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Late Night Highlights: Craig Ferguson Works on Labor Day, Advises Viewers on S&M Fashion

Maybe it’s because he is an immigrant and didn’t know any better — maybe it’s because he is just dedicated — but Craig Ferguson was the lone late night host to show up to work on Labor Day. See how he and his robot sidekick Geoff entertained viewers (with puppets, yesterday’s TV stars and bondage fashion advice aplenty!) below.

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Late Night Highlights: Craig Ferguson Works on Labor Day, Advises Viewers on S&M Fashion

Jenny Slate Is Lowered onto the SNL Chopping Block

Casting changes are apparently not yet complete for Saturday Night Live ‘s 36th season, alleges Deadline this morning. The cast member whose fate hangs in the balance is reportedly Jenny Slate, the Brooklyn comedian who was responsible for her Hoda Kotb impression, original Tina-Tina Cheneuse sketches and accidental use of an expletive during her first season. Second-generation cast member Abby Elliott is supposedly being asked to return for another season after her fate hung in “serious jeopardy.” [ Deadline ]

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Jenny Slate Is Lowered onto the SNL Chopping Block

Postcard from Venice: Vincent Gallo Keeps His Promises, François Ozon Scores With Stars

It’s a chilly, overcast day in Venice, and as I walk along the Lido down Lungomare Guglielmo Marconi, peering over the tall hedges that separate the street from the sea, the water looks gray and foreboding. What a pretentious-sounding sentence that is! But then, I’ve just come from seeing artiste Vincent Gallo’s Promises Written in Water, one of two pictures Gallo is presenting at the festival. The other is a short ( The Agent ), and Gallo also appears as an actor in another film in competition, Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski’s Essential Killing.

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Postcard from Venice: Vincent Gallo Keeps His Promises, François Ozon Scores With Stars