actually know nine year-old girls who are on diets," says Lydia. There really may be a plot -- a very sexist plot. It is a possibility that we are all being brainwashed, that not everyone has to look like Britney Spears-that it may well be a capitalist plot to make money off our insecurities and to keep women down. As one of her characters in Venus" states, All human suffering is caused by Victorias Secret!"