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Talismaniac Joins Witchblade Charity Benefit

By Rob M. Worley     September 06, 2002

The Witchbladecharity auction hosted by the EtebarIANFan Club and The Anthony CistaroPage is into its second week and is now adding a third participant to itsall-star roster.

John Hensley,who plays "Gabriel Bowman" on TNT's Witchblade, hasjoined the online charity auction efforts of fellow Witchblade stars AnthonyCistaro (Kenneth Irons) and Eric Etebari (Ian Nottingham).

Hensley, 25, hasautographed over 30 items to benefit BeaconHouse in the charity auction. His items will appear in Week 2, Week 3 andWeek 4.

Beacon Houseprovides a halfway house/aftercare residential facility for Louisville, KY-areamen and women who have successfully completed primary chemical dependencytreatment. It offers a healing, supportive environment to encourage full growthand recovery.

"I believein the idea of new beginnings for people, and people getting a new opportunityto lead a life that up until that point they hadn't necessarily giventhemselves the chance to live," Hensley said. "That's what BeaconHouse is all about."

Auctionorganizers Jessie Smith of the EtebarIANFan Club, Tamara and Heather Tsang of TheAnthony Cistaro Page, and Tricia Harris of JohnHensley.net,have together gathered over 100 autographed items from the three Witchbladeactors. The massive selection includes original photos, trading cards, comicbooks, clothing, storyboards, and more.

Cistaro'scharity is Habitat for Humanity - Los Angeles. Etebari has selected Hollygrovein Los Angeles as his charity. When a bidder wins an item with one of theactor's signature on it, then a donation will be made to that actor's charity.In cases where more than one signature appears, the donation will be splitequally.

Bidders willneed to register for an online account prior to accessing the auction Web siteat http://pub83.ezboard.com/bwitchbladetheseries.The remaining auction dates are scheduled as follows (all times are based uponthe message board's automatic time stamp):

Week 2:
Start: September 1, 2002 at 1:00 p.m. PDT (4:00 p.m. EDT).
End: September 7, 2002 at 1:00 p.m. PDT (4:00 p.m. EDT).

Week 3:
Start: September 8, 2002, at1:00 p.m. PDT (4:00 p.m. EDT).
End: September 14, 2002, at 1:00 p.m. PDT (4:00 p.m. EDT).

Week 4:
Start: September 15, 2002, at 1:00 p.m. PDT (4:00 p.m. EDT).
End: September 21, 2002, at 1:00 p.m. PDT (4:00 p.m. EDT).

In other Witchblade news, fans arealso reminded to show their support for the canceled show by signing the online petitionat http://www.petitiononline.com/Legion11/petition.html.The online document currently contains the names of over 4600 fans who want TNTto reverse its decision to cancel the show.

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