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The stars of I Love That For You are stepping out for the premiere of their new show!

EXCLUSIVE: Molly Shannon has closed a one-year first-look development deal with HBO Max. Under the pact, the streamer will get first crack at projects from the Saturday Night Live alumna.

, Vanessa Bayer has co-created and is starring in her first original series,, which is loosely inspired by the actress’ own childhood battle with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. On the Showtime comedy, Bayer plays an aspiring home-shopping program host named Joanna Gold, who has overcome her own childhood battle with cancer and is determined to be a top seller like her idol, longtime SVN host Jackie Stilton (Molly Shannon). But when her job at SVN is on the line, she says that her cancer has returned, much to the surprise of her colleagues as well as her own parents, played by Bess Armstrong and Matt Malloy. “This character had childhood leukemia and I had childhood leukemia,” Bayer tells ET, explaining that she always wanted to write something about that time in her life because not only was it a difficult time but it proved to be interesting and darkly funny, especially in the way she was treated.

EXCLUSIVE: Jeff Baena’s Spin Me Round, which made its world premiere at SXSW last month, has seen its North American rights get scooped up by IFC Films and AMC+. The pic will hit theatres and VOD and stream exclusively on AMC+ this summer.

Molly Shannon is opening up about her experience with Gary Coleman.

Speaking out. Molly Shannon accused the late Gary Coleman of sexually harassing her during a meeting when she was younger.

Molly Shannon has alleged she was sexually harassed by "Diff'rent Strokes" actor Gary Coleman years ago. Shannon, 67, recently appeared on "The Howard Stern Show," where she opened up about an encounter with Coleman that took place at the Plaza Hotel in 1987.The incident is also something she details in her new book, "Hello, Molly!" Speaking of the encounter, Shannon said she and Coleman shared the same agent, Mark Randall.The three met for tea at the Plaza and while there, Shannon confirmed Coleman invited her up to his hotel suite. She said she was thinking nothing of it.  "And I was a virgin so I wasn't even thinking about that," Shannon said.

Molly Shannon said she was sexually harassed by late actor Gary Coleman.The 57-year-old actress, appearing Tuesday on The Howard Stern Show, went into detail about her experience with Coleman, who died at 42 in 2010, a story she opened up about in her book Hello, Molly!Shannon said that she had inked a deal with Mark Randall, the same agent who represented Coleman, and went to meet Coleman with her agent for tea in 1987 at the Plaza Hotel, before inviting him to check out the Presidential Suite he was staying in. The latest:Molly Shannon, 57, said she was harassed by late actor Gary Coleman in 1987, in appearance Tuesday on The Howard Stern ShowThe Shaker Heights, Ohio native said that when their agent departed the room, Coleman's behavior turned predatory and 'relentless.'Shannon said that Coleman, who played the role of Arnold Jackson on Diff'rent Strokes from 1978-1986, initially appeared 'very sweet' as he invited her to sit on a bed in the room before he began tickling her.

Zack Sharf Molly Shannon said on a recent episode of “The Howard Stern Show” (via People) that she was sexually harassed by comedian and “Diff’rent Strokes” star Gary Coleman. The “Saturday Night Live” veteran also detailed the alleged incident in her new memoir, “Hello, Molly!” Shannon said she had just signed with Coleman’s manager at the time and got the chance to meet him at his penthouse hotel room.“I think he was like, ‘Sit down [on the bed].’ It was very sweet,” Shannon said. “And then he’s, like, tickling me a little.

Gary Coleman wasn’t always as “cute” as he seemed, according to Molly Shannon.

Molly Shannon is opening up about her unpleasant experience with Gary Coleman.

“Hello Molly!: A Memoir,” and stopped by Howard Stern’s eponymous radio show Tuesday.Shannon collaborated with Houston — who died in 2012 at age 48 — on a “Saturday Night Live” sketch in the ’90s involving the former’s infamous Catholic schoolgirl character, Mary Katherine Gallagher.The “Wet Hot American Summer” actress described to the shock jock, 68, how the sketch involving Houston came to be.“Whitney was so nice. They’re like, she’s not going to be in the sketch. She’s not going to do it,” Shannon said.

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Molly Shannon is looking back at her early days in Hollywood!

Hello Molly,” out Tuesday, how she was visiting Los Angeles in 1987 and had just been signed by Coleman’s agent, Mark Randall. Coleman had just left his sitcom and was still hugely popular.“I was over the moon,” writes Shannon, then an NYU student. “If he signs me, I thought, his clients will be me and Gary Coleman! I’ll have a talent agent who represents Gary Coleman.”In the fall of 1987, when Shannon was back in school, Randall asked if she wanted to meet him and Coleman for tea at the Plaza Hotel.

Here's the latest from the Peach Pit - Kelly Taylor, aka Jennie Garth,is 50.The Beverly Hills 90120 actress marked her landmark birthday with a little help from her friend and former co-star Tori Spelling.Tori shared a picture of the two besties in a 1980s throwback photo on social media of the two pals hamming it up in shiny spandex, headbands and sweatbands. Friends forever: Jennie Garth celebrated her milestone 50th birthday with a little help from her friend Tori Spelling Keep laughing:The former Donna Martin then posted an action pic of Molly Shannon's beloved Saturday Night Live character, Sally O'Malley on Instagram to enhance the birthday saluteThe former Donna Martin then posted an action pic of Molly Shannon's beloved Saturday Night Live character, Sally O'Malley to enhance the birthday salute. 'She can kick..

Molly Shannon’s comedic characters came from grief.

Zach Braff has seen his girlfriend Florence Pugh's acting abilities play out on screen over the years.But after directing her in his upcoming drama A Good Person, Braff's gained a new appreciation for Florence's talent - even going as far as to call her'one of the best actresses working' right now.'Florence Pugh's performance in the movie, I know I'm biased, but it's the most miraculous thing you will ever see,' Braff said of his ladylove in a new interview with Collider. Talking up his lady: Zach Braff is heaping high praise on his girlfriend Florence Pugh's performance in his upcoming drama film A Good Person, calling her 'one of the best actresses working'; the actor, director and screenwriter is pictured in February 2020And for anyone who thinks words like 'miraculous' are tough to live up too, Braff made a point of adding, 'I'm not overselling it.'In the film, Pugh plays the lead role of Allison, a young woman who years after a fatal accident, strikes up an unlikely relationship with herwould-be father-in-law.

It’s been a minute since Vanessa Bayer left the cast of “Saturday Night Live” in 2017, and now she’s returning to television to headline her own half-hour comedy for Showtime.

Hannah Waddingham and Juno Temple are locking lips!

Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania: Transformania has been granted an April 3 theatrical release date in China. Sony last summer licensed the fourth installment in the successful franchise to Amazon worldwide, but retained China rights.