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CBS’ Pilot ‘Partners’ Tweaks Supporting Roles, Casts Molly Shannon As Guest Star

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday March 13, 2012 @ 6:25pm PDTTags: CBS, Molly Shannon, Partners
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: CBS’ half-hour pilot Partners has reworked and recast some of its supporting characters. The multicamera project, from Will & Grace creators Max Mutchnick and David Kohan, centers on lifelong friends and business partners —architects  Charlie (David Krumholtz), who is straight, and Louis (Michael Urie), who is gay. Co-starring as the duo’s significant others are Sophia Bush as Charlie’s fiancé Ali and Brandon Routh as Louis steady partner. Also originally cast as regulars in the pilot were Elizabeth Regen as Ro-Ro, Charlie and Louis’ colorful assistant, and Brit Lucy Davis as Renata, droll bookkeeper for Charlie’s fiancé Ali, a jewelry boutique owner. After the pilot’s table read, the Ro-Ro role was made guest-starring (with series option) and was recast with Tracy Vilar. The character of Renata has been written out while a new guest-starring role, Cassandra, has been introduced, with Saturday Night Live alumna Molly Shannon tapped to play it.

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Molly Shannon Joins HBO’s ‘Enlightened’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday February 29, 2012 @ 12:20pm PSTTags: Enlightened, HBO, Molly Shannon
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Molly Shannon is reuniting with Mike White, signing on for a recurring role on the upcoming second season of White’s HBO series Enlightened. The single-camera comedy stars Laura Dern as Amy, a self-destructive woman who has a spiritual awakening and decides to live an enlightened life, which creates havoc at home and work. In a role written for her by White, Shannon will play Eileen, the loyal executive assistant to the CEO of Abaddonn. In Amy’s mission to blow the whistle on Abaddonn’s corporate malfeasance, Eileen is unwittingly duped into providing damning information about her boss. Eileen also becomes a romantic interest for Tyler, played by White. This marks the third collaboration between Shannon and White. She previously starred in his movie Year Of The Dog and his Fox series Cracking Up. Read More »

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Miley Cyrus Booked Into ‘Hotel Transylvania’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday November 4, 2011 @ 8:48pm PDTTags: Adam Sandler, Cee Lo Green, David Koechner, Fran Drescher, Miley Cyrus, Molly Shannon, Sony Pictures Animation, Steve Buscemi

Miley Cyrus is sinking her teeth into Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania as the voice of Mavis, the teenage daughter of Dracula, Deadline has confirmed. The father of all vampires, played by Adam Sandler, runs the resort of the title … Read More »

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Molly Shannon At Center Of Disney Feature Pitch Deal

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday November 4, 2011 @ 1:25pm PDTTags: Disney, Molly Shannon
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EXCLUSIVE: Molly Shannon teamed with veteran scribes Rob Muir and Bob Hilgenberg to sell an untitled comedy feature pitch to Disney. They will write the script together for a film that could be a star vehicle for Shannon. It’s based … Read More »

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Molly Shannon To Guest Host ‘The Talk’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday September 2, 2011 @ 12:04pm PDTTags: CBS, Holly Robinson Peete, Julie Chen, Kris Jenner, Leah Remini, Molly Shannon, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, The Talk
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Former latenight star Molly Shannon is heading to daytime. The Saturday Night Live alumna is joining CBS’ daytime talk show The Talk as a guest host for the month of September. When the show’s second season starts … Read More »

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