TAMARA OBSCURA || SOME CHANGES COMING SOON AND SOME OTHER THINGS

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by tamara braun online
on Oct 30, 2010
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I just wanted to let you know that over the next few weeks, there will be some changes that will be happening for TAMARA OBSCURA. Those things will be in the gallery, plus the main site. What those ‘changes’ will be? I’m going to be getting up a new layout to both the main site and gallery, so that will entail me having to update some major things throughout. What this will mean is for a period of two weeks, I’ll be putting up an hiatus page that will effectively block the site from being viewed, but the gallery will remain up as well as OBSCURE MEDIA for you to look at. The gallery will be undergoing a database update to a newer more secure form. But again, it will be active for you to view. I’m hoping the updating will go smoothly though given my proclivity to screw up….. I’ll be moving the site’s main pages and press section over to the new content throughout these two weeks while I”m working on getting the new layout up. I hope you understand and I do promise, the site will not be down long.

Onto other stuff, there is a Facebook page out there @ TAMARA BRAUN that is claiming to be Tamara. It is not. Tamara does not to my knowledge have a Facebook, Myspace or Twitter account. So please be warned.

This person who has set this page up has taken images from my site to be used on this page without asking me. This person is also using my site as ‘Tamara’s’ official website. This is wrong and I did not give this person permission to do so. I’ve posted to this person to kindly remove any images that bear my watermarking and the profile pic as it is directly cropped from my main header banner. This image is not for copying and reposting. I’ve also asked this person to remove the link to my site as it is not Tamara’s official website.

Okay, that’s it for now. As I said, please be advised of the changes going on. If you have a comment, please don’t forget to use the Shoutmix in the sidebar. I’d love to hear from you.

Yours, Dianne

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TAMARA OBSCURA || GLORIA STUART 1910-2010

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on Sep 28, 2010
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I wanted to make this post here to honour the life that was Gloria Stuart. Gloria passed away today after a battle with Lung Cancer. For GENERAL HOSPITAL fans, we remember Gloria for her cameo as Old Katherine to Tamara’s Young Katherine in the New Year’s Eve 2002-2003 episode of GH where we got to see what became Carly’s club The Cellar was like back in the swingin’ 1920s when it was a speakeasy where booze, crime and romance ruled Port Charles. It was a lovely couple of episodes where GH finally allowed Tamara to show what she could do in terms of acting. I also remember an interview on Entertainment Tonight with Tamara and Gloria, and dammit I wish I had it, but Gloria really had some nice things to say about Tamara and her future. I’ll always love Gloria for what she said. Thanks Gloria for your spirit and for your youthful dedication to your craft. From TAMARA OBSCURA & OBSCURE MEDIA, I want to offer my sincere condolences to Gloria’s family and to her fans. I know we’re all be a bit darker without her light. Sail on Gloria. You will be missed. In Gloria’s honour, I’d like to remind Tamara fans of the work she did on GH. Here’s my special video I put together. Something I called SPEAKEASY OF FATE. Enjoy.

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TAMARA OBSCURA II 10/29/2002 – GENERAL HOSPITAL MEDIA

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on Aug 15, 2010
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Okay, when was the last time one saw a whole day devoted to the return of a non-legacy member of a soap opera? Not! It’s not surprising that with the return of Vanessa Marcil to her much vaunted role of Brenda Barrett (remember the ‘Luminous Brenda’ comment Carly made while stuck in the quicksand?) ABC decided it was going to pre-empt ALL MY CHILDREN and ONE LIFE TO LIVE and give that airtime over to three ‘special’ episodes dedicated to three significant parts of Brenda’s life. For Brenda fans, I’m sure it was a joy to see them. For others of other legacy characters like Lucky played originally by Jonathan Jackson, I’m sure it was a major league pain in the …… Given that other shows have had original actresses/actors return to the parts they created like Andrea Evans, the original Tina Lord on OLTL, this came as a major letdown. However, the one upside to it all is that fans of some of the other characters who have either been reduced to occasional appearances like Monica (Leslie Charleson) or even those who have disappeared altogether like STEPHEN NICHOLS who played the part of the Dark Prince Stefan Cassadine or we, Tamara Braun fans, we were able to see those we loved and lost. So thanks to this, I have one episode of GH from October 2002. Tamara was beautiful as Carly and I truly loved the essence of humility and sensuality she brought to the part. I truly do miss her, though I don’t miss the crap they gave her. Thanks to our friend Hurley for the excellent screencaps and to me for the clip. [ 079 ] SCREENCAPS: 10/29/2002 – GENERAL HOSPITAL [ 001 ] MEDIA CLIP: 10/29/2002 – GENERAL HOSPITAL

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TAMARA OBSCURA || SITE PROBLEMS

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on Aug 06, 2010
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I’ve been made aware of some issues regarding the comments section on the posts. Apparently, you can’t comment. Seems something is amiss, but I’m working on it. I’m not sure what happened and hopefully this won’t be a permanent thing. I’ve also been working on getting a new content management system up. Cutenews is really unreliable and it is no longer supported. As I said, I’m currently working on getting a new layout as well as trying to get the site converted to WordPress. In the meantime until I get things in order, please feel free to use the shoutmix in the sidebar to leave a comment or a fast blast. Again, so sorry for the problems but I’m getting tired of Cutenews. Stay tuned.

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TAMARA OBSCURA II SAVING GRACE SEASON 3 NOW ON DVD

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on Aug 02, 2010
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Season 3 of SAVING GRACE is now available on DVD. Tamara played the part of Renee Ellen, though I haven’t found anything more of her in latter episodes apart from E3X09: That Was No First Kiss and E3X09: Looks Like a Lesbian Attack To Me. I’ve seen the subsequent episodes of SAVING GRACE and found no Tamara in any of them. Sorry I have no other news on this and no screencaps. You can find SAVING GRACE at any place that sells DVDs and online. Also, no news on what Tamara’s been up to of late. All I know is that Debby O’Connor, Tamara’s fan club president, has promised to email both me and Tamara’s fan club mail list with anything new. So for now, we’re still on hold. Sorry I don’t have anything new to report. I’m also working on a new layout. I’ll keep you posted.

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TAMARA OBSCURA || SITE PROBLEMS

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on Jul 20, 2010
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My apologies for the site problems you might have been having here. What was the cause? Quite simply, me….In the endeavour to stop that all dreaded hotlinking from other sites to this one, I wrote some code and put it someplace where the sun don’t shine and it really screwed up the site. I wasn’t aware that it was not only stopping people (you know who you are) from viewing the site, but from displaying any images whatsoever. That dastardly code is now history and she’s back to her old faithful self. Again, my apologies. Yours, DiannePS: Still no news on the Tamara front. I’m still keeping an eye out and when I get news, I’ll be the first to blab it here…..Promise.

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