Dawna Lee Heising of EOE Covers Tara Cardinal’s Japan Rescue Red Carpet Benefit

Benefit to Help Victims of Japan’s Earthquake and Tsunami Was Sponsored by the BleedFest Film Festival, Dark Delicacies and FanGirlTastic.com

Dawna Lee Heising and John Cox of Eye on Entertainment covered Tara Cardinal’s Japan Rescue Benefit -  Celebrity Signings & Red Carpet Photo Ops on Thursday, April 7, 2011 at Dark Delicacies at Dark Delicacies, located at 3512 W. Magnolia, Burbank, CA.  Some of the concerned celebrities who came to support the relief efforts in Japan include:  Lance Henriksen, John Savage, James Duval, Sean Hood, Daniel Knauf, Kevin Tenney, Brett Wagner, Bonnie Aarons, Debra Christofferson, Louis Mandylor, Camden Toy, Leslie Easterbrook, Dai Green, Elissa Dowling, Deedee Bigelow, Allison Kyler, Adam Weisman, Erik Preston, Ken Hall, Josh Eisenstadt, Ace Jordan and more.  Fans were able to come by and contribute to the relief efforts by buying an autographed picture of the celebrities, or being photographed with them on the red carpet by celebrity photographer Kevin Hahn.  To see the EOE video with Elisabeth and Brenda Fies of Bleedfest, please go to:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvsts5J4z-0

Tara Cardinal organized the Japan Rescue charity benefit event.  Cardinal is a world famous scream queen, pro wrestler and sword fighter.  She’s also one of the youngest scream queens in the genre, as well as an established actress in Indy films. She has been voted one of the Top 100 Sexiest Women in TV and Movies (2010) and received a nomination for 2010’s best supporting actress for her role as the mentally retarded ward in Song of the Shattered. She has studied acting with some of the top names in Hollywood, and has produced and starred in numerous films.  Cardinal is also a pro wrestler and sword fighter, and does her own stunts. Her IMDb page is:   http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2286991.

The BleedFest festival occurs the first Sunday afternoon each month. It features shorts and features in and out of competition, works in progress, and student films.  Festival founders and directors Elisabeth Fies and Brenda Fies are a filmmaking duo whose critically acclaimed feature thriller THE COMMUNE was embraced by the genre community in 2009 and 2010.  BleedFest disproves the prevailing myth that there are no female filmmakers making indie genre movies. The award-winning filmmakers are working on I HATE L.A., a bold new feature film of eleven interlocking horror vignettes written and directed by seven lady directors.  For more information, please visit:  http://bleedfest.com/

The event was also sponsored by Dark Delicacies, established In 1995 by Del Howison and Sue Duncan.  Dark Delicacies, located in Burbank, California, remains the only "brick-and-mortar" store in the United States dedicated solely to horror. The store has also published a number of charity anthologies, including The Altruistic Alphabet and Conjuring Dark Delicacies (a horror-themed cookbook).  For more information, please visit:  http://www.darkdel.com/.  FanGirlTastic covers men and women in the horror, science fiction, fantasy, and action film, TV, video game and literature genres. The editor-in-chief is Heidi Martinuzzi and the managing editor is Tristan Sinns.  For more information, please visit:  http://www.fangirltastic.com/

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"Eye on Entertainment", a division of Eye on Excellence™ Productions, is broadcast twice weekly on Time Warner Cable on the West coast and through Cox, Comcast and Verizon on the East coast.  The EOE team covers entertainment and music events, film festivals, red carpets and award shows, and features interviews with successful people in all walks of life, exploring the traits they have in common. Dawna Lee Heising, EOE executive producer and host, is a member of SAG & AFTRA, has earned an MBA and PhD and was Ms. World 2008.   The EOE team includes Linda Maxwell and Chris Leist of Time Warner Cable, producer/editor John Cox, producer Jerry Moore, director Steve Van Wormer, cinematographer/editor Jeremy Yorba, graphic designer Mark Schrimmer, director Steve Van Wormer, music director Richard Myles, guest host Stan Goodrich and talent manager Matt Chassin (matt@mattsmarketing.com).  Please visit www.eyeonentertainment.tv, www.dawnaleeheising.tv and www.youtube.com/eyeonentertainment