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People: Tracy Morgan’s comeback also a homecoming

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From Wire Reports

Tracy Morgan is coming home to “Saturday Night Live” as guest host on Oct. 17.

His appearance also promises to be a coming-out party for the former “SNL” cast member and star of “30 Rock,” who has been recuperating from injuries he suffered in a June 2014 crash that also killed a fellow comedian when their limousine was hit by a Wal-Mart truck on the New Jersey Turnpike.

NBC on Monday also announced that on Oct. 3, Miley Cyrus will return as host for a third time to kick off the 41st “SNL” season.

Then on Oct. 10, Amy Schumer will make her hosting debut. Schumer is coming off her summer box office hit, “Trainwreck,” for which she served as both star and writer. She stars in the Comedy Central series “Inside Amy Schumer,” and in an upcoming HBO comedy special “Amy Schumer: Live From the Apollo.”

Arrest made in stabbing death

Police have arrested a 30-year-old man in the fatal stabbing of actor Morgan Freeman’s step-granddaughter on a Manhattan street.

Lamar Davenport was arrested on a murder charge Monday, a day after 33-year-old Edena Hines was found lying on the street in front of her Upper Manhattan apartment building with multiple stab wounds to the chest.

It wasn’t immediately clear whether Davenport had a lawyer who could comment on the charge. No working telephone number for Davenport could immediately be found.

Police say Davenport was in a relationship with Hines.

Actor jailed for Utah assault

Actor Emile Hirsch began serving 15 days in a Utah jail Monday after pleading guilty to misdemeanor assault for putting a female studio executive in a chokehold and body-slamming her at a nightclub during the Sundance Film Festival

The “Into the Wild” star told a judge he was sorry and was learning to take responsibility for his actions, saying he has no excuse for what happened Jan. 25 at Tao Nightclub in Park City. But the victim said Hirsch’s punishment should have been tougher.

Hirsch was intoxicated and taking medications when he dragged the woman across a table, according to police and prosecutors.

Hirsch’s deal with prosecutors also calls for a $4,750 fine and 50 hours of community service. In exchange, a more serious felony assault charge was dropped and the misdemeanor will be dismissed if he completes his sentence.

Daniele Bernfeld, an executive for the Paramount Pictures subsidiary Insurge Pictures, said in a statement read in court that the violent and unprovoked attack has caused long-lasting effects beyond physical injuries.

The birthday bunch

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter is 88. Movie director Roman Polanski is 82. Actor-director Robert Redford is 79. Actor Denis Leary is 58. Actor Christian Slater is 46. Actor Edward Norton is 46. Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner is 45. Actor-comedian Andy Samberg is 37. Actress Parker McKenna Posey is 20.