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Today's news: Kate O'Mara, Green Goblin, Scarlett Johansson, Once Upon A Time In Wonderland and more
Today's news: Kate O'Mara, Green Goblin, Scarlett Johansson, Once Upon A Time In Wonderland and more
• Kate O'Mara, the actress who played The Rani in Doctor Who , has died aged 74 . "A shining star has gone out," said her agent . She had a number of roles in cult TV shows over the years including The Avengers and The Saint . Our sympathies are with her family, friends and fans.
• And sadly artist David A Rampier, the man who drew the iconic illustrations in early Dungeons & Dragons books, including the cover of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons , has died aged 59 .
• Once Upon A Time In Wonderland has been cancelled. The spin-off from AMC's Once Upon A Time will not be coming back next season. According to Entertainment Weekly , the show struggled throughout its run at 8pm on Thursday nights. Once Upon A Time itself, a Sunday night flagship series, is expected to continue. ( Story via io9 .)
• If for some reason you don't already think there's been way too many The Amazing Spider-Man 2 trailers and features, here's one released over the weekend that features the Green Goblin cackling (at about one minute and 10 seconds in).
• Here's the first picture of Scarlett Johansson as a young woman who gets "hyperpowered ass-kicking abilities" thanks to experimental drugs in Luc Besson's Lucy , expected on 8 August.
• Darren Shan! Zombies! Writing competition !
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