AnnaLynne McCord
In 2008, she was the eighteenth actress to be cast in The CW series "90210", portraying antiheroine Naomi Clark. Initially, the part of Clark was conceived as a supporting role. However, by the end of the first season, media outlets had begun referring to McCord as the series' lead. For the role of Naomi Clark, she was nominated for a Teen Choice Award and received the "Hollywood Life" Young Hollywood Superstar of Tomorrow award in 2009. In 2010, she won a Breakthrough of the Year Award in the category of "Breakthrough Standout Performance".
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Played by Hal Ozsan during seasons two and three, Douglas Atherton, joined the cast as the new faculty adviser for The Blaze, under the alias of Miles Cannon. Naomi falsely accuses him of sexual harassment after he fires her from the newspaper, but tells the truth eventually. However, in the season finale, he rapes Naomi telling her, "Who's going to believe you? You're the girl who cried wolf." He then hints that the next girl he is going for is Silver. He steals her scarf and constantly looks upon her as more than a pupil. Cannon thinks his stature as a teacher will protect him and that he will easily defeat Naomi's efforts to seek justice, even goading her by saying her trust fund will soon be his, but it is Cannon, however, who engineers his own defeat. Following Naomi's involvement of the police, Cannon is suspended and is walking out to his car with a box containing his personal effects, inside which is a sports drink bottle with a Chelsea F.C. logo on it which falls out. The bottle is intercepted by Oscar, who has an ability to identify an English accent to a certain area of the island. Oscar spots Cannon's accent as being from Dagenham. Cannon is quick to silence Oscar but Oscar insists Cannon is from Dagenham. Later in the day, Oscar meets with Naomi to ask her out for a date a second time, earlier that day, Naomi rebuffed Oscar telling him his accent is a turn-off, Oscar senses Naomi is under stress and offers to help. Together they work to uncover Cannon's history. They go on the internet and try to learn about his life in England, but turn up nothing. Oscar asks what the reason for the search is and Naomi has Oscar punch in the words teacher, sex offender, Dagenham. The search now turns up news stories of a teacher wanted in England for sex crimes. The photo Naomi pulls up shows Cannon but under it is the name Douglas Atherton. Oscar and Naomi now know what they need to and go to the police with the new evidence. The police in conjunction with English authorities confirm with Oscar and Naomi their findings. Later the police arrive at Atherton's home to arrest and serve him with extradition, but inform Naomi that Atherton fled. Oscar says the worst is now over, but Naomi is not so certain fearing Atherton may strike again. He returns several episodes later, hiding in Naomi's hotel room. He then keeps Naomi hostage along with Silver too. He demands them to prove his innocence on a video tape and later demands money. However, just before heading to the Bank, Naomi and Silver hit him and he falls unconscious. Naomi then hold his knife up against his throat, but after Silver discouraging her, she drops the knife and lets the police arrest him.